SWIMMING AND DIVING
UA’s Schultz wins SEC title
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville freshman Brooke Schultz, a six-time SEC Diver of the Week, won her second SEC championship in as many events, claiming the 3-meter title with a personal-best score of 385.65 on Friday at the SEC Championships in College Station, Texas.
Entering the week, Arkansas had never had a diver win an SEC championship. Schultz has won two since Wednesday.
Schultz becomes the ninth SEC diver ever to win the 1-meter and 3-meter titles in the same season and the first since Kahlia Warner of Florida in 2016. After finishing second in the prelims with a score of 354.90, Schultz paced the field in finals, winning by 16.65 points.
TRACK AND FIELD
Perinchief shines in UA Qualifier
Arkansas Razorbacks sophomore Jah-Nhai Perinchief had personal-bests in winning the high jump at 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches and taking second in the triple jump with a leap of 52-6 on Friday at the UA Qualifier at the Randal Tyson Center in Fayetteville.
Perinchief’s high jump tied for No. 8 on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville all-time indoor list and ranks No. 9 nationally this season. His triple jump ranks 13th nationally. Razorbacks junior Obi Igbokwe, who ranks third nationally in the 400, ran a personal-best 20.69 seconds to take second in 200. Senior Kenzo Cotton took third in the 200 at 20.72. Igbokwe and Cotton rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in the NCAA.
Junior Rhayko Schwartz won the 400 for the No. 5-ranked Razorbacks in a personal-best 46.08 to rank 10th nationally.
Freshman Janeek Brown won the 60-meter hurdles for Arkansas’ No. 1-ranked women’s team in a personal-best 8.15, the 15th-fastest time this season.
Razorbacks sophomore Jada Baylark, from Little Rock, took third in the 200 in 23.43. Kailee Sawyer took second in the 800 (2:11.04) and Emily Jeacock took third (2:13.55). Alex Ritchey took second in the 3,000 (10:05.55). Devin Clark and Sydney Brown took second and third in the mile in 4:46.21 and 4:48.62, respectively.
Carmen Sitz was second in the high jump (5-5 1/4) and Morgan Hartsell cleared 13-1 1/2 for second in the pole vault.
GOLF
Hogs to defend at SunTrust Gator
The No. 20 University of Arkansas men’s golf team will tee off today in defense of their SunTrust Gator Invitational title at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.
The Razorbacks will play the five-man lineup of sophomore Mason Overstreet, senior Alvaro Ortiz, and sophomores Luis Garza, William Buhl and Tyson Reeder, and freshman Landon Ernst will compete as an individual in the 16-team field on the 6,710-yard, par 70 layout. The Razorbacks will face ranked SEC opponents in No. 6 Florida, No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 26 Missouri, as well as No. 27 North Florida, No. 43 South Florida and No. 50 Central Florida, unranked Mississippi State and nine other teams.
Arkansas, looking for a repeat championship at an event for the first time in six years, also won the tournament in 2014 and finished runner-up in 2015.
- Tom Murphy
GYMNASTICS
Wellick, Burton lead Razorbacks
Senior Amanda Wellick posted scores of 9.900 on bars and vault, and sophomore Michaela Burton finished with a 9.900 on beam to lead Arkansas as the Razorbacks placed fourth with a score of 195.575 at the Mardi Gras Invitational in St. Charles, Mo.
LSU won the event with a 198.075, followed by Missouri with a 196.025 and George Washington with a 195.650.
Arkansas posted a 49.150 on bars, 49.250 on beam, 48.275 on floor and 48.900 on vault.