GYMNASTICS: 2 from Arkansas earn SEC honors

Arkansas senior Braie Speed and freshman Sarah Shaffer earned honors from the SEC office Tuesday after big performances in the No. 11 Razorbacks' school-record 197.3 showing Friday.

Speed, a senior from San Antonio, scored 9.95 on the uneven bars and won her fourth title of the season with a 9.9 on vault in last week's tri-meet victory over Denver and Iowa State. Speed has competed on the vault for 36 consecutive meets and has posted a 9.8 or better in 32 of those meets.

Shaffer earned SEC freshman of the week honors to become the first Razorback to win three weekly conference honors in a season. The Tyler, Texas, native scored 39.5 on the all-around, the second highest total for an SEC freshman this season and the highest score for a Razorback since 2016.

She posted multiple scores of 9.9 or better for the fourth time this season, including a 9.95 on the floor exercise, the fourth-highest score for a Razorback, to win her third title of the year.

The Razorbacks compete at the SEC Championships on Saturday at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis.

-- Tom Murphy

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