Indoor Track and Field DIVISION I MEN’S
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Indoor Track and Field DIVISION I MEN’S Highlights Gators make it back-to-back titles; Florida becomes fourth men’s program to win consecutive crowns: Florida became just the fourth diff erent men’s program in NCAA history to claim back-to-back NCAA indoor championships, scoring 52 total team points to capture the 2011 national crown March 12 at Gilliam Indoor Track Sta- dium on the campus of Texas A&M. The Gators join Arkansas, Kansas and UTEP as the only men’s programs in NCAA history to win NCAA indoor championships in consecutive years. Florida is the fi rst team to accomplish the feat since Arkansas did so in 2005 and 2006. The Gators totaled 52 points to defeat second-place Texas A&M by 12 points. The Aggies scored 40 points, while BYU was third with 34 points. Fourth-place LSU (31) and fi fth-place Florida State (30) rounded out the men’s top fi ve. It marked the 25th national title in Florida school history. “This year was special because we came in as big favorites, had some adversity, but we overcame it and we’re national champions again,” Florida head coach Mike Holloway said. “It was a total-team eff ort. We’re a team and a family, and we look after each other. We had a tough day yesterday, but the thing is that champions respond to adversity. I challenged our team to be who we are and do the things that we do well. They did that and I’m very proud of them.” Florida was aided by individual national championships from junior jumper Will Claye in the men’s triple jump and sophomore sprinter Jeff Demps in the men’s 60-meter dash. Claye set the NCAA meet record in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 17.32 meter (56 feet, 10 inches), which broke the previous record of 17.31meters (56, 9-1/2), held by Keith Connor of SMU. Claye totaled 18 points on the weekend after fi nishing as the NCAA runner-up in the men’s long jump on March 11. He directed an impressive 22-point scoring spree by the Gators in the men’s triple jump that clinched the meet for the Gators. Junior jumper Christian Taylor placed second in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.99 meter (55-9), while sophomore jumper Omar Craddock was fi fth with a jump of 16.32 meters (53, 6-1/2). Demps captured the NCAA championship in the men’s 60-meter dash for the second consecutive season, winning in a school-record time of 6.53. He becomes the fi rst repeat champion in the men’s 60-meter dash since DaBryan Blanton of Oklahoma in 2004 and 2005. Demps broke his previous school-record time of 6.55, set at the 2011 SEC Indoor Championships two weeks ago. “It felt good for me as an individual, but the best part was working towards a team title,” Demps said. “The 10 points really helped our team. I just went out there and ran my race today.” Junior multi-event athlete Gray Horn set a new Florida school record in the men’s heptathlon, placing fourth with a personal-best score of 5,890. That broke his own previ- ous school record of 5,816, set at the 2011 SEC Indoor Championships. Horn opened the day by placing fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.12, which moved him into fourth place in the heptathlon overall at the time. He then was eighth in the pole vault with a leap of 4.70 meters (15-5), dropping him to seventh place in the competition. Horn fi nished the heptathlon with a personal-best time of 2:39.96 in the 1,000-meter run, which shattered his previous best in that event of 2:43.40. Junior distance runner Dumisane Hlaselo, the 2011 SEC men’s mile champion, placed fourth in the men’s mile in a time of 4:00.97 to earn All-America honors in the event. He became Florida’s fi rst indoor All-America in the men’s mile since Shane Stroup in 2006. Sophomore sprinter Tony McQuay, still battling through a slight hamstring tweak suff ered a day earlier, placed seventh in the fi nals of the men’s 400-meter dash in a time of 48.71. 2011 TEAM STANDINGS 22. Alabama ..................................................................10 44. Maryland ................................................................4½ 1. Florida .......................................................................52 Arkansas ..................................................................10 Purdue .....................................................................4½ 2. Texas A&M ..............................................................40 Clemson ...................................................................10 46. Air Force ......................................................................4 3. BYU ............................................................................34 Illinois ........................................................................10 Binghamton ..............................................................4 4. LSU .............................................................................31 26. Connecticut ..............................................................8 California ....................................................................4 5. Florida St..................................................................30 Georgia........................................................................8 Michigan St. ..............................................................4 6. Indiana .....................................................................27 Kansas ..........................................................................8 50. Middle Tenn. .............................................................3 Minnesota ...............................................................27 Liberty .........................................................................8 New Mexico ..............................................................3 8. Iowa ...........................................................................20 Missouri ......................................................................8 North Carolina .........................................................3 Stanford ...................................................................20 Oregon ........................................................................8 Southern California ................................................3 10. Texas ..........................................................................17 Tulsa .............................................................................8 UCLA ............................................................................3 11. Ole Miss....................................................................16 33. George Mason .........................................................6 Wisconsin ...................................................................3 Penn St .....................................................................16 Miami (FL) ..................................................................6 56. Idaho St. ..................................................................2½ 13. Arizona .....................................................................14 Oral Roberts ..............................................................6 57. Delaware St. ..............................................................2 Oklahoma ...............................................................14 Southeastern La. .....................................................6 Eastern Ill. ...................................................................2 15. Virginia Tech .......................................................13½ Texas-Arlington .......................................................6 Kentucky.....................................................................2 16. Baylor ........................................................................13 Texas Tech ..................................................................6 Mississippi St. ...........................................................2 Iona ............................................................................13 39. Houston ......................................................................5 South Carolina .........................................................2 18. Kansas St. ................................................................12 Northern Ariz. ...........................................................5 Villanova .....................................................................2 Washington ............................................................12 Notre Dame ..............................................................5 Washington St..........................................................2 20. Auburn .....................................................................11 Southern Ill. ...............................................................5 64. Buffalo .........................................................................1 Nebraska .................................................................11 Tennessee ..................................................................5 Providence .................................................................1 2 DIVISION I MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD—INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2011 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 5,000-meter run: 1. Leonard Korir, Iona, 13:26.01 (meet Long jump: 1. Ngonidzashe Makusha, Florida St., 8.14 (26- record; old record 13:28.93, Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 2003); 2. 8½); 2. Will Claye, Florida, 8.04 (26-4½); 3. Marquise Goodwin, 60-meter dash: 1. Jeff Demps, Florida, 6.53; 2. Michael Sam Chelanga, Liberty, 13:27.34; 3. Stephen Sambu, Arizona, Texas, 8.00 (26-3); 4. Bryce Lamb, Texas Tech, 7.93 (26-0¼); Granger, Ole Miss, 6.55;