Once upon a time, Southeastern Conference track and field was the private property of Tennessee. The annual outdoor meet, the main event, had an orange glow year after year.

Volunteers won seven consecutive team championships when Chuck Rohe was the coach. Stan Huntsman extended that domination to 15 years.

Auburn and Alabama rudely interrupted the streak with one title each. Huntsman was offended. Tennessee regained control for the next six years.

Doug Brown was the coach for two SEC outdoor championship teams. Bill Webb produced three titles. Huntsman, Brown and Webb each claimed one national crown.

Terry Hull Crawford coached women’s track to one national outdoor title and four SEC championships.

All that was then.

Last week in the SEC outdoor championships (at Auburn), Arkansas won the men’s title with 110.5 points. Alabama scored 94.5. Florida had 78, Texas A&M 64.75 and Georgia 61.  Tennessee finished sixth with 60.5.

Arkansas men have won six consecutive outdoor titles and 25 overall, tying Tennessee for the most all-time.

Florida won the women’s championship with 107 points, followed by Alabama (91.5), Georgia (90), South Carolina (62) and Kentucky (61).

The Lady Vols placed eighth with 56.75 points. They did have something to get excited about. Freshman Hannah Grace won the pole vault. She cleared 14 feet, 5.5 inches in her SEC debut.

Hannah was Tennessee’s only event winner.

The Lady Vols set a school record but finished third in the 4×400-meter relay. Cydney Wright, Javonya Valcourt, Maira Scott and Esther Joseph ran 3:22.7

Other scorers:

Second-place finish:  Traunard Folson, men’s 100 meter, 10.03; Cedricka Williams, women’s discus, 198-11.

Third: Folson, Davonte Howell, T’Mars McCallum and Elijah Clark, men’s 4×100 relay, 38.51; Lauren Jarrett, Dana Wilson, Avia Jones and Wright, women’s 4×100 relay, 42.77.

Fourth: Folson, men’s 200, 20.23; Dana Wilson, women’s 100, 11.11.

Fifth: Jarrett, women’s 100, 11.15.

Sixth: Marc Anthony Ibrahim, men’s 400 hurdles, 49.81; Javonya Valcourt, women’s 400, 50.93; Mary Nyaboke Ogwoka, women’s 1,500,  4:13.76.

Seventh: Aron Alvarez Aranda, men’s discus, 192-0; Skye Tolbert, women’s pole vault, 13-3.75.

Eighth: Elijah Clark, men’s 100, 10.19; Oliver MacDonald, men’s 1,500, 3:45.63; Zouhair Redouane, men’s 5,000, 13:35.30; Endia Smith, women’s triple jump, 42-2.