Day 2 of the NCAA Championships was one for the record books. Even though the majority of the races today were preliminary heats, multiple records and personal bests were smashed as athletes were out guns blazing through these first days of the championship.
The running events kick started the meet from the gun with the men’s 200m preliminary heats. Maurice Mitchell, the senior from Florida State who had the #1 seed going into the meet, ran a 20.23, which puts him at the #12 spot on the 2012 world list. Mitchell cruised to victory in heat 3 to get an automatic qualifier for the final on Saturday.
1 |
Maurice Mitchell |
SR |
Florida State |
20.23 |
Q |
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+2.4 |
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3 (1) |
2 |
Isiah Young |
JR |
Mississippi |
20.43 |
Q |
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+2.4 |
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3 (2) |
3 |
Aaron Brown |
SO |
USC |
20.44 |
q |
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+2.4 |
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3 (3) |
4 |
Harry Adams |
JR |
Auburn |
20.49 |
Q |
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+0.4 |
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1 (1) |
5 |
Aaron Ernest |
FR |
LSU |
20.54 |
q |
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+2.4 |
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3 (4) |
6 |
Kind Butler |
SR |
Indiana |
20.57 |
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+2.4 |
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3 (5) |
7 |
Ameer Webb |
JR |
Texas A&M |
20.59 |
Q |
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+1.9 |
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2 (1) |
8 |
Akeem Williams |
JR |
Grambling |
20.63 |
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+2.4 |
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3 (6) |
9 |
Prezel Hardy Jr. |
SO |
Texas A&M |
20.64 |
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+2.4 |
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3 (7) |
10 |
Keenan Brock |
SO |
Auburn |
20.65 |
Q |
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+0.4 |
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1 (2) |
11 |
Dedric Dukes |
FR |
Florida |
20.68 |
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+0.4 |
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1 (3) |
12 |
Horatio Williams |
SR |
Florida State |
20.69 |
Q |
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+1.9 |
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2 (2) |
The women’s 200 was also a stellar performance as Kimberlyn Duncan from LSU won heat 2 decisively, posting the #1 time in the world, which improved her previous personal best by .03 seconds. Nobody could touch the LSU junior who is also the defending indoor and outdoor NCAA Champion.
1 |
Kimberlyn Duncan |
JR |
LSU |
22.19 |
Q |
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+1.9 |
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2 (1) |
2 |
Semoy Hackett |
SR |
LSU |
22.58 |
Q |
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+0.9 |
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3 (1) |
3 |
Paris Daniels |
JR |
Kansas |
22.65 |
Q |
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+2.2 |
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1 (1) |
4 |
Kai Selvon |
SO |
Auburn |
22.66 |
Q |
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+2.2 |
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1 (2) |
5 |
Dominique Duncan |
SR |
Texas A&M |
22.70 |
q |
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+2.2 |
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1 (3) |
6 |
Christy Udoh |
SO |
Texas |
22.72 |
Q |
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+1.9 |
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2 (2) |
7 |
Octavious Freeman |
FR |
UCF |
22.74 |
q |
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+1.9 |
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2 (3) |
8 |
Aurieyall Scott |
SO |
UCF |
22.76 |
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+2.2 |
[22.755] |
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1 (4) |
9 |
Cambrya Jones |
SR |
Pittsburgh |
22.76 |
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+1.9 |
[22.758] |
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2 (4) |
10 |
Ashley Collier |
SO |
Texas A&M |
23.01 |
Q |
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+0.9 |
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3 (2) |
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The men’s 1500 had some surprises as Kyle Merber of Columbia, the American collegiate record holder with a season’s best of 3:35, finished 10th in heat 1 with a time of 3:48, taking him out of the final on Saturday. Patrick Todd, a junior from Virginia was also ranked #8 heading into the meet, but ended up finishing last in heat 2, which will also take him out of the running for the final.
1 |
Ryan Hill |
JR |
North Carolina St. |
3:39.84 |
Q |
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1 (1) |
2 |
Andrew Bayer |
JR |
Indiana |
3:39.95 |
Q |
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1 (2) |
3 |
Miles Batty |
SR |
BYU |
3:40.01 |
Q |
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1 (3) |
4 |
Chris O'Hare |
JR |
Tulsa |
3:40.14 |
Q |
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1 (4) |
5 |
German Fernandez |
JR |
Oklahoma State |
3:40.19 |
Q |
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1 (5) |
6 |
Michael Hammond |
JR |
Virginia Tech |
3:40.27 |
q |
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1 (6) |
7 |
Duncan Phillips |
SR |
Arkansas |
3:40.38 |
q |
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1 (7) |
8 |
Zach Dahleen |
JR |
Southern Illinois |
3:41.18 |
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1 (8) |
9 |
Erik van Ingen |
SR |
Binghamton |
3:42.57 |
Q |
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2 (1) |
10 |
Rob Finnerty |
JR |
Wisconsin |
3:42.58 |
Q |
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2 (2) |
11 |
Lawi Lalang |
SO |
Arizona |
3:42.61 |
Q |
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2 (3) |
12 |
Rich Peters |
SO |
Boston U. |
3:42.69 |
Q |
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2 (4) |
13 |
Sam McEntee |
SO |
Villanova |
3:42.73 |
Q |
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2 (5) |
The women’s 1500 was a battle on the track, particularly in heat 1 where Lucy Van Dalen of Stony Brook and Emily Infeld of Georgetown fought through the final 100 meters for the win in the preliminary. Van Dalen split a 62 second last lap to edge out Infeld in the final 50 meters of the race to win heat 1 in a blazing 4:11.
