FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas junior Sanu Jallow-Lockhart obliterated the collegiate 600-meter record Friday at the Arkansas Invitational, clocking 1 minute, 24.19 seconds at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The Gambian national demolished the previous collegiate and University of Arkansas record of 1:25.16 set by former Razorback Britton Wilson in 2023. Jallow-Lockhart’s performance ranks eighth on the world all-time list and improved her own Gambian national record.
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The 22-year-old’s breakout performance also toppled the Tyson facility record of 1:24.60, set by Arkansas alumna Shafiqua Maloney in 2025, and the Arkansas Invitational meet record of 1:24.65, established by Shamier Little in 2023.
Jallow-Lockhart entered the race with a personal best of 1:25.37 from last year’s edition of the meet. Arkansas alumna Paris Peoples led the field through 200 meters in 24.87 seconds and 400 meters in 52.32 while Jallow-Lockhart crossed those splits in 25.55 and 53.27. A closing 30.92 final 200 meters secured the record-breaking finish.
Iowa’s Damarius Mutunga placed second with a time of 1:26.69. Arkansas freshman Makenna Herbst won a separate section in 1:28.69 to claim third overall, and Ainsley Erzen finished fourth in 1:28.83.
Jallow-Lockhart returned later in the session to anchor Arkansas’ 4×400-meter relay team with a 52.35 split as the Razorbacks won in 3:30.79, ahead of Iowa’s 3:32.52.
The junior holds Gambia’s national indoor record in the 800 meters at 1:59.77 and the outdoor 1,500-meter national record at 4:28.26.
