2017 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD 2016 NCAA INDOOR SILVER | 2016 NCAA OUTDOOR SILVER | 15 SEC TRIPLE CROWNS | 41 NCAA TITLES 2017 SCHEDULE 2017 Indoor Campaign Opens With Arkansas INDOOR Invitational FRI., JAN. 13 ARKANSAS INVITATIONAL FAYETTEVILLE Fast Facts FRI.-SAT., JAN. 27-28 RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL FAYETTEVILLE • Returning Indoor All-Americans: 7 (Kenzo Cotton 60/200/4x4, Obi FRI.-SAT., FEB. 10-11 TYSON INVITATIONAL FAYETTEVILLE Igbokwe 4x4, Ken LeGassey HJ, Carlton Orange 800, Clive Pullen TJ, Fri.-Sat., Feb. 10-11 Iowa State Classic Ames, Iowa Jamarco Stephen 4x4 and Andreas Trajkovski LJ) FRI., FEB. 17 ARKANSAS QUALIFIER FAYETTEVILLE • SEC Finish Last Season: 1st Sat., Feb. 18 UCS Invitational Winston Salem, NC • NCAA Finish Last Season: 2nd Fri.-Sat., Feb. 24-25 SEC Championship Nashville, Tenn. Fri.-Sat., March 10-11 NCAA Championship College Station, Texas Key Additions: • Kevin Harris (2015 All-American at Baylor) OUTDOOR • Gabe Moore (2016 NJCAA Heptathlon/Decathlon Champion) • Travonn White (2014 NJCAA long jump champion) SAT., MARCH 25 ARKANSAS SPRING INVITATIONAL FAYETTEVILLE Fri.-Sat., March 31-April 1 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Sat., April 8 Baylor Invitational Waco, Texas Teams Attending • Arkansas Baptist Thurs.-Fri., April 13-14 Bryan Clay Invitational Azusa, Calif. • Coffeyville CC FRI.-SAT., APRIL 21-22 JOHN MCDONNELL INVITATIONAL FAYETTEVILLE • Missouri S&T Fri.-Sat., April 28-29 SEC Relays Baton Rouge, La. • Oral Roberts FRI., MAY 5 ARKANSAS TWILIGHT FAYETTEVILLE • No. 12 Texas Texh Thurs.-Sat., May 11-13 SEC Championships Columbia, S.C. • Tulsa Thurs.-Sat., May 25-27 NCAA Regionals Austin, Texas Wed.-Sat., June 7-10 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. Fri.-Sun., June 23-25 USA Sr. Championships Sacramento, Calif. Jan. 9 USTFCCCA Division I National Team Computer Preseason Rankings COMMUNICATIONS Rank Team Points Twitter ...................................................... @RazorbackTF 1 Florida 151.28 Facebook .................................................... /RazorbackTF 2 Oregon 140.45 Track & Field Communications ........... Joy Ekema-Agbaw 3 LSU 123.55 Email ................................................jeekemaa@uark.edu 4 Arkansas 99.02 Office Phone .............................................. 479-575-7404 5 Syracuse 78.15 Cell Phone ................................................. 479-387-4332 6 Southern California 74.34 Twitter ........................................................... @joyagbaw 7 Texas 71.79 Office Address .......................................Communications 8 Georgia 71.47 ...................................................... University of Arkansas 9 Colorado State 67.62 ........................................... Frank Broyles Athletic Center 10 Stanford 63.33 ........................................................350 N. Razorback Rd. 11 Texas A&M 63.03 .......................................................Fayetteville, Ar. 72701 12 Texas Tech 58.84 Office Fax ................................................... 