1 |
Lucy Van Dalen |
SR |
Stony Brook |
4:11.69 |
Q |
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1 (1) |
2 |
Emily Infeld |
JR |
Georgetown |
4:11.73 |
Q |
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1 (2) |
3 |
Natalja Piliusina |
SO |
Oklahoma State |
4:12.55 |
Q |
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2 (1) |
4 |
Katie Flood |
SO |
Washington |
4:12.65 |
Q |
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2 (2) |
5 |
Jordan Hasay |
JR |
Oregon |
4:12.68 |
Q |
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2 (3) |
6 |
Greta Feldman |
JR |
Princeton |
4:12.73 |
Q |
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1 (3) |
7 |
Cory McGee |
SO |
Florida |
4:12.93 |
Q |
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1 (4) |
8 |
Becca Friday |
JR |
Oregon |
4:13.06 |
Q |
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2 (4) |
9 |
Amanda Winslow |
JR |
Florida State |
4:13.08 |
Q |
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1 (5) |
10 |
Morgane Gay |
JR |
Virginia |
4:13.20 |
Q |
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2 (5) |
11 |
Violah Lagat |
SR |
Florida State |
4:13.30 |
q |
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2 (6) |
12 |
Rebecca Tracy |
JR |
Notre Dame |
4:13.48 |
q |
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1 (6) |
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The highlight of the men’s 4x400 was heat 2 where Penn State’s anchor leg, sophomore Brady Gehret ran an incredible last lap to take down LSU’s Ryker Hylton and Mississippi State’s James Harris. Gehret brought the Nittany Lions into the home stretch with a final time of 3:01.52, giving Penn State (ranked #8 going into the meet) the fastest relay time heading into the final on Saturday.
1 |
Penn State |
3:01.52 |
Q |
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Aaron Nadolsky (SO) |
Brandon Bennett-Green (SO) |
Casimir Loxsom (JR)
(3) 45.55 - 2:17.30 |
Brady Gehret (SO)
(1) 44.22 - 3:01.52 |
2 (1) |
2 |
LSU |
3:01.97 |
Q |
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Quincy Downing (FR) |
Robert Simmons (SR) |
Ade Alleyne-Forte (SR)
(2) 45.35 - 2:17.13 |
Riker Hylton (SR)
(2) 44.85 - 3:01.97 |
2 (2) |
3 |
Miss State |
3:02.16 |
q |
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Tavaris Tate (JR) |
Emanuel Mayers (SR) |
Daundre Barnaby (JR)
(1) 44.84 - 2:16.49 |
James Harris (SO)
(3) 45.67 - 3:02.16 |
2 (3) |
4 |
Texas A&M |
3:02.28 |
Q |
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Ricky Babineaux (JR) |
Joey Roberts (SR) |
Michael Preble (SR)
(2) 45.98 - 2:17.88 |
Deon Lendore (FR)
(1) 44.40 - 3:02.28 |
3 (1) |
5 |
Florida |
3:02.34 |
Q |
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Dedric Dukes (FR) |
Hugh Graham, Jr (FR) |
Leonardo Seymore (JR)
(2) 46.08 - 2:17.53 |
Tony McQuay (JR)
(1) 44.82 - 3:02.34 |
1 (1) |
6 |
George Mason |
3:02.94 |
Q |
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Nick Vaughn (SR) |
George Empty (JR) |
Ja-Vell Bullard (SR)
(4) 46.18 - 2:18.48 |
David Verburg (JR)
(2) 44.46 - 3:02.94 |
3 (2) |
7 |
Arkansas |
3:03.06 |
q |
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Marek Niit (JR) |
Leoman Momoh (JR) |
Ben Skidmore (SR)
(1) 45.79 - 2:17.87 |
Neil Braddy (SO)
(3) 45.20 - 3:03.06 |
3 (3) |
8 |
USC |
3:03.21 |
Q |
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Joey Hughes (SR) |
Bryshon Nellum (SR) |
Duane Walker (SR)
(1) 46.45 - 2:16.76 |
Reggie Wyatt (JR)
(2) 46.45 - 3:03.21 |
1 (2) |
The women’s 4x400 was at first led in heat 1 by a great performance by Kansas’ relay team who began the event by running the 3:29:07, the fourth fastest time in the world, but LSU later came back in heat 3 to run a 3:28.01 to put the Tigers in the #4 spot, pushing Kansas back to the #5 spot in the world.
