Razorbacks Westward Bound for NCAAs

EUGENE, Ore. – On Wednesday afternoon the No. 13 Arkansas men’s track and field team will embark on its final challenge of the season, matching their talents against the best programs in the country at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.

The ESPN family of networks will live stream and televise the four-day event, beginning Wednesday, June 7 at 5:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU. Fans are encouraged to participate in the event on social media by using the hashtag #ncaaTF.

2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Oregon
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 6, 1:30 p.m. | Thursday, June 7, 12:30 p.m. | Friday, June 8, 2:30 p.m. | Saturday, June 9, 1:30 p.m.
Venue: Hayward Field
LIVE Results: ncaa.com

ESPN has exclusive broadcast rights for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
*All times listed in CT

Arkansas Qualifiers
100-Meters – Kenzo Cotton
200-Meters – Kenzo Cotton
400-Meters – Obi Igbokwe
110-Meter Hurdles – Larry Donald
400-Meter Hurdles – Kemar Mowatt
1,500-Meters – Cameron Griffith
4-x-100 Meter Relay – Hari, Mowatt, Harris, Cotton
4-x-400 Meter Relay – Stephen, Woodhall, Mowatt, Igbokwe
Long Jump – Schrage
Decathlon – Jacobus, Moore

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REPEATS 🔁
The Razorbacks have four athletes returning to the NCAA Championships in individual events after competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships this past March in College Station, Texas.

Kenzo Cotton qualifies for the outdoor championships following an indoor season that saw the senior grab his 16th All-American honor, finishing seventh in the 200-meters in a time of 20.85. At last year’s NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Cotton finished 10th in the 100-meters (10.11), 12th in the 200-meters (20.52) and ran a leg on the seventh-place 4-x-100-meter relay that posted a time of 38.82)

Obi Igbokwe looks to improve during his second NCAA championships this season after posting a 14th-place finish in the 400-meters during the indoor championships this past March. Igbokwe recorded a time of 45.49, an outdoor PR, at the NCAA West Preliminary that stands as the No. 5 mark all-time in Arkansas’ program history to punch his ticket to Eugene. At last years NCAA Outdoor meet, Igbokwe finished 20th in the 400-meters (46.40) and helped the Razorbacks secure a runner-up finish in the 4-x-400-meter relay running a school record time of 3:01.84 in the final.

Cameron Griffith, who has qualified for every championship meet during the 2017-18 academic year (XC, ITF, OTF), will make his outdoor championships debut in the 1,500-meters after finishing fifth at the NCAA West Prelims running a personal-best time of 3:43.14. Griffith finished as the bronze medalist in the 3,000-meters (8:05.91) at the indoor championships this past March in College Station, Texas.

Gabe Moore returns to the NCAA Championships following a sixth-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. Moore posted a total score of 5,874-points to earn All-American honors indoors. During the 2018 outdoor season, Moore has recorded a program No. 2 mark of 7,901-points that came during a runner-up finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Knoxville, Tenn.

The men’s 4-x-400-meter relay returns after their historic run during last year’s NCAA outdoor meet that saw Rhayko Schwartz, Eric Janise, Roy Ejakuekwu, Obi Igbokwe run a school record time of 3:01.84 in an NCAA runner-up finish. This year’s outdoor squad features Jamarco Stephen, Hunter Woodhall, Kemar Mowatt, and Igbokwe who cruised to an NCAA qualifying time of 3:04.51 at the NCAA West Prelims meet in Sacramento, Calif.

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