Arkansas
Lance Lang, Jaydon Hibbert highlight impressive additions to Razorbacks roster
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas males’s monitor and subject has introduced extra transfers who will be a part of the Razorbacks for the 2022-23 season together with a proficient highschool jumper from Jamaica.
The spectacular group of transfers contains Christopher Bailey (Tennessee), Tai Brown (Kentucky), Lance Lang (Kentucky), Tristan LaVan (Central Arkansas), Kason O’Riley (Oklahoma), Yariel Soto (Tennessee), and Austin Wallace (UW-Milwaukee).
Additionally becoming a member of the Arkansas program is 17-year-old Jaydon Hibbert of Kingston Faculty Excessive College in Jamaica, turning into the fifth present athlete from the tradition-rich program who might be on the Razorback squad this coming season.
The opposite Kingston Faculty Razorbacks embrace Wayne Pinnock, Carey McLeod, Shakwon Coke, and Ralford Mullings.
Arkansas alums who competed at Kingston Faculty embrace Olympians and World Championship rivals in Alain Bailey, Tarik Batchelor, Omar McLeod, and Clive Pullen. This talent-laden group boasts an Olympic gold medalist, World Championship gold medalist, a mixed seven NCAA titles, 11 SEC titles, and 19 first-team All-America performances.
As a 16-year-old, Hibbert earned a silver medal within the triple soar on the 2021 World U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Hibbert gained the triple soar and positioned second within the lengthy soar at 2021 NACAC U18. This season he swept the lengthy and triple soar within the CARIFTA U20 meet.
Later this summer season Hibbert will symbolize Jamaica on the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
This previous season, Hibbert claimed the triple soar title on the Jamaica Boys’ and Ladies’ Athletics Championships with a profitable mark of 54-8 (16.66), a championship file in addition to the Jamaica U18 nationwide file, which makes him the No. 5 performer on the world U18 all-time checklist.
In profitable the lengthy soar at Champs, Hibbert produced a profession finest mark of 25-10 (7.87).
In the course of the CARIFTA Video games this spring, Hibbert set the triple soar meet file with a 54-0 (16.46) effort that adopted a wind-aided leap of 55-11.25 (17.05) with a +2.8 wind. A mark of 25-0 (7.62) claimed the lengthy soar victory.
Within the 2022 Jamaican Championships, Hibbert gained the triple soar with a mark of 53-10.25 (16.41) to defeat Jordan Scott (53-5.75 | 16.30). Hibbert produced his profitable effort within the first spherical right into a -1.2 headwind. Scott gained the 2019 NCAA Indoor title competing for Virginia.
Bailey, a 400m sprinter with a profession better of 45.25, was a member of the Tennessee 4 x 400m relay that earned a bronze medal on the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships with a 3:04.10. Bailey equipped a 44.79 cut up because the second leg.
In the course of the 2021 SEC Indoor meet, Bailey ran on the profitable 4 x 400m relay (3:04.08) and third place distance medley (9:36.41). He cut up 44.66 because the second leg of the 4 x 400m, second quickest within the meet.
On the 2021 SEC Outside meet, Bailey completed seventh within the 400m last. He posted occasions of 45.51 within the prelims and 46.03 within the convention 400m last, then ran 45.81 and 45.69 within the NCAA East Preliminary rounds to advance to the NCAA Championships.
A sprinter at Kentucky, Lang sports activities profession finest occasions of 6.61 (60m), 10.08 (100m), and 20.08 (200). He has scored six occasions at nationwide championship meets, whereas incomes a silver and bronze medal within the 4 x 400m relay. In SEC Championships, Lang has collected two gold, three silver, and three bronze medals.
Lang positioned fifth within the 2022 NCAA Indoor 200m last and ran on the bronze medal 4 x 400m relay (3:04.64). In the course of the SEC Indoor meet, Lang claimed 200m gold in 20.32, completed third within the 60 with a 6.60 after a 6.65 prelim, and was a bronze medalist within the 4 x 400m relay (3:04.04).
