Arkansas T&F Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2025

Another year has come and gone and as always, to commemorate the end of the Arkansas Track and Field season, the Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame inducted its 30th class on Friday night in North Little Rock.

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This year's inductees included:

Buzz Andrews: a Hope High School and Ouachita Baptist University record-holder whose track and field coaching career has spanned 53 years.

Charles (Chuck) Hemingway: dominated cross country and the mile run during his junior and senior years at Little Rock Central and went on to the University of Arkansas as a distance runner.

Sydney Conley: an All-America sprinter and jumper at Fayetteville High School and the University of Kansas.

Robert Ricks: a standout at Little Rock Mills and the University of Central Arkansas, where he earned NAIA All-America honors from 1989-92

Chris Phillips: a state and Meet of Champs champion hurdler at Crossett, Golden West Invitational 400 hurdles champion and seven-time NCAA champion at the University of Arkansas

Stephanie Foreman Adams: the 2008 Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year for Arkansas from Lake Hamilton and first Arkansas girl to break the 13-foot barrier in the pole vault who went on to win eight Sunbelt Conference pole vault titles for Arkansas State.

John Steward: the Vilonia girls coach since 2006, who has coached more than 35 individual state champions in track and cross country, with 17 athletes continuing their careers at the college level.