No. 4 Arkansas Set To Host Regular Season Finale
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 4 Arkansas women’s track and field team will host the Arkansas Twilight this Friday inside John McDonnell Field. The meet will be the last of the regular season before the Razorbacks travel to the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships next Friday-Sunday.
The Razorbacks are up one spot in the USTFCCCA’s weekly poll, heading into this weekend with a No. 4 national ranking following last weekend’s National Relay Championships. Arkansas is second-highest ranked team from the Southeastern Conference, with LSU holding the No. 1 overall spot, while Georgia is ranked No. 5. Full rankings can be found here.
Two Razorbacks will also compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University as Devin Clark and Carina Viljoen will run in the 1,500 meter run in Palo Alto, California Thursday. The race is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:10 p.m. CT.
Date/Time: Friday, May 4 | Field Events Begin at 12:30 p.m., running events begin at 6 p.m.
Venue: John McDonnell Field
Tickets: $5 for Adults, 17 and under free
Important Links: Meet Schedule | Entries/Heat Sheets | Live Results | SEC Network+ Stream
Events To Watch
100 Meter Dash
Entries: Jada Baylark, Janeek Brown, Morgan Burks Magee, Tamara Kuykendall, Kiara Parker
Baylark holds the No. 9 time in the country in the 100 Meter Dash this season, clocking in a time of 11.09 at the Texas Relays on March 28. Baylark has been stellar in the race all season, but has not been able to record wind legal times since the relays in Austin, Texas. The Razorbacks hold two more top-48 times, with Kiara Parker and Janeek Brown clocking the 28th and 43rd best times, respectively.
200 Meter Dash
Entries: Morgan Burks Magee, Sydney Davis, Tamara Kuykendall
Baylark again leads the Razorbacks in the 200 meter dash, recording a season best time of 23.00 at the LSU Alumni gold meet two weeks ago. Parker’s time at the Arkansas Spring Invitational ranks 79th nationally, as she will look to shave off some time to place in the top-48 to qualify for the NCAA Prelims.
1,500 Meter Run
Arkansas Twilight Entries: Kristen Larkan, Alex Ritchey, Greta Taylor, Ruth Wiggins
Payton Jordan Entries: Devin Clark, Carina Viljoen
Head coach Lance Harter will send his top two runners in the 1,500 Meter Run to the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. Viljoen ranks comfortably in top-20 nationally with the 16th-best time of 4:16.07, while Clark will look to improve of her time of 4:21.21 recorded at the Stanford Invitational in March.
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