FAYETTEVILLE -- Kiara Parker even surprised herself with her record-breaking performance Saturday afternoon.
The Arkansas senior turned in a time of 7.15 seconds to win the women's 60 meters to break the meet record during the Razorback Invitational in the Randal Tyson Track Center. Parker's time eclipsed the previous mark of 7.17 set by Florida's Shayla Sanders in 2016.
At A Glance
RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL
at Randal Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville
Saturday’s results
Men
Team scores 1. Oregon 116; 2. Florida 115; 3. Arkansas 74; 4. LSU 62; 5. Mississippi State 47; 6. Purdue 45; 7. Kansas State 44; 8. Kentucky 38; 9. Iowa State 27; 10. Oklahoma State 24.
60 1. Grant Holloway, Florida, 6.51; 2. Ryan Clark, Florida, 6.67; 3. Cravon Gillespie, Oregon, 6.68; 4. Hakim Sani-Brown, Florida, 6.70; 5. Spenser Schmidt, Oregon, 6.75; 6. Oraine Palmer, Oregon, 6.79; 7. Akanni Hislop, LSU, 6.79; 8. Josh Oglesby, Arkansas, 6.83.
400 1. Brian Faust, Purdue, 47.18; 2. Ashton Hicks, Oklahoma State, 47.33; 3. Jordan Hollis, Purdue, 47.84; 4. Christian Boyd, LSU, 47.97; 5. Justin Davis, Kansas State, 48.07; 6. LaKyron Mays, Oklahoma State, 48.15; 7. Dorian Camel, LSU, 48.17; 8. Shawndail McLaren, Purdue, 48.36.
4o0 invitational 1. Benjamin Lobo Vedel, Florida, 46.43; 2. Chantz Sawyers, Florida, 46.64; 3. Orwin Emilien, Oregon, 46.75; 4. Tyler Terry, LSU, 46.92; 5. Jalen Brown, Arkansas, 47.02; 6. Eric Fogltanz, Iowa State, 47.33; 7. John Winn, Arkansas, 47.69.
800 1. James West, Oregon, 1:50.08; 2. Daniel Nixon, Miss. State, 1:50.10; 3. Hunter Woodhall, Arkansas, 1:50.68; 4. Ethan Moehn, Arkansas, 1:51.88; 5. Garrett Calhoun, Oklahoma State, 1:52.39; 6. Chase Pareti, Arkansas, 1:52.46; 7. Kenya Small, Miss. State, 1:52.52; 8. Kurt Loevenstein, Kansas State, 1:52.72.
800 invitational 1. Marco Arop, Miss. State, 1:47.63; 2. Roshon Roomes, Iowa State, 1:48.94; 3. Kieran Taylor, Arkansas, 1:49.46; 4. Dejon Devroe, Miss. State, 1:49.46; 5. Blake Haney, Oregon, 1:49.60; 6. Kyren Hollis, Florida, 1:52.24.
1 mile 1. Jack Yearian, Oregon, 4:07.03; 2. Jackson Mestler, Oregon, 4:07.06; 3. Milo Greder, Iowa State, 4:07.51; 4. Ryan Smeeton, Oklahoma State, 4:07.95; 5. David Too, Iowa State, 4:10.10; 6. Noah Gade, Oklahoma State, 4:11.12; 7. Jared Schuckman, Iowa State, 4:13.51; 8. Trevor Warren, Kentucky, 4:14.36.
1 mile invitational 1. Cooper Teare, Oregon, 3:59.21; 2. Cameron Griffith, Arkansas, 3:59.68; 3. Isai Rodriguez, Oklahoma State, 4:05.64; 4. Sam Ahrenholz, Florida, 4:07.49; 5. Isaiah Priddey, Oklahoma State, 4:08.67; 6. Kyle Levermore, Arkansas, 4:10.87; 7. Reed Brown, Oregon, 4:11.64; 8. Colin O’Mara, Arkansas, 4:14.28.
3,000 1. Preston Cates, Arkansas, 8:20.24; 2. Nick Deal, Florida, 8:22.20; 3. Thomas Pollard, Iowa State, 8:25.61; 4. Adam Dayani, Oklahoma State, 8:26.42; 5. Eric Coston, LSU, 8:30.14; 6. Blake Lowery, Florida, 8:37.21; 7. Marshall Dillon, Florida, 8:41.33; 8. Shayan Zarrin, Oklahoma State, 8:43.75.
