FAYETTEVILLE — On the heels of a national indoor runner-up finish, Arkansas transitions to its outdoor campaign with this weekend’s Arkansas Spring Invitational at John McDonnell Field.
The women’s hammer throw will be held Friday at approximately 6 p.m. with all other events scheduled for Saturday.
Tickets for the Arkansas Spring Invitational are $5 for adults with free admission for fans 17 years and younger.
Tickets are sold at the northwest entrance (corner of Razorback Rd and Meadow St) of John McDonnell Field.
Saturday’s field events start at 11:30 a.m. with running events beginning at 3 p.m.
National indoor champion (pentathlon) Taliyah Brooks is set to compete Saturday at 200 meters and in the long jump where she owns the program record of 6.50m/21-4 from last year’s NCAA meet in Eugene.
The Razorbacks will also feature 2018 indoor All-Americans Jada Baylark, Janeek Brown and Morgan Burks Magee.
Baylark owns the No. 5 time in school history at 100 meters (11.38) while Brown and Burks Magee will be making their collegiate outdoor debuts.
Arkansas enters the outdoor season ranked fourth in the Terry Crawford Program of the Year standings.
The Razorbacks have five-consecutive finishes inside the top three of the standings including runner-up efforts in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
In another post-indoor awards watch, junior Lexi Jacobus landed on The Bowerman Watch List following her NCAA title in the pole vault.
The Arkansas Spring Invitational is the first of four outdoor home meets for the Razorbacks who are also set to host the John McDonnell Invitational (April 13-14), National Relay Championships (April 27-28) and Arkansas Twilight (May 4).
