Track & Field Opens Indoor Season in Arkansas

Friday, January 16

Fayetteville, AR

University of North Texas

Arkansas Invitational

1/16/2026 10:08:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Final Results

Mean Green set five new program records

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The UNT track and field program kicked off its indoor season on Friday at the Arkansas Invitational and headed back to Denton with a handful of new indoor program records and several strong finishes in tow.

The Mean Green set new indoor program bests in four women's events and one men's event, as three women's athletes also brought home first-place finishes.

In the 60-meter dash, sophomore Trezeguet Taylor won with a new program-best time of 7.39 seconds as she broke her own record in the semifinal before breaking it again in the evening final. Senior Alliyah McNeil won the women's high jump with a mark of 1.80 meters, which edged out the previous record that was set in 2013 by Shahaf Bereni. Junior Aariyana Williams broke the 300 meter record with a time of 37.93, which beat a 45-year-old record set in 1981 by a half-second. Finally, the women's 4x400 relay team of Aariyana Williams, junior C'Nai Childress, freshman Lailah Hudson and senior Kendahl Tucker narrowly edged out the previous program record set two years ago with a time of 3:42.28.

On the men's side, Oluwatimilehim Williams broke John Purvis' shot put record set last year with a mark of 17.44 meters to finish fourth, and he was joined by Justin Craft Jr., who finished eighth.

Aside from the record-breaking performances, UNT had several other strong showings, including a win in the women's triple jump from senior Claire Spiller, who was making her UNT debut, and set a new personal best with a jump of 12.72 meters, she was joined in the top eight by freshman Aniyah Harrison-Stewart, who finished fifth to go with her sixth-place finish in the long jump in a strong collegiate debut.

UNT had some runner-up finishes, as well, as senior Dionna James took second in the shot put with an indoor personal best throw of 14.54 meters. Childress followed up her record-setting teammate, Taylor, with a second-place showing in the 60 in a time of 7.52. Junior Chase Lehr took second in a tight 800-meter run, losing out on the win by just 15 one-hundredths of a second. Before her record-breaking high jump performance, McNeil took second in the women's long jump with a jump of 6.22 meters. Junior Jaylen Washington took second in the men's 60 with a time of 6.75 seconds.

Junior Dominique Hall took third in the men's triple jump with a personal-best leap of 14.78 meters, while senior Jasmyn Reece took third in the women's long jump with a personal-best jump of 6.00 meters.

In the distance events, the women had a pair of strong showings, as senior London Culbreath took fifth in a strong 3,000 meter field with a 9:48.61 and freshman Aubrey Milam finished sixth among collegiate athletes in the mile with a 4:58.01. In throws, senior Allison Stigarll took fifth in the women's weight throw with a throw of 17.37 meters. In jumps, sophomore Anthony Ward finished fifth in the men's long jump with a jump of 7.14 meters.

The Mean Green will next head to College Station for the Ted Nelson Invite on January 23-24, at Texas A&M.