4-time All-American Kavia Francis transfers to Arkansas

Shawn Price April 25, 2024 FAYETTEVILLE – Jamaican sprinter Kavia Francis has chosen Arkansas as her transfer destination from Baylor University and will join the Razorbacks for the 2024-25 season. A four-time first-team All-America with the Bears, Francis also collected four Big 12 gold medals and one silver medal as a member of Baylor’s 4 x 400m relay. Career best marks for Francis include 22.91 (200m) and 51.15 (400m) outdoors, with indoor bests of 23.26 and 52.70. Francis, a 5-10 sprinter from Clarendon, Jamaica, attended Holmwood Technical for two seasons after transferring from Manchester High. She ran anchor leg on...