2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore., June 6-9

USTFCCCA Communications Staff Tom Lewis, [email protected] ​ Tyler Mayforth, [email protected] ​ Curtis Akey, [email protected] ​

MEET SUMMARY

Records Broken

Collegiate (4) Men’s 400 Meters: Michael Norman, Southern California, 43.61 previous: , Texas A&M, 43.70, 2017

Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles: Rai Benjamin, Southern California, 47.02 previous: , Florida, 47.56, 2005

Men’s 4x100 Relay: Houston, 38.17 previous: TCU, 38.23A, 1989 NCAA Meet

Men’s 4x400 Relay: Southern California, 2:59.00 previous: LSU, 2:59.59, 2005

NCAA Championship Records (8) Men’s 400 Meters: Michael Norman, Southern California, 43.61 previous: , Southern California, 44.00, 1992

Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles: Rai Benjamin, Southern California, 47.02 previous: Kerron Clement, Florida, 47.56, 2005

Men’s 4x100 Relay: Houston, 38.17 previous: TCU, 38.23A, 1989

Men’s 4x400 Relay: Southern California, 2:59.00 previous: LSU, 2:59.59, 2005

Men’s Pole Vault: Chris Nilsen, South Dakota, 5.83/19-1½ previous: Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee, 5.82/19-1, 1996

Men’s Javelin: Anderson Peters, Texas A&M, 82.82/271-9 previous: Ioannis Kyriazis, Texas A&M, 82.58/270-11, 2017

Women’s 10,000 Meters: Sharon Lokedi, Kansas, 32:09.20 (previous: Sylvia Mosqueda, Cal State LA, 32:28.57, 1988)

2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships USTFCCCA FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore. -- June 7-10

Women’s 4x100 Relay: (semifinals) LSU, 42.09 Mikiah Brisco (SR), Kortnei Johnson (JR), Rachel Misher (JR), Aleia Hobbs (SR) previous: 42.36, Texas A&M, 2009

All-time Meet Bests

Men’s Decathlon -- : Tim Duckworth, Kentucky, 8.01/26-3½ (0.8) previous: Chris Huffins, California, 7.99/26-2½

Hayward Field Records (5) Men’s 400 Meters: Michael Norman, Southern California, 43.61 previous: Michael Johnson, 43.74, 1993

Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles: Rai Benjamin, Southern California, 47.02 previous: , 47.69, 1993

Men’s 4x100 Relay: Houston, 38.17 previous: LSU, 38.42, 2016

Men’s 4x400 Relay: Southern California, 2:59.00 previous: Texas A&M, 2:59.60, 2014

Women’s 4x100 Relay: (semifinals) LSU, 42.09 Mikiah Brisco (SR), Kortnei Johnson (JR), Rachel Misher (JR), Aleia Hobbs (SR) previous: 42.51, Kentucky, 2017

Attendance

Day 1: 9,767 Day 2: 9,702 Day 3: 11,644

Team Scoring Summary

MEN

1. Georgia, 52 (coach Petros Kyprianou) 2. Florida, 42 (coach Mike Holloway) 3. Houston, 35 (coach Leroy Burrell) 4. Southern California, 34 (coach Caryl Smith GIlbert)

Georgia wins first title in men’s team history … previous best finish was 6th in 2014 and 2017 … Florida lands on the podium for the tenth-consecutive year … Houston matches its best team finish in history (1959) … Smith Gilbert is the first female to lead a men’s team to a podium finish (also in 2014) -- USC’s 27th podium finish in the 97-year history of the event.

2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships USTFCCCA FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore. -- June 7-10

Individual Scoring Summary

MEN

1. Denzel Comenentia, Georgia, 20 points (1st hammer, 1st shot put) 2. Andre Ewers, Florida State, 15 points (2nd 200, 3rd 100, 5th 4x100) =3. Odaine Lewis, Texas Tech, 14 points (2nd , 3rd long jump) =3. David Kendziera, Illinois, 14 points (2nd 110 hurdles, 3rd 400 hurdles)

Georgia wins first title in men’s team history … previous best finish was 6th in 2014 and 2017 … Florida lands on the podium for the tenth-consecutive year … Houston matches its best team finish in history (1959) … Smith Gilbert is the first female to lead a men’s team to a podium finish -- USC’s 27th podium finish in the 97-year history of the event.

Quick Event Notes m100 -- and ’s 1-2 finish is the first by a team in the event since 1983 (Alabama's and ) ... sixth win in event history for Houston and the first since 1994 (Sam Jefferson). m400 -- Michael Norman becomes the No. 7 all-time best performer in world history and the fastest American since (2007). m400H -- Rai Benjamin is now equal to the No. 2 performer in world history, tying ’ all-time best mark … Benjamin, on the all-time best list, only trails world-record holder Kevin Young