Arkansas claimed an 11th NCAA outdoor track title without a single individual win in Eugene, Ore., and the Hogs didn’t need to win a single event to do it.
The No. 1-ranked Razorbacks scored 56 points across the three-day meet and finished ahead of a field that included four other SEC programs in the top five.
It’s Arkansas’s first NCAA Outdoor championship since 2003 and its 44th national title overall when combining indoor track and cross country.
Rounding out the top 10 behind Arkansas were Georgia (49), Tennessee (46), LSU (42), Oregon (40), Auburn (33), Louisville (32), Kansas State (30), Nebraska (28) and USC (27).
Doug Case, who took over the program this year, became the first first-year head coach to sweep men’s conference and national championships since UTEP’s John Wedel did it in 1982.
The Hogs had already won the conference title before arriving in Eugene, so Case delivered both trophies in his debut season.
Wednesday’s action gave Arkansas 14 points to build on, and the Razorbacks spent the final day stacking runner-up and third-place finishes to pull away from the field.
Vines, 800m duo carry load in Eugene
Scottie Vines delivered eight points in the high jump, clearing five consecutive bars on his first attempts before finishing at 7-4.5 (2.25) for second place. Georgia’s Kimani Jack took the event with a mark of 7-5.75 (2.28).
The 800 meters was the biggest individual moment of the day for the Razorbacks.
Tyrice Taylor crossed in 1:44.30 for second and Rivaldo Marshall came through in 1:44.93 for third, giving Arkansas 14 team points from a single event.
Jelani Watkins added third in the 100 meters, clocking a windy 9.87 (+2.2 wind reading). Auburn’s Kanyinsole Ajayi won in 9.72w and LSU’s Jaiden Reid was second in 9.82w, both wind-aided.
Jordan Pierre, TJ Tomlyanovich, Devyn Wright and Cruzan Zander combined for 2:59.87 to take third place in the 1,600-meter relay and add six more points.
Georgia edged out LSU for the relay title, 2:57.93 to 2:57.96. Pierre also finished fifth in the individual 400 meters at 44.49, and Tomlyanovich placed ninth at 45.84.
The day didn’t come without a hiccup. Arkansas was one of four teams that failed to finish the 4×100 relay after a problem on the first exchange. Auburn, Houston and Oregon also didn’t complete the race.
Tennessee won that relay in 37.98, with LSU (38.06) and Ohio State (38.44) following.
The bigger picture for Arkansas track and field
None of the early miscues on the relay baton cost the Razorbacks the title in the end.
The depth they’d built across sprints, middle distance and field events was enough to hold off the rest of an SEC-heavy leaderboard.
This is the 11th NCAA Outdoor championship for Arkansas’s men’s track and field program.
The Hogs have now added a fourth national title to their 2026 collection, with the outdoor crown serving as the most recent piece.
For Case, who arrived without any head coaching experience at this level, the result puts him in rare company.
No first-year head coach had swept conference and national titles on the men’s side in more than four decades before he did it this spring.
