Outdoor Track and Field DIVISION I WOMEN’S Highlights Henry Hauls Down Yet Another Crown As Texas A&M Rolls To Second Straight Men’s And Women’s Titles: Legendary college track coach Pat Henry and his Texas A&M Aggies swept the men’s and women’s team titles for the second year in a row on June 12 at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field. Henry now has 19 outdoor team titles and his latest two were masterfully executed. The Texas A&M men won the fi nal event on the track, the 4x400 relay, to edge Florida by a single point, 55-54. The Gators fi nished third in the relay and were .21 seconds behind second-place Mississippi State. But even after that race was over, it took the offi cial results of the long jump to sort out the overall winner. The Aggies were nearly fl awless on the women’s side, securing 22 points in the 200 meters on the fi nal day and fi nishing with 72 to beat hometown favorite Oregon, second with 57. Texas A&M also won the 4x100 relay and fi nished second to Oregon by a whisker in the 4x400. “It’s about team eff orts, ups and downs, and it’s about responding to ups and downs,” Henry said. “All year long, this has been a unique group of guys and women.” The women lost Natasha Ruddock and Gabby Mayo - big projected scorers - to injury. And still, the Aggies found a way to score more points than any team has at the NCAA meet since 2002. “We have so much talent on this team,” said Porscha Lucas, who won the 200 and ran the second leg on the victorious 4x100 relay. “If we’re losing one (athlete) we still have three more (ready) to go.” The fi rst challenge for the Texas A&M sprinters was to turn quickly from their 4x100 relay win and prepare for the 200 meters fi nal just 38 minutes later on a cool, gray morning in Eugene. “It was tough, but it was manageable,” Lucas said. “We look at the 4-by-1 as a warmup, so it got our bodies warm and ready for the 200.” Lucas won that event in 22.83 seconds, while teammate Jeneba Tarmoh was second in 22.92. Dominique Duncan was fi fth in 23.48. All three of them had been part of the short relay. Vashti Thomas added a sixth place fi nish in the 100-meter hurdles and Hillary Pustka was sixth in the javelin. In the 4x400 relay, with the team win safely secured for the Aggies, Oregon’s Keshia Baker was able to hold off Texas A&M’s Jessica Beard for the win, by .03 seconds. The Ducks won their fi rst relay title in 3:28.54. For the A&M men, the title seemed like it might have been lost with a botched handoff between Tran Howell and Gerald Phiri in the fi rst exchange of the 4x100 meters. Florida, with Jeff Demps on the anchor leg, got the win in 39.04 seconds, while the Aggies took a zero. That result put the Gators in front by two points, 38-36. Curtis Mitchell and Phiri placed second and eighth, respectively, in the 200 meters to score a total of nine points for the Aggies. And the 4x400 relay win lifted the team to the title. “It’s my fi rst time to get this championship so I am really excited,” said Demetrius Pinder, who ran the second leg on the winning relay. “It’s not a one-man thing - we all have worked hard to get this title.” In the long jump, which wrapped up about the same time as the fi nal relay, Florida’s Christian Taylor was fourth. Taylor also ran on the 4x400 relay for the Gators. Texas A&M had a pair of jumpers in the fi eld but neither of them scored. Henry has coached 14 championship teams in the 28 years the event has existed for women. It was his fi fth men’s victory. Fifteen of his 19 team championships came during his tenure at LSU (1987-2004). Henry is the only coach to sweep the men’s and women’s titles in the same year and he has now done it four times (1989 and 1990 at LSU; 2009 and 2010 at Texas A&M).. 2010 TEAM STANDINGS Baylor .................................................13 41. Akron .....................................................5 Texas ......................................................3 1. Texas A&M ........................................72 Florida St. ..........................................13 Mississippi St. .....................................5 62. Air Force ...............................................2 2. Oregon ..............................................57 Indiana St..........................................13 Villanova ..............................................5 Colorado St. ........................................2 3. Florida ................................................40 24. Colorado ...........................................12 Washington St. ..................................5 Connecticut ........................................2 4. Penn St...............................................34 25. UCLA ...............................................10½ Wisconsin ............................................5 Yale .........................................................2 