FAYETTEVILLE — Following the SEC Outdoor Championships last weekend, the No. 9 Arkansas women’s track and field team secured 22 entries into the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, California, on May 24-26 at Hornet Stadium hosted by Sacremento State University.
The NCAA West Preliminary meet is one of two regional events, which serve as the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Athletes gain entry into the competition by having one of the top-48 best marks of the region (East or West) in their respective events. In order to advance to the final round in Eugene, Oregon an athlete must finish among the top-12 best (per region) in their respective events.
Razorback Entries
The 22 Razorback entries represent a balanced mix of sprints, relays, distance and field events. In the sprints, Arkansas will compete in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 400-meters, and 100-meter hurdles.
In the distance events, it’ll be the 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters, and 3,000-meter steeplechase while off the track, pole vault, and long jump will highlight Arkansas’ representation in the field events.
Both the 4-x-100-meter relay and 4-x-400-meter relay will be at the meet entering with the fourth-best mark in each event.
Arkansas’ multi Taliyah Brooks posted a mark which qualified her straight through to the NCAA meet in Eugene, Ore.
Year-by-Year Entry Count (National Finish)
• 2017 – 28 (6th)
• 2016 – 37 (1st)
• 2015 – 26 (4th)
• 2014 – 21 (9th)
• 2013 – 22 (8th)
• 2012 – 26 (24th)
• 2011 – 20 (14th)
Solo Double Duty
Four Razorbacks, Baylark (100/200), Kiara Parker (100/200) and Maddy Reed (1,500/5K) will pursue final round qualification in two events apiece. Brooks, competing in the open long jump during the West Preliminary will attempt to add a second event in the NCAA meet having already secured her spot at the meet in the heptathlon.
Event Breakdown
100 Meters
Kiara Parker
Jada Baylark
200 Meters
Kiara Parker
Jada Baylark
400 Meters
Morgan Burks-Magee
1,500 Meters
Nikki Hiltz
Carina Viljoen
Maddy Reed
5,000 Meters
Maddy Reed
100 Meter Hurdles
Janeek Brown
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
Devin Clark
Rachel Nichwitz
Regan Hime
4-x-100 Meter Relay
Taliyah Brooks, Kiara Parker, Jada Baylark, Janeek Brown
4-x-400 Meter Relay
Kiara Parker, Morgan Burks-Magee, Jada Baylark, Sydney Davis
Pole Vault
Lexi Jacobus
Tori Hoggard
Rylee Robinson
Elizabeth Ramos-Mata
Morgan Hartsell
Long Jump
Taliyah Brooks
Heptathlon (Through to NCAAs in Eugene)
Taliyah Brooks
