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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 (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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