FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Razorbacks remain in title contention following day two of the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at John McDonnell Field.
Arkansas qualified four athletes through to tomorrow's finals while the Razorbacks added 10-points bringing their total to 32 after eight events scored.
Sam Kempka added to the Razorback total with two points from a seventh-place finish in the shot put where the senior finished with a best mark of 18.64m (61-2) - the No. 4 throw in program history.
Laquan Nairn matched Kempka's points with a seventh-place finish of his own, leaping out to a mark of 7.63m (25-0.50) - a personal-best mark.
Shakiel Chattoo and Carl Elliot III advanced to the finals of the 110-meter hurdles each running identical 13.79 times. Chattoo advanced by the auto-Q, finishing as one of the top three in his heat, while Elliot III earned his spot in the final as the second-fastest time qualifier.
Cameron Griffith moved on to the final in the 1,500-meters running 3:49.40 to win his heat.
Hunter Woodhall narrowly missed matching his personal-best in the prelims of the 400-meters as he grabbed a spot in tomorrow's final after running 46.56 that is a tenth of a second (.10) off his lifetime-best of 46.46 from the John McDonnell Invitational.
Despite not scoring in two events, Gabe Moore took fifth-place in the decathlon with a two day total of 6,345-pts. Daniel Spejcher finished seventh with 5,960-pts. - a new personal best.
Moore who entered the day in second place moved to the top of the scoreboard after the 110-meter hurdles where he ran 14.56 for 903-points. Moore moved on to throw 49.33m (161-10) in the discus for 856-points. On his opening attempt in the pole vault, he injured himself on the approach, which resulted in the senior recording a NH in the event scoring 0-points. After gathering himself for a second, Moore mounted a return to action posting a mark of 46.77m (153-5) for 541-points. Unfortunately, Moore was unable to complete the two-day grind due to injury but still finished fifth-overall scoring four points towards the Arkansas total on the scoreboard.
Spejcher finished out the decathlon adding marks of 16.56 in the 110-meter hurdles, 38.94m (127-9) in the discus, 3.00m (9-10) in the pole vault, 50.09m (164-4) in the javelin, and a run of 5:12.50 in the 1,500-meters taking seventh-place for two points towards the Razorback total.
The Razorbacks are currently in third place with 32 points through eight events scored.
| PLACE | MEN [8 out of 21 scored] | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Florida | 37 |
| 2 |  | Georgia | 34 |
| 3 |  | Arkansas | 32 |
| 3 |  | Miss State | 32 |
| 5 |  | Alabama | 28 |
| 5 |  | LSU | 28 |
| 5 |  | Tennessee | 28 |
| 8 |  | Texas A&M | 24 |
| 9 |  | Missouri | 19 |
| 10 |  | Kentucky | 15 |
| 11 |  | Auburn | 14 |
| 12 |  | South Carolina | 13 |
| 13 |  | Ole Miss | 8 |
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