Aggies Record Nine Qualifying Marks to National Championship Meet on Final Day of Women’s Competition – Texas A&M Athletics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Aggies had nine marks qualify for the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championship meet as the Texas A&M women’s track & field completed the fourth and final day of the NCAA West First Round hosted by Sacramento State University at Hornet Stadium on Saturday.
 
Lamara Distin began the day for the team competing in the high jump, clearing 6-0.75/1.85m to advance to the national championship meet with the highest mark out of both regions. Distin is the national leader this season at 6-4.75/1.95m and returns to the NCAA meet with hopes of adding a fourth national title to her name, as she is the 2022 indoor and outdoor champion, as well as the 2023 indoor victor. She has not lost to a collegiate competitor in the last 14 meets in which she has competed dating back to April 2022. Ally Andress also competed in the high jump competition, jumping 5-7.75/1.72m to tie for 21st place.
 
In the first event on the track, the women’s 4x100m, the Aggie squad of Jania Martin, Camryn Dickson, Leeah Burr and Semira Killebrew brought the baton around the track in a season best 43.35 to win their heat and secure a spot in the national championship meet. On the back curve, Burr separated the team from the competition before handing off to Killebrew, who held the lead across the line. The Aggie women have sent a 4x100m squad to nine of the last 10 NCAA Championship meets, claiming the title twice (2013, 2014).
 
The women’s 4x400m team of Kennedy Wade, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Sanu Jallow and Jermaisha Arnold clocked 3:28.15 to take second in their heat. Wade started in the blocks for the Aggies, clocking 54.04 on the first leg before Tierra Robinson-Jones blazed a 50.61 split on the second leg. Jallow got the baton next, splitting 52.47 to keep the team within reach, handing off to Arnold, who clocked 50.85 on the anchor leg to bring the team home to a runner-up finish. The time gives them an auto-qualifier to the national meet and registers as the fourth-fastest of the day. The Aggie women’s 4x400m squad has won two of the last three national titles (2019, 2021).
 

In the 400m, Arnold led Robinson-Jones through the line, crossing in a personal best 50.33 to win her heat. She automatically qualified for the…