EUGENE, Ore. Jarrion Lawson, a former Liberty-Eylau Olympian, gave it his best shot on his sixth and final attempt during the men s long jump competition at the USA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.
Nikki Hiltz won the women s 1,500 meters and Krissy Gear won the women s 3,000-meter steeplechase Saturday night at the USA Track and Field Championships to lead a strong showing by athletes who competed at the University of Arkansas.
A total of seven Razorbacks placed among the top three in a pair of national championship meets to potentially compete in the World Athletics Championships later this summer. Three Razorbacks qualified from the Jamaican Championships in Kingston.
FAYETTEVILLE The University of Arkansas men s track and field team smoked the competition in the first three of the four most important meets of the year.