2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore., June 7-10
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2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships USTFCCCA FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore. -- June 7-10
MEET SUMMARY
Records Broken
Collegiate (4) Men’s 100 Meters: Christian Coleman, Tennessee, 9.82 (1.3) (semifinals) (old: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State, 9.89, 2011) Women’s 200 Meters: Kyra Jefferson, Florida, 22.02 (old: Dawn Sowell, LSU, 22.04A, 1989) Women’s 4x400 Relay: Oregon, 3:23.13 (old: Texas, 3:23.75, 2004) Women’s Hammer: Maggie Ewen, 73.32/240-7 (round 3) (old: Jenny Dahlgren, Georgia, 72.94/239-3, 2007)
NCAA Championship Records (5) Men’s 100 Meters: Christian Coleman, Tennessee, 9.82 (1.3) (semifinals) (old: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State, 9.89, 2011) Men’s Javelin: Ioannis “John” Kyriazis, Texas A&M, 82.58/270-11 (round 2) (old: Esko Mikkola, Arizona, 81.86/268-7, 1998) Women’s 200 Meters: Kyra Jefferson, Florida, 22.02 (old: Dawn Sowell, LSU, 22.04A, 1989) Women’s 4x400 Relay: Oregon, 3:23.13 (old: Texas, 3:24.21, 2014) Women’s Hammer: Maggie Ewen, 73.32/240-7 (round 3) (old: DeAnna Price, Southern Illinois, 71.49/234-6, 2015)
Hayward Field Records (2) Men’s 4x100 Relay: Houston, 38.34 (old: LSU, 38.42, 2016) Women’s 4x100 Relay: Kentucky 42.51 (old: LSU 42.65, 2016) Women’s 4x400 Relay: Oregon, 3:23.13 (old: Texas, 3:24.21, 2014)
FINAL DAY-BY-DAY NOTES
Saturday, June 10
ATTENDANCE: 12,992 … Four-day total: 44,061
WEATHER 11:30am (heptathlon start) -- Mostly cloudy, 63 degrees javelin: flight 1 sunny, flight 2 overcast, rain, pea-sized hail 6:00pm (meet end) -- Mostly cloudy, scattered showers, 57 degrees, wind: WNW @ 7 mph … scattered sun during 4x4 led to … … lightning and rain postponing award ceremony shortly after the 4x4 … wild stuff
2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships USTFCCCA FINAL SITE NOTES -- Eugene, Ore. -- June 7-10
Women’s Team Summary
1. Oregon, 64 2. Georgia, 62 1/5 3. Southern California, 43 4. Kentucky, 40
Oregon, under coach Robert Johnson, completes the academic year all-sport “Triple Crown” as winners of the cross country national championships in 2016, indoor track & field winners in March 2017, and now this crown … Texas won national crowns in all three sports in 1990, but not in the same academic year.
Oregon’s third outdoor title in team history (2015, 1985) … Oregon has recorded nine-straight podium finishes …
Georgia (coach Petros Kyprianou) recorded the most points in meet history in field events, their entire team score … the previous high of field-event points in a single championship was 59 by Arizona State in 2008 … Georgia lands on the podium for the second-straight year with their best finish in meet history …Georgia’s sweep of titles in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and heptathlon was the first of its kind in history...
Southern California (coach Caryl Smith Gilbert) notches best team finish since finishing runner-up in 2006 … Kentucky (coach Edrick Floreal) records second podium finish in team history, their first was in 2015 (runner-up)
Individual Point Summary
1. Maggie Ewen, Arizona State, 21 points (1st-HT, 2nd-DISC, 6th-SP) 2. Keturah Orji, Georgia, 18 points (1st-TJ, 2nd-LJ) 3. Allie Ostrander, Boise State, 15 points (1st-Steeple, 4th-5000) Danniel Thomas, Kent State, 15 points (1st-SP, 4th-DISC).
Women’s Heptathlon (11:30am day two start)
1. Kendell Williams (SR), Georgia, 6265 … 4th-best score in meet history 2. Nina Schultz (FR), Kansas State, 5959 3. Taliyah Brooks (JR), Arkansas, 5795
Kendall Williams also won heptathlon titles in 2014 and 2016, placed 2nd in 2015, finishing with 38 career points in the event outdoors -- second all-time in the event, behind only four-time champion Jackie Johnson of Arizona State … Williams in March became first to sweep all four indoor pentathlon titles -- her all-sport total of combined event titles ends with 7 -- matching Jackie Johnson
Kansas State records third top-three finish in a three year period … best finish for Arkansas in the event since 2013
100 Meter Hurdles (rain): Williams 12.95 (0.2), Stumbaugh 13.17 (0.2), Brooks 13.37 (0.2) after 1 event: Williams 1132, Stumbaugh 1099, Brooks 1069 High Jump: Williams 1.81/5-11¼, Hinton 1.78/5-10, Brooks 1.75/5-8¾ after 2 events: Williams 2123, Brooks 1985, Stumbaugh 1941 Shot Put: Mokrasova 13.36/43-10, Schultz 12.74/41-9¾, Brown 12.56/41-2½ after 3 events: Williams 2774, Schultz 2610, Brooks 2605 200 Meters: Stumbaugh 23.93 (-3.1), Williams 24.12 (-3.1), Cooks 24.53 (-2.7) after 4 events, day one: Williams 3743, Stumbaugh 3552, Brooks 3509 Long Jump: Brooks 6.50/21-4 (1.8), Williams 6.44w/21-1½ (2.7), Dadzie 6.16w/20-2½ (4.2)
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after 5 events: Williams 4731, Brooks 4516, Schultz 4366 Javelin: Schultz 46.70/153-2, Williams 46.48/152-6, Pfeiffer 45.45/149-1 after 6 events: Williams 5523, Schultz 5162, Brooks 5094 800 Meters: Hankenson 2:13.46, Yetter 2:16.03, Wadden 2:16.57
Women’s High Jump (3:00pm)
1. Madeline Fagan (JR), Georgia, 1.91/6-3¼ 2. Tatiana Gusin (JR), Georgia, 1.91/6-3¼ 3. Kaysee Pilgrim (SR), UNLV, 1.85/6-¾
Georgia notches their second title in the event, first since Leontia Kallenou in 2014 … Fagan and Gusin also finished 1-2 indoors … first teammate duo to go 1-2 in the event outdoors since Tanya Hughes and J.C. Broughton for Arizona in 1992 … UNLV’s best finish in event history and best in any event since 1992 (Trevia Williams, 3rd, 400 meter hurdles, 1992)
Women’s Discus (3:05pm)
1. Shadae Lawrence (SO), Kansas, State, 61.37/201-4 2. Maggie Ewen (JR), Arizona State, 60.11/197-2 3. Kellion Knibb (SR), Florida State, 59.19/194-2
