Chatfield wins in Louisville
TF2k24: Commonwealth College Opener
Emelia Chatfield of Texas won a 60-meter hurdles race for the first time of her collegiate career. Now don't get it twisted, Chatfield is no slouch. In 2021 she was an NCAA Second Team All-American hurdler and a bronze medal winner that year at the Big 12 Championships.
A native of Hollywood, Florida, Chatfield, stepped on the track with a look of confidence to open her season at the Commonwealth College Opener, Dec. 2 in Louisville, Kentucky. In the preliminary round she had the second fastest time of 8.46 seconds, trailing her teammate Akala Garrett, who crossed the finish line of 8.45 in her first race. During the final Chatfield surged pass the competition and won at 8.19, well ahead runner-up Garrett (8.33) and third place competitor Erin Starks of Northern Kentucky (8.89).
Chatfield showed some flare with the race in hand as she gestured towards the Longhorn logo across her jersey in front of a camera while other competitors were still completing the event. The 8.19 finish was just the second time that she ran under 8.20. At the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 2021, Chatfield placed third at 8.05 seconds in just her sixth collegiate race in the event.
A product of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Chatfield. She was a state champion in 2019 as a competitor in the 300 meter hurdles.
Commonwealth College Opener 60-Meter Hurdles Final
1. Emelia Chatfield, Texas, 8.19
2. Akala Garrett, Texas 8.33
3. Erin Starks, Northern Kentucky, 8.89
4. Sanai Kintchen, Prairie View, 8.91
5. Sharonda Priester, Lenoir-Rhyne, 9.00
6. Makiyah Allen, Campbellsville, 9.08
7. Maya Follmer, Louisville, 9.10
8. Sterling Webb, Lincoln Memorial, 10.27
After the first weekend of the NCAA Division I season finished. Chatfield finds herself with the top 60-meter hurdles time in the nation. Colorado's Avery McMullen ran a career best time of 8.23 seconds at the Mine Alumni Classic, Dec. 2 in Golden, Colorado. A multi-event All-American, McMullen was a top five finisher at last season's USATF Indoor Championships, with a 60-meter final time of 8.33.
Chatfield's freshman teammate Garrett is third at 8.33. She begins her collegiate career after a decorated high school career that includes the Nike Outdoor National championship in the 100-meter hurdles as well as the Nike60-meter hurdles championship during indoor season.
Liberty's Indea Cartwright is currently fourth in the NCAA at 8.34, with a strong win at the Liberty Kickoff in Lynchburg, Virginia. Cartwright was the runner-up finisher at the 2023 ASUN Indoor championships last season. Prior to attending Liberty, Cartwright competed for Oral Roberts where she won lots of two silver medals and a bronze as a hurdler in the Summit League.
Madison Fleming rounds out the top five. Along with winning the 200 meters, she has the NCAA's fifth best 60-meter hurdles finish of 8.36 in a win at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker in Birmingham, Alabama. Last school year, her first at Memphis she won a bronze in the 60-meter hurdles at the American Athletic Conference championship meet. In 2022, she competed at Eastern Kentucky and she won the silver medal in the 60-meter hurdles at the ASUN championships. Fleming followed that with another runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles during outdoor season.
NCAA 60-Meter Hurdles Top 10
1. Emelia Chatfield, Texas, 8.19
2. Avery McMullen, Colorado. 8.25
3. Akala Garrett, Texas, 8.33
4. Indea Cartwright, Liberty, 8.34
5. Madison Fleming, Memphis, 8.36
6. Destiny Masters, Wichita State, 8.37
7. Lucheyona Weaver, North Carolina A&T, 8.38
8. Kaycee McCoy, Kansas, 8.45
9. Averi Schmeichel, South Dakota, 8.49
9. Jordyn Henderson, James Madison, 8.49
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