5:00 p.m. CT
Friday, Apr. 26
11:30 a.m. CT
Saturday, Apr. 27
10:00 a.m. CT
Tickets: $5 for Adults, 17 and under free
The Razorbacks are one of eight Southeastern Conference teams ranked among the USTFCCCA top-25 and look to progress into the latter part of the outdoor season even stronger. Arkansas also leads the South Central Region, moving up from No. 3 in the last poll.
Head coach Chris Bucknam’s squad will be lining up against student-athletes from Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Miss State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stanford, TCU, Texas, and Washington.
“We're in the second year of doing this meet so we're all systems go and trying to include more national teams and teams from around the country and bring more people into Fayetteville," said Bucknam. "We did lose a lot of the SEC schools simply because we host the conference meet this year, but as I said earlier after this year we don't host the conference meet again for 14-years. We'll get through it and I'm sure we'll have some of those teams come back to us next year."
"When you look at the breath of programs that have been in Fayetteville this year between indoor and outdoor it's staggering to look at. There's nobody who's doing that and its because of our great facilities, it's because of our great officials, and it's because of our teams and our teams are competitive. It's phenomenal, we've had so many conferences represented (at Randal Tyson and John McDonnell Field), so it's nice to have this meet at home and not travel," Bucknam continued.
Events to Watch
Along with the traditional events to watch listed below, the meet will also feature a 4×800-meter relay, 4×1500-meters relay, Sprint Medley Relay, and a Shuttle Hurdle Relay, all of which will be contested by the Razorbacks.
200-meters
Sophomore Kris Hari leads the way in the men’s 200-meter entries for Arkansas at the National Relay Championships. Hari, who set the Danish National Record in the 100-meters last week at the Michael Johnson Invitational, has posted a season-best of 20.95 that leads the Razorbacks. The men’s 200-meters is set for a 5:35 p.m. CT start on Friday afternoon.
400-meters
Rhayki Schwartz continues his comeback season on the track and will compete in his third 400-meters of the season in a field that features three of the top-10 quarter-milers in the NCAA. Wil London (44.93) of Baylor, Derrick Mokaleng (45.17) of TCU, and Ashton Hicks (45.84) of Oklahoma State highlight a strong 400-meter group set to compete at the National Relay Championships. The men’s 400-meters is scheduled for Friday at 3:45 pm CT.
800-meters
Hunter Woodhall will move up distances this week as he takes another try at the 800-meters - an event he holds a lifetime-best of 1:50.68 in. The 800-meters will feature the 2019 NCAA Indoor Champion, Bryce Hoppel of Kansas, who holds a season-best of 1:48.94 from the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. The 800-meters is set for 4:45 p.m. CT on Friday afternoon.
110-meter hurdles/400-meter hurdles
The Razorbacks will roll three deep in the high and intermediate hurdles with eight entries between both events. Travean Caldwell is currently ranked No. 9 in the NCAA with his season-best of 50.40 in the 400mH from last week's Michael Johnson Invitational. The men’s 400-meter hurdles are slated to run on Friday at 4:55 p.m. CT.
4×100-meter relay
Arkansas' sprint relay leads all entries at the meet in the event that features other top-30 teams including Oklahoma (39.42), Baylor (39.68), and TCU (39.70). The 4×100-meters will take the track at 10:02 a.m. CT Saturday morning.
4×400-meter relay
No. 3 in the NCAA in the men’s 4×400-meter relay, Baylor (3:03.17), leads the pack of teams that will field a relay at the National Relay Championships. Arkansas enters the event with a season-best of 3:07.37. The 4×400-meter relays will close out the meet on Saturday morning at 11:26 a.m. CT.
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