Kansas State’s first title in the event … Lawrence won on her final attempt … Ewen won the hammer and was also sixth in the shot put at these championships … Best finish for Arizona State since Anna Jelmini won it in 2013 … Knibb was second last year and fifth in 2014
Women’s Triple Jump (3:40pm)
1. Keturah Orji (JR), Georgia, 14.29w/46-10¾ … No. 4 all-conditions mark in meet history 2. Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile (SO), Kentucky, 13.69w/44-11 (2.6) 3. Yanis David (SO), Florida, 13.64w/44-9 (3.0)
Orji is the first to win three consecutive titles in the event … only California’s Sheila Hudson has also won three outdoor triple jump titles, but that was in non-consecutive years (1987, 1988, 1990) … best finish in Kentucky history in the event … David was also third last year.
Women’s 4x100 Relay (3:32pm)
1. Kentucky, 42.51 … school record … No. 3 time in meet history … Hayward Field record 2. Alabama, 42.56 … school record … No. 5 time in meet history 3. Florida, 42.73 … No. 10 time in meet history
First title in the event in Kentucky history … Alabama’s best finish since being runner-up in 1993 (Andrea Lloyd anchor) … Florida scores in the event for the third-straight year … Best time in meet history for places: 2-3-7
Women’s 1500 Meters (3:41pm)
1. Jaimie Phelan (JR), Michigan, 4:13.78 2. Nikki Hiltz (JR), Arkansas, 4:13.80 3. Karisa Nelson (JR), Samford, 4:13.96
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… First Michigan title in event history … best finish in Arkansas history in the event … Nelson, the indoor mile champ, is the first woman in Samford to participate in the DI meet.
Women’s Steeplechase (3:54pm)
1. Allie Ostrander (FR), Boise State, 9:41.31 2. Madison Boreman (FR), Colorado, 9:46.48 3. Tori Gerlach (SR), Penn State, 9:46.76
First event title in Boise State history -- last Boise State in any event was Emma Bates’ crown in the 10k in 2014 …Ostrander becomes 3rd freshman to win event, first since Colorado’s Jenny Berringer in 2006 … first freshman 1-2 sweep in meet history… best Colorado finish since Shayla Kipp was fifth in 2014 … first scorer in Penn State history of the event
Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles (4:12pm)
1. Tobi Amusan (SO), UTEP, 12.57 (1.6) … No. 4 performer in collegiate history … No. 4 performer with No. 6 performance in meet history 2. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (SO), Kentucky, 12.58 3. Rushelle Burton (FR), Texas, 12.65
Second UTEP winner in the event -- first since 1984 (Kim Turner) … Kentucky scores for the fourth-straight year … Camacho-Quinn won last year while Amusan was runner-up … best finish in the event for Texas since Melanie Walker was third in 2006
Women’s 100 Meters (4:22pm)
1. Mikiah Brisco (JR), LSU, 10.96 (0.3) … No. 5 performance in meet history 2. Deajah Stevens (JR), Oregon, 11.04 3. Teahna Daniels (SO), Texas, 11.06
LSU wins its seventh title in the event, extending their all-time lead -- its first since 2008 (Kelly-Ann Baptiste) … Stevens was runner-up last year.
Women’s 400 Meters (4:32pm)
1. Chrisann Gordon (SR), Texas, 50.51 2. Shakima Wimbley (SR), Miami (Fla.), 50.68 3. Kendall Ellis (JR), Southern California, 51.06
Texas wins its seventh title in the event, extending their all-time lead -- third for the Longhorns in the last four years (Courtney Okolo -- 2014 and 2016) … Gordon was fifth last year … best event finish in Miami history … Wimbley was third last year and fifth in 2015 … best USC finish in the event since Carol Rodriguez in 2008 placed third
Women’s 800 Meters (4:44pm)
1. Raevyn Rogers (JR), Oregon, 2:00.02 … No. 6 performance in collegiate history 2. Hanna Green (SR), Virginia Tech, 2:01.32 3. Brooke Feldmeier (JR), Oregon, 2:01.54
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… Oregon’s Raevyn Rogers is first in meet history to win three-straight 800-meter titles outdoors … she also is now the all-time top point scorer in the event, topping Michigan’s Geena Gall’s 29 … Oregon won its seventh title in the event, extending their all-time lead … best event finish in Virginia Tech history -- Green was second last year … second time in meet history teammates finish in top 3 in the event (Tennessee, 1982)
Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles (4:57pm)
1. Sage Watson, Arizona, 54.52 2. Anna Cockrell, Southern California, 55.36 3. Amalie Iuel, Southern California, 55.82
First title for Arizona in the event … best finish in the event by USC since Natasha Danvers won it in 2000 … USC’s 2-3 matches Kentucky’s effort in 2015 (Kendra Harrison, Leah Nugent)
Women’s 200 Meters (5:07pm)
1. Kyra Jefferson, Florida, 22.02 (1.1) … COLLEGIATE AND MEET RECORD (old collegiate and meet record: Dawn Sowell, LSU, 22.04A, 1989) 2. Ariana Washington, Oregon, 22.39 3. Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard, 22.61
Florida’s first crown in the event … Ariana Washington was the defending champ … Thomas was also third last year … largest margin of victory since all-time meet best of 0.44 seconds was set in 1992
Women’s 5000 Meters (5:25pm)
1. Karissa Schweizer (JR), Missouri, 15:38.93 2. Alsu Bogdanova (JR), Eastern Michigan, 15:43.84 3. Katherine Receveur (SO), Indiana, 15:44.80
Schweizer won the indoor 5000 meters and is the first to sweep both since Providence’s Emily Sisson in 2015 … Schweizer was also the cross country champ in the fall … Schweizer is only the fourth in Division I history to accomplish the feat, joining Villanova’s Jennifer Rhines in 1994-95, Arizona’s Amy Skieresz in 1996-97, and Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego in 2007-08 … Schweizer is first Mizzou champion in the event since Sabrina Dornhoefer in 1985 and second overall … Schweizer was third last year ...
