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DyeStat.com – News – Elitr Little, Wil London III, Dalilah Muhammad, Khallifah Rosser, Ashley Spencer, Abby Steiner and Hunter Woodhall.e DMR Fields, Top Professionals Highlight Strong Schedule at Razorback Invitational

DyeStat.com - News - Elitr Little, Wil London III, Dalilah Muhammad, Khallifah Rosser, Ashley Spencer, Abby Steiner and Hunter Woodhall.e DMR Fields, Top Professionals Highlight Strong Schedule at Razorback Invitational

Women’s collegiate indoor DMR record could be challenged on opening night of two-day event, with several impressive NCAA competitors and professional standouts showcased during stacked Saturday lineup in Arkansas 

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Lance Harter has watched Arkansas inch ever closer to the collegiate indoor record in the women’s distance medley relay during his illustrious coaching career, producing three of the top four all-time marks, one of which came at last year’s Razorback Invitational.

Harter knows the 2009 standard of 10 minutes, 50.98 seconds established by Tennessee will again be challenged Friday at the annual two-day meet at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, but despite Arkansas being the reigning NCAA Division 1 indoor DMR champions, he doesn’t expect the Razorbacks to be the leading contender.

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“The Razorback Invitational has been a birthing for the DMR nationally,” Harter said. “The race has a dozen teams lined up. There are at least seven or eight teams that can produce times to qualify for NCAA Indoor. I wouldn’t be surprised if the collegiate record is broken this weekend, but it won’t be us. It should be a great race.”

Arkansas ran 10:51.63 to emerge victorious at the Razorback Invitational last season, then improved to 10:51.37 to capture the Division 1 championship in March at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Alabama, achieving the Nos. 2 and 3 all-time indoor marks.

But the biggest threat to eclipsing Tennessee’s record could come from Stanford, the school currently coached by the former head of the Volunteers’ program J.J. Clark.

Although the Cardinal has not announced lineups yet, Stanford has three women’s DMR teams entered, with freshman standouts Juliette Whittaker and Roisin Willis expected to compete.

Stanford boasts a program record of 10:52.02, the sixth-fastest performance in NCAA indoor history.

Oklahoma State has an indoor record of 10:55.01 and could also be in contention, especially with a lineup that includes Gabija Galvydyte and Taylor Roe.

Brigham Young, which won the 2021 NCAA Division 1 indoor DMR title at Randal Tyson Track Center by clocking 10:52.96, is also scheduled to compete with a lineup that could potentially include Claire Seymour and Alena Ellsworth.

Florida, Florida State, Kentucky and Oregon State are also entered in the women’s DMR field. The Wildcats are the collegiate leaders this season at 11:17.69.

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