Shawn Price January 22, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Another team victory for the Razorbacks during the Wooo Pig Classic on Friday featured a school record by freshman thrower Ruben Banks and a sub-four-minute mile by Amon Kemboi at Randal Tyson Track Center.
Arkansas totaled 113 points to top a field of national caliber teams which included Southern California (84), Kentucky (81.5), Texas (60.5), LSU (54), Missouri (24), and Oklahoma State (6).
“We’re not really putting a line-up together to score maximum amount of points,” said Arkansas men’s coach Chris Bucknam. “It’s everyone’s second meet of the season, and everybody is kind of doing the same thing we are. We’re feeling out where kids are best at and not over doing it. It’s been a long time since we competed.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It also makes collegiate track & field athletes go bigger in early season meets after not competing for more than 10 months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This indoor collegiate season will see many more bigger marks earlier than usual. A sense of urgency and people getting to their main event earlier, because never know when you could be quarantined or shut down and miss a few meets.
Happy to return to competing. Todd Lane (@LSUtoddlane) January 17, 2021
This past weekend saw a slew of all-time performances added to the collegiate record book.
KC Lightfoot, Baylor – Lightfoot broke a less-than-year-old collegiate indoor record in the pole vault at the Texas Tech Corky Classic in Lubbock, Texas. He topped 5.94m (19-5¾) on his first attempt at the height and reduced Chris Nilsen’s former all-time best of 5.93m (19-5½) to second fiddle. Lightfoot missed three attempts at 6.00m (19-8¼), but has cleared that in practice.
Arkansas hosts the Wooo Pig Classic on Friday, another team scored event that features a collection of top track and field talent from around the country. The Razorbacks play host to Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Southern California, and Texas inside the Randal Tyson Track Center.