Trelee Banks Runs 20.91 To Win Men's 200 At Windy City Invitational

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Photo by Dominick Gramarosso

RESULTS/VIDEOS

The facility records at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Track and Field Center at Gately Park were ripe for the taking for the top sprinters in the building on Saturday at the Wisconsin Windy City Invitational. 

Myreanna Beebe of Tennessee ran an NCAA No. 6 time of 8.06 seconds to break the track record in the women's 60-meter hurdles. The senior is looking to make amends and go out on top this season after suffering a DQ at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last June. 

Beebe broke the track record in the prelim when she ran 8.13 in the semifinal and then lowered it again in the final. 

Markel Jones of South Florida won the men's 60-meter hurdles final in 7.68, also breaking the track record. Florida A&M's Joseph DeRosier had earlier broken it in the semifinal when he ran 7.74.

Indiana's Trelee Banks won the men's 200 meters in a time of 20.91 seconds. Banks has run 20.77 already this winter.

Yahnari Lyons from Howard won the women's 200 meters in 23.62,

Rodolfo Sanchez, a graduate student at Loyola Chicago who was competing unattached, won the men's 3,000 meters in 7:59.13.

Megan Hipple from Akron won the women's 3,000 meters in 9:17.94.

The Indiana women ran 3:38.75 to win the invitational 4x400 relay. Wisconsin edged Purdue to win the men's 4x400 in 3:08.38. 

Temi Banwo from Howard won the women's weight throw with 18.31m (60-1). 

Elissa Perkins of Wisconsin won the women's triple jump with a PR of 12.63m (41-5.25). 

Howard's Sean Wray jumped 15.31m (50-2.25) to win the men's triple jump.