FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Louisiana Tech men's and women's track and field teams saw several outstanding performances throughout the course of the season-opening Arkansas Invitational.
 
Friday's meet was highlighted by Sabastian Bradley-Reed setting the indoor men's program record with a time of 33.35 in the 300, shattering his own previous record of 33.88 that was set at the beginning of the 2025 indoor season. It was his third top-three indoor finish in his Bulldog career and just the second time he has ran the event.
 
Kaitlyn Washington set the second program record of the day for the Bulldogs, finishing as the runner-up in the weight throw with a throw of 18.88 meters, breaking the previous indoor record of 18.51 meters that was set over 20 years ago in 2002 by Tawanna Williams.
 
Several other athletes made their marks at the Randal Tyson Track Center, some in their first competition with Louisiana Tech. Tennessee transfer Rickey Williams III finished fourth in the 400 with a time of 47.54, moving into fourth all-time in indoor program history.
 
Freshman John Brown saw a top-10 indoor performance in the 300 with a time of 35.16 after Abdulraof Oriade Rashid clocked 34.83, marking the fourth-fastest time by a Bulldog in the event.
 
Azayla Smith (600m – 1:40.12, fifth) and Praise Ofoku (300m – 39.63, fourth) moved into the all-time top five in their respective events as well. Jamara Patterson continues her dominance in the 400, clocking the eighth-fastest time at 53.96, just behind her personal best and seventh-fastest program time of 53.76.
 
Distance runner Dillon Sanchez became just one of four Bulldogs to ever record a sub-2:40 time in the indoor 1,000-meter run, posting a time of 2:37.53 for the fourth-fastest time by a Bulldog en route to a top-five finish on Friday.
 
The women's 4x400-meter relay team closed out the day with the Bulldogs' 10th top-10 all-time performance of the day. Osaretin Joy Usenbor, Jamara Patterson, Nia Wiley and Jenaia Williams finished fifth in the event with a time of 3:39.77, marking the 10th-fastest time in indoor LA Tech history.
 
The Bulldogs return to action in Baton Rouge on Friday, January 23 for the Bayou Bengal hosted by LSU.
 
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