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Hogs get six titles, five facility records in Michigan

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Battling three Big 10 programs on Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor at the Simmons-Harvey Quad, No. 3 Arkansas departed with several facility records.

The Razorbacks put their best foot forward on the track and in the field claiming six event titles including wins in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, 4-x-400-meter relay, high jump and long jump. Arkansas finished third in the team scoring with 97 points, behind Ohio State (146.5 points) and Michigan (147.5 points).

“We always go to these meets and do the very best we can,” head coach Chris Bucknam said. “There was a team score and we didn’t finish up as we had hoped but we had less athletes there than the other teams, so I think it was a numbers game in that regard. Minus the team scoring it was a very successful trip across the board.”

Transfers Have A Day
Azusa Pacific transfer Shakiel Chattoo (60-meter hurdles) and South Plains transfer Laquan Nairn (long jump) both picked up titles for Arkansas in their respective events. The top performer in the preliminary round of the 60 hurdles with 7.91, Chattoo improved upon his time by .12 seconds, clocking 7.79 in the finals to place first in the event. Primarily a heptathlete, Chattoo currently ranks as the sixth-fastest hurdler in the NCAA. Off the track, Bahamian talent Nairn displayed his jumps versatility notching a top-two finish in a horizontal-jumping event for the second-consecutive week. Already ranked among the top-10 best triple jumpers in the NCAA, Nairn added his name to the long jump national leader boards off a best mark of 7.60m/24-11 1/4.

“Those guys had a high energy level with it being their first early season competitions as Razorbacks,” Bucknam said. “They did an outstanding job. Laquan, he’s really high energy. He got some great jumps and in and that was really good to see. Chattoo, did an amazing job, he’s just getting his feet wet and getting used to the division I level. Overall the day was extremely goo.”

Everyone Gets a Record
Four of coach Bucknam’s athletes including Shakiel Chattoo, Kenzo Cotton, Obi Igbokwe and Laquan Nairn etched their names individually in the Michigan history books as facility record holders in their respective events. Chattoo, Cotton and Igbokwe represented strongly in the sprints and hurdles, racing to records in the 60 hurdles, 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash respectively. Nairn set a new long jump facility record with his NCAA top-10 mark. Arkansas’ 4-x-400-meter relay team of Roy Ejiakuekwu, Kemar Mowatt, Rhayko Schwartz and John Winn closed out the night with a facility record, clocking the seventh-fastest time in the nation with 3:09.01.

Additional Notable Performances
Junior Erich Sullins set a new program record in the weight throw of 20.32m/66-8, besting his previous PR by almost three feet. The performance earned him a fourth-place finish. Sophomore Cameron Griffith placed third in the mile with a PR of 4 minutes, 3.11 seconds. Griffith’s time ranks him as the seventh-fastest miler in the NCAA.

Event Winners
• 60 Meters: Roy Ejiakuekwu, 6.71
• 200 Meters: Obi Igbokwe, 20.90
• 60-Meter Hurdles: Shakiel Chattoo, 7.79
• 4-x-400 Meter Relay: Ejiakuekwu, Mowatt, Schwartz, Winn, 3:09.01
• High Jump: Brendon Rivera, 2.09m/6-10 1/4
• Long Jump: Laquan Nairn, 7.60m/24-11 1/4

Simmons-Harvey Quad
January 20, 2018
Michigan Indoor Track Facility (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

60 Meters Prelims
1. Kenzo Cotton – 6.67 (Facility Record)
3. Roy Ejiakuekwu – 6.72
4. Shakiel Chattoo – 6.80

60 Meters Finals
1. Roy Ejiakuekwu – 6.71

200 Meters
1. Obi Igbokwe – 20.90 (Facility Record)
2. Rhayko Schwartz – 21.24
7. John Winn – 21.88

400 Meters
5. Travius Chambers – 48.52

800 Meters
5. Chase Pareti – 1:53.72
6. Kieran Taylor – 1:54.05
7. Reese Walters – 1:55.19
10. Kyle Hosting – 1:56.91
12. Hunter Woodhall – 1:58.04
13. Colin O’Mara – 2:00.57

Mile Elite
3. Cameron Griffith – 4:03.11
4. Jack Bruce – 4:05.31

Mile
6. Kyle Hosting – 4:13.66
10. Colin O’Mara – 4:16.66
15. Graham Brown – 4:21.88
16. Preston Cates – 4:24.08