479-575-7481 13 Tennessee 57.58 Website .......................... www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com 14 Oklahoma State 55.88 15 Cornell 53.01 16 Virginia Tech 52.26 17 Alabama 50.23 18 Minnesota 46.34 SOCIAL MEDIA 19 Virginia 44.50 Facebook.com/RazorbackTF 20 Penn State 42.55 Twitter.com/RazorbackTF 21 Ohio State 40.33 Snapchat - RazorbackTF 22 South Carolina 38.48 Instagram - RazorbackXCTF 23 Southeastern Louisiana 37.41 24 Oklahoma 36.15 25 Washington 35.99 2017 @RAZORBACKTF WEEKLY NOTES RAZORBACK LEADERSHIP HEAD COACH • CHRIS BUCKNAM 9TH SEASON Since assuming the head coaching position at Arkansas, Bucknam has enjoyed tremen- dous success in the form of 18 Southeastern Conference championships, six NCAA re- gional titles, and 242 All-Americans, guiding the Razorbacks to 62 individual SEC event titles. Nationally, Bucknam’s guidance has led the Razorbacks to 18 top 10 finishes since his arrival in Fayetteville. His cross country squads have placed in the top 10 in four times in his tenure while track and field has 14 top 10s including four national runner-up finishes and a national title. 2013 National Indoor Coach of the Year • 2013 John McDonnell Program of the Year • 16-time SEC Coach of the Year ASST. COACH • DOUG CASE, 9TH SEASON Following an extended stay at Northern Iowa, Case joined the Razorbacks in 2008 and has since revitalized the Arkansas sprint teams and led his student-athletes to 10 NCAA individual titles, including the first ever championships in the pole vault, 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and indoor 4x400-meter relay, and 123 All-America honors. Case’s guidance has helped Razorbacks claim 18 Southeastern Conference individual championships and grab 17 of the last 24 SEC league titles in cross country and track & field. Coached: an Olympic Gold Medalist • 10 NCAA Individual Champions • 18 SEC Individual Champions ASST. COACH • TRAVIS GEOPFERT, 8TH SEASON In his 14 years on the sideline at Arkansas, Geopfert has built an impressive resume that includes three Olympians, 8 NCAA individual national titles, 65 first-team All-Americans, 119 NCAA quali- fiers, 69 conference champions and 132 all-conference performers. Those numbers don’t include the myriad of honors bestowed upon the student-athletes that Geopfert has recruited, an array of performers that have been among the top 10 recruiting classes in the nation in each of the past three years. Coached: Three Olympians • 8 NCAA Individual Champions • 69 Conference Individual Champions DIR. OF OPERATIONS • MATT DOWNS, 1ST SEASON Matthew Downs enters his first season as the director of operations for the Arkansas men’s cross country and track and field program. As the Razorbacks’ director of operations Downs is charged with complete oversite of the team’s administration responsible for coordination of travel, meet operations, student-athlete eligibility, team equipment and gear and assisting with the promotion of the program. Downs comes to Fayetteville from Eugene, Oregon where he was employed in a similar capacity with the Oregon Ducks for the last four years. 