Best event finish in Eastern Michigan history and best in any event since Lela Nelson won the heptathlon in 2005
Women’s 4x400 Relay (5:51pm)
1. Oregon, 3:23.13 (anchor: Raevyn Rogers, split 49.77) … COLLEGIATE AND MEET RECORD 2. Southern California, 3:23.35 (anchor: Kendall Ellis, split 49.63) … … No. 2 performance in collegiate history 3. LSU, 3:26.99 (anchor: Travia Jones, split 51.68)
Rogers’ split is the fifth-fastest in meet history … Oregon wins the event for the first time since 2013 … USC’s best event finish since 2015 where they were runner-up
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Friday, June 9
ATTENDANCE: 11,448
WEATHER 12:30pm (heptathlon start) -- Overcast, rain for hurdles, 56 degrees, wind: WSW @ 9 mph 5:30pm (track start) -- Mostly cloudy, 57 degrees, wind: WSW @ 6 mph … … rain to start 1500 meters 7:25pm (5k start) -- Mostly cloudy, 54 degrees, wind: SSW @ 8 mph
Men’s Team Summary
1. Florida, 61½ 2. Texas A&M, 59½ 3. Virginia, 36 4. Arkansas, 33
Florida wins back-to-back team titles and its fourth overall … they did the same in 2012, 2013 (co-champs with Texas A&M in 2013) … Florida records its ninth-straight podium finish, holding the active lead, under coach Mike Holloway
Texas A&M finished third last year and has eight podium finishes since 2009 under coach Pat Henry … Virginia (coach Bryan Fetzer) records its first podium finish in program history (previous best finish: 7th last year) … Arkansas (coach Chris Bucknam) lands on the podium for the fourth time in five years
Individual Scoring
Filip Mihaljevic, Virginia, 20 points (1st-SP; 1st-DISC) Christian Coleman, Tennessee, 20 pts (1st-100; 1st-200) KeAndre Bates, Florida, 20 pts (1st-LJ; 1st-TJ)
Men’s High Jump (5:00pm start)
1. Christoff Bryan (JR), Kansas State, 2.21/7-3 2. Trey Culver (JR), Texas Tech, 2.21/7-3 3. Justice Summerset (FR), Arizona, 2.18/7-1¾
Kansas State wins its sixth outdoor high jump title in program history, all have come since 1998 -- five have been won by the Wildcats since 2007 … only USC (11) and Texas (7) have more … Bryan was runner-up a year ago … Culver was fifth last year … best finish by Arizona in the event since 2014 (Nick Ross, 3rd) … best finish by a freshman in the event since 2009 (Ryan Fleck, Auburn, 2nd) …
Men’s Discus (5:05pm start)
1. Filip Mihaljevic (SR), Virginia, 63.76/209-2 … No. 9 performance in meet history … Virginia school record 2. Reginald Jagers (SR), Kent State, 62.51/205-1 3. Jordan Young (SR), Virginia, 61.94/203-2
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Mihaljevic also won the shot put; is the first to sweep disc and shot titles since 2010 (Ryan Whiting, Arizona State) … It is Virginia’s first title in the event … best finish in event history for Kent State … first teammates to finish in top 3 in the event since SMU in 2004 (Hannes Hopley 1st, Michael Robertson 3rd)
Men’s Triple Jump (5:40pm start)
1. KeAndre Bates (JR), Florida, 16.76w/55-0 (2.4) [round 4] … also 16.75/54-11½ (1.3) [round 6] 2. Clive Pullen (SR), Arkansas, 16.60/54-5½ (1.7) 3. Scott Carter (SR), Wyoming, 16.24/53-3½ (1.4)
Florida claims its seventh title in the event over an eight year span -- only Arkansas (12) has more overall in event history … best finish by Arkansas in the event outdoors since 2008 (Nkosinza Balumbu, 3rd) … first event finalist in Wyoming history ...
Men’s 4x100 Relay (5:32pm)
1. Houston, 38.34, collegiate-leader … No. 4 time in meet history … No. 6 school in collegiate history … Hayward Field record 2. Auburn, 38.48 3. North Carolina A&T, 38.57
Houston wins the event for the first time since 1982 (Stanley Floyd anchor) … Houston anchor Cameron Burrell is the son of Cougar coach Leroy Burrell … best finish by Auburn in the event since Harvey Glance anchored the squad to runner-up showings in 1978 and 1979 … best finish in any event in North Carolina A&T history -- was fifth in the 4x100 in 2001 … first time in meet history the top seven went sub-39 … two-time defending champion LSU did not finish due to a dropped baton ...
