FAYETTEVILLE -- Payton Stumbaugh couldn't believe what she saw on the John McDonnell Field scoreboard Saturday after winning the 100-meter hurdles.
"Right after the race I looked up at the scoreboard, and I was just in shock that I ran that time," said Stumbaugh, an Arkansas sophomore from Springdale Har-Ber High School. "But I finally just trusted myself and ran my race and broke 13 and ran in the 12s."
Stumbaugh ran a school-record 12.83 seconds at the McDonnell Invitational to break the mark of 12.98 set by Elisha Brewer in 1998. The time also surpassed the Olympic qualifying standard of 13 seconds, earning Stumbaugh a spot at the U.S. Trials in July.
"It's awesome," Stumbaugh said. "I'll get to compete against Olympic athletes at the Trials and get to meet some of the people I've looked up, like Lolo Jones.
"I'll get to meet her. I think it's amazing I get to be amongst them."
Stumbaugh, who transferred to Arkansas from Oklahoma this year, took seventh in the 60 hurdles at this year's NCAA Indoor Championships.
"Payton obviously is talent, and she's been executing well in the hurdles, but to come up with the school record is huge for her," said Arkansas assistant Chris Johnson, who coaches the sprinters and hurdlers. "She's tall, she's strong, she's fast, and she works very hard and is very dedicated.
"She's having a good time at Arkansas and has embraced being part of the team."
Arkansas freshman Lexi and Tori Weeks, twin sisters from Cabot, each had personal bests in the pole vault. Lexi Weeks cleared 15-2¾ and Tori Weeks 14-5¼.
"It's a home meet, and I wanted to do well and perform for our crowd," said Lexi Weeks, the NCAA Indoor champion. "I didn't have the best warmups, but as the competition went on, my technique got better and better."
Former Razorback NCAA pole vault champion Sandi Morris, who won the U.S. Indoor title this year, cleared 15-9½ to win Saturday's competition. She missed three attempts at 16-2, which would have been an American record.
After Lexi Weeks cleared 15-2¾, Tori -- who was sixth at the NCAA Indoors -- jumped on the mat and hugged her sister.
"We definitely encourage and push each other to succeed," Lexi Weeks said. "Obviously, it's competition and we do want to beat each other, but we're always proud for one another. So this was a great day for both of us."
The No. 2-ranked Arkansas women's team also got a strong performance from senior Taylor Ellis-Watson, who won the 100 in 11.33 and the 200 in a personal-best 22.60.
Senior Cale Wallace provided the highlight for Arkansas' No. 7 men's team, winning the 1,500 in 3:40.67. His previous personal best was 3:48.
"I've always been capable of what I did today, I just had never done it," Wallace said. "Maybe mental block reasons or stuff like that.
"But I came in without any expectations and felt great. If I keep this training going, hopefully I can improve as the year goes on."
Wallace has the ninth-fastest 1,500 in the nation this season.
"We knew he had a good race in there," Arkansas Coach Chris Bucknam said. "It was great to see the smile on his face, knowing he did something big."
Razorbacks senior Clive Pullen, the NCAA Indoor triple jump champion, went 51-3¾ in his first outdoor meet of the season to take second behind Missouri's John Warren, who jumped 51-9¾.
Former Razorback Omar McLeod, a four-time NCAA champion for the Razorbacks and the World Indoor Champion in the 60-meter hurdles this year, won the 100 meters Saturday in 9.99.
Two-time Olympian Wallace Spearmon, another former Razorback who won three NCAA sprint titles, won the 200 in 20.40 and was fourth in the 100 in 10.18.
Arkansas seniors Marqueze Washington and Jarrion Lawson each were credited with running 10.19 in the 100, but Washington was awarded fifth place with his time taken to three decimals in 10.187.
Arkansas freshman Carlton Orange won the 800 in 1:46.96 without being pressed.
"Carlton had a great 800 basically running by himself," Bucknam said. "That was an outstanding performance."
Sports on 04/24/2016