Arkansas' women's 1,600 relay team came into the NCAA West Regional with the 14th-fastest time in the college ranks this outdoor season and left Lawrence, Kan., on top of the world.
The Razorbacks' quartet of Damajahee Birch, Daina Harper, Monisa Dobbins and Taylor Ellis-Watson ran a school-record and world-leading time of 3:25.48 Saturday at Rock Chalk Park.
It broke the previous Arkansas record of 3:27.09 -- set in 2013 by the NCAA champion team of Chrishuna Williams, Sparkle McKnight, Gwendolyn Flowers and Regina George -- and was a nearly five-second improvement over the Razorbacks' season-best of 3:32.