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Gymbacks’ Carter named to regular season All-American team Thursday

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Sophia Carter has been recognized by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association as a second team regular season All-American on the floor exercise, the association announced Wednesday morning.

Regular season All-Americans are awarded to student-athletes with the top-16 national qualifying scores on each event and in the all-around. Athletes with the top-eight NQS (including ties) are recognized as first team All-Americans, while athletes ranked 9-16 are second-team.

Carter is Arkansas’ ninth regular season All-American in program history, and third on the floor.

Kathrine Grable took six regular season All-American honors from 2013-14, while Amanda Wellick was a vault All-American each year from 2014-16.

Among Arkansas’ regular season All-Americans, Carter owns the Razorbacks’ second-highest NQS on an event at the time of the award.

Carter finished tied for No. 10 on the floor with an NQS of 9.935. Carter averaged a 9.910 on the event and recorded a season high 9.950 four times throughout the course of the season.

From Feb. 1 to March 16, the Blue Springs, Missouri, native recorded a 9.900 or higher in seven-consecutive meets on the floor. Throughout the season, she has not recorded below a 9.850 on the event as the team’s anchor.

Ranked inside the top-10 throughout the majority of the season, Carter has recorded the fourth-most 9.900’s on the event in the Southeastern Conference.

In nine of 12 meets she has posted a 9.900 or higher on the floor, earning her eight floor titles in the 2019 campaign.

With her four 9.950’s on the floor this season, her career total is now five on the event, giving her the third most 9.950’s or higher on the floor in program history.

Ranked No. 9 on the floor at the conclusion of the regular season, she became Arkansas’ first gymnast to be ranked inside the top-10 on an event at the start of postseason action since 2014.

Similarly, she was ranked No. 1 on the event after week one of competition in January, becoming the first gymnasts since Katherine Grable to garner a No. 1 ranking in 2014.

Fourth-ranked Razorbacks split squads in Texas, California at weekend meets

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FAYETTEVILLE — The No. 4 Arkansas women’s track & field team splits between the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California, and Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, this weekend looking to take advantage of sunshine and great competition.

The Razorbacks competed at home last week hosting the Arkansas Spring Invitational where it picked up 33 top-10 finishes, including six event winners to open the outdoor season.

Action at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays gets underway on Wednesday, March 27 with the collegiate decathlon and heptathlon.

Thursday’s action will highlight several of the distance disciplines, including the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters, and the steeplechase events across both the High School and University/College divisions.

The Friday evening session will showcase some of the non-traditional outdoor relay events with the sprint medley and distance medley for the High School and University/College levels.

The Saturday portion of the 4×100-meter relay events will lead into an exciting, action-packed day.

Arkansas checked in at No. 4 in the USTFCCCA preseason poll last week, and currently boast six performances inside the top-20 of the NCAA Rankings.

No. 12 – Kethlin Campbell – 200-meters (23.37)
No. 12 – Rylee Robinson – Pole Vault (4.13m/13-6.50)
No. 15 – Sydney Hammit – 400-meters (53.92)
No. 18 – Paris Peoples – 400-meters (54.24)
No. 18 – Kethlin Campbell – 100-meters (11.51w)
No. 20 – Janeek Brown – 200-meters (23.53)

92ND CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS BY THE NUMBERS
University/College Teams – 210
University/College Athletes – 2,424
High School Teams – 715
High School Athletes – 4,312
Invitational Teams – 25
Invitational Athletes – 465

Stanford Scheduled Competitors

800-meters: Reed, Gregory, Underwood, Clark, Viljoen
1500-meters: Reed, Gregory, Underwood, Owen, Nichwitz
5000-meters: Viljoen, Brown, Clark
10,000-meters: Werner

Razorback split squads between Texas Relays, Stanford this weekend

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ men’s track & field team heads to both the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California, and Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, this weekend looking to take advantage of sunshine and great competition.

The Razorbacks competed at home last week hosting the Arkansas Spring Invitational where it picked up 25 top-10 finishes, including seven event winners to open the outdoor season.

