Tamara Kuykendall - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Tamara Kuykendall

Sr | 5-6 | Sprints | Little Rock, Ark. | Little Rock Central

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First-Team All-American (4-x-100-meter relay)

Senior (2020)
Indoors: Competed in five meets during indoor season, racing in 60m and 200m … In SEC Indoor Championship prelims, placed 16th in 60m (7.57) and 26th in 200m (24.90) … Produced a season best of 7.57 twice in 60m, in Tyson Invitational and at SEC meet … Ran season best of 24.50 in 200m at Tyson Invitational.

Junior (2019)
Competed in 16 meets… Earned First-Team All-American honors in the 4-x-100-meter relay at the NCAA Championships… Set lifetime-bests of 11.45 in the 100-meters and 58.68 in the 400-meters… Ran the No. 8 time in program history in the 100-meters at the NCAA West Prelims (11.45)…

Sophomore (2018)
Competed in seven meets… Set a personal-best in the 60-meters at the SEC Indoor Championships running 7.47 seconds… Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season… Ran a personal-best of 11.54 in the 100-meters at the LSU Alumni meet (Apr. 21)… Recorded a personal-best of 23.66 in the 200-meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11)…

Freshman (2017)
Opened her career as a Razorback with an eighth-place finish in the 60 at the Arkansas Invitational … Clocked season bests in the 60 (7.66) and the 200 (24.74) at the Arkansas Qualifier to wrap up her indoor season … Kicked off her outdoor campaign with a PR of 12.11 in the 100 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational … Closed out her first year at Arkansas with a 200 outdoor PR of 24.86 at the Arkansas Twilight.

High School
Two-time AHSAA 7A State Championship Runner-up in the 100 … Two-time state qualifier in the 200 with a best finish of fifth place at the 2016 meet … Posted two top-12 finishes at the 2016 Arkansas Meet of Champions, placing eighth in the 200 and 11th in the 100.

Personal
Born on Feb. 3, 1998 … Daughter of Robert and Erma Kuykendall … Has one sister; Janelle Brooks … Majoring in Educational Studies.