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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas women’s track and field will send nine athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, after closing out the NCAA West First Rounds on Saturday at John McDonnell Field.
The Razorbacks will have nine entries in six events at the national meet June 10-13.
Saturday’s meet featured numerous records, highlighted by Arkansas’ Sanu Jallow-Lockhart bettering her program record in the 800 meters with a winning time of 1:57.74. She was one hundredth of a second off the collegiate record of 1:57.73 set by Athing Mu in 2021.
Jallow-Lockhart’s time was a personal best by 1.08 seconds and the fourth-fastest time in the world in 2026. It was also a John McDonnell Field facility record, besting the time of 2:00.80 set by Michigan’s Geena Gall in 2009.
Jallow-Lockhart was the NCAA indoor bronze medalist in the event. Teammate Analisse Batista, the silver medalist indoors, also advanced to Eugene with a time of 2:00.68 to finish fourth overall.
Makenna Herbst (2:03.12) and Ainsley Erzen (2:05.26) did not qualify.
Kaylyn Brown set a John McDonnell Field record to win the 400 and advance, finishing in 49.77. Her time beat the previous record of 49.93 set by Arkansas’ Nickisha Pryce in 2024.
Sanaria Butler also qualified for Eugene, winning her heat and finishing fourth overall in 50.49. Teammates Amirah (52.06) and Arianna Sharpe (52.47) did not advance.
Butler, Batista, Brown and Jallow-Lockhart set a facility record in the 1,600 relay with a winning time of 3:21.83. Jallow-Lockhart split 49.59 on the anchor leg to help the Razorbacks break their own record of 3:21.92 from 2024. It was the No. 3 collegiate time ever run outdoors.
Saira Prince bettered her personal best in finishing second overall to advance in the 400 hurdles. Her time of 55.16 put her third on Arkansas’ all-time list.
Freshman Morgan Herbst also qualified for Eugene, finishing third in her section and eighth overall in 56.27.
Gabriella Cunningham had a personal best to advance in the 100 hurdles. Her time of 13.02 bettered the PR of 13.18 she set in Thursday’s first round.
Another John McDonnell Field record fell in the same event when Oregon’s Aliyah McCormick finished in 12.44. McCormick topped the previous record of 12.49 set in 2024 by Washington State’s Maribel Caicedo.
A third facility record came in the 200, when Texas A&M’s Camryn Dickson finished in 22.13 to break a 2006 record of 22.36 set by Shalonda Solomon of South Carolina.
Arkansas’ Taejha Badal did not advance in the 200, finishing 21st overall in 23.40.
Maria Arboleda Angulo will represent Arkansas in the high jump after tying for fifth with a clearance of 6 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Heidi Hudson, who did not qualify in the long jump on Thursday, failed to advance in the high jump with a clearance of 5-7 1/4.
Arkansas did not have a runner in the 5,000, but Iowa State’s Betty Kipkore set the seventh facility record of the day with a winning time of 15:14.28.
Christina Long
Christina Long is the managing editor of Hawgs Illustrated magazine. She has previously covered Arkansas athletics for the Southwest Times Record and Clemson athletics for the Greenville (S.C.) News. She was named the 2025 Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Long is a member of the Association for Women in Sports Media and Football Writers Association of America, and is a voter for the Heisman Trophy. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
