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- ↑ NCAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ↑ MSU Athletics SEC Championship History. HailState. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ↑ Evis Jennings. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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