STANFORD – After undertaking an indoor nationwide championship earlier this month, Arkansas embarks on its out of doors marketing campaign this weekend on the Stanford Invitational. The meet, which began in 1975, options distance races in a cool local weather together with aggressive fields in varied occasions.

Protection of the Stanford Invitational will likely be on subscription service FloTrack (https://flosports.hyperlink/3AnrZCd), beginning at 1 p.m. (CT) on Friday. Dwell outcomes will likely be accessible at this hyperlink: https://rt.trackscoreboard.com/meets/33123/occasions.

“We anticipated that we would wish somewhat little bit of a break after the indoor season,” stated Arkansas males’s head coach Chris Bucknam. “This meet at Stanford goes to permit us to be in a superb surroundings to get this ball rolling. This can be a good meet for us. It’s a long way meet in addition to a superb throws meet.

“New occasions would be the fundamental change for us outdoor as we add the 4 x 100 relay, the 400m hurdles and the discus. Our massive occasion outdoor is the discus, which incorporates Rojé Stona and Ralford Mullings. They each threw the shot put indoors and made large enhancements. Within the discus they’re each nationwide scorers.”

Throughout the indoor season Jordan West broke the UA shot put file set by Scott Lofquist in 1983 together with his 66-7 (20.29) silver-medal efficiency on the SEC Championships. Then West bettered the UA out of doors mark of 66-9.5 (20.35) which was set by Marty Kobza in 1983 with a profession finest toss of 67-2 (20.47) in putting fifth on the NCAA Indoor.

The discus college file of 205-4 (62.60) set by Lofquist in 1982 will likely be below menace this out of doors season as profession finest marks for the present Razorbacks measure 214-6 (65.39) for Mullings and 213-7 (65.11) for Stona. Each marks got here in massive meets with Mullings successful the Mt. SAC Relays whereas Stona completed second within the Penn Relays.

Mullings, a bronze medalist on the 2022 NCAA Championships after claiming silver on the Pac-12 convention meet whereas at Arizona State, opened with a 204-11 (62.47) in mid-March on the Baldy Castillo Invitational final yr.

Stona, a silver medalist from the 2021 NCAA Championships in addition to an ACC champion (2019) and two-time convention silver medalist (2021, 2022) whereas competing for Clemson, gained the Texas Relays a yr in the past opening the season with a throw of 197-10 (60.31).

The discus subject at Stanford will embrace Razorback decathletes as effectively with the crew of Ayden Owens-Delerme, Yariel Soto Torrado, Daniel Spejcher, Noah Swaby, and Marcus Weaver.

Swaby and Weaver are additionally entered within the 110m hurdles, and the pair will be part of Soto Torrado and Spejcher within the pole vault.

Distance races on Friday night can have Patrick Kiprop racing at 10,000m together with Jacob McLeod, and Myles Richter. The 5,000m will embrace Reuben Reina, Elias Schreml, and Ben Shearer. Jack Williams will compete within the 3,000m steeplechase.

Racing in 1,500m are Ricardo Banks, Tommy Romanow, Leroy Russell III, and B. Shearer. Sprinter Chris Bailey, who set the UA indoor 400m file with a forty five.09, will contest the 800m, marking his debut within the occasion.

Razorbacks within the 110m hurdles additionally contains Shaka Bogan and Matthew Lewis-Banks. Entered within the 400m hurdles are Jeremy Farr, Tre’Bien Gilbert, Phillip Lemonious, and Brevin Sims. Doubling within the 200m are Lemonious, Lewis-Banks, and Sims.

Arkansas can have a crew of 4 within the 100m which incorporates Brandon Battle, James Benson II, Lance Lang, and Connor Washington. A squad of six Razorbacks within the 400m contains Phillip Anderson, Devontie Archer, Jadon Bartholomew, Ethan Carney, Tristan LaVan, and TJ Tomlyanovich.

Within the lengthy soar Arkansas can have John Baker, Ryan Brown, Shakwon Coke, and Hyperlink Lindsey. Competing within the excessive soar are Tomas Ferrari, Christian Matamoros, and Kason O’Riley.

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