Chattoo, Gilbert Advance To 110-meter hurdle final at Texas Relays

AUSTIN, Texas — Day three of the Texas Relays saw Arkansas capitalize on their opportunities, advancing there and on the west coast at the Stanford Invitational.

On the track, the Razorbacks first event was the prelims in the 4×100-meter relay. The relay of Josh Oglesby, Rashad Boyd, Kris Hari, and Roy Ejiakuekwu carried the baton to the tune of 40.71 — a season-best — finishing 13th-overall.

Prelims in the 110-meter hurdles featured Shakiel Chattoo (14.10q) and Tre’Bien Gilbert (14.11q), both of whom qualified for Saturday’s final in the event after finishing eighth and ninth, respectively.

Arkansas fielded both a sprint medley and distance medley relay on Friday afternoon. the SMR of John Winn, Rhayko Schwartz, Hunter Woodhall, and Kieran Taylor ran 3:22.00 for fourth-place, while Ethan Moehn, Kevin Wilkinson, Chase Pareti, and Cameron Griffith ran 9:53.91 for second-place in the DMR with Griffith posting the third-fastest anchor leg in the race at 4:08.73.

Erich Sullins finished 10th in the discus this Friday morning with a best throw of 51.49m (168-11) following his school record performance yesterday in the hammer.

Sam Kempka 17.48 (57-4.25) and Jeff Rogers 17.36m (56-11.50) finished seventh and eighth in the shot put while Laquan Nairn took seventh-place in the triple jump with a best mark of 15.57m (51-1)ʷ.

On the west coast at the Stanford Invitational, Colin O’Mara finished 11th in his heat of the 1,500-meters running 3:57.95. Kyle Levermore made his 2019 debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase running 9:26.19 for 16th-place.