The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WHILE sprinter Zion Campbell left his mark on the National Junior College Athletic Association, long jumper LaQuan Nairn and quarter-miler Alonzo Russell are preparing for next month’s World Indoor Championships.

At the Randal Tyson Center and Fowler Family Training Centre at the University of Arkansas, Nairn soared 25-feet, 3/4-inches in the men’s long jump to trail South Plains’ freshman Andrew Stone, who won with 25-3 1/4 (7.70m), while Russell clocked 47.63 seconds in the men’s 400m.

The duo got to compete before they head to Glasgow. Scotland, with the other five athletes selected by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations to represent the Bahamas at the World Indoors, scheduled for March 1-3 in Glasgow, Scotland.

The others are co-world 60m hurdles record holder Devynne Charlton, national record holders Charisma Taylor and Ken Mullings and sprinter Anthonique Strachan.

Meanwhile, Campbell, representing Iowa Central Community College, won the men’s 60m and was runner-up in the 200m at the NJCAA Region II Indoor Championships at Buena Vista U-Lamberti Rec Center in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Campbell, out of Grand Bahama, took the title in 6.60. His nearest rival was Traunard Folson of Indian Hills Community College in 6.64. Campbell had the second fastest qualifying time of 6.73 behind Folson’s top time of 6.70. In the 200m, Campbell finished in 21.80 to follow Bongumusa Nkosi of Iowa Central Community College, who captured the title in 21.70.

Campbell also ran the opening leg of Iowa’s 4 x 400m relay team that finished second in 3:21.91. The other members of the team are Bongumusa Nkosi, Seon Booker and Trevon Prince. Indian Hills won in 3:15.83.