Arkansas sweeps SEC Outdoor Championships

Arkansas men's track and field coach Chris Bucknam (right) speaks to ESPN's John Anderson as his team celebrates winning the SEC Outdoor Championship on Saturday, May 14, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Arkansas men's track and field coach Chris Bucknam (right) speaks to ESPN's John Anderson as his team celebrates winning the SEC Outdoor Championship on Saturday, May 14, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Arkansas swept the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday.

The men scored 121 points, finishing ahead of Texas A&M with 101, while the women finished with 126.75 points, easily ahead of second-place Texas A&M with 82.

The sweep gives both teams a triple crown, as they also won the cross country and indoor track conference titles earlier this year. It is the second time Arkansas' men's and women's programs won all six SEC championships, joining the 1999-2000 season.

Additionally, it was the 101st conference title for the men's program in track & field and cross country and the seventh consecutive for the women's program.

The men's individual champions included Jarrion Lawson (long jump), Frankline Tonui (steeplechase) and Clive Pullen (triple jump).

The women's individual champions included Jessica Kamilos (steeplechase), Lexi Weeks (pole vault), Dominique Scott-Efurd (5,000 meters) and Taylor Ellis-Watson (400 meters).

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