Championships in USA, Jamaica goal for some Hogs

FAYETTEVILLE —With the collegiate season completed and behind them, six members of the Arkansas women’s track and field team will pursue success on the national stage at the 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships June 21-24 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Date/Time: Thursday, June 21 | Friday, June 22 | Saturday, June 23 | Sunday, June 24
Venue: Drake University (Drake Stadium)
Important Links: Live Results | Start Lists
Broadcast Schedule: NBC Sports Gold

Hosted by Drake University, the four-day event will see the top athletes from around the country vying for a USATF Championship.

With the next IAAF World Championships slated to be held in Doha, Qatar Sept. 28-Oct. 6, 2019, there are no Team USA spots up for grabs and there will be no advancement past the USATF Championship meet.

Current Razorbacks traveling to Iowa include Taliyah Brooks (Long Jump, 100-meter hurdles), Jada Baylark (100-meters), Kiara Parker (100-meters), Nikki Hiltz (1,500-meters), Tori Hoggard (Pole Vault), and Lexi Jacobus (Pole Vault). They will be joined in competition by six ProHogs.

The veteran Razorback group will be headlined by Olympic veterans Sandi Morris (Pole Vault), and Chrishuna Williams (800-meters), as well as #ProHogs Jessica Kamilos (3,000-meter Steeplechase), Alex Gochenour (Heptathlon), Stephanie Brown (1,500-meters), and Daina Harper (400-meters).

Top-Ranked Razorbacks

A 2016 silver medalist at the Rio Olympic Games, Morris heads into the pole vault competition as the top entry with her 2018 best clearance of 4.95m (16′-2.75″) from the IAAF World Indoor meet this past March in Birmingham, Great Britain. Morris also carries an outdoor season-best into the meet from Drake Relays where she won her third-consecutive Drake Relays pole vault title with a meet record-setting clearance of 4.88m/16′-0″.

Morris became the first athlete in Drake Relays history to clear 16-feet in the women’s vault.

Current | Pro Matchups

• 100-meters: Jada Baylark | Kiara Parker – Strongest PR – Baylark, 11.04 (2018)
• 1,500-meters: Nikki Hiltz | Stephanie Brown. Strongest PR – Brown, 4:06.71 (2018)
• Pole Vault: Lexi Jacobus | Tori Hoggard | Sandi Morris. Strongest PR – Morris, 5.00m/16′-4.75″ (2016)

Arkansas’ USATF Event Schedule
Thursday, June 21
1:50 p.m. – 3,000-meter steeplechase First-Round (J. Kamilos)
2:20 p.m. – 800-meters First-Round (C. Williams)
3:35 p.m. – 1,500-meters First-Round (N. Hiltz, S. Brown)
4:40 p.m. – 400-meters First-Round (D. Harper)
5:45 p.m. – 100-meters First-Round (J. Baylark, K. Parker)

Friday, June 22
3:50 p.m. – 100-meter hurdles First-Round (T. Brooks)
5:30 p.m. – 100-meters Semifinal
6:05 p.m. – 400-meters Semifinal
6:50 p.m. – 800-meters Semifinal
7:22 p.m. – 100-meters Final

Saturday, June 23
2:15 p.m. – Long Jump (T. Brooks)
2:20 p.m. – 100-meter hurdles Semifinal
3:20 p.m. – 3,000-meter steeplechase Final
3:46 p.m. – 1,500-meters Final
4:08 p.m. – 400-meters Final 
4:52 p.m. – 100-meter hurdles Final

Sunday, June 24
1:55 p.m. – Pole Vault Finals (S. Morris, L. Jacobus, T. Hoggard)
3:04 p.m. – 800-meters Final

Italicized events require qualification.

Also competing this weekend will be Janeek Brown who will run at the Jamaican Trials in the 100-meter hurdles.

Date/Time: Saturday, June 23
Venue: Kingston, Jamacia | Independence Park (National Stadium)
Important Links: Live Results

Brown enters the meet with a season-best and personal best time of 12.80 seconds set at Hayward Field during the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships a few weeks ago in Eugene, Ore. Brown set the program record with her time and went on to earn All-American honors in the event finishing fifth to wrap up her freshman campaign for the Razorbacks.

Saturday, June 23
10:25 a.m. – 100-meter hurdles Prelims (J. Brown)
6:30 p.m. – 100-meter hurdles Final

Italicized events require qualification.