Razorbacks open indoor season with Boston distance races

BOSTON – The indoor track and field season begins Saturday for the Arkansas distance squad as they compete in 3,000m and 5,000m races at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener hosted by Boston University.

Coming off a fourth-place team finish at the cross country national championships a couple of weeks ago, a crew of nine Razorbacks will race at the BU Track Center.

Racing in the first heat of the seeded 5,000m are a pair of Arkansas All-Americans from the recent NCAA Cross Country Championships in Patrick Kiprop and Kirami Yego, who finished seventh and 13th in the 10,000m harrier race.

Entering this season Kiprop has an indoor best of 13:24.32, which serves as the Arkansas school record, while Yego sports a best of 13:38.45 while competing at South Alabama.

The field of 24 entrants in the seeded 5,000m heat includes a mixture of professionals and collegians, of which there are 11 runners among the top 15 finishers from the NCAA final in cross country.

Razorbacks also competing in different sections of the 5,000m, with indoor best times, include Lexington Hilton (14:17.69), Jacob McLeod (13:39.50, UA No. 6), Reuben Reina (14:24.82 outdoor), Myles Richter (13:44.04), Elias Schreml (13:43.82 outdoor), Ben Shearer (14:07.30 outdoor) and Jack Williams (debut). Tommy Romanow (8:15.03) will compete in the 3,000m.

Coverage of the meet will be through a paid service with Flotrack.com at the following link: https://www.flotrack.org/events/11331233-2023-bu-sharon-colyear-danville-season-opener

Two sections of the men’s 5,000m start at 9 a.m. (CT), the men’s 3,000m sections begin at 2:05 p.m. (CT) and the remaining sections of the 5,000m start at 5:25 p.m. (CT).

Live results will be available here: https://lancertiming.com.