Pair of successful title defenses lead to 52 points on SEC Outdoor day two
BATON ROUGE – Razorbacks Jordan West and Wayne Pinnock each successfully defended SEC Outdoor titles in the shot put and long jump, respectively, on Friday during the second day of the conference meet held at Bernie Moore Stadium.
The pair of victories included others scoring in the same event, with 14 in the shot put and 21 in the long jump, while the multi-event group supplied 12 in the decathlon with Marcus Weaver establishing a career best as runner-up.
After two days of the SEC Outdoor Championships, with eight of 21 events scored, the No. 1 Razorbacks lead team scoring with 57 points. Georgia follows with 35, Texas A&M 34, Mississippi State 31, and Auburn 28.
West bettered the field with an Arkansas school record toss of 67-6 (20.57), which is a career best and bettered the UA record of 66-9.5 (20.35) set by Marty Kobza in 1985. West is the first Razorback to win a SEC shot put title since Marcus Clavelle in 2000.
Finishing fifth in the shot put with a mark of 63-11.75 (19.50) was Rojé Stona as Arkansas totaled 14 points in the event.
SEC Indoor winner, John Meyer of LSU, registered a mark of 67-3.25 (20.50) to place second while Kentucky’s Josh Sobota finished third at 67-0 (20.42). West opened with a leading mark of 67-0.5 (20.43) in round one. Meyer surpassed that distance with his best effort in round three. West reclaimed the lead in the fourth stanza.