Thomas Posts 60m Hurdles PB
DiaMonae Thomas ran a personal best 8.89 seconds in the 60m hurdles at the Crimson & Gold Invitational on December 6, 2025, finishing eighth in her indoor season opener. The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff athlete set the mark at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas, a promising start to her 2025–26 campaign that Virgin Islands fans will be watching closely.
DiaMonae Thomas opened her indoor season with a personal best in the 60-metre hurdles on Saturday, December 6, 2025, clocking 8.89 seconds to finish eighth at the Crimson & Gold Invitational. The performance came in the season opener at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas, where the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) Lion was competing.
Thomas’s time of 8.89s marks a new indoor benchmark for the hurdler and offers an encouraging start to the 2025–26 indoor campaign. Competing against a strong field, Thomas posted the career-best effort in one of the early-season meets that many collegiate athletes use to sharpen form and race execution ahead of conference and national competitions.
Representing UAPB, an NCAA Division I program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Thomas’s result will be of interest to track supporters back home in the Virgin Islands. Indoor 60m hurdles serves as the winter counterpart to the outdoor 100m hurdles, and strong indoor performances often translate into confidence and improved times once athletes transition to the outdoor season.
For Virgin Islands track followers, Thomas’s season opener provides a sign that she is building toward the key meets later in the winter and spring. Early-season invitationals like the Crimson & Gold are designed to give athletes multiple rounds of competition and the chance to fine-tune starts, hurdle technique and race rhythm under meet conditions.
Looking ahead, Thomas and the UAPB program will likely target additional indoor meets and conference-level competition as they prepare for the SWAC schedule and, potentially, NCAA qualifying events. Progress through the indoor season can be an important step toward peak performances outdoors in the spring and summer.
Fans who want to follow Thomas’s progress can check UAPB athletics releases and collegiate meet result pages for updated times and entries. Her personal best at Pittsburg is a solid first statement for the season and one that will keep Virgin Islands supporters watching as she builds toward bigger meets later in the year.
Primary source: VINO