Men’s 1500 Meters (5:42pm)
1. Josh Kerr (SO), New Mexico, 3;43.03 2. Justine Kiprotich (SO), Michigan State, 3:43.50 3. Craig Engels (SR), Ole Miss, 3:43.54
Kerr is the first to sweep indoor mile and outdoor 1500 meter titles since Texas’ Leo Manzano in 2008 …. New Mexico’s first title outdoors in event history -- previous best finish was Lee Emanuel’s third-place showing in 2009 after Emanuel won the indoor mile … best finish by Michigan State in the event since Warren Druetzler won in 1951 (mile) … best finish in Ole Miss history in the event ...
Men’s Steeplechase (5:54pm)
1. Edwin Kibichiy, Louisville, 8:28.40 … collegiate-leading time 2. Darren Fahy, Georgetown, 8:31.08 3. Dylan Blankenbaker, Oklahoma, 8:31.17
Third national title for Louisville in the event (Matt Hughes: 2010 and 2011) … best finish for Georgetown in the event since John Gregorek placed runner-up in 1981 … first in Oklahoma to finish in top-3 in the event -- Blankenbaker was 4th last year …
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Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles (6:12pm)
1. Grant Holloway (FR), Florida, 13.49 (-2.0) 2. Ruebin Walters (JR), Alabama, 13.54 3. David Kendziera (JR), Illinois, 13.59
Holloway is the first freshman in DI history to take both indoor and outdoor sprint hurdle races … Holloway was second in the long jump on Wednesday …biggest headwind for a final since Andrew Riley won in 2012 with a 3.5 m/s headwind …
Men’s 100 Meters (6:22pm)
1. Christian Coleman, Tennessee, 10.04 (-2.1) 2. Cameron Burrell, Houston, 10.12 3. Christopher Belcher, North Carolina A&T, 10.19
Coleman is the first to sweep indoor 60 and outdoor 100 titles in the same year since Florida’s Jeff Demps in 2010 … Sixth 100 meter title in Tennessee history, first since Justin Gatlin won in 2002, only USC with 8 has more … best Houston finish in the event since Sam Jefferson won in 1994 … Belcher also anchored A&T’s 4x1 to 3rd place showing.
Men’s 400 Meters (6:32pm)
1. Fred Kerley (SR), Texas A&M, 44.10 … … No. 2 performance in meet history … No. 3 performance in collegiate history 2. Nathon Allen (FR), Auburn, 44.69 3. Michael Cherry (SR), LSU, 44.77
Kerley sweeps indoor and outdoor titles -- the last to do so was LSU’s Vernon Norwood in 2015 … Third title in Texas A&M history in the event … Kerley ends season with the top four performances in collegiate history (43.70, 44.09, 44.10, 44.30) … best finish in event history for Auburn since Avard Moncur won in 2001 … Cherry finished third last year …
Men’s 800 Meters (6:44pm)
1. Emmanuel Korir (FR), UTEP, 1:45.03 … No. 9 performance in meet history 2. Isaiah Harris (SO), Penn State, 1:45.40 3. Joseph White (JR), Georgetown, 1:45.73, PR
Korir is first to sweep indoor and outdoor title since Iowa State’s Edward Kemboi in 2015. … second title in event history for UTEP -- the last since Peter Lemashon, a freshman, won in 1978 … second-straight year a freshman wins the event (Texas A&M’s Donovan Brazier) … third time in five years Penn State finishes runner-up in the event … best finish in the event for Georgetown since 2004 (Jesse O’Connell, 2nd) …
Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles (6:57pm)
1. Eric Futch (SR), Florida, 48.32 … collegiate-leader … No. 10 in collegiate history … No. 7 in meet history 2. Rai Benjamin (SO), UCLA, 48.33 … equals No. 8 in meet history (Iowa State’s Danny Harris) 3. Kemar Mowatt (JR), Arkansas, 48.49
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Eric Futch is the first to win back-to-back crowns in the event since Washington State’s Jeshua Anderson (2008, 2009) … first time in meet history top three scorers under 48.55 … Florida now sits alone on top of the event’s all-time wins table with 5 -- all of which have come since 2002 … best finish in event history for UCLA since 2007 … best finish in Arkansas program history in the event since Lee Yoder finished runner-up in 1952.
Men’s 200 Meters (7:07pm)
1. Christian Coleman (JR), Tennessee, 20.25 (-3.1) 2. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (SR), LSU, 20.29 3. Jereem Richards (JR), Alabama, 20.55
The 100 and 200 titles have been swept the last three years -- Arkansas’ Jarrion Lawson in 2016, USC’s Andre De Grasse in 2015 … Coleman joins Justin Gatlin who swept 100-200 crowns for Tennessee in 2002 … Fourth title overall for Tennessee in the event … best LSU finish in the event since Richard Thompson was runner-up in 2008 … Alabama’s best showing in the 200 since Calvin Smith had runner-up showings in 1982 and 1983 … toughest headwind in the final since 2012 in Des Moines (4.2 m/s), won by Florida State’s Maurice Mitchell …
Men’s 5000 Meters (7:25pm)
1. Grant Fisher (SO), Stanford, 14:35.60 2. Jack Bruce (JR), Arkansas, 14:35.88 3. Justyn Knight (JR), Syracuse, 14:36.23
Stanford wins its fourth title in the event and for the first time since 2005 (Ryan Hall) … best Arkansas finish since 2006 (Josphat Boit, 2nd) … best finish in event history for Syracuse -- Knight was 10th last year … also best showing in any event for Syracuse since 1989 (discus) … last four finals in the 5000 meters won by less than a second
Men’s 4x400 Relay (7:51pm)
1. Texas A&M, 2:59.98 (anchor: Fred Kerley, 43.99) 2. Arkansas, 3:01.84 (anchor: Ogi Igbokwe, 44.59) 3. Iowa, 3:01.91 (anchor: Emmanuel Ogwo, 45.03) 4. Florida, 3:02.16 (anchor: Grant Holloway, 43.89)
Texas A&M wins first title since 2014 and fifth overall -- the fourth-most in history of the event (Baylor 10, UCLA 10, LSU 6) … Kerley ran anchors of 43.96 in the semifinal and 43.99 in the final, first to run sub 44 in both rounds since USC’s Quincy Watts in 1992.