3,000 invitational 1. Charlie Hunter, Oregon, 7:59.88; 2. Edwin Kurgat, Iowa State, 8:00.23; 3. Jaret Carpenter, Purdue, 8:00.67; 4. Gilbert Boit, Arkansas, 8:01.63; 5. Brody Smith, Purdue, 8:02.15; 6. Curtis Eckstein, Purdue, 8:04.73; 7. Austen Dalquist, Arkansas, 8:07.09; 8. John Nownes, Iowa State, 8:12.41
60 hurdles 1. Eric Edwards Jr., Oregon, 7.69; 2. Cory Poole, Florida, 7.73; 3. Damion Thomas, LSU, 7.74; 4. Braxton Canady, Oregon, 7.75; 5. Logan Schneider, Iowa State, 7.78; 6. Tre’Bien Gilbert, Arkansas, 7.85; 7. Joseph Anderson, Oregon, 7.86; 8. Arthur Price, LSU, 7.92.
1,600 relay 1. Oklahoma State, 3:13.30; 2. Florida, 3:13.77; 3. Arkansas, 3:14.12; 4. Mississippi State, 3:15.34; 5. Kansas State, 3:19.52; 6. Oregon, 3:21.66.
1,600 relay invitational 1. Florida, 3:04.45; 2. LSU, 3:06.34; 3. Purdue 3:07.81; 4. Kentucky, 3:11.51; 5. Mississippi State, 3:11.58; 6. Iowa State, 3:11.94; 7. Oregon, 3:12.35
Shot put 1. Brett Neelly, Kansas State, 65-9¾; 2. Noah Castle, Kentucky, 61-11½; 3. Charles Lenford Jr., Kentucky, 60-1¼; 4. Josh Sobota, Kentucky, 59-0; 5. Jalil Brewer, Purdue, 57-2¾; 6. Sam Kempka, Arkansas, 56-4; 7. Cameron Lewis, Kansas State, 53-8¼; 8. Jeff Rogers, Arkansas, 52-11½.
Triple jump 1. Clayton Brown, Florida, 53-5½; 2. Tamar Greene, Purdue, 51-11¾; 3. Jah Strange, Purdue, 51-7¼; 4. Tristan James, Oregon, 50-5¼; 5. Christian Miller, LSU, 50-2½; 6. Angelo Gordon, Kansas State, 47-10; 7. Gralyn Jones, Miss. State, 47-8.
Heptathlon 1. Gabe Moore, Arkansas, 5,865; 2. Aaron Booth, Kansas State, 5,819; 3. Derek Jacobus, Arkansas, 5,656; 4. Isaiah Martin, Purdue, 5,249; 5. Mace Metcalf, Oklahoma State, 4,949; 6. Simone Fassina, Kansas State, 4,494; 7. Cole Verble, Oklahoma State, 3,970; 8. Jake Dyer, Oklahoma State, 3,846.
Women
Team scores 1. Arkansas 145.5; 2. Oregon 101; 3. Kentucky 86; 4. LSU 71; 5. Kansas State 67; 6. Florida 56; 7. Iowa State 28; 8. Purdue 21; 9. Mississippi State 17.5; 10. Oklahoma State 10.
60 1. Kiara Parker, Arkansas 7.15 (meet record; previous mark 7.17 by Shayla Sanders, Florida, 2016); 2. Sha’Carri Richardson, LSU 7.20; 3. Kortnei Johnson, LSU, 7.22; 4. Jada Baylark, Arkansas, 7.27; 5. Ariyonna Augustine, LSU, 7.38; 6. Jasmin Reed, Oregon, 7.39; 7. Iman Brown, Oregon, 7.46; 8. Kianna Gray, Kentucky, 7.48.
400 1. Masai Russell, Kentucky, 54.86; 2. Sydney Hammit, Arkansas, 55.00; 3. Kyelah Hodges, Purdue, 55.04; 4. Jurnee Woodward, LSU, 55.05; 5. Faith Ross, Kentucky, 55.10; 6. Sydney Davis, Arkansas, 55.78; 7. Paris Peoples, Arkansas, 55.87; 8. Myia Dorsey, Purdue, 56.11.