3,000 Meters
7. Kyle Levermore – 8.19.71

60m Hurdles Prelims
1. Shakiel Chattoo – 7.91
2. Larry Donald – 7.95
6. Kemar Mowatt – 8.07

60m Hurdles Finals
1. Shakiel Chattoo – 7.79 (Facility Record)
2. Larry Donald – 7.89
7. Kemar Mowatt – 8.28

4x400m Relay
1. Arkansas A – Ejiakuekwu, Mowatt, Schwartz, Winn – 3:09.01 (Facility Record)
4. Arkansas B – Donald, Chambers, Woodhall, Pareti – 3:16.88

High Jump
1. Brendon Rivera – 2.09m/6-10 1/4
3. Rubin Owens – 1.99m/6-6 1/4
8. Gabe Moore – 1.94m/6-4 1/4

Long Jump
1. Laquan Nairn – 7.60m/24-11 1/4 (Facility Record)
3. Harrison Schrage – 7.32m/24-0 1/4
4. Rubin Owens – 7.03m/23-0 1/2

Shot Put
6. Sam Kempka – 16.58m/54-4 3/4
9. Jeff Rogers – 15.75m/51-8 1/4
11. Gabe Moore – 13.78m/45-2 1/2

Weight Throw
4. Erich Sullins – 20.32m/66-8 (Program Record)

First road trip successful for Razorback women’ track

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No. 2 Arkansas came away with five event titles, and facility records, in its first road tilt of the season at the Simmons-Harvey Quad in Ann Arbor, Michigan Saturday.

The Razorbacks laid claim to five event titles in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and the long jump. Arkansas finished in second with 129 points, ahead of Ohio State, who finished with 150, but ahead of Michigan and Michigan State who ended the day with 122 and 105 points, respectively.

“I think we’re on schedule,” said head coach Lance Harter. “We still don’t have the whole team put together yet, but it was a great experience to go and test ourselves against non-SEC teams because the SEC is such a powerful conference and sometimes it behooves us to give our young kids a perspective of what the nations is about and how the SEC is such a monster.”

After a successful 2018 home debut last weekend, Springdale, Arkansas native Payton Stumbaugh-Chadwick continued her early campaign with two additional event titles in the 200-meters and the 60-meter hurdles, bringing her early season total to four. Stumbaugh-Chadwick won her second 60-meter hurdles bout of the season, improving her season opening time and placing first with a time of 8.14. In the 200-meters, the senior tied her personal best with a time of 23:67. It was the first road trip since 2016 after missing the 2017 season with an injury.

“Payton (Stumbaugh-Chadwick) is just so far ahead of years past,” said Harter. “The track is maybe not as fast as we’re used to in times that we ran, I think that she impressed a lot of people.”

Additional Notable Performances
Junior Tori Hoggard came away with the pole vault title with a height of 4.45m/14-7 1/4 while senior Taliyah Brooks took the long jump with a distance of 5.94m/19-6. Sophomore Taylor Werner took second in the 3,000 meter with a time of 9:10.40.

“Taylor (Werner) is going to be one of our great ones in the legacy of distance runners at Arkansas,” said  Harter. “She has a very bright future ahead of her being so young, but immensely talented. It went across the board. We’re looking forward to a great competition at the Razorback Invitational.”

You Get A Record, And So Do You
Five Razorbacks came away with facility records in Michigan in their respective events. Jada Baylark took first in the 60-meter hurdles 7.38 to start the day while Stumbaugh-Chadwick’s times in the 200-meters and 60-meter hurdles etched her name in the Wolverine record books. Hoggard and Senior Brooks marked the facility best in the pole vaults and the long jump, respectively.

Event Winners
60 Meters: Jada Baylark, 7.50
200 Meters: Payton Stumbaugh-Chadwick, 23:67
60 Meter Hurdles: Payton Stumbaugh-Chadwick, 8:14
Pole Vault: Tori Hoggard, 4.45m/14-7 1/4
Long Jump: Taliyah Brooks, 5.94m/19-6

Arkansas returns home next weekend to host the Razorback Invitational Friday Jan. 26 and Saturday Jan. 27.

