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Britton Wilson wins

open 400 meters, 4 x 400 relay

Britton Wilson struck gold twice in leading Arkansas to the NCAA Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 11.

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The former Mills Godwin High standout won the open 400 meters and anchored Arkansas’ 4 x 400 relay, both in record-setting style.

Tosan Evbuomwan

The more his dreadlocks bounce, the better it is for the Tigers.

Evbuomwan had 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists in PU’s 59-55 win over Arizona, and nine points, nine rebounds and five assists in its 78-63 against Missouri.

Following upset wins, 15th-seeded Princeton will play 6 p.m. Friday against No. 6 Creighton on TBS.

Princeton has been to seven Sweet 16s and one Final Four, in 1965, with All-American/Rhodes Scholar Bill Bradley. Bradley scored 58 points in the thirdplace game against Wichita State and had 41 in the semifinal against Michigan.

Oh, in case you’re wondering how to pronounce the name of the Tigers’ current star, it’s Toe-san Eh-Whoa-Ma. Good luck with that at your March Madness party.

Friday East (Madison Square Garden, N.Y.) Alabama vs. San Diego State, 3:30 p.m., TBS Creighton vs. Princeton, 6 p.m., TBS Midwest (Kansas

A transfer from Tennessee, Wilson, 22, won the 400 in an NCAA record 49.48.

That broke the mark held by Florida’s Talitha Diggs of 49.75. The world indoor standard of 49.26 is held by Femke Bol of The Netherlands.

Britton Wilson

The Razorbacks won the relay in a blistering 3:21.75, eclipsing the world mark of 3:23.27 set by Russia in 2006.

Wilson is the daughter of former VCU basketball player Vince Wilson and LeYuani Wilson, a former track athlete and cheerleader at James Madison University. On March 20, LeYuani Wilson retweeted a photo on Twitter of members of the Razorback women’s NCAA Indoor champion 4x400 relay conducting a question-and-answer session with second-graders at Henrico County’s Greenwood Elementary School.

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