400 invitational 1. Hannah Waller, Oregon, 52.54; 2. Sharrika Barnett, Florida, 52.81; 3. Morgan Burks Magee, Arkansas, 53.12; 4. Chloe Abbott, Kentucky, 53.32; 5. Tiana Wilson, Arkansas, 53.80; 6. Taylor Manson, Florida, 54.29; 7. Samara Miller, Purdue, 54.89; 8. Sydney Milani, Iowa State, 55.40.
800 1. Kassidy Johnson, Kansas State, 2:06.92; 2. Charlotte Cayton-Smith, Miss. State, 2:07.17; 3. Taylor Chiotti, Oregon, 2:10.78; 4. Imogen Barrett, Florida, 2:11.74; 5. Brittney Campbell, Purdue, 2:13.38; 6. Morgan Szekely, Oklahoma State, 2:13.86; 7. Maddie Salek, Oklahoma State, 2:15.08; 8. Emily Akin, Kentucky, 2:15.42.
800 invitational 1. Ersula Farrow, LSU, 2:05.45; 2. Katy-Ann McDonald, LSU, 2:07.41; 3. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, Iowa State, 2:07.53; 4. Gabrielle Wilkinson, Florida, 2:07.85; 5. Jasmine Staebler, Iowa State, 2:08.35; 6. Alexandra Byrnes, Arkansas, 2:08.81; 7. Kaytlyn Larson, Oklahoma State, 2:11.49.
1 mile 1. Susan Hubbard, Purdue, 4:52.52; 2. Taylor Somers, Oklahoma State, 4:52.95; 3. Hollie Parker, LSU, 4:53.01; 4. Cara Melgares, Kansas State, 4:53.46; 5. Larkin Chapman, Iowa State, 4:53.77; 6. Haley Geissler, Oklahoma State, 4:54.40; 7. Meghan Underwood, Arkansas, 4:54.90; 8. Quinn Owen, Arkansas, 4:58.03.
1 mile invitational 1. Jessica Hull, Oregon, 4:31.03; 2. Lauren Gregory, Arkansas, 4:32.92; 3. Carina Viljoen, Arkansas, 4:33.88; 4. Susan Ejore, Oregon, 4:35.57; 5. Jessica Pascoe, Florida, 4:43.36; 6. Amanda Gehrich, Oregon, 4:43.37; 7. Devin Clark, Arkansas, 4:47.01; 8. Ariane Ballner, Oklahoma State, 4:52.14.
3,000 1. Morgan Hull, Florida, 9:46.97; 2. Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell, Florida, 9:58.48; 3. Julia Palin, LSU, 10:00.39; 4. Rilee Rigdon, Oklahoma State, 10:02.83; 5. Grace Blair, Florida, 10:04.31; 6. Abby Caldwell, Iowa State, 10:04.83; 7. Alex Ritchey, Arkansas, 10:11.69; 8. Sophie Ebihara, Florida, 10:13.53.
3,000 invitational 1. Taylor Werner, Arkansas, 9:08.46; 2. Cailie Logue, Iowa State, 9:25.34; 3. Amanda Vestri, Iowa State, 9:26.48; 4. Maddy Reed, Arkansas, 9:27.63; 5. Anne Frisbie, Iowa State, 9:27.83; 6. Weronika Pyzik, Oregon 9:28.36; 7. Emma Benner, Purdue, 9:29.28; 8. Sydney Brown, Arkansas, 9:33.42.
60 hurdles 1. Payton Stumbaugh Chadwick, Arkansas, 8.01; 2. Janeek Brown, Arkansas, 8.02; 3. Tonea Marshall, LSU, 8.14; 4. Kaylah Robinson, Oregon, 8.21; 5. Keira Christie-Galloway, Iowa State, 8.32; 6. Emily Sloan, Oregon, 8.33; 7. Masai Russell, Kentucky, 8.35; 8. Milan Young, LSU, 8.35.
Shot put 1. Micaela Hazlewood, Kentucky, 53-8¼; 2. Taylor Latimer, Kansas State, 53-0¾; 3. Nicole Fautsch, Kentucky, 51-5¾; 4. Kiana Phelps, Oregon, (49-8¼; 5. Molly Leppelmeier, Kentucky, 48-11½; 6. Alicia Viveros, Miss. State, 47-8½; 7. Maddie Rabing, Oregon, 47-7¼; 8. Ronna Stone, Oregon, 13.97, 45-10.
