FAYETTEVILLE — No. 4 Arkansas will be in the hunt for its 13th-consecutive SEC Conference title this weekend in Knoxville, competing at the 2018 SEC Outdoor Championships May 11-13 at the Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium.
The final day of the championships will be televised live on the SEC network beginning at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 13.
Fans will be able to live stream Friday and Saturday’s action on the SEC Network plus beginning at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
The broadcast talent includes Dwight Stones, Larra Overton, Jill Montgomery and John Anderson.
Date/Time: Friday, May 11-Sunday, May 13
Venue: Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium
Important Links: Meet Notes | Meet Schedule | Entries/Heat Sheets | Live Results | SEC Network+ Stream
Nationally Ranked SEC Teams
In the most recent USTFCCCA NCAA National Rankings, 10 SEC programs were among the top-25 best teams in the country led by No. 1 LSU.
Following the Tigers are No. 4 Arkansas and No. 5 Kentucky, No. 6 Georgia, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 9 Florida, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 17 Alabama No. 18 Missouri and No. 23 Ole Miss.
The women’s track & field team is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and boast 10 performances in the Top-20 of the NCAA with five of those falling inside the Top-10 including a nation-leading heptathlete in Taliyah Brooks.
No. 1 | Taliyah Brooks – Long Jump 6.78m (22′-3″)
No. 2 | Lexi Jacobus – Pole Vault 4.55m (14′-11″)
No. 3 | Tori Hoggard – Pole Vault 4.51m (14′-9.50″)
No. 4 | Janeek Brown – 100-meter hurdles 12.73
No. 4 | Taliyah Brooks – Heptathlon 5,946-points
No. 7 | Taliyah Brooks – 100-meter hurdles 12.82
No. 7 | 4-x-100-meters 43.38
No. 9 | Jada Baylark – 100-meters 11.09
No.19 | Carina Viljoen – 1500-meters 4:16.07
No. 19 | Devin Clark – 3,000-meter steeplechase 10:08.17
All-SEC Returners
The Razorbacks return five individual All-SEC performers from the 2017 squad including Taliyah Brooks, Nikki Hiltz, Lexi Jacobus, Tori Hoggard.
Arkansas also had four student-athletes named to the 2017 SEC All-Freshman Team that includes two who will compete for the Razorbacks this weekend in Carina Viljoen and Rachel Nichwitz.
2018 SEC Outdoor Championships Entries –
100-Meter Dash
Athlete/Career Best
Jada Baylark 11.10/11.02w
Janeek Brown 11.34/11.19w
Tamara Kuykendall 11.54/11.44w
Kiara Parker 11.26/11.14w
200-Meter Dash
Jada Baylark 23.00/22.91w
Tamara Kuykendall 23.82
Kiara Parker 23.41
400-Meter Dash
Morgan Burks Magee 52.20(i)
Sydney Davis 54.99
Sydney Hammit 54.81
800-Meter Run
Kailee Sawyer 2:08.04
1,500-Meter Run
Nikki Hiltz 4:10.80
Micah Huckabee 4:33.66
Carina Viljoen 4:16.07
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Devin Clark 9:49.25
Regan Hime 10:08.23
Rachel Nichwitz 10:14.59
5,000-Meter Run
Devin Clark 16:15.09
Regan Hime 16:12.46
Micah Huckabee 18:16.96
Rachel Nichwitz 16:33.27
Maddy Reed 16:04.43
Carina Viljoen NT
10,000-Meter Run
Regan Hime NT
100-Meter Hurdles
Taliyah Brooks 13.14/12.82w
Janeek Brown 13.21/12.73w
4-x-100-Meter Relay
Janeek Brown, Jada Baylark, Kiara Parker, Morgan Burks Magee
4-x-400-Meter Relay
Morgan Burks Magee, Sydney Davis,
Kiara Parker, Jada Baylark
High Jump
Carmen Sitz 1.70m (5’-6.75”)
Pole Vault
Morgan Hartsell 4.02m (13’-2.25”)
Tori Hoggard 4.61m (15’-1.50”)
Lexi Jacobus 4.66m (15-3.25”)
Elizabeth Ramos Mata 4.05m (13’-3.25”)
Rylee Robinson 4.17m (13’-8”)
