Sandi Morris' Record Highlights Day One of the Razorback Invite

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – After day one of the Razorback Invitational, the University of Arkansas women’s track and field team sits in first place with 48 points. The Razorbacks tallied two event titles and six top five finishes during the first day of competition.

The day kicked off with the pentathlon and saw junior Alex Gochenour walk away with the title. Gochenour set a new personal-best with 4,259 points, while freshman Taliyah Brooks and sophomore Leigha Brown both finished with 4,155 points to finish third and fourth, respectively.

Senior Sandi Morris gave Razorback fans another show in the pole vault. Morris won the title with a mark of 15-3 to set a new personal-best and program record. The senior’s mark also gave her the No. 2 mark in college history and the best height not achieved at altitude. The Greenville, S.C. native also took three attempts at breaking the collegiate record, currently held by Demi Payne of Stephen F. Austin (15-7), but came up just short at 15-7.25.

In preliminary action, Brooks won her heat with a time of 8.50 to qualify for the semifinals of the 60 meter hurdles, while junior Shekara Boakye (7.58) and senior Tamara Myers (7.60) also advanced to Saturday’s semifinals after they both finished third in their heats. Myers’ time (7.60) was a new personal-best.

Action at the 2015 Razorback Invitational resumes on Saturday (Jan. 31) with the ­­3,000-meter run beginning at noon.

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TEAM STANDINGS
1. Arkansas – 48.0
2. Texas A&M – 44.0
2. Florida – 44.0
4. Iowa State – 31.0
4. LSU – 31.0
6. Purdue – 19.0
7. Stanford – 15.0
8. Oklahoma – 14.0
9. Oklahoma State – 8.0
10. Florida State – 6.0
10. Notre Dame – 6.0
12. Tulsa – 4.0

Day 1 Results
60 Meters (preliminary)
13. Shekara Boakye – 7.58q
14. Tamara Myers – 7.60q (PR)
32. Kaylee McCarthy – 8.05 (PR)

60m Hurdles (preliminary)
3. Taliyah Brooks – 8.50q

200 Meters
10. Regine Williams – 24.05
13. Brianna Swinton – 24.16 (PR)
18. Daina Harper – 24.44 (PR)
29. Shekara Boakye – 24.87 (PR)
37. Kaylee McCarthy – 25.79 (PR)

High Jump
–. Alyssa Parker – NH

Pole Vault
1. Sandi Morris – 4.65m/15-3% (PR)
3. Ariel Voskamp – 4.25m/13-11.25
4. Megan Zimlich – 4.05m/13-3.5
7. Ariel Lachance – 3.90m/12-9.5 (PR)
–. Stephanie Diettinger – NH

Long Jump
9. Aatiyah Henry – 5.48m/17-11.75

Pentathlon (Final)
1. Alex Gochenour – 4,259 points

• 3. 60mH – 8.55 (1,006 pts.)
• 1. HJ – 1.79m/5-10.5 (966) (PR)
• 2. SP – 12.39m/40-7.75 (687) (PR)
• 4. LJ – 5.75m/18-10.5 (774)
• 3. 800m – 2:19.85 (826)

T3. Taliyah Brooks – 4,155 points

• 1. 60mH – 8.39 (1,041 pts.) (PR)
• 2. HJ – 1.76m/5-9.25 (928) (PR)
• 7. SP – 10.40m/34-1.50 (556)
• 1. LJ – 6.05m/19-10.25 (865) (PR)
• 4. 800m – 2:24.39 (765)

T3. Leigha Brown – 4,155 points

• 5. 60mH – 8.77 (959 pts.)
• 3. HJ – 1.76m/5-9.25 (928)
• 1. SP – 12.55m/41-2.25 (698) (PR)
• 8. LJ – 5.30m/17-4.75 (643) (PR)
• 1. 800m – 2:12.59 (927) (PR)

% – school record | PR – personal best | q – qualifier

Fayetteville, the “Track Capital of the World”, will be at the center of the track and field universe on the weekend of March 13-14 as the Razorbacks will host the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center, the home of the “Fastest Indoor Track in the World”. Since the facility’s opening in 2000, Arkansas and the Randal Tyson Track Center have hosted the event 11 times, including nine straight seasons and 11 of the last 13 championships.

A two-day, all-session ticket to the NCAA Indoor Championships is $40 for reserved seating and $30 for general admission adult ticket.

Season tickets and NCAA all-session passes are available online at HERE, by contacting the Razorback Athletics Ticket Center via phone at (800) 982-HOGS or in person at the Razorback Athletics Ticket Center, located just east of Baum Stadium at 1295 S. Razorback Rd. in Fayetteville.