2017 @RAZORBACKTF WEEKLY NOTES 2017 @RAZORBACKTF ROSTER Name Ht. Yr. Event Hometown (Previous School) Davon Anderson 6-0 So. Hurdles Cleveland, Ohio (Ohio State) Lane Austell 6-2 Sr. Multi Events Germantown, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) Graham Brown 5-9 R-Fr. Distance Palatine, Ill. (Palatine HS) Habron Botts 6-5 Fr. Sprints Austin, Texas (Lake Travis HS) Jack Bruce 6-3 Jr. Distance Brisbane, Australia (UALR) Trae Carey 6-2 Sr. Jumps Nassau, Bahamas (Temple Christian) Cameron Case 6-4 R-Fr. Multi Events Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville HS) Travius Chambers 5-8 Jr. Sprints Marion, Ark. (Arkansas State) Kenzo Cotton 6-2 Jr. Sprints La Vista, Neb. (Papillion La Vista HS) Brad Culp 6-2 Sr. Multi Events Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville HS) Austen Dalquist 6-3 Jr. Mid-Distance Keller, Texas (Keller HS) Larry Donald 6-5 Jr. Hurdles Jacksonville, Fla. (Bartram Trail) Roy Ejiakuekwu 6-1 So. Sprints Great Britain Noah Findlay 6-0 R-Sr. Mid-Distance Little Rock, Ark. (Catholic) Alex George 5-4 Jr. Distance Gloucester, Great Britain (The Marling School) Cameron Griffith 6-2 So. Mid-Distance Sydney, Australia (Trinity Grammar School) Kevin Harris 6-2 So. Sprints Texarkana, Texas (Baylor) Andrew Henn 6-0 Jr. Throws Paola, Kan. (Paola HS) Christian Heymsfield 5-8 R-Sr. Distance Elkins, Ark. (Elkins HS) Kyle Hosting 6-5 Sr. Distance Decorah, Iowa (Iowa Central CC) Obi Igbokwe 6-0 So. Sprints The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Derek Jacobus 6-0 Jr. Multi Events Palo, Iowa (UNI) Eric Janise 6-3 Sr. Sprints The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Sam Kempka 6-2 R-So. Throws Germantown, Tenn. (Houston HS) Ken LeGassey 6-5 R-Sr. Jumps The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Ethan Moehn 6-1 R-So. Mid-Distance Monroe, Wis. (Monroe HS) Gabe Moore 6-3 Jr. Multi Events Freeport, Fla. (South Plains CC) Kemar Mowatt 6-2 Jr. Hurdles St. Elizabeth, Jamaica (Texas A&M CC) Carlton Orange 5-10 So. Mid-Distance Memphis, Tenn. (University School) Rubin Owens 6-3 Jr. Jumps Le Roy, N.Y. (Le Roy HS) Chase Pareti Fr. Mid-Distance Carter Persyn 5-8 Fr. Distance Keller, Texas (Keller HS) Clive Pullen 6-0 Sr. Jumps Kingston, Jamaica (Kingston College) Brendon Rivera 6-1 R-Fr. Jumps Edinburg, Texas (Robert Vela HS) Jeffrey Rogers 5-10 R-So. Throws Little Rock, Ark. (Catholic) Andrew Ronoh 6-0 Jr. Distance Nakuru, Kenya (Iowa Central) Harrison Schrage 6-3 Fr. Jumps Portland, Ore. (Grant HS) Alex Springer 6-3 So. Throws Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Northwest HS) Jamarco Stephen 6-1 So. Sprints Friendswood, Texas (Clear Brook HS) Erich Sullins 6-2 R-So. Throws Arlington, Texas (Lamar HS) Aidan Swain 6-2 R-Sr. Distance Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville HS) Andreas Trajkovski 6-1 Sr. Jumps Copenhagen, Denmark (Iowa Western) Frankline Tonui 5-10 Sr. Distance Nakuru, Kenya (Iowa Central CC) Cale Wallace 5-8 Sr. Distance Cypress, Texas (Cypress-Ranch HS) Reese Walters Fr. Mid-Distance Josh Washington 5-11 Sr. Sprints Woodbridge, Va. (Richard Bland) Travonn White 6-0 Jr. Jumps Phoenix, Ariz. (Oregon) John Winn 5-10 R-Fr. Sprints Bryant, Ark. (Bryant HS) Brandon Workman 5-10 Jr. Jumps Rogers, Ark. (Rogers HS) 2017 @RAZORBACKTF WEEKLY NOTES 2017 @RAZORBACKTF ROSTER Davon Anderson Lane Austell Habron Botts Graham Brown Jack Bruce Trae Carey JR • Hurdles SR • Multi FR • Sprints R-FR • Distance JR • Mid Distance SR • Jumps Cameron Case Travius Chambers Kenzo Cotton Brad Culp Austen Dalquist Larry Donald R-FR • Multi JR • Sprints JR • Sprints SR • Multi JR • Mid Distance