Arkansas last finished runner-up in 2013 … best Iowa 4x400 finish since winning in 1967 (anchor Mike Mondane) …
… Holloway’s anchor for Florida is the 11th best in meet history … With Texas A&M’s win, Florida had to finish sixth or better to secure the team title.
Women’s Heptathlon (12:30pm day one start)
100 Meter Hurdles (rain): Williams 12.95 (0.2), Stumbaugh 13.17 (0.2), Brooks 13.37 (0.2) after 1 event: Williams 1132, Stumbaugh 1099, Brooks 1069 High Jump: Williams 1.81/5-11¼, Hinton 1.78/5-10, Brooks 1.75/5-8¾ after 2 events: Williams 2123, Brooks 1985, Stumbaugh 1941 Shot Put: Mokrasova 13.36/43-10, Schultz 12.74/41-9¾, Brown 12.56/41-2½
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after 3 events: Williams 2774, Schultz 2610, Brooks 2605 200 Meters: Stumbaugh 23.93 (-3.1), Williams 24.12 (-3.1), Cooks 24.53 (-2.7) after 4 events, day one: Williams 3743, Stumbaugh 3552, Brooks 3509
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Thursday, June 8
ATTENDANCE: 9,904
WEATHER 10:30am (decathlon start) -- Overcast, showers -- rain to start hurdles, 58 degrees, wind: SW @ 9 mph 4:30pm (track start) -- Overcast, 61 degrees, wind: SW @ 10 mph 7:15pm (10k start) -- Overcast, 58 degrees, wind: WSW @ 7 mph
Women’s Hammer (2:00pm)
1. Maggie Ewen (JR), Arizona State, 73.32/240-7 (round 3) … collegiate and meet record (old collegiate record: Jenny Dahlgren, Georgia, 72.94/239-3, 2007) (old meet record: DeAnna Price, Southern Illinois, 71.49/234-6, 2015) 2. Brooke Andersen (JR), Northern Arizona, 68.62/225-1 3. Beatrice Llano (FR), Georgia, 67.42/221-2
In addition to Ewen’s collegiate and meet record, Andersen moves to No. 8 in meet history … for the first time in meet history, all scorers eclipsed 210 feet (64.02m) … Ewen is Arizona State’s second winner in the event (Chelsea Cassulo, 2013) … Andersen is Northern Arizona’s first to score in the event … Llano’s place is the best by a freshman since 2006 (Eva Orban, Southern California, 2nd) … 2014 champion, Princeton’s Julia Ratcliffe (6th), finishes her career with 21 points in the event -- was runner-up in 2015.
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Women’s Pole Vault (5:00pm)
1. Olivia Gruver (SO), Kentucky, 4.50/14-9 2. Alexis “Lexi” Weeks (SO), Arkansas, 4.45/14-7¼ 3. Annie Rhodes (SR), Baylor, 4.40/14-5¼
First pole vault national champion in Kentucky history -- Gruver was Kentucky’s first finalist in team history as a freshman last year … first scorer in Baylor team history in the event outdoors …
Women’s Javelin (5:45pm)
1. Irena Sediva (SR), Virginia Tech, 58.76/192-9 2. Marija Vucenovic (SR), Florida, 58.58/192-2 3. Ashley Pryke (SO), Memphis, 56.93/186-9 Sediva was the 2015 champion … Pryke is Memphis’ first scorer in event history.
Women’s Long Jump (6:00pm)
1. Kate Hall (FR), Georgia, 6.73/22-1 (-0.6) 2. Keturah Orji (JR), Georgia, 6.71w/22-¼ (2.2) 3. Sydney Conley (SR), Kansas, 6.56/21-6¼ (0.2)
Last freshman to win was George Mason’s Diane Guthrie in 1991 … first duo to go 1-2 in event history … Kansas scores in the event for the fifth-straight year -- Conley was seventh in 2014 and fifth in 2015 … Kate Hall moves into a tie for No. 6 in meet history
Women’s Shot Put (6:40pm)
1. Danniel Thomas (SR), Kent State, 19.15/62-10 … No. 2 performer in collegiate history 2. Emmonnie Henderson (SR), Louisville, 17.92/58-9½ 3. Brittany Mann (SR), Southern California, 17.49/57-4¾
First shot put title in Kent State women’s history … Danniel Thomas recorded the 2nd best and now-7th best marks in collegiate history ... best showing in Louisville women’s program history in any event … first time in meet history all scorers with marks 56-6 (17.22) or better … two-time defending champion and collegiate record holder Raven Saunders of Ole Miss finished 4th
Women’s 10,000 Meters (7:24 start, 7:08pm scheduled)
1. Charlotte Taylor (SR), San Francisco, 32:38.57 … 7th-best performance in meet history 2. Alice Wright (JR), New Mexico, 32:42.64 … 10th-best performance in meet history 3. Sharon Lokedi (JR), Kansas, 32:46.10
First title in program history, in any event, for San Francisco -- previous best was Ollie Matson who finished runner-up in the men’s 400 meters in 1952 … Wright matches her 2016 showing, scoring in the event for a third time … best 10k outdoor finish in Kansas history. Montana State’s Alyssa Snyder (fourth place) breaks her own school record time with her finish of 32:58.31. (previous was 33:45.81)
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Men’s Decathlon (10:30am day two start)
1. Lindon Victor (SR), Texas A&M, 8390 … second-best score in meet history 2. Devon Williams (SR), Georgia, 8181 3. Luca Wieland (SR), Minnesota, 8146
Victor is second back-to-back champion in a row, joining Georgia’s Maicel Uibo from 2014 and 2015 … Victor ends collegiate career with the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 8th best scores in collegiate history.
