Get out your brooms! Last weekend, Arkansas captured the team title for both the men and the women at the SEC Indoor Championships. The Razorbacks have now swept the SEC Indoor Championship team titles for four years in a row. The other teams in the NCAA’s most competitive conference did not disappoint in this meet, as multiple meet records were broken.
Team Scores:
Arkansas’ men won by a comfortable margin. The Razorback’s horizontal jumps were their strong suit, as they totaled 30 points across the long and triple jump. Sophomore Wayne Pinnock took second in the long jump, while senior Carey McLeod placed third. Freshman triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert had one of the most impressive performances of the indoor season, jumping 17.10 meters (56 feet, 1 1/4 inch), placing him first in the NCAA and sixth in the world at just 18 years old.
The women’s team won by an even greater amount, securing their ninth-straight SEC Indoor Championship. Arkansas’ women scored highly in multiple different events. In the 400-meter dash, juniors Amber Anning and Rosey Effiong placed second and fourth, while sophomores Joanne Reid and Nickisha Price placed fifth and sixth. Senior Lauren Gregory won the 3000 meters and women’s mile. She set a new meet record in the mile with a time of 4:31.96. Arkansas also scored second and third-place finishes in the 5000 meters.
Men:
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1 | Arkansas | 100.25 |
| 2 | Florida | 73 |
| 3 | Alabama | 63 |
| 4 | Georgia | 59 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 54 |
| 6 | Ole Miss | 50.25 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 48 |
| 8 | LSU | 47 |
| 9 | Auburn | 43.25 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 42 |
| 11 | South Carolina | 33 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | 31 |
| 13 | Missouri | 11.25 |
Women:
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1 | Arkansas | 130.5 |
| 2 | Florida | 84 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 56.33 |
| 4 | Alabama | 54 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | 54 |
| 6 | Georgia | 53 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 51.33 |
| 8 | LSU | 47 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 32 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 26.5 |
| 11 | South Carolina | 26 |
| 12 | Auburn | 17.33 |
| 13 | Missouri | 14 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 10 |
Other Individual Highlights:
Georgia’s Elija Godwin ran a blistering 44.75 400-meter dash to become an SEC Indoor champion. This race placed him first in the world in the indoor 400 meters this season. Florida’s Jacory Patterson finished second in this race with a time of 45.05, placing him second in the world.
Patterson won the men’s 200-meter dash, upsetting Georgia star sprinter Matthew Boling. Patterson’s 20.29 time from this race makes him the fourth-fastest athlete in the event in the world this season. Patterson won the men’s Cliff Harper Trophy, which is awarded to the highest point scorer in each gender.
Florida sprinter Talitha Diggs ran 400 meters in 50.25 seconds, a new collegiate record, as well as an American record in the women’s indoor 400-meter dash. This is the second fastest time in the world this year. The record was first broken by Rhasidat Adeleke of Texas during the Big 12 Indoor Championships, but Diggs broke the record just one day later.
Lamara Distin of Texas A&M won the women’s high jump by clearing 1.95 meters, or 6-4 3/4. The mark was a new meet record. A meet record was also set in the women’s long jump by Florida junior Jasmine Moore. She jumped 6.91 meters (22’8), placing her second in the world this season in the indoor long jump.
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