25 Facts About Makeba Alcide

Makeba Alcide holds the Saint Lucia records and OECS records for women's 60m Hurdles, Pentathlon and Heptathlon, and the Saint Lucia record for 100m Hurdles.

Makeba Alcide set personal-best marks for 100-metre Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put and the 800-metre run.

Makeba Alcide only completed three of the seven events in her first full international competition, and her first attempt at Heptathlon.

Makeba Alcide was recruited to the University of Arkansas in 2009, enrolling in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

In January, 2010, at the Razorback Invitational, Makeba Alcide competed in her first collegiate Pentathlon at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

Makeba Alcide finished fifth in the event with 3,318 points, with marks of 9.16 seconds in the 60-metre Hurdles, 1.59 metres in the High Jump, 10.66 metres in the Shot Put, 4.87 metres in the Long Jump and 2:35.93 seconds in the 800-metre run.

Makeba Alcide was third in the Shot Put with a toss of 11.66m, fourth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.66m and sixth in the 800 metres.

Makeba Alcide was named to the Saint Lucia team for the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Championships in Miramar, Florida in 2010.

Makeba Alcide finished third with a personal-best total of 5,172 points.

Makeba Alcide set personal bests in the 200-metres, 800-metre run and Javelin Throw in which she placed first.

Makeba Alcide finished 13th at the National Collegiate Athletics Association Indoor Championships with 3,919 points and a personal best time of 2:20.62 in the 800-metre run, and was named an All-American for the first time.

Outdoors, Makeba Alcide was fourth in Heptathlon at the 84th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, but thanks to an illegal wind during her opening event, the 100m Hurdles, her personal-best 5,543 points would not stand as a new National Record.

The fourth-best mark all-time in Arkansas history, Makeba Alcide's total set a new Heptathlon record for the Specs Town Track.

At the 2011 NCAA Championships, Makeba Alcide ended 14th with a total of 5,245 points, good for her second All-America selection of year.

Makeba Alcide compiled a new personal-best score of 4,126, the first time in her career she had eclipsed 4,000 points.

Makeba Alcide was named an All-American during the NCAA Indoor Championships and Outdoor Championships in 2012.

Makeba Alcide would go on to win a silver medal at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Mexico, running her best time ever for 100m Hurdles.

Makeba Alcide started the 2013 season with a flurry of personal records, and the school, National and OECS records for Pentathlon, 4464, more than 300 points better than the previous record of 4141, and her previous personal best of 4126.

Makeba Alcide became the collegiate record holder in the indoor Pentathlon with a score of 4,569.

Makeba Alcide set career-bests in three of the five components of the pentathlon and an indoor PR in the Shot Put at 12.32m en route to a score that surpassed two-time NCAA pentathlon champ Brianne Theisen of Oregon's previous mark of 4,555.

Makeba Alcide attained an A standard at the NCAA Championships, amassing 6,050 points.

In recognition of her work away from the track and outreach efforts on campus and in the community, Makeba Alcide was named to the 2013 SEC Community Service Team.

Makeba Alcide was a participant in Arkansas' Reading with the Razorbacks and Sweat Hawgs outreach programs to local elementary schools and was involved in Komen Foundation promotion during Chile Pepper Festival.

Makeba Alcide helped with donating efforts during Harp's Canned Food Drive and collecting shampoo and soap for 7Hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville.

Makeba Alcide was named the US Reack and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association SEC Field Athlete of the Year.