Within the 2022 SEC Outside Championships, Lang ran second leg on the silver medal 4 x 400m relay, which set a faculty file of two:59.93.
In the course of the 2021 season, Lang completed fourth within the 100m (10.07w) and 200m (20.08), then ran second leg on the profitable 4 x 400m relay (3:01.71). He produced his profession better of 10.08 on the NCAA East Preliminary spherical and had a windy better of 20.06 within the 200m.
Bailey ran on 4 x 400m relays which positioned fifth at each the 2022 SEC Indoors and NCAA Indoors. Bailey cut up 45.64 as second leg on a 3:05.89 efficiency at NCAAs. In the course of the convention meet he cut up 44.68 as second leg on a 3:05.64 effort, which was the quickest cut up of the meet.
Brown competed within the hurdles at Kentucky, the place he produced profession finest occasions of 13.50 within the 110m hurdles and seven.72 within the 60m hurdles.
On the 2021 NCAA Outside meet, Brown completed ninth within the 110m hurdles with a 13.89 after posting a 13.68 within the semifinal. In the course of the NCAA East Preliminary spherical, Brown had wind-aided occasions of 13.47 (2.7) and 13.41 (2.2).
Within the 2021 SEC Outside meet, Brown completed seventh within the last with a 13.57w. On the indoor convention meet in 2021, he positioned sixth within the 60m hurdles with a 7.84 after a 7.83 within the prelims. Brown was additionally sixth within the 60m hurdles on the 2020 SEC Indoor, posting occasions of seven.81 and seven.90.
Brown positioned fourth within the 2019 SEC Outside 110m hurdles (13.68) and completed 13th within the NCAA semifinal (13.71).
Competing on the 2019 USATF U20 Championships, Brown claimed silver in 13.21 on the junior top hurdles, the place he ranks No. 15 on the all-time world checklist. He additionally earned silver within the Pan American Junior Championships with a 13.36w.
A 400m sprinter at Central Arkansas with a profession better of 46.21, LaVan gained the ASUN Convention title in 46.77 and ran on the silver medal 4 x 400m relay. Indoors, LaVan claimed silver within the convention meet with a 47.46 and ran on the bronze medal 4 x 400m relay.
In 2021, competing within the Southland Convention, LaVan positioned sixth within the 400m whereas the 4 x 400m relay completed fifth.
A excessive jumper at Oklahoma, O’Riley certified for the 2022 NCAA Championships as a freshman. Cleared a profession better of 7-2.25 (2.19) because the silver medalist on the Large 12 Outside Championships. Additionally made 7-2.25 indoors, putting fourth in Lubbock.
As a Texas prep from Marble Falls Excessive College, O’Riley gained the 2021 Nike Outside Nationals (7-0.25 | 2.14) in addition to the UIL State 5A title (6-11.75 | 2.13), each of which have been profession finest marks on the time.
Soto competed within the heptathlon and decathlon for the Volunteers. On the current NCAA Championships in June, Soto positioned 10th within the decathlon with a rating of seven,668 factors. On the SEC Championships he claimed bronze within the decathlon with a 7,600 tally.
Soto scored a profession finest of seven,667 in 2022, putting third within the Tennessee Relays decathlon.
Indoors, Soto completed ninth within the NCAA heptathlon with a profession finest rating of 5,832 factors. He claimed bronze within the SEC heptathlon with a complete of 5,760 factors.
Wallace is a convention champion from UW-Milwaukee, the place he produced profession finest scores of seven,355 within the decathlon and 5,557 within the heptathlon. Wallace set his decathlon finest as runner up at Texas A&M this previous April whereas his heptathlon finest gained the John Garland Invitational this previous indoor season.
Competing within the 2022 Horizon League, Wallace defended his heptathlon title with a 4,977 tally whereas additionally putting third within the 60m hurdles (8.09). On the 2021 Horizon League out of doors meet, Wallace gained the decathlon, positioned fourth within the 110m hurdles and lengthy soar, whereas additionally putting sixth within the pole vault.