Rhayko Schwartz - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Rhayko Schwartz

RS Sr./ -- | 5-11 | Sprints | McKinney, Texas | Western Texas

Career Highlights

  • Three-time NCAA All-America | Indoor (1), Outdoor (2)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor silver | 4×400 relay
  • 2017 NCAA Outdoor silver | 4×400 relay
  • 2021 SEC Outdoor bronze | 4×400 relay
  • 2018 SEC Indoor bronze | 4×400 relay

Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Member of bronze medal 4×400 relay (3:04.96) at SEC Championships, running anchor leg with a split of 45.44 … Supplied third leg (46.05) during NCAA West Preliminary (3:05.10) to qualify for NCAA Championships … Second leg in NCAA semifinal (3:08.15) … Also third leg (46.7) when Arkansas won LSU Invitational (3:10.61) … Posted a season best of 46.55 in the 400m to place sixth at LSU Invitational … Ran 46.97 in prelims of SEC Championships … Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary, ran times of 46.62 and 46.72 … Had a wind-aided 21.21 in 200 to place third in Arkansas Twilight.

Indoor: Earned All-America honor as member of 4×400 relay that placed sixth in NCAA Championships (3:06.25), split 46.27 on third leg … Anchored 4×400 to fifth place in SEC Championships (3:05.07), splitting 46.09 … Ran second leg (48.82) of distance medley relay (9:43.38) which finished seventh at SEC Indoor … Also anchored runner-up 4×400 finish at Tyson Invitational (3:07.26) with a 46.18 split … Competed in 400m during three meets, producing a season best of 48.24 to place seventh in Razorback Invitational.

Senior (2020)
Indoors: Competed in two meets … Finished third in 200m with a 21.38 at Arkansas Invitational and ran on runner-up 4x400m relay (3:12.60) … Placed sixth in 200m (21.49) at Red Raider Invitational.

Senior (2019)
Ran outdoors during the 2019 season … Earned First Team All-America honors after helping the 4×400-meter relay to a seventh-place finish at 3:03.40 … Competed in the 400 meters and 4x400m relay at the SEC Championships, picking up bronze in the relay behind a time of 3:03.53 … Clocked in with a season-best 47.07 in the 400 meters at the National Relay Championships in Fayetteville.

Junior (2018)
Competed in seven meets during the indoor season… Ran a personal-best 6.83 seconds in the 60-meters at the Arkansas Invitational… Earned a Bronze Medal as a member of the 4-x-400-meter relay at the SEC Indoor Championships (3:04.53)… Did not compete during the outdoor season

Sophomore (2017)
NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4-x-400) … Started his career as a Hog placing 15th in the 60 at the Vanderbilt Invitational off a PR of 6.93 … Ran his first 400 of the season at the Tyson Invitational, placing sixth in 47.36 … Closed out the indoor season with a pair of top-three finishes in the 400 and 4-x-400-meter relay at the Arkansas Qualifier … Kicked off outdoor with a fifth-place finish in the 400 at the Baylor Invitational … Earned back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 400 at the John McDonnell Invitational and SEC Relays, contributing to a top-three finish for Arkansas’ 4-x-400-meter relay in the latter … Wrapped up the regular season with a PR of 21.20 in the 200 for sixth place at the Arkansas Twilight … Part of the sixth-place finishing 4-x-400-meter relay team at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Posted a personal best in the 400 of 45.97 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships as a member of the Razorback 4-x-400-meter relay team, where he capped the collegiate season as a national silver medalist and program record holder (3:01.84) … Completed his year as a top-30 finisher in the 400 at the USATF Outdoor Championships.

At Western Texas
2016 NJCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier in the 200, 400 and 4-x-400 … Placed seventh at the national meet as a member of the 4-x-400-meter relay team.

Rhayko Schwartz | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

400 | 46.08

60 | 6.83

200 | 21.24

600 | 1:24.12

Outdoor

400 | 45.97

200 | 21.20