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Volume 9, No. 37 June 15, 2010 version iii — NCAA Women: A&M Defends Here Too — by Jon Hendershott to the meet, Oregon and A&M battled down gave the Aggies a second consecutive sweep Eugene, Oregon, June 9–12—After the to literally the final stride of the 4x4 before of both the men’s and women’s titles. third day of the 29th edition of the NCAA UO’s Keisha Baker just prevailed ahead of “Everybody knew it was about the team,” Women’s Championships, host Oregon led A&M’s Jessica Beard by 0.03 in 3:28.54. said Henry afterward, clutching individual the team scoring with 30 points. But A&M’s final total of 72 kept the plaques for both wins. “That’s what we talked Tied for 3rd at 26, defender Texas A&M champion’s trophy in College Station and about all year long, so this wasn’t an excep- figured to pull in final- tion. It’s about responding to day points in the speed ups and downs.” events. Lucas came up And A&M came to Eugene And so the Aggies huge for the after two major downs: inju- did. After retaining their ries to hurdlers Gabby Mayo 4 x 100 title by nearly a Aggies, picking up (also a key leg on the 4x1) and second with a 42.82 ef- Natasha Ruddock. Both were fort (with a patchwork a pair of wins (200, injured at Regionals, Mayo lineup), suddenly the 4x1) and a 2nd (100) with a strained left quad and two powerhouses were Ruddock with a torn ACL. tied for the lead at 36. Henry added, “We talked Oregon got 6 more about that, too, and that some from the 3rd by frosh Jor- people weren’t ‘supposed’ to dan Hasay in the 1500 to score. So that meant someone make it 42–36 after 17 had to step up, and they did.” events. Then came the The 200 was huge, of course. 200, where A&M fielded Henry said, “Having Domin- defending champ Pors- ique Duncan score in the final cha Lucas, plus 4x1 lead- was really big because it showed off Jeneba Tarmoh—the others, ‘Yeah, we can do it,’ be- duo that had also placed cause I don’t think Dominique 2–3 in the 100—plus was picked to score at all. And unexpected finalist Do- then Vashti came up big in the minique Duncan. hurdles.” So the Aggies pro- Henry added, “Last night, ceeded to grab a huge we talked about what we 22 points thanks to a needed to do today. I put on Lucas-Tarmoh 1–2, with a blackboard where we were, Duncan coming up big where other teams were and in 5th to chip in 4 points. what we had to do to win. So In the space of about 23 they knew coming into Satur- seconds, A&M slammed day what it was all about.” the door on everyone Three double winners else’s hopes. made history. UTEP’s Bless- Pat Henry’s troops ing Okagbare became the first stood at 58, which would to win both the 100 (10.98w) have been just enough to and long jump (22-3½/6.79), edge Oregon at the end, dominating in each. as the Ducks scored a fi- Virginia Tech’s Queen Har- nal tally of 57. But A&M LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT KIRBY rison became the first to win got more points from both hurdles (12.67/54.55) the 6th-places of Vashti and Iowa State’s Lisa Koll ran Thomas (100H) and away with the 5K (15:23.80) Hillary Pustka (JT). and 10K (32:49.35), becoming And in a fitting close only the third 5/10 doubler. -268- June 15, 2010 It’s like Facebook for sports. ALL FREE! Looking for RR UU aa Rival?Rival? CoolCool Stuff?Stuff? 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Ferguson' of the men’s 100, qualifying rounds in all the 14. Stanford 17½; 15. Arkansas 17; 16. tie, 11.35; field events, etc.). Indiana & West Virginia 16; 3. ***Stormy Kendrick (Clem) 11.47; 4. 