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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas opens play at the SEC Tournament with a familiar foe in Vanderbilt on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Razorbacks (12-17, 3-13 SEC) and Commodores (7-23, 3-13 SEC) faced each other in the regular season finale on Sunday with Vanderbilt edging Arkansas, 78-73, on its home court.
The meeting moves across town to Bridgestone Arena and is game one of the tournament. The winner moves on to face Texas A&M on Thursday.
The game will air live on the SEC Network and online at WatchESPN.com.
The First Meeting
Arkansas fell just short of the win in the first meeting after Vanderbilt mounted a second half comeback. A good start by Arkansas allowed the Razorbacks to take the lead into the locker room at the break.
Vanderbilt put together a strong second half behind a career night for Kayla Overbeck.
The Razorbacks got a great effort from junior Malica Monk with 17 points as one of four players in double figures for Arkansas. Monk is in the midst of a career season.
The North Little Rock native has scored in double figures in 27 of 29 games and she has posted single-season personal bests in nearly every statistical category.
The Rematch
Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors and the Razorbacks are excited about the rematch on Wednesday.
The staff plans to add in a few wrinkles both offensively and defensively in an effort win its SEC Tournament first-round game.
Hogs capture 12th straight SEC championship
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Arkansas won its 12th-consecutive SEC title with a victory at the indoor league championships on Sunday evening in College Station.
The Razorbacks amassed 108 points over the two-day competition, propelled to success by a pair of individual conference champions and several other top-eight finishers.
Arkansas has now won eight SEC indoor titles since joining the conference in 1991.
Senior Nikki Hiltz won Arkansas’ second gold medal of the weekend, placing first in the mile in 4 minutes, 34.37 seconds.
Hiltz paced herself off Mississippi State senior Rhianwhedd Price-Weimer for the first seven laps eventually overtaking Price-Weimer with 200 meters to go.
The Oregon transfer was followed by fellow Razorback milers Carina Viljoen (third), Maddy Reed (fifth) and Sydney Brown (sixth). The quartet combined to score 23 points towards Arkansas’ teams score.
Prior to the mile Kingston, Jamaica native Janeek Brown opened the day in phenomenal fashion for the Razorbacks, racing to a silver medal in the 60-meter hurdles.
Brown crossed the finish line in a PR of 8.04, setting a new program record and lifting herself up to No. 6 in the NCAA.
The Arkansas newcomer, now the fastest-freshman hurdler in the country was joined inside the top eight by Payton Chadwick (fourth) and Taliyah Brooks (seventh).
The Razorbacks received more points off the heels of sophomore Taylor Werner in the 5,000-meter run, following her third-place finish in the event.
Werner was joined inside the top-eight by fellow sophomore Rachel Nichwitz who finished in fifth with a personal best of 16:39.90.
Arkansas distance medley relay team of Carina Viljoen, Sydney Hammit, Kailee Sawyer and Devin Clark collectively picked up eight points for the Razorbacks, finishing in second place.
The last points of the weekend came right after DMR secured by 4-x-400-meter relay team of Taliyah Brooks, Jada Baylark, Kiara Parker and Morgan Burks-Magee who finished in seventh place in 3:36.27.
Notables:
• Short sprint duo Jada Baylark and Kiara combined to add four points to the team total, finishing sixth and eighth, respectively in the 60.
• Freshman Morgan Burks-Magee scored five points for Arkansas as the fourth-place finisher in the 400.
