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Bucknam, UA athletes earn SEC awards

( Andy Shupe)

Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek (left) and men's track coach Chris Bucknam speak prior to a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE — SEC coaches honored University of Arkansas men’s Coach Chris Bucknam, junior decathlete Ayden Owens-Delerme and hurdler and sprinter Britton Wilson in voting for conference awards announced Wednesday.

Bucknam, whose Razorbacks won the SEC Outdoor Track and Field championship, was voted the conference’s outdoor coach of the year by his peers.

It was the 28th SEC coaching honor for Bucknam, with 10 in cross country, 11 for indoor track and field and 7 for outdoor track and field since he came to Arkansas for the 2008-09 school year.