Pryce won the 400m in 49.95 seconds while Gear finished first in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 9:35.27.

Finishing behind Pryce in the 400m were Wadeline Venlogh of Haiti (50.23) and American Lynna Irby-Jackson (50.47). NACAC meet record holder Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who ran 49.40 to win the 2022 title, did not start the final.

Gear, who set a career best of 9:11.64 in placing fourth at the USATF Championships this summer, bettered the NACAC field by eight seconds with Canada’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh runner-up in 9:43.91. Gear came within a second of the NACAC meet record of 9:34.36 set by American Gabrielle Jennings in 2022.

Arkansas athletes totaled two gold medals along with a silver and a bronze in the 2025 NACAC Championships.

Gold | Nickisha Pryce (Jamaica), 400m
Gold | Krissy Gear (US), 3,000m steeplechase
Silver | Shafiqua Maloney (St. Vincent), 800m
Bronze | Tyrice Taylor (Jamaica), 800m