Smith sets school mark in 200 meters

Southeast Missouri State All-American track star Miles Smith set the school record in the indoor 200-meter dash and tied for first in the event Saturday at the Iowa State Invitational in Ames, Iowa.

Smith's time of 21.21 seconds was an NCAA provisional mark. Chauncey Harris of Alabama also came in with a time of 21.21. More than 130 runners took part in the men's 200.

In the 400, Smith finished fifth with an NCAA provisional mark of 46.67. The top 12 times in the 400 were provisional marks, and according to Southeast track coach Joey Haines the top time of 46.20 is the top time in the world this year.

"Miles had a real good meet," Haines said. "The field in the 400 had some of the top collegiate [runners] in the U.S. plus four or five professionals. It was really an outstanding field."

In the 1,600 relay, Southeast finished eighth with a time of 3:10.89, less than a half-second off the provisional time. Freshman triple jumper Bilal Hameed was ninth with a jump of 49 feet, 2 1/4 inches.

In the women's weight throw, Redhawks senior Heather Jenkins came in 10th with a throw of 58 feet, 11 1/4 inches.

Central graduate Lainie Bohnsack finished 16th in the high jump and Michele Jett was 12th in the pole vault.

"We did a lot of really good things," Haines said.