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Arkansas men’s cross country team brings home 28th SEC title

Ownership. The Razorbacks have won 10 of the last 11 running titles in the SEC.

For Chris Bucknam, Arkansas’ SEC title on Friday was No. 30.

The Razorbacks’ cross-country coach led his team to yet another outstanding season in the running sports as Arkansas won its 28th SEC Championship in cross country, beating defending league title-holder Alabama and the rest of one the top conferences in the land.

Arkansas, which is ranked eighth in the nation, was led by Patrick Kiprop, who finished second indivdually behind Alabama’s Victor Kiprop. The two are not related. Alabama’s Kiprop finished with a time of 22:23.4, while Arkansas’ Kiprop finished just behind at 22:31.6.

Tennessee was third in the team standings, followed by Texas A&M in fourth, Auburn in fifth, Ole Miss sixth, Florida seventh and Kentucky in eighth.

Arkansas’ title is the 10th in the last 11 SEC Championships – including spring and fall track-and-field.

The Hogs will now head to the NCAA South Central Region meet on November 10. The top two teams there will advance automatically to the NCAA Championships.

Arkansas track and cross country teams earn national Program of the Year

The Arkansas women’s track and cross country teams were honored as the best in the country this season.

Track and field has been the most dominant sport at the University of Arkansas for a couple of decades now.

And 2022 was no different.

The Arkansas women’s cross country and track-and-field teams earned the Terry Crawford Women’s Division I Program of the Year Award on Tuesday. The three seasons – cross country, indoor track and outdoor track combined to give Arkansas 18 points, the lowest score in the country.

The points were based off finishes. Cross country was eighth, indoors was fourth and outdoors was sixth. Last year’s winners, Brigham Young, finished second when the Hogs were second.

“Now, finally, we get a chance to be on top of the run,” Arkansas coach Lance Harter said.

Arkansas had finished second three times and third four times. This is their first win. Oregon has won the award 10 times, while the Razorbacks join the Cougars as the only other winners since the award was established in 2009.

Harter announced his earlier in the year, though it won’t take effect until after next year’s outdoor season.

“I’ve been at this business a long time, and this is a very special moment in my own personal career. But especially for the University of Arkansas,” Harter said.

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