SEC Scorers (A-Z):
- Taliyah Brooks (Pentathlon – 1st, 60mh – 7th, 4-x-400 – 7th): 12.5 points
- Jada Baylark (60m – 6th, 4-x-400 – 7th): 3.5 points
- Janeek Brown (60mH – 2nd): 8 points
- Sydney Brown (Mile – 6th): 3 points
- Morgan Burks-Magee (400m – 4th, 4-x-400 – 7th): 5.5 points
- Payton Chadwick (60mh – 4th): 5 points
- Devin Clark (3K – 5th, DMR – 2nd): 6 points
- Desiree Freier (Pole Vault – 5th): 4 points
- Sydney Hammit (DMR – 2nd): 2 points
- Nikki Hiltz (Mile – 1st): 10 points
- Tori Hoggard (Pole Vault – 2nd)
- Lexi Jacobus (Pole Vault – 3rd)
- Rachel Nichwitz (3K – 6th, 5K – 5th): 7 points
- Kiara Parker (60m – 8th): 1 point
- Ellie Ramos-Mata (Pole Vault – 8th)
- Maddy Reed (Mile – 5th): 4 points
- Kailee Sawyer (DMR – 2nd): 2 points
- Carina Viljoen (Mile – 3rd, DMR – 2nd): 8 points
- Taylor Werner (3K – 4th, 5K – 3rd): 11 points
Up Next
The Razorbacks will break from action next weekend, returning to College Station March 9-10 for the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
SEC Indoor Championships
Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium
Feb. 25, 2018
Team Standings
1. Arkansas – 108
2. Georgia – 84.5
3. Kentucky – 74
4. LSU – 63
5. Texas A&M – 62
6. Florida – 61
7. Ole Miss – 42
8. Alabama – 37
9. Missouri – 35.5
10. Mississippi State – 31
11. Tennessee – 21
12. South Carolina- 17
13. Auburn- 16
14. Vanderbilt- 11
60 Meters Finals
6. Jada Baylark – 7.24
8. Kiara Parker – 7.30
400 Meters Finals
4. Morgan Burks-Magee – 52.42
Mile Finals
1. Nikki Hiltz – 4:34.37
3. Carina Viljoen – 4:43.35
5. Maddy Reed – 4:47.55
6. Sydney Brown – 4:48.65
5,000 Meters
3. Taylor Werner – 16:35.34
5. Rachel Nichwitz – 16:39.90
11.Sydney Brown – 17:04.54
12. Rachel Nichwitz – 17:07.68
60 Meter Hurdles Finals
2. Janeek Brown – 8.04
4. Payton Chadwick – 8.11
7. Taliyah Brooks – 8.22
Distance Medley Relay
2. Arkansas A: Viljoen, Hammit, Sawyer, Clark – 11:14.38
4-x-400 Meter Relay
7. Arkansas A: Brooks, Baylark, Parker, Burks-Magee – 3:36.27
High Jump
Carmen Sitz – NH
Arkansas takes second at SEC Championships behind Tide
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Entering its final day of competition at the 2018 SEC Championships in fourth, No. 3 Arkansas surged to a second-place finish, helped along by two event champions and a number of additional podium finishers.
Arkansas finished the weekend with a final score of 88, edged about by Alabama by a two-point margin.
Fifteen-time All-American Kenzo Cotton was the first Razorback to podium on Sunday afternoon, etching his name in the program and conference record books as the first Hog to ever win the 60-meter dash at the SEC indoor championships.
Cotton matched his season best, clocking 6.59 to earn a gold medal and contribute 10 points to the team total.
Cotton returned just as dominant in the 200 final, running a personal best of 20.61 to score eight more points for Arkansas and earn a silver medal.
His 200-meter performance moved him up from No. 4 to No. 3 in program history.
Cotton was named the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy award winner as the meet’s top individual scorer.
Arkansas junior Gabe Moore, earned a silver medal for his efforts in the heptathlon, finishing with a two-day total of 5,650 points.
Following a solid day one effort, Moore opened day two forcefully, placing first in the hept. 60-meter hurdles with 8.14.
He closed out the day with a pair of top-five finishes in the pole vault and 1,000-meter run, capping the event a mere 66 points behind the top finisher.
Razorback distance medley relay team of Jack Bruce, John Winn, Chase Pareti and Cameron Griffith won Arkansas’ third gold of the weekend, racing to a first-place finish in 9:37.01.
Returning from their night of success in the 3,000 the team was led off by Bruce who ran 1,200 meters and anchored by Griffith who ran 1,600 meters.
Griffith split a 3:59.98 on his leg of the relay, running down Robert Domanic of Ole Miss to seal the deal for the Hogs.
The weekend came to a close following an exciting 4-x-400-meter relay which saw team of Rhayko Schwartz, Obi Igbokwe, Jamarco Stephen and Kemar Mowat finish in third-place off a season best performance of 3:04.53.
