No. 3 Arkansas competes in New Mexico Collegiate Classic

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The primary journey journey for Arkansas this season takes the No. 3 Razorbacks to the host web site of the NCAA Indoor Championships as they compete within the New Mexico Collegiate Traditional this Friday and Saturday.

Visiting the Albuquerque Conference Middle, the host web site for the nationwide championships in March, are a crew of sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, and throwers among the many Arkansas squad.

Groups within the meet embody Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Iowa, Lengthy Seaside State, Kansas State, Miami, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas State, Texas Tech, UC Irvine, USC, UTEP, and Washington.

Protection of the New Mexico Collegiate Traditional will likely be out there by way of a paid stream from FloTrack on the following hyperlink – https://www.flotrack.org/occasions/7949592-2023-new-mexico-collegiate-classic.

Outcomes will likely be out there at this hyperlink: http://www.liverunningresults.com/occasions/2023unmclassic/

Following the Razorback Invitational, Arkansas is at present ranked No. 3 within the nationwide ranking index supplied by USTFCCCA. The Razorbacks nonetheless have just a few athletes who haven’t made their debut but this season.

Rankings amongst groups competing in Albuquerque this weekend embody – No. 1 Washington, No. 2 Texas Tech, No. 8 Texas, No. 12 Iowa, and No. 14 USC.

“We nonetheless have some guys who’re competing for the primary time this season arising this weekend,” famous Arkansas males’s head coach Chris Buckman. “It’s good that we’re ranked third. Hopefully, we’ll have some good performances this weekend and go from there.

“It’s the ultimate rating on the finish of the season that counts. We’re glad that we’re getting some nationwide recognition. It motivates our guys a little bit bit that we’re one of many higher groups within the nation.”

This meet affords a possibility to get conversant in the venue previous to the NCAA Indoor Championships.

“Each monitor and runway are tweaked a little bit totally different,” mentioned Bucknam. “Every one has a distinct really feel to it. Some tracks are stiffer, some are bouncier, and runways for the jumps are the identical method.

“So, it’s critically vital that we don’t get dialed in simply on our runway or monitor after which expertise one thing totally different on the nationwide championship. We deliberate a visit out right here in order that they guys can see what kind of beginning blocks they’re utilizing, what are the runways like, the excessive soar apron, and all these technical kinds of issues.”

Arkansas alum Omar McLeod, who’s again in Fayetteville coaching, makes his season debut within the 60m hurdlers together with the Razorback crew of Matthew Lewis-Banks, Phillip Lemonious, Tre’Bien Gilbert, and Ayden Owens-Delerme.

A trio of Razorbacks within the 200m embody Lance Lang, Connor Washington, and James Benson II. Tristan LaVan, Brandon Battle, and Jeremy Farr race within the Invitational sections of the 400m. Leroy Russell III leads an Arkansas crew within the 800m as he’s joined by Ricardo Banks and Ethan Carney.

All three Razorback shot putters – Ralford Mullings, Rojé Stona, and Jordan West – are scheduled to compete collectively in the identical meet for the primary time this season. They may compete within the third part of the shot placed on Saturday in a subject that features Turner Washington of Arizona State, a finalist for the 2021 Bowerman.

The Arkansas multi-event group may even compete in earlier sections of the shot put.

Saturday’s subject occasions may even embody the triple soar and the debut of Razorback freshman Jaydon Hibbert, the 2022 World U20 Champion. He will likely be joined by teammates Carey McLeod and Ryan Brown together with Arkansas alum Clive Pullen.

Scheduled for Friday’s lengthy soar are John Baker, Shakwon Coke, and Wayne Pinnock. Within the excessive soar Kason O’Riley competes amongst a subject that features Oklahoma’s Vernon Turner.