Connor Harris is already an experienced traveler. Harris has visited the Baltic states and explored the nations that border the Mediterranean Sea, but his favorite place, he says, is Rome.

When it came to running, Randi Ferguson always seemed to be among the leaders. Competing for Little Rock Christian, Ferguson won the Class 5A state cross country meet her freshman and sophomore years and placed second during her junior and senior seasons.

The potential of Crossett junior Kelsey Herman, the 2013 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year, was enough to help coax a legend out of retirement.

SCHOOL Little Rock Christian CLASS Senior EVENT Throws NOTEWORTHY Recorded the best discus throw in Arkansas high school history (195 feet, 2 inches) in the Eagle Relays on March 28 at Vilonia.

Boys 100 METERS Kavin Alexander, Jr., North Little Rock 10.56 Curtis Rogers, Sr., England 10.78 Keyondre Jones, Jr., Camden Fairview

Call it a run for the Roses. Harding Academy sophomore Riley Rose left her mark on the state s athletic scene in the 2012-2013 school year by winning three events at the Class 3A track and field state meet May 2 at Green Forest High School.

They weren t exactly big shoes to fill, but Korliss Marshall s name alone meant some athletic pressure.

Miles finishes strong Alex Miles matched his personal best in the pole vault and set a personal record in the 1,500 meters Thursday as he held off Rogers Heritage teammate Daniel Spickes on the final day of the 50th annual Arkansas high school decathlo...

Neither Alex Miles nor Daniel Spickes ran as fast as they wanted in the 110-meter hurdles to start the second day of the Arkansas high school decathlon, but the Rogers Heritage teammates sure finished strong.

Springdale Har-Ber’s Payton Stumbaugh couldn’t catch Kelsey Herman on the final day of the 17th annual Arkansas high school heptathlon.