The University of Arkansas women s distance medley relay team won in a school-record time of 10 minutes, 51.37 seconds to give the Razorbacks a strong end to the first day at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Birmingham, Ala.
The Arkansas Qualifier features an opportunity for individuals and relays to produce improved times prior to upcoming conference and NCAA Indoor championship meets among the 33 schools scheduled to compete on Friday, February 18.
The Razorbacks make a return trip to E.B. Cushing Stadium where they recently claimed the SEC Championship to complete a conference triple crown for the 2020-21 season.
Arkansas was the lone Division I school to complete a men’s and women’s conference triple crown this season. Only two other schools achieved the feat this past year in Division I, the Charlotte men in Conference USA as well as the Arkansas State women in the Sun Belt.
This marked the third time the Razorbacks men and women accomplished a conference triple crown in the same season. The first occurred in 1999-2000 and then again in 2015-16.