Tag: World Championships

Heartbreak for Britton Wilson at World Championships

The former Arkansas sprinter appeared to be bothered by the heat as she collapsed at the finish line.

Britton Wilson will have another chance.

The former University of Arkansas sprinter had hoped for a potential gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Hungary over the weekend in the 400-meter dash. She had, just months earlier, set the United States collegiate record.

But as she crossed the finish line in her first-round heat Sunday, Wilson collapsed. Minutes later, she was taken from the track in a wheelchair. It was unclear early Monday what caused the collapse, though heat had been issue through the week.

Something appeared to be wrong in the home-stretch. Wilson finished with a time 53.87 seconds, a mark almost five seconds slower than her record of 49.13 that she had set at the SEC Championships in the 2022-23 season with the Razorbacks.

Earlier in the day, Steven Gardiner from Bahamas had the same issue. He was also wheeled away from the track after his 400-meter run.

Wilson’s career will continue upward in the professional ranks after she finished her career with the Razorbacks in June.

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Former Hogs track star is a World Champion

Team USA won the gold medal at the world championships in the mile relay for the third straight year.

About a month after becoming an NCAA champion, Britton Wilson is a world champion.

The Arkansas sprinter won the gold medal at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, as the third leg of the United States’ 4×400-meter relay team. The group ran a time of 3:17.79.

The win came by nearly a three-second margin. Team Jamaica finished in silver with a time of 3:20.74. Great Brittain was third at 3:22.64.

Wilson’s individual time was the fastest of the four American sprinters. Her split was 49.39 seconds as part of the four-member team, all of whom are current or former SEC track stars. Sydney McLaughlin and Abby Steiner ran at Kentucky and Talitha Diggs is from Florida.

Wilson also won the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400-meter hurdles at the same track at the University of Oregon in June.

Alabama Morning Drive: Four-star DL Hunter Osborne to drop news on Monday

Four-star DL Hunter Osborne is set to release news on his recruitment on Monday.

Good Monday morning, Tide fans! Welcome back to another edition of Alabama Morning Drive. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend as we start another work week.

On Sunday afternoon four-star in-state defensive lineman [autotag]Hunter Osborne[/autotag] tweeted informing fans to be on the watch Monday for an announcement regarding his recruitment.

The announcement details are vague so we can’t be too sure if Osborne will be announcing a commitment or simply announcing a future date of his decision.

Currently, Osborne is projected to select the Tide whenever he does indeed make a decision. On3’s RPM gives Alabama a 46.5% of landing Osborne.

Former Hogs show out at World Championships

The best pole vaulters in the world have Arkansas ties.

Sandi Morris and Tina Sutej are not only two of the best pole vaulters in Arkansas history. They’re two of the best in the world.

The former Razorbacks made the final in the qualifying round at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday.

Morris won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in the pole vault and the gold in this year’s World Championships. Sutej, competing for Slovenia, won the bronze at the event.

Both vaulters cleared the 14-feet, 9-inch mark to qualify. Nine others did the same. Morris has the highest vault of the year in the event, clearing 15-feet, 9 3/4-inches at the USA Championships.

Ryan Crouser, an Arkansas assistant coach and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was the qualifier with the longest shot-put toss at the event, throwing it 73-1 1/4.

Wayne Pinnock, who is currently on the Arkansas team, made the long jump final after leaping 26-2 1/4.

Matt Hellickson, Cal Petersen make U.S. team for World Championships

The Irish will have representation at the World Championships.

The hockey World Championships are back, and two former Notre Dame players have made the final cut for the U.S. team. Those players are defenseman Matt Hellickson and goaltender Cal Petersen. That makes 16 former Notre Dame players to have played in this event. The tournament will run from May 21 to June 6 and take place in Latvia.

Hellickson recently completed his fourth and final season for the Irish, during which he was an alternate captain. In 146 collegiate games, he scored 52 points, 13 of which were goals. A 2017 seventh-round pick of the New Jersey Devils, he recently began his professional career with their AHL affiliate in Binghamton. Through four games, he has yet to register a point, but he has 19 penalty minutes.

Petersen, making his second World Championships appearance, was in net for the Irish for three seasons from 2014 to 2017 and became the first goaltender in program history to serve as captain as a senior. He had a 53-39-15 record and a .924 save percentage while earning 11 shutouts. He just completed his first full season with the Los Angeles Kings, appearing in 36 games. During that time, he accumulated a 9-18-5 records with a 2.89 GAA and .911 save percentage.