FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas men's cross country Coach Chris Bucknam was not in the mood to be sentimental Friday morning. That can wait for another day.

Bucknam was instead prideful on his final home race day after his Razorbacks clinched a trip to the NCAA Championships next week. With 46 points, Arkansas finished second to Tulane (44) at the NCAA South Central Regional at Agri Park.

"It feels great," said Bucknam, who announced his retirement last week, effective Dec. 31 after 18 seasons as the team's head coach.

"We're going to do our best to be a top-20 team in the country; I think that's a realistic goal with how many guys we lost last year. I'm just pleased with the team. They're a lot of fun to coach and I'm having a blast with them."

The Razorbacks finished 1-4-5-6-3

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