Pullen Strikes Gold A Second Time
NCAA Indoor Championships Day Two Results
COLLEGE STATION – The Arkansas men’s track and field team completed its 2017 indoor campaign with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday evening in College Station. The Razorbacks were led by senior Clive Pullen who jumped his way back onto the top of the triple jump podium, earning the second NCAA national title of his career.
Following an unsuccessful defense of his Southeastern Conference title Pullen remained firm in his faith, putting his full trust in the guidance of assistant coach Travis Geopfert. Pullen opened the event with a major board, marking 16.82m/55-2 1/4 on his first attempt which eclipsed the previous first-round best by over two-feet. While that jump held as the best of the day Pullen went ahead and strengthened his triple jump stronghold, improving by one and half inches with a leap of 16.86m/55-3 3/4 in the sixth and final round.
The Jamaican Olympian is the sixth Razorback to ever win two (or more)-consecutive triple jump NCAA indoor titles, joining the elite ranks of Mike Conley (’83-85), Edrick Floreal (’89-90), Erick Walder (’92-94), Robert Howard (’96-98) and Melvin Lister (’99-00).
Notable Performances
In addition to Pullen’s 10 points the Razorbacks added 15 more points on day two, reaching the podium in the 60-meter dash, 200, 400 and 4-x-400-meter relay.
Kenzo Cotton, Eric Janise and Josh Washington each added three points apiece to Arkansas’ team total. Cotton’s came off two top-seven finishes in the 60 and 200 while Janise and Washington placed sixth in the 400 and 200, respectively. Relay team of Kemar Mowatt, Obi Igbokwe, Janise and Jamarco Stephen combined to score Arkansas’ final points of the night, finishing third in the 4-x-400 with a time of 3 minutes, 5.34 seconds.
With the indoor season in the books Arkansas will turn its attention to its outdoor campaign, opening up at the Arkansas Spring Invitational on March 24-25.
NCAA Indoor Scoring Breakdown (33)
• 60 Meters (1) – Kenzo Cotton, 8th
• 200 Meters (5) – Josh Washington, 6th, Kenzo Cotton, 7th
• 400 Meters (3) – Eric Janise 6th
• DMR (2) – Moehn, Stephen, Orange, Bruce, 7th
• 4-x-400-Meter Relay (6) – Mowatt, Igbokwe, Janise, Stephen, 3rd
• Long Jump (6) – Andreas Trajkovski, 4th, Travonn White, 8th
• Triple Jump (10) – Clive Pullen, 1st
NCAA Indoor Championship
March 11, 2017
Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium (College Station, Texas)
Team Scores (Top 10)
1. Texas A&M – 46
2. Florida – 45.5
3. Oregon – 38
4. Georgia – 35.5
5. Arkansas – 33
6. LSU – 30
7. Virginia Tech – 23.5
8. Alabama – 22
9. Texas – 21
10. Syracuse – 20
10. Tennessee – 20
60 Meters Finals
8. Kenzo Cotton – 6.70
200 Meters Finals
6. Josh Washington – 20.73
7. Kenzo Cotton – 20.75
400 Meters Finals
6. Eric Janise – 46.33
4-x-400-Meter Relay
3. Mowatt, Igbokwe, Janise, Stephen – 3:05.34
High Jump
9. Ken LeGassey – 2.15m/7-0 1/2
Triple Jump
1. Clive Pullen – 16.86m/55-3 3/4
Heptathlon
12. Gabe Moore – 5,519 points
15. 60m – 7.15 (830 points)
16. Long Jump – 6.69m/21-11 1/2 (741)
6. Shot Put – 13.51m/44-4 (698)
13. High Jump – 1.95m/6-4 3/4 (758)
15. 60mH – 8.49 (862)
12. Pole Vault – 4.66m/15-3 1/2 (807)
7. 1,000m – 2:44.58 (823)
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