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Top-ranked Razorbacks shooting for 12th straight title

It’s a new season for No. 1 Arkansas, but the mission remains the same — win the conference championship.

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — It’s a new season for No. 1 Arkansas, but the mission remains the same — win the conference championship.

Lance Harter’s squad will pursue its 12th consecutive Southeastern Conference victory this weekend, taking on the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships in College Station on Feb. 24-25.

The event will be televised live on the SEC network for the first time beginning at 5 p.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 25. Fans will be able to live stream Saturday’s action on the SEC Network plus beginning at 2:55 p.m. The broadcast talent includes Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson, Jill Montgomery and John Anderson.

Nationally Ranked SEC Teams

The SEC almost accounts for half of the USTFCCCA NCAA National Rankings top-25 list with 10 teams occupying spots in the most recent edition of the poll

The Razorbacks lead the way at No. 1 but are closely trailed by No. 3 Kentucky and No. 4 Georgia. Elsewhere inside the top-10, LSU, Texas A&M and Florida rank at 6-7-8, respectively.

Regional rival Missouri is at No. 12 trailed by No. 14 Tennessee and No. 17 Alabama, while Mississippi State rounds out the group at 24.

SEC Streak

A perpetually formidable team at the conference and national levels, Arkansas took hold of the league at the 2014 SEC Outdoor Championships and has yet to loosen its grip.

Harter’s 2017 cross country team began another charge for an SEC Triple Crown this past fall in College Station and his track and field team looks to keep it going.

A victory this weekend would put the Hogs on the path for their fourth-consecutive SEC Triple Crown.

  • 2016 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (110), LSU (67) | Margin of Victory: 43
  • 2017 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (98), Alabama (93) | Margin of Victory: 12.5

All-SEC Returners
Back from the 2017 conference roster are pentathlon runner-up Taliyah Brooks, pole vault champion Tori (Weeks) Hoggard, pole vault runner-up Lexi (Weeks) Jacobus and 5K champion and 3K runner-up Taylor Werner.

Arkansas will kick off the meet tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. with Brooks on a mission for gold this year in the pentathlon.

Events To Watch (Saturday):

• 11:15 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. | Heptathlon/Long Jump
Featured Razorback: Taliyah Brooks (PR: 4,580 points / 6.57m/21-6 3/4)

• 3 p.m. | Pole Vault
Featured Razorback: Lexi Jacobus (PR: 4.64m/15-2 3/4)

• 3:10 p.m. / 6:15 p.m. | 60 Meter Hurdles/200 Meters Prelims
Featured Razorback: Payton Chadwick (PR: 8.09/22.99)

• 3:35 p.m. | 60 Meters Prelims
Featured Razorback: Jada Baylark (PR: 7.22)

• 3:35 p.m. | Mile Prelims
Featured Razorback: Nikki Hiltz (PR: 4:33.44)

• 7:10 p.m. | 3,000 Meters
Featured Razorback: Taylor Werner (PR: 9:06.34)

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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