FAYETTEVILE, Ark. – Little Rock sprinter Cameron Jackson announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, just hours before he was scheduled to make his first career NCAA postseason appearance.
A nagging injury, sustained at the tail end of a memorable Sun Belt Conference Championship meet where he won three gold medals, claimed the Top Meet Scorer title and was eventually voted the league's Most Outstanding Track Performer, has refused to go away and countless hours spent in rehab since then has left Jackson with the choice of running injured and potentially exacerbating that injury or withdrawing.