Action at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays gets underway on Wednesday, March 27 with the collegiate decathlon and heptathlon.

Thursday’s action will highlight several of the distance disciplines, including the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters, and the steeplechase events across both the High School and University/College divisions.

The Friday evening session will showcase some of the non-traditional outdoor relay events with the sprint medley and distance medley for the High School and University/College levels.

The Saturday portion of the 4×100-meter relay events will lead into an exciting, action-packed day.

92ND CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS BY THE NUMBERS
University/College Teams – 210
University/College Athletes – 2,424
High School Teams – 715
High School Athletes – 4,312
Invitational Teams – 25
Invitational Athletes – 465

Texas Relays Entries
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
11 a.m. Decathlon 100 Meters – Moore
• Decathlon Long Jump – Moore
• Decathlon Shot Put – Moore
• Decathlon High Jump – Moore
• Decathlon 400 Meters – Moore
Thursday, March 28, 2019
10 a.m. Decathlon 110 Meter Hurdles – Moore
• Decathlon Discus Throw – Moore
• Decathlon Pole Vault – Moore
• Decathlon Javelin – Moore
• Decathlon 1,500 Meters – Moore

Running Events
5 p.m. University/College Men 400 Meter Hurdles Prelims – Caldwell, Elliott, Gilbert, Hilson
Field Events
2 p.m. University/College Men’s Hammer Throw – Sullins

Friday, March 29, 2019
Running Events
9:55 a.m. Clyde Littlefield University Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay Prelims –
Arkansas: Oglesby, Boyd, Hari, Ejiakuekwu
10:15 a.m. University/College Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles Prelims – Chattoo, Elliott, Gilbert
5:15 p.m. University/College Men’s Sprint Medley Relay –
Arkansas: Schwartz, Winn, Woodhall, Taylor
5:40 p.m. University/College Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles Final – (Caldwell, Elliott, Gilbert, Hilson)
6:05 p.m. University/College Men’s Distance Medley Relay –
Arkansas: Moehn, Milholen, Wilkinson, Griffith
Field Events
9:00 a.m. University/College Men’s Discus Throw (Section B) – Sullins
10:00 a.m. University/College Men’s Shot Put (Section B) – Kempka
3:00 p.m. University/College Men’s Triple Jump (Section A) – Nairn

Saturday, March 30, 2019
Running Events
10:55 a.m. University/College Men’s 4×800 Meter Relay –
Arkansas: Taylor, Pareti, Wilkson, Grayson, Walters
12:00 p.m. Invitational University/College Men’s 4×200 Meter Relay –
Arkansas: Winn, Woodhall, Schwartz, Caldwell
1:30 p.m. Clyde Littlefield University/College Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay Final –
(Arkansas: Oglesby, Boyd, Hari, Ejiakuekwu)
2:35 p.m. University/College Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles Final – (Chattoo, Elliott, Gilbert)
3:45 p.m. Jerry Thompson Invitational Men’s Mile – Griffith, Moehn
4:50 p.m. Cleburne Price, Jr. University Invitational Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay –
Arkansas: Winn, Woodhall, Schwartz, Caldwell (Gilbert, Hilson, Milholen)

Tentative Competition Schedule (STANFORD):
11:30 a.m. – Men’s 5,000m Heat #4 – Cates
1:56 p.m. – Men’s 1,500m Heat #6 – O’Mara
5:37 p.m. – Men’s 3,000m Steeple Heat #3 – Levermore
9:28 p.m. – Men’s 10,000m Invitational Heat #1 – Boit
10:37 p.m. – Men’s 10,000m Invitational Heat #2 – Dalquist, Murphy,
Young

Friday at Chabot College: Mike Fanelli Track Classic:
TBD – Men’s 1,5000m – O’Mara, Dressel
TBD – Men’s 5,000m – Cates, Brown, Schillinger

Tim Brando of Fox Sports shares on Mike Anderson, the Arkansas job, and more on Halftime!