The performance qualified the quartet for the national championships, positioning the Hogs as the fifth-fastest team in the NCAA.
Notables:
• Larry Donald scored the first points of the day for Arkansas, placing fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 7.84.
• Kyle Hosting added two points to Arkansas’ team total off a seventh-place finish in the mile.
• Kieran Taylor raced to an eighth-place finish in the 800 in his SEC debut, contributing one point to team’s total.
• Laquan Nairn and Rubin Owens combined to produce nine points for Arkansas in the triple jump, placing fourth and fifth, respectively.
SEC Scorers (A-Z):
• Jack Bruce (3K – 2nd , DMR – 1st): 10.5 points
• Kenzo Cotton (60m – 1st, 200m – 2nd): 18 points
• Larry Donald (60m – 5th): 4 points
• Roy Ejiakuekwu (200m – 8th): 8 points
• Cameron Griffith (3K – 1st , DMR – 1st): 12.5 points
• Kyle Hosting (Mile – 7th): 2 points
• Obi Igbokwe (400m – 5th, 4-x-400 – 3rd): 5.5 points
• Kyle Levermore (3K – 8th): 1 point
• Gabe Moore (Heptathlon – 2nd): 8 points
• Kemar Mowatt (400m – 8th, 4-x-400 – 3rd): 2.5 points
• Laquan Nairn (Triple Jump – 4th): 5 points
• Rubin Owens (Triple Jump – 5th): 4 points
• Chase Pareti (DMR – 1st): 2.5 points
• Jah-Nhai Perinchief (High Jump – 7th)
• Harrison Schrage (Long Jump – 6th): 3 points
• Rhayko Schwartz (4-x-400 – 3rd: 1.5 points
• Jamarco Stephen (4-x-400 – 3rd): 1.5 points
• Kieran Taylor (800m – 8th): 1 point
• John Winn (DMR – 1st): 2.5 points
Up Next
The Razorbacks will break from action next weekend, returning to College Station March 9-10 for the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
SEC Indoor Championships
Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium
Feb. 25, 2018
Team Standings
1. Alabama – 90
2. ARKANSAS – 88
3. Florida – 83.5
4. Texas A&M – 75.5
5. Georgia – 71
6. Kentucky – 45
7. Tennessee – 43
8. Auburn – 36
T9. South Carolina – 34
T9. Ole Miss – 34
11. LSU – 30
12. Mississippi State – 20
13. Missouri – 13
60 Meters Finals
1. Kenzo Cotton – 6.59
200 Meter Finals
2. Kenzo Cotton – 20.61
8. Roy Ejiakuekwu – 21.22
400 Meters Finals
5. Obi Igbokwe – 46.21
8. Kemar Mowatt – 46.74
800 Meters Finals
8. Kieran Taylor – 1:53.11
Mile Finals
7. Kyle Hosting – 4:10.75
9. Ethan Moehn – 4:13.25
5,000 Meters
10. Kyle Levermore – 14:32.95
60 Meter Hurdles Finals
5. Larry Donald – 7.84
Distance Medley Relay
1. Arkansas A: Bruce, Winn, Pareti, Griffith – 9:37.01
4-x-400-Meter Relay
3. Arkansas A: Schwartz, Igbokwe, Stephen, Mowatt – 3:04.53
Triple Jump
4. Laquan Nairn – 15.57m/51-1
5. Rubin Owens – 15.35m/50-4½
Shot Put
13. Sam Kempka – 17.12m/56-2
Heptathlon
2. Gabe Moore – 5,650 pts.
(3) 60 Meters – 7.03, 872 pts.
(3) Long Jump – 7.04m/23-1 1/4, 823 pts.
(4) Shot Put – 13.83m/45-4 1/2, 718 pts.
(5) High Jump – 1.88m/6-2, 696 pts.
(1) 60-Meter Hurdles – 8.14, 947 pts.
(5) Pole Vault – 4.55m/14-11, 775 pts.
(5) 1,000 Meters – 2:44.93, 819 pts.
