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University of Arkansas junior Lance Lang, an All-America transfer from Kentucky, won the 200 meters in 20.47 seconds on Friday night at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in the Albuquerque Civic Center.

Registering victories for Arkansas on the first day of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic were Razorbacks Lance Lang in the 200m and Wayne Pinnock in the long jump.

The first travel trip for Arkansas this season takes the No. 3 Razorbacks to the host site of the NCAA Indoor Championships as they compete in the New Mexico Collegiate Classic this Friday and Saturday.

M-F Athletic National Athletes of the Week (Jan. 17)

Good morning. There's starting your week well... and then there's Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira winning the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship with a 23-under par score and receiving invitations to play in The Masters Tournament, the Open Championship, the U.S. Open, the Amateur Championship and the U.S. Amateur Championship later this year. Congrats, Mateo!

Speed was on display with new Razorbacks during the Arkansas Invitational as a trio of sprinters set all-time top five marks in the 300m and 600m. In the mile, a sub-4-minute time was the award for Lexington Hilton in register a victory.

Several mens track and field athletes who previously competed in the SEC against the University of Arkansas are now Razorbacks.

A new season starts this Friday with the Arkansas Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center, and the Arkansas squad will feature plenty of new faces making their Razorback debut.

A man who once did up to 50 pain pills a day during the worst of his drug addiction has now opened a sober living home for men struggling with addiction, too.

The SEC Outdoor Championships run from Thursday through Saturday on the campus of Ole Miss.