Tyson Invitational

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Tyson Invitational
DateSecond weekend in February
Location Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States Flag of the United States.svg
Event type Track and field
Official site Tyson Invitational

The Tyson Invitational, is an annual indoor track and field meet which is held in early February at the Randal Tyson Track Center. It was first held in Track Capital of the South, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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The competition is part of National Collegiate Athletic Association's Indoor [1] and attracts high caliber athletes, including Olympic and World medalists. [2]

World records

Over the course of its history, one world record has been set at the Tyson Invitational.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationalityRef
2006 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.96 [3] Kerron Clement
Wallace Spearmon
Darold Williamson
Jeremy Wariner 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
200 m 20.19 Wallace Spearmon Flag of the United States.svg United States16 February 2008
800 m 1:45.59 Charlie Hunter Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia13 February 2021 [4]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
200 m 22.36 Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria11 February 2023 [5]
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.27Texas A&M University
Jania Martin (53.04)
Charokee Young (51.86)
Syaira Richardson (51.12)
Athing Mu (50.27)
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Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the United States.svg United States		13 February 2021 [6]
Distance medley relay 10:53.77Arkansas University12 February 2021 [7]

Related Research Articles

The Randal Tyson Track Center is a 5,500-seat indoor track in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Built in 2000, it is home to the University of Arkansas Razorbacks track and field teams. It was also home for one year to the semi-pro Arkansas Stars. The facility is located behind the first base stands of Baum Stadium, home of the Razorback baseball team. The baseball and indoor track facilities are one-half mile south of the main University of Arkansas campus, across Razorback Road.

The distance medley relay (DMR) is an athletic event in which four athletes compete as part of a relay. With its inclusion in the IAAF World Relays program, the IAAF announced on May 1, 2015 that the event would be an official world record event.

Tyler Mulder is an American track and field athlete. He was the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Champion in the 800 meter run.

Favour Chukwuka Ofili is a Nigerian track and field sprinter. She is the 2019 African Games silver medallist in the 400 metres. Ofili won silver for the 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

References

  1. ↑ University of Arkansas Track and Field Home Meet Information
  2. ↑ Tyson Invitational February 9th-10th 2018 Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
  3. ↑ insufficient doping control; IAAF rejected the time as no post-race EPO analysis was performed.
  4. ↑ "800m Result" (PDF). flashresults.com. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Olusola Jide Jide (14 February 2023). "Favour Ofili Set New African Record In 200m". dailytrust.com. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "4×400m Relay Result". flashresults.com. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Distance Medley Relay Result" (PDF). flashresults.com. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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