Event-by-Event 100 Meters: Duckworth 10.54 (-0.1), Wieland 10.56 (-0.1), Saluri 10.58 (-0.1) after 1 event: Duckworth 966, Wieland 961, Saluri 956 Long Jump: Williams 7.73/25-4½, Veith 7.71/25-3½, Wieland 7.66/25-1¾ after 2 events: Wieland 1936, Williams 1932, Veith 1925 Shot Put: Victor 16.31/53-6¼, Saluri 14.22/46-8, Wasik 14.20/46-7¼ after 3 events: Victor 2690, Williams 2668, Saluri 2658 High Jump: Wieland 2.16/7-1, Duckworth 2.13/6-11¾, Lawson 2.10/6-10¾ after 4 events: Wieland 3604, Victor 3503, Williams 3453 400 Meters: Bastien 47.49, Saluri 47.98, Mahler 48.15 after day one, 5 events: Wieland 4440, Williams 4354, Victor 4349 all-time best scores after 5 events: Eaton-2010 4500, WIELAND-2017 4440, Taiwo-2013 4389 eight over 4200, an all-time meet high -- previous: 6 in 1992 110 Meter Hurdles (wind reversed): Williams 13.87 (1.7), Duckworth 14.30 (2.0), Veith 14.40 (1.3) after 6 events: Williams 5345, Wieland 5339, Victor 5225 all-time best scores after 6 events: Eaton-2010 5516, Eaton-2009 5361, WILLIAMS-2017 5345 Discus: Victor 53.31/174-11, Golubovic 46.81/153-7, Moore 43.72/153-7 after 7 events: Victor 6165, Wieland 6061, Williams 6024 all-time best scores after 7 events: Eaton-2010 6215, VICTOR-2017 6165, Victor-2016 6140 Pole Vault: Ehrhardt 5.21/17-1, Duckworth 5.01/16-5¼, Mahler 4.91/16-1¼ after 8 events: Victor 6958, Wieland 6883, Williams 6846 all-time best scores after 8 events: Eaton-2010 7034, VICTOR-2017 6958, Ziemek-2016 6922 Javelin: Victor 67.24/220-7, Walton 63.24/207-6, Golubovic 61.09/200-5 after 9 events … Victor 7805, Williams 7539, Wieland 7473 all-time best scores after 9 events: VICTOR-2017 7805, Victor-2016 7723, Eaton-2010 7658 1500 Meters: Delgado 4:14.34 PR, Mahler 4:25.14, Lawson 4:34.11 … Victor 4:55.71 (18th) Victor needed 4:44.45 (653 pts) to break Eaton’s meet record (8457) … Victor needed 4:31.54 (735 pts) to break own collegiate record (8539) … his PR is 4:43.81
Women’s Semifinals
4x100 Relay: Kansas State will appear in the final for the first time in team history … Florida advances to the final for the fourth-straight year… Clemson makes the final for the first time since winning in 2001 … Arkansas makes the final for the first time since 2004 … LSU’s 42.76 would have equaled the fastest qualifier in meet history, but an exchange out of the zone disqualified the Tigers -- they miss their first final in eight years … Texas A&M was also disqualified, breaking a streak of 10-straight final appearances … … three of the top four teams on the collegiate best list, collegiate-record-holding LSU and Oregon, along with Texas A&M who sat fourth on the list failed to make the final
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1500 Meters: Katie Rainsberger’s qualification marks Oregon’s eighth-straight year with a finalist … Jaimie Phelan’s advancement to the final marks Michigan’s fifth-straight year with a finalist in this event … indoor mile champion Karisa Nelson of Samford is the school’s first women's participant in NCAA outdoor DI meet history
Steeplechase: Colorado freshman Madison Boreman won heat 1 in 9:51.00, her fifth steeple race ever and broke her PR by over 15 seconds … Northern Illinois’ Hope Schmelzle won heat 2 in 9:50.51, becoming the first in Husky history to make a track final … .New Hampshire’s Elinor Purrier, who was runner-up in the indoor mile and third in the steeple last year, made the final .. Nevada’s Emily Myers clocked the fastest non-qualifying mark in meet history in 10:00.32 --- all told, five were under the old standard of 10:07.99.
100 Meter Hurdles: Defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Kentucky won heat 1 in 12.84, securing the Wildcats’ fourth-straight appearance in the final … defending runner-up Tobi Amusan of UTEP won heat 2 in 12.79 … Oregon sophomore Alaysha Johnson won heat 3 in 12.87 … Oregon’s Sasha Wallace, the indoor 60 meter hurdles champ made it as the final time qualifier in 13.10
100 Meters: Defending champion Ariana Washington of Oregon was the final time qualifier, advancing to the final in 11.26 … Oregon, who also advanced Deajah Stevens as a time qualifier, has advanced one to the final in each of the last 7 championships … LSU advanced Aleia Hobbs and Mikiah Brisco and the Tigers will appear in their 24th final in 26 years …
400 Meters: Fastest qualifier in meet history for Texas’ Chrisann Gordon to win heat 1 in 50.39 … Gordon also moves to No.7 in collegiate history with the run … Texas is in the final for the fifth straight year ... indoor national champ and third last year, Miami’s Shakima Wimbley won heat two in 51.17 … indoor runner-up Kendall Ellis of Southern California won heat 3 in 51.80 …. Daina Harper secures Arkansas’ ninth final showing in the last 11 years.
