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Arkansas hopes NCAA track meet not affected by coronavirus delays

FAYETTEVILLE — Lance Harter and Chris Bucknam view the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships they host next March undermined by some of their coaching and administrative colleagues.

“They can shoot themselves in the foot and not even have to aim,” Harter, the Arkansas women's coach, said in disgusted disbelief.

Citing bylaws that with less than 50 percent participation following various conferences withdrawing from competition because of covid-19 concerns, the NCAA cancelled fall sports national championships.

The NCAA controls championship competition in all its sports except the Football Bowl Subdivision.

At Arkansas, and all SEC schools, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball are fall sports that will be without national champions.