18. Clemson 15; 19. Nebraska 14; 20. tie, Weather ***Marecia Pemberton' (FlSt) 11.52; 5. Alabama, Baylor, Florida State & Indiana The first two days were cool & rainy; final two Scottesha Miller (Ok) 11.58; 6. Kristine State 13; 24. Colorado 12; 25. UCLA 10½; days mild with mix of sun & clouds. Scott (Clem) 11.70; 7. **Grecia Bolton 26. tie, Georgia, Hampton, Hawai‘i & Attendance (Hous) 11.80;… dnc—***Carissa Levings- Tennessee 10; 30. Middle Tennessee State 9891/11,172/11,972/12,812; 4-day total ton (Stan). 9; 31. tie, Minnesota & Maryland 8; 33. tie, 45,847 (meet record; old 41,187 Des III(2.7)–1. Tarmoh 11.05w (a-c CL); Michigan State, Princeton & UCSB 7; Moines ’08). 2. Lucas 11.07w; 3. Pinckney 11.18w; 4. 36. tie, Buffalo, BYU, Louisville, Oral Evans 11.31w; Symbols Roberts & Texas Tech 6; 41. tie, Akron, Mis- 5. *Tiffany Townsend (Bay) 11.34w; *** = frosh; ** = soph; * = junior, all others sissippi State, Villanova, Washington State 6. *Mandy White (Or) 11.42w; 7. *Shavon are seniors (classes are not listed in relay & Wisconsin 5; Greaves (PennSt) 11.49w; 8. **Sheila Paul prelims); ' after name = foreigner. WL, AL, 46. tie, TCU, Central Florida, Arizona (CFl) 11.64w. CL = World/American/Collegiate-leading State, Georgetown & Houston 4; mark for year. 51. tie, Kansas, Kent State, Kentucky, — 200 meters — Loyola/Marymount, Providence, SMU, South Carolina, Stony Brook, FINAL (June 12; wind +1.2) Southern Mississippi, St. John’s 1. Porscha Lucas (TxAM) 22.83 & Texas 3; (defending champ; joins Juliet Cuthbert 2010 Women’s NCAA Leaders 62. tie, Air Force, Colorado [Tx] 1985–86 as 2-time winner) Div. I only; ¶ = record performance; i = indoors; State, Connecticut, & Yale 2; 66. (11.6/11.2); new leaders since last week are in red (the Collegiate tie, East Carolina, Idaho State, 2. **Jeneba Tarmoh (TxAM) 22.92 season is now over; no further changes in store); North Carolina, Ohio State & (11.6/11.3); ***=frosh, **=soph, *=junior, all others are seniors Washington 1. 3. **Nivea Smith' (Aub) 23.25 (11.9/11.4); Track Events — 100 meters — 4. *Tiffany Townsend (Bay) 23.35 100........... 11.13 ................... *Gabby Mayo (Texas A&M) (12.1/11.3); FINAL (June 11; wind +2.8) 200 .......... 22.49 ................. Porscha Lucas (Texas A&M) 5. **Dominique Duncan (TxAM) 23.48 1. Blessing Okagbare' 400........... 50.54i ...........Francena McCorory (Hampton) (12.0/11.5); (UTEP) 10.98w a-c PR 800........... 2:00.87 .............. Phoebe Wright (Tennessee) 6. *Sheniqua Ferguson' (Aub) 23.60 (a-c CL); 1500......... 4:10.66 .................Katie Follett (Washington) (12.0/11.6); 2. Porscha Lucas (TxAM) Mile .......... 4:31.24i ............Charlotte Browning (Florida) 7. *Shavon Greaves (PennSt) 23.75 11.12w; St ............. 9:38.86 ....................Bridget Franek (Penn St) (12.0/11.8); 3. **Jeneba Tarmoh (TxAM) 3000......... 8:56.09i ..............................Lisa Koll (Iowa St) 8. Samantha Henry' (LSU) 23.80 11.13w; 5000......... 15:17.76 .....................................................Koll (12.1/11.7). 10,000...... 31:18.07 ¶ ..................................................Koll 4. ***Takeia Pinckney (LSU) SEMIS (June 10; qualify 2+2) 100H ........ 12.61 ............Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech) 11.23w; I(1.1)–1. Lucas 22.49 (CL); 2. Greaves 400H ........ 54.55 .................................................. Harrison 5. **Terra Evans (TxT) 11.27w; 23.25; 3. Duncan 23.38; Relay Events 6. *Sheniqua Ferguson' (Aub) 4. **Terra Evans (TxT) 23.52; 5. ***Kim- 4 x 100..... 42.49 ............................................. Texas A&M 11.32w; berlyn Duncan (LSU) 23.58; 6.