No. 1 Arkansas men secure NCAA Indoor Championship

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – An impressive weekend performance combined for 63 team points and the national team title for No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

It was the 21st NCAA Indoor championship and 42nd overall for the Arkansas men’s program. It was the first sweep of the men’s and women’s national titles since Oregon in 2016.

Behind the Razorbacks’ 63 points were the runner-up teams Georgia (40) followed by Florida (34), Washington (31), and Texas Tech (29).

Jaydon Hibbert set the winning tone with a college record on his first and only attempt in the triple jump. Traveling a distance of 57-6.5 (17.54), 18-year-old Hibbert claimed several records – the Jamaican national record, the World U20 record, the Arkansas school record.

Previous records include the UA school record of 57-1 (17.40) by Arkansas legend Mike Conley in 1985, the U20 World record of 56-5.25 (17.20) by Melvin Raffin of France in 2017, and the Jamaican record of 56-4.75. (17.19) by Arkansas alum Clive Pullen in 2017.

Charlie Simpkins of Charleston Southern set the previous college record of 57-5 (17.50) in 1986.

Arkansas closed out the meet with a victory in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 3:02.09 with a foursome of Connor Washington (46.48), James Benson II (44.91), Ayden Owens-Delerme (46.56), and Chris Bailey ( 44.14). Bailey’s split was the second fastest indoors.

Owens-Delerme bettered her previous collegiate record in the heptathlon when she finished as runner-up to Georgia’s Kyle Garland. Owens-Delerme scored 6,518 points while Garland won with 6,639 points.