Simmons-Harvey Quadrangular
January 20, 2018
Michigan Indoor Track Facility (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

60 Meters Prelims
1. Jada Baylark – 7.50
2. Kiara Parker – 7.51
3. Taliyah Brooks – 7.55
6. Tamara Kuykendall – 7.65

60 Meters Finals
1. Jada Baylark – 7.38 (Facility Record)
2. Kiara Parker – 7.42
3. Taliyah Brooks – 7.53
7. Tamara Kuykendall – 7.65

200 Meters
1. Payton Stumbaugh-Chadwick – 23.67 (Facility Record)
2. Jada Baylark – 24.01
3. Kiara Parker – 24.38
6. Tamara Kuykendall – 24.49
9. Janeek Brown – 24.95

400 Meters
3. Morgan Burks-Magee – 55.35
4. Sydney Hammit – 55.81
5. Sydney Davis – 56.82

800 Meters
4. Joy Ripslinger – 2:10.12
12. Ruth Wiggins – 2:15.17
15. Emily Jeacock – 2:18.24

Mile
3. Devin Clark – 4:46.58
4. Sydney Brown – 4:46.62
8. Carina Viljoen – 4:55.95
11. Rachel Nichwitz – 5:00.36
13. Claudia Verstraten – 5:04.12
18. Greta Taylor – 5:10.52

3,000 Meters
2. Taylor Werner – 9:10.40
6. Maddy Reed – 9:30.40
10. Ashton Endsley – 9:44.77

60m Hurdles
1. Payton Stumbaugh-Chadwick – 8.14 (Facility Record)
2. Janeek Brown – 8.32

4x400m Relay
2. Arkansas A – Brooks, Burks-Magee, Baylark, Chadwick – 3:40.03

Pole Vault
1. Tori Hoggard – 4.45m/14-7 1/4 (Facility Record)
2. Lexi Jacobus – 4.30m/14-1 1/4
3. Desiree Freier – 4.15m/13-7 1/4
4. Morgan Hartsell – 4.00m/13-1 1/2
5. Ellie Ramos Mata – 3.85m/12-7 1/2

High Jump
2. Carmen Sitz – 1.69m/5-6 1/2

Long Jump
1. Taliyah Brooks – 5.94m/19-6 (Facility Record)

Shot Put
11. Kelsey Herman – 12.04m/39-6

Former Razorbacks Cook, Landry are eerily similar

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By SEAN MARTIN
PGATOUR.com

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Andrew Landry and Austin Cook are so similar that Landry used to call his fellow Arkansas alum, “Mini-Me.”

“We have very similar golf swings, we’re the same height, all of our shafts and specs are the same,” Landry, 30, said. “Whatever he gets, I get. We always make fun of each other for it.”

Their common characteristics have led to success at the CareerBuilder Challenge, where the two Razorbacks find themselves in the final group. Cook, 26, holds the 54-hole lead with a score of 19-under 197 (63-70-64). Landry, the only player in the field without a bogey, and Martin Piller are one shot back.

Jon Rahm, the world’s third-ranked player, is two shots off the lead, as is three-time TOUR winner Scott Piercy.

Cook, who’s just seven events into his rookie season on the PGA TOUR, already owns one win. He claimed the final event of the fall season at The RSM Classic, where he birdied three of the final four holes for a four-shot win.

He has a chance to move to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings and join Patton Kizzire as the only multiple winners this season. Cook has finished in the top 25 in five of six starts this season.

He is the rare young player who relies on accuracy over power, missing just eight fairways in three rounds this week.

“He was the kind of guy you could give one golf ball to … and (at the end of the tournament) he’d be able to give it back to you,” said his college coach at Arkansas, Brad McMakin.

Cook and Landry both have expressed their love of tough courses. Landry is playing in the final group on the PGA TOUR for the first time since the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, where he started the final round tied with eventual winner Dustin Johnson.

That will come in handy on a Stadium Course that has more square footage of water than fairway, and more sand than putting surface. Pete Dye’s desert creation was the toughest course in the United States when it opened, receiving a course rating of 77.1.

“There are a few holes out there that can get a little scary,” Cook said. Leading on the PGA TOUR can be a frightful experience, as well, but it’s one that Cook already has handled.

Anderson pleased with Hogs’ effort in 97-93 win

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FAYETTEVILLE — Sinking nine of its last 10 free throws with less than a minute to go, Arkansas was able to hold off the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday afternoon in Bud Walton Arena, as the Razorbacks defeated the Rebels 97-93.

With the win, the Razorbacks improve to 13-6 overall this season, holding a 3-4 mark in conference play.

After Arkansas scored the first four points of the game, things kind of settled in for both teams as the Razorbacks and Rebels were tied at 14-14 with a little over seven minutes left in the opening half.

Senior guard Daryl Macon would check in the game and Arkansas’ offense would take off. Macon would score 11 straight points as part of a 21-7 run to give the Razorbacks a 35-21 lead.

