Shawn Price April 1, 2021
EUGENE, Ore. – The Hayward Premiere hosted by the University of Oregon this Friday and Saturday offers an opportunity for the Razorback distance crew to start its outdoor season in ideal conditions as they explore the remodeled Hayward Field, the host site this summer for the NCAA Championships and U.S. Olympic Trials.
“The Oregon meet is more of a distance carnival this weekend,” noted Arkansas women’s head coach Lance Harter. “Traditionally this is usually the weekend at Stanford, but due to some limitations they are enduring with covid restrictions Oregon has picked it up and we are going to the inaugural of the new world’s greatest facility in track and field.
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2021 NCAA Women’s Indoor: Arkansas Repeats, Athing Mu Gets Beat (Then Runs the Fastest Indoor 4×400 Split Ever), Courtney Wayment Double
March 13, 2021
The 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships concluded in Fayetteville, Ark., and the Arkansas Razorbacks won the title 68 to 57 over Texas A&M with a true team performance. The Razorbacks didn’t win a single individual event (the Oregon men won six en route to their title), but scored in 10 of the 17 events and clinched the title with 17 points in the 3000m. It added up to the second-highest score in meet history, behind only the 84 logged by Oregon’s triple crown winners of 2017.
Shawn Price March 13, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A surge of 58 points scored by the Razorbacks on the third and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships secured another national championship for the Arkansas program, as they successfully defending their 2019 indoor title in the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The Razorbacks totaled 68 points to chase down the 16-point lead Texas A&M built over the first two days. The Aggies finished as runner-up with 57 points with LSU third at 39. The rest of the top 10 schools included USC (35), Georgia (31), Florida (30), BYU (29), Texas (25), Baylor (24), and Auburn (20).
Arkansas’ total is the third highest winning score over the history of the NCAA Indoor Championships, dating back to 1983, trailing only 84 by Oregon in 2017 and 71 by Texas in 1988.
NCAA Indoors Day 1 Super Women’s Recap: Joyce Kimeli (5K) & BYU (DMR) Win Titles, Tara Davis Breaks NCAA LJ Record, & Tyra Gittens Is Winning the Meet By Herself
March 12, 2021
Friday’s action at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships are in the books, and a few new stars earned their first NCAA titles in the distance events. In the 5,000, Auburn’s
Joyce Kimeli won a race no one wanted to lead in 15:48.98. The distance medley relay was the opposite:
Courtney Wayment was more than happy to lead, making a strong push with over a kilometer remaining in the anchor leg to power BYU to the school’s first women’s DMR title.