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Razorbacks’ sprints, relays dominate meet in Baton Rouge

Competing at the largest meet of the year for LSU, No. 1 Arkansas went to work, posting 12 Top 10 finishes Saturday afternoon.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Competing at the largest meet of the year for LSU, No. 1 Arkansas went to work, posting 12 Top 10 finishes Saturday afternoon.

The 4-x-100-meter relay of Janeek Brown, Kiara Parker, Jada Baylark, and Morgan Burks-Magee combined to run 43.87 trailing only LSU’s “A” squad and the team of LSU Olympians at the meet.

The 100-meters featured three top-10 finishes and the No. 8 time in program history. Jada Baylark finished third at 11.26 followed by Kiara Parker in sixth at 11.40, Janeek Brown in ninth at 11.49, Taliyah Brooks in 12th at 11.52, and Tamara Kuykendall in 13th-place running 11.54. Brooks’ time of 11.52 registers as the No. 8 time in program history.

Brooks also long jumped at the meet, capturing the event title with a best of 6.57m (21′-6.75″).

Brown backed into the blocks for the women’s 100-meter hurdles where she finished in 13.21 (+0.5).

Morgan Burks-Magee finished seventh in the 400-meters posting a season-best of 53.03.

Baylark finished runner-up in the 200-meters with her time of 23.00. rounding out the field for Arkansas in the event were Kiara Parker (23.44), Taliyah Brooks (23.83), Tamara Kuykendall (24.01), in seventh, ninth, and 13th-place. Baylark retained her spot at No. 3 in program history but lowered her time from 23.17 earlier this season.

Sydney Davis, Morgan Burks-Magee, Jada Baylark, and Kiara Parker combined to post a season-best time in the 4-x-400-meter relay crossing the line in 3:35.29.

On the west coast at the Cardinal Classic, Carina Viljoen (4:16.07) and Micah Huckabee (4:33.92) finished fifth and eighth in their respective heats completing the competition weekend for the Razorbacks who competed at a total of four meets over the past three days.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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