Latest News International News North & East Environment Business Bites Social Love Horse Racing World Champs Commonwealth Games FIFA World Cup 2022 Entertainment Art & Culture Tuesday Style Food Awards JOL Takes Style Out Design Week JA Black Friday Relationships Classifieds Motor Vehicles Place an Ad Jobs & Careers Study Centre Jnr Study Centre Advertorial Supplements Latest News International News North & East Environment Business Bites Social Love Horse Racing World Champs Commonwealth Games FIFA World Cup 2022 Entertainment Art & Culture Tuesday Style Food Awards JOL Takes Style Out Design Week JA Black Friday Relationships Classifieds Motor Vehicles Place an Ad Jobs & Careers Study Centre Jnr Study Centre Advertorial Supplements International News Business Bites Food Awards Entertainment World Champs Career & Education Environment Advertorial Supplements Classifieds Design Week Shenese Walker competes in the women’s 60m at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships at the Track at New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts, in March 2024.Photo: Paul Reid Latest News, Sports May 16, 2026 Shenese Walker retains ACC sprint double Shenese Walker of Florida State University (FSU) successfully defended her women’s sprint double as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Outdoors Championships came to an end at University of Louisville in Kentucky on Saturday.
Walker clocked 11.07 seconds (1.1m/s) to win the 100m and then returned later to win the 200m with 22.65 seconds (0.2m/s) while Clemson University’s Briana Campbell was eighth with 23.53 seconds.
Clemson University’s Shantae Foreman also defended her women’s triple jump title with 13.37m (-0.1m/s) and added to the indoor title she won in March.
Shamar Reid of FSU threw a personal best 65.87m to win the men’s discus throw while Yekini Bowen of Virginia Tech was second with 62.06m, also his personal best.
Meanwhile, Oneka Wilson, also of Clemson, suffered a rare loss in an ACC championships final, finishing second in the 100m hurdles in 13.07 seconds (0.8m/s), edged by Southern Methodist University’s Nea Sanders with 13.04 seconds.
Briana Campbell was fifth in 13.31 seconds.
Shanque Williams, of Clemson finished fourth in the women’s 400m in 53.24 seconds and Danielle Noble was also fourth in the women’s high jump with a personal best 1.77m.
At the South-Eastern Conference championships at Auburn University, Rivaldo Marshall of the University of Arkansas won the men’s 800m with 1:45.21, his second NCAA title after winning the indoor championships in 2024 while running for the University of Iowa.
Tyrice Taylor, also of Arkansas, was third in 1:45.71.
After running a big personal best 10.97 seconds to win the 100m, Florida’s Gabrielle Matthews was fourth in the 200m with 22.56 seconds (0.5m/s).
Machaeda Linton of LSU finished third in the women’s triple jump with 13.42m (-0.2m/s) while Jerome Campbell of Arkansas was fourth in the 110m hurdles with 13.37 seconds (-1.0m/s).
At the Big12 Championships that is being hosted by the University of Arizona, Tonie-Ann Forbes of Texas Tech won the 100m hurdles with a wind-aided 12.75 seconds (2.6m/s) and Demario Prince of the University of Baylor was second in the 110m hurdles, also with a wind-aided 13.14 seconds (3.8m/s).
Ricardo Hayles of Kansas State threw a season’s best 57.84m for third in the men’s discus throw while his teammates Apalos Edwards was sixth in the men’s triple jump with a wind-aided 16.50m (5.5m/s).
Jhavor Bennett was seventh with a personal best 16.40m (0.7m/s).
Malaika Cunningham of the University of Villanova retained her women’s high jump title after she cleared 1.76m and Daniel Beckford of Northern Colorado was second in the 110m hurdles at the Big Sky Championships.
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