RamosMata captures Kansas Relays title in pole vault over Hartsell

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The 91st Kansas Relays featured a trio of top-three performances from Arkansas, including a Kansas Relays title by Elizabeth Ramos Mata.

Ramos Mata finished the Kansas Relays clearing 3.90m (12′-9.50″), the same height that teammate Morgan Hartsell cleared.

Ramos Mata grabbed the win on jumps clearing her first three bars of the day clean, while Hartsell needed three attempts to clear 3.90m.

Thr 1-2 finish in the pole vault accounted for two of the three top-three finishes on the day for Arkansas. The third came in a third-place finish by Carmen Sitz in the women’s high jump. Sitz took third clearing 1.65m (5′-5″) on her fifth jump of the day.

On the west coast at the Cardinal Classic in Palo Alto, Calif., Arkansas continued to compete on the track.

In the 800-meters, Kailee Sawyer (2:15.35) finished sixth in section three of the event while   Ruth Wiggins (2:13.39) took eighth in section two.

Moving up the ladder of distance disciplines, a trio of Razorbacks closed out the competition day with their run in the 5,000-meters.

A fourth-place finish by Maddy Reed (16:20.38) was followed up by  Rachel Nichwitz (16:33.27) in sixth-place and Abby Gray (16:38.60) in ninth-place.

Arkansas will split competition on Saturday between the Cardinal Classic in Palo Alto, Calif. and the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, La.