BATON ROUGE — Jumping for the first time since equaling the collegiate record to win the NCAA Indoor title, Razorback Rachel Glenn broke the Arkansas outdoor high jump record with a winning height of 6 feet, 2.75 inches (1.90) at the LSU Invitational on Saturday.
Glenn, who has an outdoor best of 6-4 (1.93), bettered the Razorback record of 6-2 (1.88) set in 2013 by Makeba Alcide. She defeated Georgia’s Elena Kulichenko, who finished second at 6-1.5 (1.87), while Arkansas teammate Sydney Billington placed third at 5-8.75 (1.75).
Raising the bar to 6-4.75 (1.95), Glenn missed her three attempts at that height. Starting at 5-8.75, Glenn made first attempts on four consecutive bars. She then needed three attempts to get over 6-2.75.
Sanu Jallow won the 800m in an outdoor best of 2:03.14, moving to No. 5 on the UA all-time list, as she improved from 2:03.58 set at Florida two weeks ago. Jallow has an overall PR of 2:01.77 from the 2024 indoor season.
Jallow defeated LSU’s Lorena Rangel-Batres (2:04.64) and Florida State’s Suus Altorf (2:05.40) in the race while teammates Analisse Batista (2:05.90 PR), Ainsley Erzenn (2:07.06), and Chachi Gonzales (2:09.36 PR) finished 5-7-9.
Claiming a second consecutive pole vault victory, Marin Chamberlin cleared 13-9.75 (4.21) amid windy conditions and defeated professional Morgann LeLeux on misses on the deciding height. Last week, at the John McDonnell Invitational, Chamberlin cleared a career best 13-11.75 (4.26) for the win.
Rachel Homoly placed fourth with a 13-3.75 (4.06) clearance while Hannah Estes finished sixth at 12-10 (3.91).
Nia Robinson leapt to a windy best of 21-11.75 (6.70) as runner-up in the long jump. Under all-conditions that mark ranks second best on the UA all-time list. Robinson produced that mark in the first round with a 5.4 aiding wind.
Florida’s Anthaya Charlton won the long jump with a wind-aided 22-1.5 (6.74) that had a 4.4 aiding wind. Robinson’s series included a wind-legal mark of 20-3.5 (6.18) along with a wind-aided 21-1.25 (6.43) with a 2.6 wind.
Arkansas began the day with a 43.30 effort in the 4 x 100m relay to place third behind a 43.26 by Tiger Olympians and 43.29 for LSU. Finishing behind the Razorbacks were Florida State (43.43), Ole Miss (43.58), and Florida (43.60).
Two weeks ago at Florida, LSU and Arkansas were the top pair of collegiate teams with times of 43.05 and 43.13 while racing in separate sections. The Razorbacks had the same line-up with Ariane Linton, Rosey Effiong, Kaylyn Brown and Amber Anning.