24 Razorbacks total 29 entries at USATF Outdoor Championships

FAYETTEVILLE – A combination of 24 Razorbacks are entered in 19 events at the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships, representing a total of 29 entries at Iachn Stadium in New York City this Thursday through Sunday. The Arkansas total includes alums, current and incoming athletes.

Coverage of the meet will be available on NBC and Peacock as well as field events being streamed through USATF.tv. A list of broadcast times is listed in the day-by-day schedule below.

The Razorback men feature 12 athletes in the meet in 10 events with 15 total entries. Arkansas women include 12 athletes in nine events for 14 total entries.

Arkansas alums Nikki Hiltz and Sandi Morris headline the women’s entries as defending USATF champions in the 1,500m and pole vault, respectively.

Hiltz, who is entered in the 800m and 1,500m, has claimed nine career USATF titles including the past three outdoor 1,500m titles. Morris has also won nine USATF titles in the pole vault.

This season Hiltz won the mile in a world-leading 4:17.49 to win the Prefontaine Classic in securing a rare win over Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon. Outdoors, Morris ranks third in the world and is the top American for 2026 with a 15-11 (4.85) clearance to register a victory in the Prefontaine Classic.

A trio of Razorbacks in the 400m includes Chris Bailey, TJ Tomlyanovich, and Jonah Vigil. Hunter Woodhall is entered in the Para 400m T62. The women’s 400m will include Sanaria Butler, Paris Peoples, and Britton Wilson.

Bailey, the 2025 USATF Outdoor 400m runner-up set a career best of 44.06 in placing third at the Paris Diamond League this season and ranks ninth in the world for 2026 as the fifth fastest American. Bailey claimed a pair of 400m victories in College Station and Los Angeles while also placing third at the Prefontaine Classic.

Butler, who ranks fourth among Americans in the 400m in 2026 and is 13th best in the world, registered a career best of 49.86 this season that ranks No. 6 on the UA all-time list. She placed sixth in the NCAA Championships and finished seventh at the Prefontaine Classic.

Razorbacks entered in the men’s 100m and 200m include Lance Lang and Tevijon Williams while Jada Mowatt will contest the women’s 100m.

With a wind-aided 9.86 (+3.6) Lang won the 100m at the ATX Sprint Classic in Georgetown, Texas. Lang also had a windy 9.99 (+2.6) to place fourth in Edmonton, Canada. At the World Relays in May, Lang ran third leg on the United States winning 4 x 100m that established a world-leading time of 37.43 after a 37.77 in the prelims.

Jarrion Lawson is entered in the long jump while other field event entries include Scottie Vines in the high jump, Jordan West in the shot put and Marcus Weaver in the decathlon.

Vines is equal second among American high jumpers this outdoor season with his 7-5 (2.26) victory at the Mt. SAC Relays. He also cleared 7-4.5 (2.25) as the NCAA silver medalist.

Competing in the 3,000m steeplechase are Gracie Hyde and Logan Jolly. Hyde’s career best of 9:16.61 as runner-up in Turku ranks fourth among Americans in 2026 while Jolly has produced a 9:33.06 this season.

The women’s 5,000m includes Taylor Werner and Sydney Vaught, who is also entered in the 10,000m along with Katie Izzo. Austen Dalquist is entered in the 1,500m and 5,000m. SEC champion Ben Shearer joins him in the 5,000m.

Natalie Dumas, who will join the Razorbacks in the fall semester, is entered in the 400m hurdles. Her season best of 56.13 from the USATF U20 Championships is the top high school time this season by over a full second. Dumas, who turns 18 the first week of August, has a career best of 55.99 from 2025 that ranks No. 8 on the all-time high school list.

2026 USATF Championships | Arkansas entries | 24 Athletes | 19 Events | 29 Entries

Men | 12 Athletes | 10 Events | 15 Entries

July 23 | Thursday (11 am to 3 pm Peacock, USATF.tv | 3 pm to 9 pm USATF.tv)