5. Virginia Tech ....................................33 26. Georgia ..............................................10 46. Arizona St. ...........................................4 66. East Carolina.......................................1 6. LSU ......................................................31 Hampton ..........................................10 UCF .........................................................4 Idaho St. ...............................................1 7. UTEP ...................................................29 Hawaii ................................................10 Georgetown .......................................4 North Carolina ...................................1 8. Iowa St. ..............................................28 Tennessee .........................................10 Houston ...............................................4 Ohio St. .................................................1 9. Oklahoma .........................................26 30. Middle Tenn........................................9 TCU .........................................................4 Washington ........................................1 Southern Ill. .....................................26 31. Maryland..............................................8 51. Kansas ...................................................3 11. Miami (FL).........................................24 Minnesota ...........................................8 Kent St...................................................3 12. Auburn ..............................................23 33. UC Santa Barbara .............................7 Kentucky ..............................................3 13. Arizona ..............................................19 Michigan St. ........................................7 Loyola Marymount ..........................3 14. Stanford.........................................17½ Princeton .............................................7 Providence ..........................................3 15. Arkansas ............................................17 36. BYU .........................................................6 St. John’s (NY) ....................................3 16. Indiana ...............................................16 Buffalo ...................................................6 South Carolina...................................3 West Virginia ...................................16 Louisville ..............................................6 SMU ........................................................3 18. Clemson ............................................15 Oral Roberts .......................................6 Southern Miss....................................3 19. Nebraska ...........................................14 Texas Tech ...........................................6 Stony Brook ........................................3 20. Alabama ............................................13 2 WOMEN’S DIVISION I OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD—INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2010 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 10,000-meter run: 1. Lisa Koll, Iowa St., 32:49.35; 2. Betsy Long jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Blessing Saina, Iowa St., 33:13.13; 3. Nicole Blood, Oregon, 33:22.62; Okagbare, UTEP, 6.79 (22-3½); 2. Arantxa King, Stanford, 100-meter dash (wind aided): 1. Blessing Okagbare, 4. Clara Grandt, West Virginia, 33:23.22; 5. Pasca Cheruiyot, 6.57w (21-6¾); 3. Mindy McClurkin, BYU, 6.53 (21-5¼); UTEP, 10.98; 2. Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 11.12; 3. Jeneba Florida St., 33:23.63; 6. Tara Erdmann, Loyola Marymount, 4. Jamesha Youngblood, Oregon, 6.48 (21-3¼); 5. Shara Tarmoh, Texas A&M, 11.13; 4. Takeia Pinckney, LSU, 11.23; 33:27.66; 7. Danielle Domenichelli, UC Santa Barbara, Proctor, Florida, 6.34 (20-9¾); 6. Tori Bowie, Southern Miss., 5. Terra Evans, Texas Tech, 11.27; 6. Shaniqua Ferguson, 33:32.81; 8. Stephanie Marcy, Stanford, 33:32.92. 6.26 (20-6½); 7. Neidra Covington, TCU, 6.25 (20-6¼); 8. Auburn, 11.32; 7. Trisha-Ann Hawthorne, Connecticut, 11.39; Andrea Geubelle, Kansas, 6.24 (20-5¾). 8. Shayla Mahan, South Carolina, 11.47. 100-meter high hurdles: 1. Queen Quedith Harrison, Virginia Tech, 12.67; 2. Ti’erra Brown, Miami (FL), 12.84; 3. Triple jump (w indicates win aided): 1. Patricia Mamona, 200-meter dash: 1. Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 22.83; 2. Clemson, 14.01 (45-11¾); 2. Sarah Nambawa, Middle Tenn., Aleesha Barber, Penn St., 12.91; 4. Kristi Castlin, Virginia Tech, Jeneba Tarmoh, Texas A&M, 22.92; 3. Nivea Smith, Auburn, 13.66w (44-9¾); 3. Shara Proctor, Florida, 13.62 (44-8¼); 13.00; 5. Jackie Coward, UCF, 13.04; 6. Vashti Thomas, Texas 23.25; 4. Tiffany Townsend, Baylor, 23.35; 5. Dominique 4. Kimberly Williams, Florida St., 13.58 (44-6¾);