For the second time in three weeks, OU’s men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to the University of Arkansas.

OU will be pitted against Arkansas’s top-ranked men and fourth-ranked women, as well as a stable of other top-tier teams, when it competes in the Tyson Invitational this weekend.

Oklahoma’s men are coming off a record-setting performance in New York City, where they broke a school record in the Distance Medley relay at the New Balance Invitational.

OU’s relay team of senior Eric Harasyn, sophomore Ethan Baker, junior Riley Masters and senior Frezer Legesse finished second with a time of 9:30.13, besting the program’s previous mark by over a second.

“Honestly, that was one of the best experiences I’ve had in track and field,” Masters said.

The Sooners’ relay team is ranked eighth in the nation, the highest of any OU relay.

“I think we’ve got a lot more time to drop [on the Distance Medley relay], and I think we’ll be a big force at the national meet,” Masters said.

Standout performers for the women’s team included senior sprinters Shelleyeka Rolle and Sherine Wells, in the 200-meter dash.

Running a 24.47, Wells barely missed the cut for the finals, and with a time of 25.31, Rolle set a new personal record.

However, Oklahoma’s women will be one runner short in Fayetteville as senior Jessica Engel will be competing at the Flotrack Husky Invitational in Seattle.

A second-team All-American and Big 12 Champion in 2011, Engel is ranked 24th in the 3,000-meter run.

The Sooners return home next weekend to host the Sooner Invitational before traveling to College Station for the Big 12 Indoor Championships on Feb. 24 and 25.