FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
- Arkansas State is opening its indoor season for the first time since the 2018-19 season, hosting Little Rock and Central Arkansas for the A-State Kickoff Klassic. The meet is closed to the public but live stats can be found here.
- Camryn Newton-Smith returns as the lone NCAA All-American from the Sun Belt, qualifying in the pentathlon before the NCAA Indoor Championships were canceled. She owns the school record in the pentathlon and took the conference crown in that event and the 60m hurdles in February.
- Bennett Pascoe returns as a two-time indoor champion as well, winning the mile and 5000m. He also most recently won the Sun Belt Cross Country men's individual title.
- On the men's side, A-State returns 20 scorers – 12 medalists – from last season's conference title.
- For the women, A-State brings back 17 individual scorers – eight medalists from last season's conference championship meet.
- Sixteen total athletes are slated to make their A-State Indoor Track and Field debut on Sunday.
TEAMS PARTICIPATING: Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Little Rock
| A-STATE'S ENTRIES AT THE KICKOFF KLASSIC |
Field Events (Begin at 1 p.m.)
Women's High Jump (1:00 p.m.) – Jazzmine Harvey, Allie Hensley, Sydney Lane, Camryn Newton-Smith
Men's High Jump (after women) – Dylan Western
Men's Pole Vault (1:00 p.m.) – Bradley Jelmert, Matthew Keown, Trace South
Women's Pole Vault (after men) – Lauren Beauchamp, Avery Shell
Men's Long Jump (1:00 p.m.) – Ty Graser, Carter Shell, Dylan Western
Women's Long Jump (after men) – Johnaya Givens, Allie Hensley, Camryn Newton-Smith
Men's Weight Throw (1:00 p.m.) - Eron Carter, Aimar Palma Simo
Women's Weight Throw (To follow men) - Grace Flowers, Chastery Fuamatu, Evangelynn Harris, Hannah Higgins, Marie Reed
Men's Shot Put (after W Weight Throw) - Eron Carter, Eric Williams
Women's Shot Put (after men) - Grace Flowers, Chastery Fuamatu, Evangelynn Harris, Hannah Higgins, Marie Reed, Babette Vandeput
Track Events (55m/55mH Prelims: 2:30 p.m. | Finals begin at 4 p.m.)
Men's 55m – PJ Hilson, Carter Shell, Courtney Thomas, Jermie Walker
Women's 55m – Osereme Erewele, Johnaya Givens, Carly Strong, Imani Udoumana, Blaique Webster
Men's 55m Hurdles – Daidren Davis, Will Glass, Ty Graser, Ke'Von Holder
Women's 55m Hurdles – Rainee Bowers, Allie Hensley, Camryn Newton-Smith, Kerra Williams, Alexis Woodall
Men's 200m (Final) – Kobey Hill, PJ Hilson, Steffan Mallory II, Courtney Thomas, Jermie Walker, Brian Williams
Women's 200m (Final) – Rainee Bowers, Osereme Erewele, Kyndall Hudson, Carly Strong, Blaique Webster, Kerra Williams, Alexis Woodall
Men's 400m (Final) – Daidren Davis, Kobey Hill, Darrian Lockett, Addison Ross, Brian Williams
Women's 400m (Final) – Kyndall Hudson, Kori Jones
Men's 800m (Final) – Handre Jonker
Women's 800m (Final) – Emily Efurd, Heidi Hauptman
Men's Mile (Final) – Brady Pascoe, Jacob Pyeatt, Alejandro Vargas
Women's Mile (Final) – Ellie Albrecht, McKenzie Cornell, Sophia Oury, Kayla Wade
Men's 3000m (Final) – Royce Fisher, Owen Habeger, Heinrich Herbst, Lexington Hilton, Ethan Mychajlonka, Bennett Pascoe, Gregoire Saury, Logan Simington, Seth Waters, Coleman Wilson
Women's 3000m (Final) – Megan Adams, Elizabeth Gillette, Madison Grimm, Sophie Leathers, Elizabeth Martin, Pauline Meyer, Katharina Schmidt, Sarah Trammel
Men's 4x400m Relay (15 minutes after women's 3000m) – Three teams
Women's 4x400m Relay – Two teams
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