A big part of that run was Arkansas ability to get to the charity stripe and make its free throws. During the 21-7 run, the Razorbacks combined to go 6-for-6 from the line and went 10-13 in the first half.

Another factor was Arkansas’ shooting, especially from behind the arc. The second-best three-point shooting team in the SEC went 8-of-13 (.615) from deep in the first half.

After scoring the last four points of the first half, Ole Miss came out of the locker room and scored six straight to cut the Arkansas lead to six early in the second half.

After trading baskets, freshman forward Daniel Gafford would go on a 5-0 run himself, including an athletic put-back dunk.

The Rebels would respond with a 6-0 run to cut it to five. From that point, senior guard Jaylen Barford would score all 16 of Arkansas’ final 36 points, giving him a team-high 23. It marked his 13th career 20-point game, ninth this season, including four in SEC play.

Up seven with less than a minute to play, Ole Miss would start putting Razorbacks on the free throw line.

The Razorbacks would make nine of its 10 attempts in the final minute, as Arkansas would need them. The Rebels responded with three three-pointers in the final 38 seconds to force Arkansas the make the freebies.

As a team, Arkansas went 28-of-35 from the charity stripe, as that figured to be the difference.

Both teams made 29 field goals, including 11 from behind the arc. Ole Miss would make 24-of-29 attempts at the free throw line.

Macon would go 11-of-12 from the free throw line, scoring 20 points. It is Macon’s sixth 20-point scoring game this season, ninth in his career.

It marks the third time this season two Razorbacks scored 20 or more; all three times were by Macon and Barford.

Gafford finished one rebound shy of his second straight double-double, as the big man scored 15 and pulled down nine rebounds.

Both Darious Hall and C.J. Jones each scored 11, as Hall went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line and Jones went 3-of-5 from behind the arc.

Game Notes

• The win gives Arkansas double-digit wins at Bud Walton Arena for the 15th consecutive season, as Arkansas is 10-1 at home this season.

• In the last 36 games in Bud Walton Arena, Arkansas is 30-6.

• The Razorbacks are tied for the fourth-most home wins in the country during the Mike Anderson era at 105.

• Arkansas has won 32 consecutive games in which it has led at halftime. During Mike Anderson era, the Razorbacks are 117-7 when leading at the intermission.

• During the last four seasons, Arkansas is tied for second in the SEC in league wins with 37, while Ole Miss is fourth with 34 victories.

• In games decided by four points or less, Arkansas has won 10 of the last 11.

Barford, Gafford talk about Hogs’ win over Ole Miss

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Arkansas’ Jaylen Barford and Daniel Gafford talked about the Hogs hanging on to down the Rebels.

Kennedy praises Gafford, Hogs after Rebels fall, 97-93

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Rogers planned to leave Hogs during last season

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Offensive lineman Zach Rogers made it official that he wasn’t returning to the Razorbacks on Friday, but it wasn’t particularly surprising.

Rogers, who would have been a senior, has decided to give up football to concentrate on a career in law enforcement in Northwest Arkansas.

Rogers told WholeHogSports.com he informed former Coach Bret Bielema and offensive line coach Kurt Anderson of his plan during the course of last season.

After the coaching change, he had a follow-up conversation with new offensive line coach Dustin Fry, who wanted to confirm Rogers was sure of his decision.

“I was just at that point in my life,” Rogers said. “I got married last May. I decided that it was just time for me to move on and take the next step in my life.”

“I have nothing against Coach Morris,” Rogers said. “I wish him and everyone the best of luck. I had nothing against Coach B. … This is something I’d been thinking about for a while.”

Rogers got married last spring. He graduated with a degree in criminal justice in December and his father, Randy, told WholeHogSports.com his son has already had interviews with law enforcement agencies in the area.

Rogers, a native of Carrollton, Texas, made his first career start this season at center in Arkansas’ 41-9 loss at Alabama on Oct. 14.

After preseason All-America center Frank Ragnow was lost for the remainder of his senior year with an ankle injury the following week, Rogers started each of the last five games.

With Rogers out, Arkansas has no starting experience at center going into the 2018 season. Early candidates for the position are redshirt sophomore Dylan Hays and redshirt freshman Shane Clenin.

Anderson on Hogs’ matchup with Ole Miss on Saturday

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Arkansas coach Mike Anderson met with the media Friday afternoon and talked about the loss at Florida and Saturday’s matchup with Ole Miss.

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