800 Meters: Defending champion, indoor champ, and collegiate record holder Raevyn Rogers of Oregon won heat 2 in 2:05.63 in a closing 60.3 -- she could become the first in meet history to win three outdoor titles in the event … Oregon’s Brooke Feldmeier took heat 3 in 2:03.43 … The Ducks have had a finalist in the event for eight straight years and last qualified two in 2012 (Laura Roesler, Anne Kesselring) … Kaylee Dodd of Oklahoma State wins heat 1 in 2:04.35, a new personal best, with a 62.4 final lap to move from last to first … last year’s runner-up Olivia Baker of Stanford was second in the first heat to advance automatically …
400 Meter Hurdles: 15 minute delay from heat 1 to heat 2 due to an injured athlete … Arizona’s Sage Watson, third place last year, won heat 2 in 54.86
200 Meters: Oregon advanced two to the final -- Deajah Stevens and Ariana Washington … Stevens, Washington, Texas A&M’s Aaliyah Brown will contest both the 100 and 200 finals … Texas A&M has had a finalist in 10 out of the last 11 years.
4x400 Relay: Florida, winners of heat 1, will go the final for the seventh-straight year -- a meet active best …Texas moves to the final for the sixth straight year while Arkansas snapped a streak of five-straight appearances …. Ohio State appears in the final for the first time since 2008 (6th).
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Wednesday, June 7
ATTENDANCE: 9,717
WEATHER
12:30pm (decathlon start) -- Fair, high clouds, 72 degrees, wind: WSW @ 7 mph 4:30pm (track start) -- Overcast, 74 degrees, wind: NE @ 5 mph 7:15pm (10k start) -- Overcast, scattered sprinkles, 70 degrees, wind: N @ 10 mph
Men’s Hammer (2:00pm start, 4:01pm end)
1. Rudy Winkler (SR), Cornell, 74.12m/243-2, season best 2. Alexander Young (SR), Southeastern Louisiana, 73.66m/241-8, personal best 3. Gleb Dudarev (FR), Kansas, 73.44m/240-11
First time in meet history with eight throwers over 70 meters … the previous best was five in 2016, 2000, 1999, 1995 … meet’s best-marks-ever for places 5-6-7-8 …
Winkler was runner-up in 2016 to Oklahoma State’s Nick Miller … he also was eighth in 2015 as a sophomore … Dudarev’s finish is the best by a freshman in the event since Virginia Tech’s Tomas Kruzliak won the crown in 2013.
This was Cornell’s 5th NCAA outdoor title in program history … First since 2008 (Muhammad Halim, Triple Jump)
Men’s Pole Vault (5:00 start)
1. Matthew Ludwig (SO), Akron, 5.60/18-4½ 2. Adrian Valles (JR), Cincinnati, 5.55/18-2½ 3. Hussain Alhizam (SO), Kansas, 5.45/17-10½ Chris Nilsen (FR), South Dakota, 5.45/17-10½
Akron has two titles in three years in the event (Shawn Barber, 2015) … best finish by Cincinnati in event history and best overall since 1973 (Al Lanier, long jump) … Nilsen, who won the indoor title, is South Dakota’s second men’s Division I All-American … no freshman in NCAA history has captured both NCAA indoor and outdoor pole vault titles …
Men’s Javelin (5:45 start)
1. Ioannis Kyriazis (JR), Texas A&M, 82.58/270-11 … meet record (old: Esko Mikkola, Arizona, 81.86/268-7, 1998) 2. Nicolas Quijera (JR), Mississippi State, 76.77/251-10 3. Michael Shuey (SR), Penn State, 76.42/250-9 - New School Record
Texas A&M scores their second title in the event since 2013 (Sam Humphreys) … Penn State’s best finish in the event since Jim Stevenson won in 1966.
Men’s Long Jump (6:00 start)
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1. KeAndre Bates (JR), Florida, 8.05/26-5 2. Grant Holloway (FR), Florida, 8.00/26-3 3. Will Williams (JR), Texas A&M, 7.96/26-1½
Only other 1-2 event finish by same school was by Texas Southern in 1987 (Paul Emordi, Vernon George) … That was Florida’s 3rd long jump title in the past 4 years (Marquis Dendy, 2015 and 2016) …
Men’s Shot Put (6:40 start)
1. Filip Mihaljevic (SR), Virginia, 21.30/69-10¾, personal best, No. 10 performer in meet history 2. Mostafa Hassan (JR), Colorado State, 20.38/66-10½ 3. Nicholas Demaline (JR), Ohio State, 20.08/65-10½
First to win back-to-back titles since Ryan Crouser of Texas (2013, 2014) … Hassan was third last year … Best Ohio State finish in the event since Dan Taylor was runner-up in 2004.
Men’s 10,000 Meters (7:18 start, 7:08 scheduled)
1. Marc Scott (SR), Tulsa, 29:01.54 2. Rory Linkletter (SO), BYU, 29:02.96 3. Erik Peterson (SR), Butler, 29:04.74
First outdoor national title in Tulsa program history (previous-best finish in any event: 6th) … Scott was the indoor national runner-up this year in the 5000 meters … BYU’s best finish since Cougar coach Ed Eyestone won in 1984 and 1985 … Peterson’s finish is the best in the 10k in Butler history and the best in any event since 2009. … first time since the “Power 5” era in which all placers, in any event, were from non-”Power 5” conferences.