Triple jump 1. Chaquinn Cook, Oregon, 44-7½; 2. Shardia Lawrence, Kansas State, 44-6¾; 3. Marie-Josee Ebwead-Excel, Kentucky, 44-4¾; 4. Natricia Hooper, Florida, 43-5; 5. Asa Garcia, Florida, 42-4¾; 6. Latavia Coombs, Kentucky, 41-7¾; 7. Kala Penn, Florida, 41-6; 8. Konstantina Romaiou, Kansas State, 41-0½.
Pentathlon 1. Kelsey Herman, Arkansas, 4,189; 2. Amanda Froeynes, Florida, 4,066; 3. Ariel Okorie, Kansas State, 3,929; 4. Morgan Coffman, Kansas State, 3,763; 5. Asia Poe, Miss. State, 3,704; 6. Kiera McCarrell, Oregon, 3,685; 7. Bailey Golden, Oklahoma State, 3,564; 8. J’Alyiea Smith, Arkansas, 3,530.
Parker's record run came after she turned in the fastest time -- 7.18 -- during the preliminary heats. Two LSU runners, Sha'Carri Richardson and Kortnei Johnson, were next at 7.20 and 7.22, respectively, while Arkansas' Jady Baylark was fourth at 7.27.
"Everything went better than expected," Parker said. "I wasn't expecting to run 7.1 today, even though I knew it was coming. It was more I thought I would run 7.2 just to figure it out because that's what I ran in the last meet. I guess it just happened.
"When I looked up at the scoreboard, I wanted to just shed tears. This has been my goal since my freshman year, and in the second meet of my senior year, I'm hitting it."
Parker's day wasn't over at that point. She teamed with Payton Stumbaugh Chadwick, Baylark and Morgan Burks Magee to help Arkansas win the invitational portion of the 1,600 relay with a time of 3 minutes, 31.26 seconds, beating second-place Kentucky by almost a second.
Those performances led to a big day for the Razorbacks, who took the team title with 145.5 points. Oregon was a distant second with 101, followed by Kentucky with 86, LSU with 71 and Kansas State with 67.
"It was a big meet, and it was across the board," Arkansas women's Coach Lance Harter said. "Our sprints, Chris Johnson put on a clinic with the 60, the 60 hurdles and 200 [Friday] night. That was fantastic, and the vault always takes care of business.
"We come back with the pentathlon and welcome back Kelsey Herman, who had been off a year, and she opens up with a national qualifier. Our distance runners, we open with Taylor Werner in the 3,000 and our 2-milers ran crazy fast. Our hurdlers being one-two in the world -- that's rarefied air."
Chadwick, a former Springdale Har-Ber standout, won the 60 hurdles in 8.01 seconds after she turned in an 8.02 during the earlier preliminary heat. That slight improvement was enough as teammate Janeek Brown finished at 8.02 and gave Arkansas a one-two finish.
Werner blew away her competition in the invitational 3,000 meters as her time of 9:08.46 was almost 17 seconds better than the second-place finisher. Herman then had the best performances in four of the five events in the pentathlon and finished with 4,189 points while Florida's Amanda Froeynes was second at 4,066.
"Across the board, I think we had a lot of breakthroughs," Harter said. "When I talk to the team, I will have to put things in perspective. I'll have to tell them 'Ladies, we're now the best in the SEC, but now we're the best in the NCAA. Oh yeah, now we're the best for the world."
On the men's side, Arkansas turned in a third-place performance with 74 points. Oregon had to hold off a late Florida charge to win the team title with 116 points while the Gators had 115.
The Razorbacks were led by the one-three finish in the heptathlon by Gabe Moore and Derek Jacobus. Moore maintained his lead by winning the 60 hurdles and defeated Kansas State's Aaron Booth by a 5,865-5,819 margin while Jacobus was third at 5,656. Preston Cates won the 3,000 with his time of 8:24.20.
"We had a good meet, off and on, with some events," Arkansas Coach Chris Bucknam said. "I think the kids that were out there had some good performances, but what you see is what you're going to get.
"We're not happy with third place, and hopefully we can continue to improve and close the gap on Oregon and Florida. We've still got some work to do."
Sports on 01/27/2019