FAYETTEVILLE – A trio of Razorback alums – Taliyah Brooks, Shafiqua Maloney and Carina Viljoen – claimed victories in the Trackwired Arkansas Grand Prix held Friday at John McDonnell Field.
Brooks won the 100m hurdles in 12.84 (1.4 wind) over Milan Young (13.25) after producing a windy 12.72 (2.4 wind) in the prelims. In addition, Brooks finished as runner-up in the long jump with a wind-aided leap of 22-1.5 (6.74) that included a wind-legal 21-2.5 (6.46) in her series.
A season best of 2:01.99 earned an 800m victory for Maloney, who led the field throughout the race, splitting 58.67 at 400m. Honour Finley finished as runner-up in 2:02.52 with Taiya Shelby third in 2:03.32. Arkansas freshman Ainsley Erzen ran 2:10.66 to place sixth.
Viljoen clocked a winning time of 4:13.70 in the 1,500m over a field mixed with Arkansas alums and current Razorbacks. Logan Jolly followed in a career best of 4:16.73 with Katie McCune third in 4:20.41. Placing fourth and fifth were Stephanie Brown (4:23.11) and Claire McCune (4:23.23).