Men’s Semifinals
4x100 relay: Auburn runs a collegiate-leading 38.47 … North Carolina A&T moves to No. 9 on the all-time collegiate list with their school-record 38.48 qualifying run … Oregon ran a school record 38.76 in winning heat one … defending-champ LSU makes the final for the 13th-straight year, the active meet-best … Florida fails to make the final for the first time since 2007 … Texas ran a school record 38.68 to qualify for the final… Iowa set a school record (39.12) but failed to qualify. … 38.92 by Ohio State (school record) is the fastest non-qualifying performance in meet history (Houston, 39.35, 2005)
1500 Meters: Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech grabbed two qualifying spots for the final. … Blake Haney extended Oregon’s meet-best active streak of years with a finals qualifer in the event to five (titles in 2013 and 2014) …
Steeplechase: Oklahoma’s Dylan Blankenbaker made it to the final as an automatic qualifier despite falling to the track after tripping on a hurdle four laps before the finish. … Tulane’s Emmanuel Rotich is the Green Wave’s first finalist in the event since 2002 … Gonzaga’s Troy Fraley is the Bulldogs’ first championship participant in the school’s Division I history
110 Meter Hurdles: Illinois’ David Kendziera (13.39) and South Carolina’s Isaiah Moore (13.47) set personal bests in finishing 1-2 in heat 1 … In heat 3, Florida frosh Grant Holloway (13.41) and Iowa’s Aaron Mallett (13.44) also set PRs in auto qualifying … Desmond Palmer is Pittsburgh’s first finals qualifier in the event since 1991 (Elbert Ellis). Kentucky senior Nick Anderson, the high scoring returner in the event having finished as runner-up last year, ran a personal best (13.49) to take third in heat one.
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100 Meters: Tennessee’s Christian Coleman won heat 1 in a collegiate- and meet-record (old: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State, 9.89, 2011), world-leading 9.82 (1.3) and the eighth-fastest, wind-legal time in world history … Houston’s Cameron Burrell won heat 2 in 9.93 (1.6), moving into a tie at No. 6 on the all-time collegiate list … North Carolina A&T’s Christopher Belcher won heat 3 in 9.93 to also move to No. 6 in collegiate history … Jaylon Bacon is Arkansas State’s first finalist in the event since 1975 (Ed Preston) … 10.05 by Georgia’s Cejhae Greene is the fastest non-qualifying time in meet history (previous: 10.09 -- Ole Miss’ Isiah Young, 2012 and UT Arlington’s Quentin Butler, 2015)
400 Meters: Auburn advanced freshmen Nathon Allen and Akeem Bloomfield, marking the Tigers’ first appearance in the final since 2003 (Sanjay Ayre) … Adding Southern California’s Michael Norman, who ran a PR 44.97 to advance -- it will be the first 400 meter final since 2009 featuring 3 freshman (Jonathan Borlee, Kevin Borlee, Thomas Murdaugh) … Florida does not have a finalist for the first time since 2006 … LSU and Oregon both advance a finalist for the fourth-straight year … Wil London is Baylor’s first finalist since 2008 (LeJerald Betters).
800 Meters: UTEP freshmen Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni advanced to the final -- we believe they are the first freshmen duo from the same school to make the final in meet history … for the second year in a row, three freshmen make the final.
400 Meter Hurdles: Defending champion Eric Futch and last year’s runner-up TJ Holmes of Florida advanced to the final along with last year’s third-place finishing Kenny Selmon of North Carolina … in all, five finalists from last year will return … Pittsburgh’s Desmond Palmer and Illinois’ David Kendziera will contest both the 110 and 400 hurdles finals
200 Meters: North Carolina A&T’s Belcher won heat 3 in personal best 20.01, the second-fastest qualifier in meet history and the fifth-best, wind-legal performance overall in meet history … all told, six finalists in the 200 will also be in the 100 meter final, tying the meet’s all-time high (1958, 1956, 1940, 1935) … LSU’s Mitchell-Blake secured a spot in the final, marking the fourth-straight year with a Tiger in the final, the meet’s active-best streak
4x400 Relay: Fastest qualifier in meet history by Texas A&M to win heat 1, 2:59.95 .. also equals the No. 4-best performance overall in meet history and equal No. 5 best in collegiate history … Texas A&M Fred Kerley anchored in 43.96 -- the third-fastest split in a qualifier in meet history ... Texas A&M and Florida extends the active lead in appearing in their 11th-straight final … Penn State’s 3:04.10 is the fastest non-qualifying time in meet history -- Baylor was also under the previous standard of 3:04.64.
Men’s Decathlon (12:30pm start)
100 Meters: Duckworth 10.54 (-0.1), Wieland 10.56 (-0.1), Saluri 10.58 (-0.1) after 1 event: Duckworth 966, Wieland 961, Saluri 956 Long Jump: Williams 7.73/25-4½, Veith 7.71/25-3½, Wieland 7.66/25-1¾ after 2 events: Wieland 1936, Williams 1932, Veith 1925 Shot Put: Victor 16.31/53-6¼, Saluri 14.22/46-8, Wasik 14.20/46-7¼ after 3 events: Victor 2690, Williams 2668, Saluri 2658 High Jump: Wieland 2.16/7-1, Duckworth 2.13/6-11¾, Lawson 2.10/6-10¾ after 4 events: Wieland 3604, Victor 3503, Williams 3453 400 Meters: Bastien 47.49, Saluri 47.98, Mahler 48.15 after day one, 5 events: Wieland 4440, Williams 4354, Victor 4349 (eight over 4200, an all-time meet high -- previous: 6 in 1992) Wieland’s day one of 4440 is second-best in meet history (Ashton Eaton, Oregon 4500, 2010)
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