EUGENE, Ore. — Oklahoma’s Ralford Mullings became the first man to win back-to-back discus titles in more than 20 years, and Arkansas won it’s 11th men’s title — but the Razorbacks’ first since 2003 — on Friday night at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. Mullings (215 feet, 11 inches) beat Southern California teammates Racquil Broderick (210-5) and Vincent Ugwoke (209-7), who finished second and third, respectively. Mullings — whose winning throw of 227 feet, four inches in 2025 set the meet record — became the first back-to-back champion since SMU’s Hannes Hopley in 2003 and ’04. Arkansas, which did not win an individual or relay event, finished with 56 points, one of five Southeastern Conference schools in the top six. Georgia (49 points) finished second, ahead of Tennessee (46), LSU (42), the Big Ten’s Oregon (40) and Auburn (33). Alabama’s Samuel Ogazi won the 400 meters in a collegiate-record 43.38 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in history. Ja’Kobe Tharp of Auburn — who set the world record (12.75) in the semifinals on Wednesday — ran a 12.90 to win the 110-meter hurdles and beat Texas’ Kendrick Smallwood by 0.05 seconds. Going into the championships, Grant Holloway held the collegiate record at 12.98. Jaiden Reid of LSU set the NCAA record in the 200 meters, taking the title in 19.63 seconds and breaking the previous mark of 19.69 set by Florida State’s Walter Dix in 2007. Tennessee won the 100-meter relay in a program-record 37.98 seconds. Auburn, which ran a collegiate-record 37.75 in the semifinals, Arkansas, Houston and Oregon did not finish. Oreg …
