Arkansas alum Shafiqua Maloney clocked a meet record time of 2 minutes, 0.25 seconds during Thursday’s session at the 96th Texas Relays, breaking the record set by Razorback alum Crishauna Williams in 2017.
Arkansas opens the outdoor season this weekend competing at the 96th Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium from Wednesday through Saturday. Meanwhile, a group of Razorback distance runners will compete at the Stanford Invitational on Friday.
No. 1 Arkansas, the defending national indoor champions, will have a leading 17 entries in the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships next week as they contest nine events at the New Balance facility on March 7-9.
A meet record of 15 minutes, 42.45 seconds by Sydney Thorvaldson generated a victory in the 5,000m on the first day of the SEC Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center.