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Arkansas men’s track & field moves up to No. 3 in national ratings index

Razorbacks long-jumper Wayne Pinnock and high-jumper Romaine Beckford lead the nation in their respect events,

With the Tyson Invitational on tap for this weekend at the Randal Tyson Track Center, the Arkansas men’s track & field team has moved up to No. 3 in the national ratings index, produced by USTFCCCA.

Only Texas Tech and Northern Arizona are ahead of the Hogs, who are one of nine SEC teams ranked in the Top 25, including No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Alabama, No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 13 Georgia, No. 17 LSU, No. 21 South Carolina, and No. 23 Tennessee.

Arkansas junior long-jumper Wayne Pinnock and senior high-jumper Romaine Beckford each lead the collegiate list in their respective events. Pinnock opened his indoor season at New Mexico this past weekend with a world-leading mark of 27-4.25 (8.34). Beckford leads the nation with a mark of 7-5.25 (2.27).

The Razorbacks’ 4x400m relay team is second, trailing only Florida, who edged out the Hogs with a time of 3:04.08 at the Razorback Invitational.

Arkansas has four heptathletes still among the top 16, with junior Jack Turner sitting third with 6,000 points, followed by seniors Yariel Soto Torrado in seventh, Marcus Weaver in 10th, and Daniel Spejcher in 15th.

Trio of Razorback jumpers among track & field’s Bowerman watch list

Three Arkansas jumpers have been named to the Bowerman preseason watch list for the nation’s top track & field athlete.

Just four weeks after being named the winner of the 2023 Bowerman award, Arkansas sophomore Jaydon Hibbert now leads a trio of Razorback jumpers on this year’s Bowerman preseason watch list.

The Bowerman is the annual track and field trophy presented to the year’s best collegiate athlete. Similar to football’s Heisman Trophy, it is the sport’s highest achievement.

The list of 10 was released Wednesday and included Hibbert, along with a pair of teammates, senior Romaine Beckford and junior Wayne Pinnock. All three are natives of Jamaica.

Arkansas is the first men’s program to have three athletes on a preseason watch list.

Hibbert was the youngest winner in the award’s 15-year history and the second Razorback to win the award. As an 18-year-old freshman, he claimed a pair of NCAA titles in the triple jump, while producing last year’s world-leading mark with a 58-7.5 (17.87) performance. That mark broke the outdoor collegiate record from 1982, as well as the world U20 record from 1985.

At the indoor national championships, Hibbert needed just one jump of 57-6.5 (17.54) to capture the NCAA title, breaking the collegiate and Arkansas school-record, set by Mike Conley in 1985, as well as the world U20 record and Jamaican national record.

Pinnock, who swept the NCAA long jump titles as a freshman at Tennessee in 2022, won the SEC outdoor title as a Razorback last season, then was runner-up to teammate Carey McLeod at NCAA championships. He also finished second at SEC indoor meet and fourth in the NCAA meet.

Beckford has yet to compete for Arkansas after transferring from South Florida, where he was a double NCAA high jump champion. He set career bests during the 2023 season with a clearance of 7-5.25 (2.27) to win the NCAA Outdoor title and 7-5 (2.26) indoors in winning a conference title.

While at South Florida, Beckford claimed four American Athletic Conference league titles – two indoor and two outdoor – while earning the 2023 AAC Indoor Field Most Outstanding Performance.

The Razorback trio have combined for six titles and 73 points in NCAA Championships the past two years, and each claimed a title at the 2023 Jamaica Championships in their respective events.

Arkansas has now had 12 men named to the watch list all-time, second only to Florida’s 15.

The women’s preseason Bowerman watch list was announced on Tuesday, but did not include any Razorbacks.

Wayne Pinnock wins long jump national championship

Tennessee’s Wayne Pinnock wins the long jump national championship.

Tennessee freshman Wayne Pinnock won the long jump national title Wednesday at the 2022 NCAA outdoor track and field national championships.

The University of Oregon serves as the hosting site at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

The national championship is Pinnock’s second. He won the indoor national championship earlier this year.

Pinnock, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, claimed the outdoor championship with a leap of 8.00 meters (26 feet, 3 inches) on his sixth and final attempt.

With his championship, Pinnock receives first-team All-America honors.

He was one of three Tennessee long jumpers to post a podium finish.

Carey McLeod finished fourth with a mark of 7.90 meters (25-11) and Anthony Riley came in eighth with a leap of 7.80 meters (25-7.25).

Both McLeod and Riley achieved All-America status.

Jordan West finished fourth in the shot put with an effort of  20.28 meters (66-6.25). He is also an All-American.

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Wayne Pinnock named SEC Freshman of the Week

Tennessee long jumper named SEC Freshman of the Week after performance at Auburn.

Tennessee track and field athlete Wayne Pinnock has been named SEC Frehman of the week following his performance at the War Eagle Invitational at Auburn.

Pinnock, who made his 2022 outdoor debut at the meet and saw his first action since winning the men’s indoor long jump national championship in March, posted a mark of 8.06 meters (26 feet, 5.5 inches) to win the long jump competition.

Pinnock, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, now leads the SEC and is tied for the best wind-legal jump in the nation.

His effort at Auburn set a Volunteers’ freshman record in the outdoor long jump, breaking Greg Neal’s 40-year old record.

Neal leapt 7.89 meters (25-10.75) in 1982.

Wayne Pinnock wins long jump national championship

Tennessee freshman Wayne Pinnock wins the long jump national championship.

Tennessee’s men’s track and field claimed the top two spots in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Birmingham Cross Plex in Alabama Friday.

Vols’ freshman Wayne Pinnock claimed the national championship, posting a leap of 7.92 meters (26-0), tying his top effort of the season.

Tennessee redshirt junior Carey McLeod finished second in the event, posting an effort of 7.91 meters (25-11.5).

Both Pinnock and McLeod, who hail from Kingston, Jamaica, received first-team All-America honors with their efforts Friday.

Tennessee redshirt sophomore Emmanuel Bynum finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.25 seconds. His time earned a second-team All-America honor.

Lady Vols’ Charisma Taylor finished 12th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.07 seconds) and 15th in the long jump (6.15 meters). She was named second-team All-America in both events.

Joella Lloyd finished 14th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.21 seconds, tying her best mark of the season and earning second-team All-America honors.

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