Four Arkansas athletes win medals at World Championships

Tara Davis-Woodhall, Nikki Hitlz, Chris Bailey and Alexis Holmes – all current or former Arkansas track-and-field stars – each medaled over the weekend at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Davis-Woodhall captured gold while the other three each landed a silver medal. She became the first American winner of the long jump since 2016 as she leaped 23-2.5 to capture the gold.

Hiltz won silver medal in the 1,500-meter run. Her time of 4:02.32 made her the first American to ever win silver in the event. She is the first American to medal in the event at all since 2003 when Regina Jacobs won gold.

Chris Bailey ran the anchor leg for the men’s 4×400 relay team to win silver with his compatriots and Alexis Holmes did the same for the women’s 4×400 relay team. The men ran in 3:02.60, a half-step behind Belgium, which ran a 3:02.54. The women finished in 3:25.34 behind Netherlands’ 3:25.07.

All four athletes train in Fayetteville.