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The complete list of University of Arkansas athletes who will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics
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A drove of Hogs are in Paris and gearing up to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics, which begin this weekend.
In total, 25 current and former University of Arkansas athletes have qualified to compete or be an alternate in the upcoming Olympics. The Opening Ceremony, down the River Siene (the first opening ceremony not in an Olympic stadium) is set for Friday.
Twenty of the Razorbacks headed to Paris hail from the school’s historic track and field program. Arkansas will also have representatives competing in golf, swimming and an alternate in gymnastics.
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Team USA will have eight representatives from Arkansas. Jamaica isn’t far behind with eight, and nine countries will have at least one athlete who previously competed for the Razorbacks.
Here is the full list of University of Arkansas Olympians. The Summer games will run through Aug. 11.
Arkansas Razorbacks Olympians for 2024 (Years at University of Arkansas):
Track and Field
United States
Chris Bailey — 400m, 4x400m Relay (2023-24)
Taliyah Brooks — Heptathlon (2014-18)
Kaylyn Brown — 4x400m Relay pool (Sophomore)
Rachel Glenn — High Jump (Redshirt Junior)
Nikki Hiltz — 1,500m (2015-18)
Jarrion Lawson — Long Jump (2012-16)
Isabella Whittaker — 4x400m Relay pool (Senior)
Other Countries
Amber Anning — 400m, 4x400m Relay — Great Britain (2022-24)
Romaine Beckford — High Jump — Jamaica (2023-24)
Janeek Brown — 100m Hurdles — Jamaica (2018-19)
Jaydon Hibbert — Triple Jump — Jamaica (2023)
Sanu Jallow — 800m — Gambia (Junior)
Shafiqua Maloney — 800m — St. Vincent & the Grenandines (2018-21)
Cary McLeod — Long Jump — Jamaica (2022-23)
Ackera Nugent — 100m Hurdles — Jamaica (2022-23)
Ayden Owens-Delerme — Decathlon — Puerto Rico (2021-23)
Wayne Pinnock — Long Jump — Jamaica (2022-24)
Nickisha Pryce — 400m, 4x400m Relay — Jamaica (2022-24)
Tina Šutej — Pole Vault — Slovenia (2008-12)
Rojé Stona — Discus — Jamaica (2022-24)
Swimming
Other Countries
Anna Hopkin — 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, Relays — Great Britain (2018-19)
Golf
Other Countries
Maria Fassi — Mexico (2015-19)
Gaby Lopez — Mexico (2012-15)
Nico Echavarria — Colombia (2012-14)
Gymnastics
United States
Joscelyn Roberson — Gymnastics alternate (freshman)
BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.
Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.
The news release listed the following evidence:
— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.
Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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