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Collin Matiza
Sports Editor
THERE was no joy for Zimbabwean athletes Vimbayi Maisvorewa and Makanakaishe Charamba as they walked away empty-handed during the final day of the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Fayetteville in Arkansas, United States, on Saturday.
After having qualified for Saturday’s women’s 400m dash final by breaking the schools long-standing record, Maisvorewa failed to get a top three finish in the final.
According to reports from Fayetteville, less than 24 hours after breaking the school record in the 400m, junior Maisvorewa finished sixth in 52.72 seconds.
The Zimbabwean sprinter established a new school best on Friday night clocking a time of 52.16.
After racing in the 400m dash, Maisvorewa shifted her attention to the women’s 4x400m relay on Saturday.
And the Auburn’s relay team of Abasiono Akpan, Ashantae Harvey, Zuriel Reed and Maisvorewa ran the third fastest 4x400m relay in school history in 3:32.75 en route to a seventh place showing.
Maisvorewa’s fellow Zimbabwean, Charamba, who is also on an athletics scholarship at Auburn University, racing in his first SEC indoor meet, scored for the Tigers taking eighth place in the men’s 200m in 21.37 seconds.
Auburn freshman Kanyinsola Ajayi became the third Tiger SEC Champion in the last four years in the men’s 60m dash, claiming gold on Saturday winning in a time of 6.60 during the final day of competition at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The Auburn women finished seventh with 41 points, the Tigers best finish at SEC indoors since 2012. Auburn’s men were 11th in the team standings with 29 points. Host Arkansas swept the team titles.
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