Arkansas junior Amirah Sharpe of Clayton ran 200 and 400 PRs Friday at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville. Twin sister Arianna PRd in the 200 as well.
Amirah Sharpe placed 2nd in the 200 in 23.39 with a 0.0 wind reading behind Ranayla Moten of Allen Community College of Iola, Kans. That lowered her PR from 23.40, which she ran last month in San Antonio. Arianna was 3rd in the race in 23.42, which is a wind-legal PR. She ran 23.85 indoors in Fayetteville this past February. She ran 23.14 last May but with a 3.8 wind reading.
Their times are 6th– and 7th-fastest all-time by South Jersey women in wind-legal 200-meter dashes.
In the 400, Amirah and Arianna ran 1-2 in 51.95 and 52.07. Amirah’s previous PR was 52.20 from Fayetteville a year ago this week. Arianna’s PR is 51.91 from another meet in Fayetteville last May. Their 400 times are 5th– and 6th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey alumni list.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 