KINGSTON, Jamaica - Wayne Pinnock of the University of Arkansas and Ackelia Smith of the University of Texas won their first indoor long jump championships at the South-Eastern Conference (SEC) and Big12 indoor championships respectively on Friday. Pinnock, the World Championships silver medallist who was second last year to then teammate Carey McLeod, won his first indoor title with a jump of 8.28m at the Randal Tyson Track Center in.
KINGSTON, Jamaica Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith of the University of Texas produced a world-leading 6.85m jump to win the women’s long jump event on Friday’s first night of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Smith, who represented Jamaica at the last two World Championships, was just a centimetre off the qualifying mark (6.86m) for the Olympic Games in Paris later this month. Her mark was an improvement on.