An­nie Alexan­der copped her sec­ond gold in the last week on the US In­door cir­cuit when she cap­tured the Auburn In­vi­ta­tion­al women's shot put ti­tle in Birm­ing­ham, Al­aba­ma on the week­end. The two-time World Ju­nior fi­nal­ist topped the field with a third round ef­fort of 17.70m. The dis­tance is a new school record and per­son­al best for the Uni­ver­si­ty. She im­proved on her 16.08 ef­fort in tak­ing the Ken­tucky In­vi­ta­tion­al last on Jan­u­ary 14. Com­pa­tri­ot and Geor­gia Uni­ver­si­ty stu­dent Hilenn James was third (15.33). Chan­dra Brew­er sep­a­rat­ed the T&T throw­ers tak­ing sec­ond with 16.34m. Alexan­der was al­so 17th in the women's weight throw (15.51). Ky­ron Blaise was al­so vic­to­ri­ous in the men's triple jump. The LSU stu­dent leaped out to 15.49m. Olympic and World re­lay sil­ver medal­list Marc Burns was one of three lo­cal ath­letes who just missed out on top three fin­ish­es. Burns was fourth in the men's 60m fi­nals in 6.64. Three triple World Ju­nior medal­list were just in­side the World In­door qual­i­fy­ing time of 6.67. The 2012 World In­door Cham­pi­onships are card­ed for Is­tan­bul, Turkey on March 9-11.

Tak­ing the gold in the event was Har­ry Adams (Auburn) 6.55 with the Cay­man Is­lands' Ke­mar Hy­man (Flori­da State) in sec­ond (6.56) and Amer­i­can D'An­ge­lo Cher­ry (Mis­sis­sip­pi State) 6.63. In the heats Burns was third in 6.68 with Ten­nessee's Jamol James 16th (6.83). James was al­so 17th in the men's 200m fi­nals (22.33). Kai Selvon and Alee­sha Bar­ber al­so came away medal-less in their events. Selvon was fourth in the women's 60m fi­nals but set per­son­al best of 7.30. She im­proved her 7.38 she clocked in the heats ear­li­er in the day and al­so in fin­ish­ing sec­ond at the in­au­gur­al Crim­son Tide Open on Jan­u­ary 14. The time is quick­er than the 7.35 World In­door Stan­dard. Niger­ian In­ter­na­tion­al Glo­ria Asum­nu stuck gold in 7.19 with the Oc­tavi­ous Free­man (UCF) 7.23 and Dez­erea Bryant of Clem­son in third (7.25). Sevlon was again luck-less fourth in the 200m clock­ing 23.66. Alee­sha Bar­ber was 28th in the 60m heats (7.78). In the 60m hur­dles fi­nals the na­tion­al out­door sprint hur­dles record hold­er was fourth in 8.25, just out­side of the World In­door qual­i­fy­ing re­quire­ment of 8.18. Amer­i­can Kristi Castlin took the vic­to­ry in a world lead­ing 7.94. In the first round Bar­ber was in 8.27. Daniel Davis (Auburn) was 21st in the heats (8.96) and was 13th in the long jump fi­nals (5.58)

Em­manuel May­ers (Mis­sis­sip­pi State) was sev­enth in the men's 400m fi­nals (48.79). The for­mer na­tion­al ju­nior 400m hur­dles record hold­er re­turned to help his school to vic­to­ry in the 4x 400m fi­nals in 3:11:81. At the Texas Tech In­door Open No 2 in Lub­bock, Texas, Janiel Bellille turned the ta­bles on her com­pa­tri­ot and South Plains Col­lege school mate Sparkle McK­night to win the women's 600m yards. Bellille crossed the line in 1:22:08 with McK­night be­hind (1:22:70). At the first Open Mc Knight was the cham­pi­on ahead of Bellille. The two then com­bined South Plains to sec­ond in the women's 4 X 400m re­lay in 3:43:10. Kar­la Hope was part of Abi­lene Chris­t­ian's sil­ver medal Dis­tance med­ley team which clocked 12:27:06. Del­lon Williams (Texas Tech) was fourth in the men's long jump (7.23) while. At the LSU/Texas A&M Dual meet at the Mc Fer­rin Ath­let­ic Cen­tre, Col­lege Sta­tion, Texas Wayne Davis ll was sec­ond in the men's 60m fi­nals in 7.93 sec­onds. Ade Al­leyne-Forte (LSU )was fifth in the men's 400m (47.71). An­oth­er LSU sprint­er Sher­mund All­sop was sixth in the 200 (21.98). The 2010 World Ju­nior 4x100m re­lay bronze medal­list was al­so 11th in the 60m fi­nals (6.80). De­on Lendore was part of Texas A&M's suc­cess­ful 4X400m team clock­ing 3:07:52. Al­leyne-Forte and his LSU team-mates were dis­qual­i­fied.