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???? Wednesday Halftime Pod — featuring Dudley Dawson of Hawgs Illustrated

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???? Wednesday Halftime Pod — featuring Dudley Dawson of Hawgs Illustrated

Phil Elson & Tye Richardson hit on the coaching change, interview Dudley Dawson of Hawgs Illustrated, and go through the coaching names tossed around.

Photos from Tuesday’s spring practice, including ‘Attack!’ drill

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PHOTOS BY ANDY HODGES | HITTHATLINE.COM

One of the new drills that had folks whispering was a new Attack! drill which resembles something between the old “get the flag” and “chase” you did in elementary school.

Except for this one you’re in full pads and everybody is trying to keep you from touching a tackling dummy by putting you on the ground.

We didn’t find out the name of the drill until D’Vone McClure talked to the media after practice, but he had a big smile talking about it.

Mike Anderson Jr. calls into The Morning Rush and shares his thoughts on his dad being fired

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Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Wednesday

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Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Wednesday

John, Tommy, & Nick discuss the Mike Anderson firing, callers weigh in, plus Jeff Goodman of Watch Stadium joins the show!

Neighbors on emotional practice when Anderson’s firing broke

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Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors talked about the emotion of men’s coach Mike Anderson being fired for him, team and previews TCU game Thursday night.

Yurachek sends clear message that titles are goal for Hogs’ coaches now

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Mike Anderson will always have his supporters in Arkansas.

In the end, though, he didn’t have any titles and Tuesday afternoon was fired after eight seasons of winning … but no conference titles and not enough NCAA games.

With his first major coaching decision, athletics director Hunter Yurachek reinforced the opinion I had from his first week that he’s about competing for championships.

Second place is just the first loser, in my opinion. Maybe for the first time since Frank Broyles, that opinion might be shared by the guy doing the hiring and firing for the Razorbacks.

Oh, I have no doubt Anderson WANTED to win every game he coached. But it all too often appeared he didn’t have the burning desire in his gut that made him think he HAD to win.

Nolan Richardson had it. It may or may not have diminished after his second straight national title game, but that’s an answer we’ll never know to question that’s no longer relevant. His record certainly tailed off after that, but there were a lot of changes happening in college basketball that may have affected things as much.

Just as Bret Bielema didn’t appear to have that burning drive that he HAD to win, at times after losses Anderson had this nagging habit of essentially appearing to shrug it off as one of those things that happens in college basketball.

All of that is what you get reading between the lines of Yurachek’s prepared statement issued announcing Anderson’s firing.

“We have not sustained a consistent level of success against the most competitive teams in the nation to enable us to compete for SEC and NCAA Championships on an annual basis.”

For Hog fans, that should come as a very positive sign.

Chad Morris seems to get that in football. He says over and over the new standard is being the best for a football program that fell below mediocrity during Bret Bielema’s time. Bobby Petrino’s two good years kept it from being just average.

Dave Van Horn understands that standard in baseball. Mike Neighbors gets it in women’s basketball (which has as much positive buzz as anything right now). Even coaches in the other sports get it or the guess is they won’t be around Fayetteville very long.

Anderson got eight years to build his program. He went about it the right way. There wasn’t any drama, scandals or cheating in a sport that is filled with it.

The culture Morris talks about in the most visible sport appears to be what Yurachek embraces, too. That’s competing for championships. Every year.

In football that means trying to get somewhere other than Memphis or Shreveport in late December. In basketball that means the NIT is just a chance for some more practice and the standard is winning at least two games every year in the NCAA.

Anderson’s ultimate issue appears to be he won only two NCAA games in eight years.

Not one single person has ever had a negative thing to say about Anderson that I’ve heard. You won’t get a negative from me, either. None of the criticism aimed at him is personal.

Anderson had plenty of time to build a championship-caliber program. Don’t bother with excuses because there isn’t a single one you can come up with that is sufficient.

