/news-archive/tag/chkilas-calhoun/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:05:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/06/12/track-all-american/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:05:29 +0000 /news/?p=70745 ... Trojans earn four All-American honors]]> , , and were named Second Team All-Americans by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on June 11. Student-athletes earned Second Team All-America status by virtue of finishing between ninth and 16th place, including as members of a relay team, at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this past week in Eugene, Oregon. In Little Rock’s first-ever relay appearance at the NCAA Championships, Andrews, Calhoun, Clark, and Okeze finished 12th with a school record of 39.31 seconds in the 4×100-meter semifinals on June 6. It was the second consecutive meet in which Little Rock had posted a school record. Before Andrews, Calhoun, Clark and Okeze, the Trojans’ men’s outdoor team had only three All-American selections in program history. Two-time outdoor All-American Chris Johnson earned his last selection in 2005, and Leo Settle was the Trojans’ first All-American selection in 1997. Okeze was also named a聽USTFCCCA Honorable Mention for finishing 20th in the 200-meter semifinals June 6. In the upper right photo,聽糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student-athletes Charles Okeze and Travion Clark compete in the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon.聽]]> /news-archive/2018/06/08/track-championship/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:58:42 +0000 /news/?p=70739 ... Trojans post school record at NCAA track and field championships]]> Entering the semifinals with the eighth-fastest seed time in the 4×100-meter relay, , , and posted a school record of 39.31 seconds and placed 12th overall. Little Rock’s time beat the previous school record of 39.35 set on May 26 at the NCAA West Preliminaries. The Trojans were just a hundredth of a second off the fourth-fastest time in Sun Belt Conference history, and they tallied the fastest time by a Sun Belt school since 2014. Two hours after the 4×100, Okeze聽suited up once again for the third heat of the 200-meter semifinals. Entering the semifinals with the 21st-fastest seed time, Okeze ended his season by finishing seventh in his heat and 20th overall with a time of 20.89 seconds. The Trojans’ exit from the NCAA Championships concludes the 2017-18 athletic year for Little Rock. For the latest updates on Little Rock’s track and field programs, follow @LittleRockTFXC on Facebook and Twitter.]]>