FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas Razorbacks senior Taliyah Brooks will go for her second Texas Relays heptathlon title when competition starts today at Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.
Brooks won the title two years ago with 5,991 points. Last year she took second with 6,075.
Brooks, a nine-time All-American, won the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships and opened the outdoor season last week by going 22 feet, 3 inches in the long jump to break her own school record by 11 inches and earn SEC co-field athlete of the week honors.
"Taliyah will go into the Texas Relays as the favorite," University of Arkansas, Fayetteville women's Coach Lance Harter said.