Arkansas set for final day of SEC Championships on Saturday

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas remains in title contention following day two of the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at John McDonnell Field.

Arkansas qualified four athletes through to tomorrow’s finals while the Razorbacks added 10-points bringing their total to 32 after eight events scored.

Sam Kempka added to the Razorback total with two points from a seventh-place finish in the shot put where the senior finished with a best mark of 18.64m (61-2) — the No. 4 throw in program history.

Laquan Nairn matched Kempka’s points with a seventh-place finish of his own, leaping out to a mark of 7.63m (25-0.50) — a personal-best mark.

Shakiel Chattoo and Carl Elliot III advanced to the finals of the 110-meter hurdles each running identical 13.79 times. Chattoo advanced by the auto-Q, finishing as one of the top three in his heat, while Elliot III earned his spot in the final as the second-fastest time qualifier.

Cameron Griffith moved on to the final in the 1,500-meters running 3:49.40 to win his heat.

Hunter Woodhall narrowly missed matching his personal-best in the prelims of the 400-meters as he grabbed a spot in tomorrow’s final after running 46.56 that is a tenth of a second (.10) off his lifetime-best of 46.46 from the John McDonnell Invitational.

Despite not scoring in two events, Gabe Moore took fifth-place in the decathlon with a two day total of 6,345-pts. Daniel Spejcher finished seventh with 5,960-pts. – a new personal best.

Moore who entered the day in second place moved to the top of the scoreboard after the 110-meter hurdles where he ran 14.56 for 903-points. Moore moved on to throw 49.33m (161-10) in the discus for 856-points.

On his opening attempt in the pole vault, he injured himself on the approach, which resulted in the senior recording a NH in the event scoring 0-points. After gathering himself for a second, Moore mounted a return to action posting a mark of 46.77m (153-5) for 541-points.

Unfortunately, Moore was unable to complete the two-day grind due to injury but still finished fifth-overall scoring four points towards the Arkansas total on the scoreboard.

Spejcher finished out the decathlon adding marks of 16.56 in the 110-meter hurdles, 38.94m (127-9) in the discus, 3.00m (9-10) in the pole vault, 50.09m (164-4) in the javelin, and a run of 5:12.50 in the 1,500-meters taking seventh-place for two points towards the Razorback total.

The Razorbacks are currently in third place with 32 points through eight events scored.

PLACE		MEN [8 out of 21 scored]	SCORE
1		Florida	37
2		Georgia	34
3		Arkansas	32
3		Miss State	32
5		Alabama	28
5		LSU	28
5		Tennessee	28
8		Texas A&M	24
9		Missouri	19
10		Kentucky	15
11		Auburn	14
12		South Carolina	13
13		Ole Miss	8

Arkansas will have at least one athlete in 10 of the 13 events contested tomorrow afternoon.