No. 1 Arkansas Battle Best of NCAA at Home
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 1-ranked Arkansas women’s track and field team returns home to compete against some of the best teams out of the Power Five conferences at the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 29-30. Competition will begin on Friday at 11 a.m. with the multi events and close Saturday afternoon with the 4×400-meter relay.
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Nationally-ranked teams making the trip to the ‘Track Capital of the World’ include: No. 2 Georgia, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Florida, No. 18 LSU and No. 20 Texas A&M.
ALL EYES ON…
Senior Taylor Ellis-Watson is the top individual (non-relay) performer for the Razorbacks from the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. Ranked fourth nationally in the 200-meter dash this season, Ellis-Watson will open up her premiere event, the 400-meter dash, on Saturday at noon.
Cabot, Ark. native Lexi Weeks was the top collegian in the pole vault at New Mexico’s Cherry & Silver Invitational last weekend. Weeks is the only female true freshman with an NCAA leading-mark of 4.50m/14-9. Still in pursuit of a 15-foot clearance, vaulting in her home facility could earn her that new personal best.
The multi events on Friday will see pentathlon All-Americans Taliyah Brooks, Leigha Brown and Alex Gochenour compete against conference rivals and Georgia Bulldogs Xenia Rahn and Kendell Williams. All five competitors finished in the top 12 at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. Williams holds the NCAA pentathlon record with her score of 4678 from last year’s national meet.
Newcomers Payton Stumbaugh and Kelsey Herman will also start their pentathlon careers as Razorbacks on Friday.
Fresh off a strong international performance with Team USA’s cross country team, freshman Devin Clark will take on the 3,000-meter run in her first collegiate track meet. Clark assisted the Razorbacks to a ninth place team finish at the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championships crossing the line to place 48th overall.
Following racing to a new personal best at 3,000 meters in the Gladstein Invitational, junior Regan Ward will also be in action in the invitational section of the event on Saturday. Ward’s time of 9:30.51 is currently the third best in the SEC this season.
The mile will feature 2015 NCAA DMR champion Jessica Kamilos and All-American transfer Nikki Hiltz who placed eighth in the mile as a freshman at the 2015 NCAA Championships with Oregon.
Prime time action on Fri., Jan. 29 begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are just $5 for adults and youth 17 and under get in free. Visit arkansasrazorbacks.com or call 800-982-HOGS and get your tickets today.
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, JAN. 29
MULTI EVENTS
11:00 a.m. PENTATHLON (W)
11:15 a.m. HEPTATHLON (M)
RUNNING EVENTS
6:00 p.m. 5,000M RUN (W)
6:20 p.m. 5,000M RUN (M)
6:40 p.m. 200M DASH (W)
7:10 p.m. 200M DASH (M)
7:40 p.m. DMR (W)
8:00 p.m. DMR (M)
FIELD EVENTS
3:00 p.m. POLE VAULT (W)
4:00 p.m. WT. THROW (W)
6:30 p.m. POLE VAULT (M)
6:30 p.m. WT. THROW (M)
6:30 p.m. LONG JUMP (W)
6:30 p.m. LONG JUMP (M)
7:30 p.m. HIGH JUMP (W)
7:30 p.m. HIGH JUMP (M)
SATURDAY, JAN. 30
MULTI EVENTS
11:00 a.m. HEPTATHLON (M)
RUNNING EVENTS
11:15 a.m. 3,000M (W)
11:30 a.m. 3,000M (M)
11:45 a.m. 400M (W)
12:00 p.m. 400M (M)
12:32 p.m. 400M INVITATIONAL (W)
12:37 p.m. 400M INVITATIONAL (M)
1:05 p.m. 60M HH SEMIFINAL (W)
1:10 p.m. 60M HH SEMIFINAL (M)
1:15 p.m. 60M SEMIFINAL (W)
1:30 p.m. 60M SEMIFINAL (M)
1:45 p.m. 800M (W)
2:00 p.m. 800M (M)
2:15 p.m. MILE RUN (W)
2:30 p.m. MILE RUN (M)
2:45 p.m. 60M HH FINAL (W)
2:50 p.m. 60M HH FINAL (M)
2:55 p.m. 60M FINAL (W)
3:00 p.m. 60M FINAL (M)
3:05 p.m. 3,000M INVITATIONAL (W)
3:25 p.m. 3,000M INVITATIONAL (M)
3:40 p.m. 1,000M HEP
3:45 p.m. 800M INVITATIONAL (W)
3:50 p.m. 800M INVITATIONAL (M)
3:55 p.m. MILE INVITATIONAL (W)
4:02 p.m. MILE INVITATIONAL (M)
4:10 p.m. 4X400M RELAY (W)
4:20 p.m. 4X400M RELAY (M)
FIELD EVENTS
12:00 p.m. SHOT PUT (W)
2:00 p.m. SHOT PUT (M)
2:00 p.m. TRIPLE JUMP (W)
2:00 p.m. TRIPLE JUMP (M)
