AUSTIN, Texas – Lianna Davidson and Katelyn Fairchild both earned spots on the podium as the Texas A&M women’s track & field team completed day two of the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Thursday.
The sophomore javelin duo found their way onto the podium with personal best throws, Davidson tossing 192-10/58.78m and Fairchild with a mark of 190-2/57.97m. On the first throw, both Aggie women recorded lifetime bests as Davidson threw 189-4/57.70m and Fairchild registered a 187-1/57.02m to advance the pair to the finals, where they each recorded their podium marks. They both earned their second all-American honors as Fairchild placed 15th and Davidson was 16th at last year’s NCAA meet.
In the 4x400m relay, Kennedy Wade, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Sanu Jallow and Jermaisha Arnold advanced to the final with the second-best seed time. Wade and Robinson-Jones came through the halfway point in 1:44.30 before Jallow clocked a 52.14 split. Arnold anchored the team in 50.61, the second fastest split of the day, to bring the team across the line in 3:27.05 to finish second in their heat and automatically qualify for Saturday’s final. The Texas A&M women have won two of the last three 4x400m relays at the NCAA meet, claiming victory in 2019 and 2021.
The women’s 400m duo of Arnold and Robinson-Jones qualified for Saturday’s final. Arnold was in the eighth spot with a time of 50.80, while Robinson-Jones clocked 51.20 to advance with the ninth-best seed time.
The women’s 4x100m squad of Jania Martin, Camryn Dickson, Wade and Semira Killebrew finished fourth in their heat, clocking a season best 43.30, the tenth fastest time of the day. The time tops their previous best time of 43.35 from the NCAA West First Round meet and secured a second team all-American status.
Competing in the long jump, Joniar Thomas claimed second team all-American honors with her ninth place finish, leaping 20-7/6.27m. She will compete in the heptathlon on Friday and Saturday.
Jaiya Covington finished 14th overall in the 100m hurdles, registering 13.16 (w/0.5). The freshman earned second team all-American honors with her…
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