The Arkansas men and women swept the SEC indoor track & field team titles Saturday in College Station, Texas.
The Razorbacks’ women scored 102 points to win their sixth consecutive conference championship indoors, and seventh title in eight years.
Arkansas’ men scored 106 points to win their 35th conference championship indoors, and first title since 2017. The Razorbacks have won 23 indoor titles since joining the SEC.
LSU’s men (88 points) and women (87.5) finished runner-up to the Razorbacks.
On the men’s side, Arkansas’ individual champions were Emmanuel Cheboson in the 5,000 meters (13:52.72) and Cameron Griffith in the 3,000 meters (8:10.24). It was the third title in the event for Griffith, a senior.
The Razorbacks had second-place finishes from Laquan Nairn in the long jump, Griffith in the mile, Markus Ballengee in the heptathlon and from the distance medley relay and 1,600-meter relay teams.
Griffith, Chebosn (fourth), Gilbert Boit (sixth) and Matt Young (eighth) combined for 19 points in the 3,000 meters to clinch the team title for Arkansas.
Arkansas scored 58 of its points in three events combined - the 3,000 meters, the 5,000 meters and the heptathlon. Behind the champion Cheboson, Young finished third and Boit was sixth in the 5,000. Tyler Brendel (third), Daniel Spejcher (fifth) and Etamar Bhastekar (seventh) scored with Ballangee in the heptathlon.
The Razorbacks’ women had individual championships from Katie Izzo in the 5,000 (15:48.34) and 3,000 (9:09.02), and Carina Viljoen in the mile (4:40.19). Izzo broke the meet record in the 5,000.
Arkansas also had a first-place finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:19.51.
Krissy Gear added eight points with a second-place finish in the mile, and Arkansas had third-place finishes from G’Auna Edwards in the pentathlon, Devin Clark in the 5,000 and Bailee McCorkle in the pole vault.
Like the men, Arkansas’ women clinched the team title with a strong race in the 3,000. Viljoen finished fifth and Clark was sixth to give the Razorbacks 17 points in the race. Arkansas also scored 17 points in the 5,000 and scored 23 in the mile.
The women’s championship was Arkansas’ 18th in the past 20 SEC meets, also counting cross country and outdoor track & field. It was the 38th overall SEC championship for long-time Razorbacks coach Lance Harter, and his 10th indoors.
Chris Bucknam, the Arkansas men’s coach, won his 21st SEC championship. Eight of Bucknam’s titles have been indoors.