Shawn Price February 13, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The second day of the Tyson Invitational provided more superlatives from the No. 1 Razorbacks as they claimed a fifth consecutive team victory this indoor season while the highlight performance was a school record in the mile by Krissy Gear.
Facing a field of nationally ranked teams, the Razorbacks produced another dominant team victory with 140 points, as Alabama (64) and Oregon (62) battled for the runner-up position. The rest of the field included Texas A&M (52), Texas (51), Florida (49), Florida State (42), and LSU (28).
“We’re super elated,” said Razorback women’s head coach Lance Harter. “We ran our DMR to get it qualified last night, so Krissy Gear came back in the mile today and rewrote the record book with a 4:31. She just did a fantastic job.
Arkansas senior Katie Izzo broke a 20-year-old meet record at the Razorback Invitational in the process of producing a world-leading time of 15:36.22 in her 5,000m victory during the first day of action in the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Crtl+C … Crtl+V.
There is a huge meet in Arkansas this weekend.
Sorry to sound like a broken record, but it has been true just about each and every week this indoor season so far as the Razorbacks are playing welcoming hosts to a number of programs looking to hit strong marks before the upcoming NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
We’ll see a plethora of talented individuals in the next few days at the Randal Tyson Track Center for the Razorback Invitational. Among those teams is Oregon, which will be competing for the first time in more than 300 days (It’s actually 336, if you want to be exact).
The line-up of schools competing this weekend at Randal Tyson Track Center normally would indicate a strong distance field along with an elite level distance medley relay. However, the women’s distance medley was canceled when the field became limited due to various circumstances.
“The mile, 3k and 5k are going to be heavily matched between Ole Miss and ourselves,” said Arkansas women’s head coach Lance Harter. “Oregon’s distance women are dealing with covid and knocked a bunch of them out. Colorado is focusing on March 15 for NCAA cross country, so we’ll only see a couple of their athletes.
Shawn Price January 22, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Razorbacks closed out the Wooo Pig Classic with a world-leading performance in the 4×400 relay in what may have been a preview of the NCAA Indoor final in March. It was one of many highlights in another team victory by Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
A tally of 129 points earned the team victory for the Razorbacks over Texas (72), LSU (64), Southern California (53), Kentucky (51), Oklahoma State (33) and Missouri (31).
“We cap off a great day with the 4×400 and run 3:32 against a great field,” stated Arkansas women’s head coach Lance Harter. “USC, Texas and Kentucky are always greatly respected sprint powers.