Just being above .500 isn’t good enough in the world of college sports these days. Maybe that’s good enough for a fan base that all too often appears okay with anything less than at least a shot at a title … every single year.

Razorback fans shouldn’t be content with slightly above average in any single year. That should never be acceptable.

It doesn’t appear to be okay with Yurachek, either.

And, fans, that’s not a bad thing.

Hogs score eight over last four innings to down Bears, 8-2

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It took a few innings for the offense to get going, but Arkansas was able to score eight unanswered runs over the final four innings Tuesday night to beat Missouri State, 8-2, at Hammons Field.

Arkansas (21-4, 5-1 SEC) has beaten Missouri State (5-17, 0-0 MVC) four of the last six times dating back to the 2017 season and finish the six-game road trip with a 4-2 record.

In all four of the victories, the Hogs scored eight or more runs and held opponents to four or less. Arkansas is now 16-3 in non-conference games and averaging 8.2 runs per game.

Eight different Razorbacks found the hit column with Dominic Fletcher and Jack Kenley both turning in two-hit performances. Fletcher went 2-for-4 extending his hitting streak to six games and getting the RBI single in the seventh Tuesday night.

Kenley picked up his 19th RBI of the year on a single in the ninth to give Arkansas its final tally of the game.

The biggest hits of the night came off the bat of redshirt freshman Jacob Nesbit and pinch hitter Trey Harris in the sixth inning.

With the Hogs trailing 2-0 in what turned out to be a pitchers’ duel for the first half of the game, Nesbit extended his team-best hitting streak to 15 games with a bases-loaded single that tied the game.

It was Nesbit’s only hit of the night, but his sixth multi-RBI game this season.

Then, Harris was called off the bench and provided what ended up being the game-winning run on a single to left-center, his eighth hit of the year and fifth RBI.

Harris is now 3-for-3 in pinch-hit situations this year and all three hits have driven in at least one run.

Wicklander perfect in first two innings

Freshman Patrick Wicklander looked very good in his fifth start of the year. Working only the first two innings, Wicklander retired six in a row and struck out the final five batters he faced.

It’s only the third time this season he’s struck out five or more batters in an outing and was his shortest start this season. Wicklander has struck out 24 over his last 16 innings while giving up just seven hits.

Kjerstad plays pepper with right field batting cages

Sophomore Heston Kjerstad continued to swing one of the hottest bats in the Arkansas lineup when he corked his fifth home run of the year off the Springfield Cardinals batting cages beyond the right-field wall in the top of the ninth inning.

The solo shot extended the Hogs’ lead to 7-2 at the time before Jack Kenley’s RBI single later in the inning. Kjerstad has seven hits over his last four games with two home runs and five RBIs.

Razorback quotables

“I think we had some really quality at-bats. We laid off some borderline pitches and that gave us a chance to start running a little bit. We took our walks and didn’t go out of the zone too much. (Dominic) Fletcher went the other way, Goodheart stayed in there on a curveball. The pitch before he didn’t look very good on the curveball. He learned something and he got enough of the next one to get it though the hole and we scored a couple more. We just did a good job being patient at the plate.” Coach Dave Van Horn on his offense’s response to Missouri State’s starter

“We’ve played pretty well on the road. We’ve played the same on the road as we have at home. We’ve taken advantage of some things. We haven’t really shot ourselves in the foot. We’ve played pretty steady, six games in a row on the road. We won four of them against some pretty good teams. We’re looking forward to getting back into conference.” — Van Horn on his team’s success on the road

“I was just sitting on a fastball, seeing if he was going to give me something to work with and he did. I actually took the first fastball I saw and then I didn’t miss the next one I saw.” — Jacob Nesbit on his game-tying hit in the sixth inning

It’s a great confidence booster going into this weekend playing against Ole Miss. Everything was working today. They’re (Missouri State) a great team, great lineup over there.” — Patrick Wicklander on his start

Up next

Arkansas returns home for its next conference series as it welcomes Ole Miss to Baum-Walker Stadium for a three-game series.

The series will start on Friday at 8 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.

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