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The University of Arkansas mens and womens track and field teams, which swept SEC indoor titles last weekend at home, have a combined 24 entries in 15 events for the NCAA Indoor Championships, which will be held March 10-11 in Albuquerque, N.M.

No. 1 Arkansas will have 13 entries into the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, sharing the lead with No. 2 Washington while No. 3 Florida follows with 11 entries. The national championship meet will be held March 10-11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas junior Ayden Owens-Delerme could have coasted in the 1,000 meters and still won the heptathlon by a comfortable margin at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships, but thats not his style.

Arkansas’ men and women swept the team titles on their home track Saturday at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

A close team battle has developed through five finals held on the first day of the SEC Indoor Championships with Arkansas currently in third place with 27 points on the Lance Harter Track at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

First Wayne Pinnock and Carey McLeod were high school teammates in Kingston, Jamaica.

The SEC dominates the national rankings for mens track and field with 11 teams in the top 25.

The final day of the Tyson Invitational at Randal Tyson Track center featured a competitive shot put held inside the track oval and a tight finish in the 800m.

The University of Arkansas mens track and field team will take a No. 1 national ranking in the coaches ratings index into this weekends competition at home in the Tyson Invitational and at the Husky Invitational in Seattle after a strong showing last weekend at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.

Impressive performances by the Razorbacks this past weekend propelled Arkansas into the No. 1 position in USTFCCCA’s national rating index, moving up from No. 3 a week ago.