A big, wind-aided leap of 27 feet, 11.5 inches (8.52) earned Arkansas alum Carey McLeod a long jump victory in the Diamond League meet on Friday as he defeated 2021 Olympic and 2023 World champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece.
Four-seed Arkansas dropped its SEC Tournament quarterfinal game to five-seed Missouri, 3-1, Friday morning at Jane B. Moore Field.
Jacob Skov Olesen was voted first team All-SEC and Thomas Curry was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. Redshirt freshman Kaelen Dulany was named to the SEC Community Service Team.
Headlined by three First-Team selections, the No. 13 Arkansas softball team garnered five All-Southeastern Conference selections as voted on by the coaches.
The first day of the SEC Championships finished with the 10,000m final and Arkansas produced 14 team points with Patrick Kiprop leading the way with a silver medal performance.
Arkansas produced a world-leading time in the 400m hurdle prelims by Rachel Glenn and freshman Paityn Noe capped the first day of the SEC Championships with a silver medal in the 10,000m.
SEC Western Division leader #5 Arkansas hosts divisional foe #14 Mississippi State at Baum-Walker Stadium for its final SEC home weekend series of the season.