Arkansas women win NCAA indoor championship

Three months earlier than his scheduled retirement, Arkansas ladies’s monitor and area coach Lance Harter added one other NCAA title to his resume Saturday. 

The Razorbacks scored 64 factors to win the NCAA Indoor Observe and Discipline Championships on the Albuquerque (N.M.) Conference Heart. Texas was second with 60 factors. 

It was Harter’s seventh nationwide title within the three sports activities he coaches — all since 2015 — and his fourth title indoors. Arkansas additionally received indoor titles in 2015, 2019 and 2021. 

“In monitor and area we at all times compete as a person, however if you add a workforce, the momentum simply escalates dramatically,” Harter advised the ESPN broadcast. “I feel that is the results of that the place each one in all our athletes rose to a stage that nobody anticipated besides themselves.”

Main by two factors coming into the ultimate occasion, Arkansas’ workforce of Amber Anning, Paris Peoples, Rosey Effiong and Britton Wilson received the mile relay with a world-best time of three:21.76. Wilson ran the anchor leg in 49.20. 

Three Razorbacks — Amanda Fassold within the pole vault, Wilson within the 400 meters and Ackera Nugent within the 60 hurdles — received particular person championships so as to add 30 factors to the workforce rating. 

Arkansas additionally had second-place finishes by Lauren Gregory within the mile and by the space medley relay workforce of Mary Ellen Eudaly, Peoples, Lainey Quandt and Gregory. 

Wilson received the 400 in an American-record time of 49.48 and have become the primary collegiate runner to complete in underneath 50 seconds. The Razorbacks scored 18 factors within the 400 as Effiong completed fourth in 50.54 and Anning was sixth in 51.22. 

Harter stated there was thought somebody may run the occasion in underneath 50 seconds when earlier preliminary heats had been leading to fast occasions. 

“We knew Briton would rise to the problem, little doubt about it,” Harter stated. 

Nugent received within the ultimate of the 60 hurdles in 7.73 seconds. She ran a collegiate-record time of seven.72 within the occasion throughout Friday’s prelims. 

“Ackera Nugent within the hurdles simply stated, ‘I am not going to be denied, we’re not going to be denied,’” Harter stated. “Everyone simply rallied round that momentum.”

The DMR workforce completed in 10:56.61, simply behind occasion champion Stanford in 10:56.34. 

Fassold received the pole vault by clearing 14 toes, 7 1/4 inches. 

“It is distinctive as a result of they rallied across the unity between each aspect of our workforce,” Harter stated. “They only weren’t going to let one another down. I feel all people simply stored rising to a brand new stage. 

“We’re tremendous excited and a number of these younger individuals get to return subsequent yr and make the brand new head coach, Chris Johnson, hopefully his job slightly bit simpler.” 

Harter will coach the Razorbacks via the out of doors season. Johnson, the long-time Arkansas sprints coach, will succeed him as head coach in July. 

The boys’s NCAA indoor champion will probably be decided Saturday night time. Arkansas’ males are in first place with 31 factors via seven occasions scored. Ole Miss is second with 14.