1 |
LSU |
3:28.01 |
Q |
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Latoya McDermott (JR) |
Rebecca Alexander (SR) |
Cassandra Tate (SR)
(1) 51.57 - 2:36.23 |
Jonique Day (SR)
(1) 51.78 - 3:28.01 |
3 (1) |
2 |
Kansas |
3:29.07 |
Q |
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Denesha Morris (JR) |
Paris Daniels (JR) |
Taylor Washington (JR)
(1) 52.59 - 2:37.50 |
Diamond Dixon (SO)
(1) 51.57 - 3:29.07 |
1 (1) |
3 |
Oregon |
3:29.46 |
Q |
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Devin Gosberry (JR) |
Chizoba Okodogbe (SO) |
Laura Roesler (SO)
(2) 51.76 - 2:39.31 |
Phyllis Francis (SO)
(1) 50.16 - 3:29.46 |
2 (1) |
4 |
Arkansas |
3:29.54 |
Q |
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Whitney Jones (SR) |
Gwendolyn Flowers (JR) |
Chrishuna Williams (FR)
(1) 54.01 - 2:38.49 |
Regina George (JR)
(2) 51.05 - 3:29.54 |
2 (2) |
5 |
Texas A&M |
3:29.98 |
Q |
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Ibukun Mayungbe (SO) |
Kanika Beckles (JR) |
Kamaria Brown (FR)
(2) 52.53 - 2:37.68 |
Olivia Ekponé (FR)
(2) 52.30 - 3:29.98 |
3 (2) |
6 |
Illinois |
3:30.07 |
q |
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Ashley Kelly (SR) |
Ryisha Boyd (SR) |
Latoya Griffith (SR)
(3) 53.10 - 2:39.89 |
Ashley Spencer (FR)
(3) 50.18 - 3:30.07 |
2 (3) |
7 |
Texas |
3:30.96 |
q |
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Christy Udoh (SO) |
Danielle Dowie (SO) |
Angele Cooper (SR)
(3) 52.93 - 2:39.09 |
Kendra Chambers (JR)
(3) 51.88 - 3:30.96 |
3 (3) |
8 |
Arizona |
3:31.06 |
Q |
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Shapri Romero (SO) |
Echos Blevins (SR) |
Tamara Pridgett (SO)
(5) 53.75 - 2:39.30 |
Georganne Moline (JR)
(2) 51.76 - 3:31.06 |
1 (2) |
The men's high jump posted some unbelievable results as Erik Kynard of Kansas State jumped 7-8 to claim the meet victory. To top it off, the defending champion had only jumped a season's best of 7-3 and was ranked #9 going into the championship. Kynard's winning jump
1 Erik Kynard JR Kansas State 2.20m 2.34m 7-08.00 10
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.37 2.38
PPP O O XO O XXO O O XXP X
2 Derek Drouin JR Indiana 2.19m 2.31m 7-07.00 8
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.37
PPP O O O O O O XPP XX
3 Dwight Barbiasz JR Florida 2.19m 2.28m 7-05.75 6
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31
PPP O O O O O XXX
4 Nick Ross JR Arizona 2.20m 2.24m 7-04.25 5
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28
PPP O O O O XXX
5 Marcus Jackson SO Miss State 2.19m 2.24m 7-04.25 4
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28
PPP O PPP XXO XO XXX
6 Maalik Reynolds SO Penn 2.19m 2.24m 7-04.25 2.50
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28
PPP O XO XO XXO XXX
6 Ricky Robertson JR Mississippi 2.19m 2.24m 7-04.25 2.50
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28
PPP O XXO O XXO XXX
8 Harrison Steed FR California 2.17m 2.20m 7-02.50 1
2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24
O O XXO O XXX
The women’s 10,000 was definitely a performance to watch as the grueling race literally came down to the final mile, with four athletes fighting for the title with a strong series of final laps. Deborah Maier of California, the #1 ranked runner going into the meet, Wichita State’s Aliphine Tuliamuk, the West Region Champion, Meaghan Nelson of Iowa State, the #2 seed, and Natosha Rogers of Texas A&M, the Big 12 Champion, all ran together for the majority of the race and left it all out on the track during the final minutes. The last lap left the title up to a kick as Rogers, Tuliamuk, Maier, and Nelson battled for the championship coming into the last 150 meters. Rogers emerged with an unbeatable kick, a 4:56 last mile, putting 50 meters on Tuliamuk, Maier, and Nelson in the final moments of the race to grab her first NCAA title in a time of 32:41.63.
1 |
Natosha Rogers |
JR |
Texas A&M |
32:41.63 |
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10 |
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2 |
Aliphine Tuliamuk |
JR |
Wichita State |
32:45.43 |
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8 |
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3 |
Deborah Maier |
JR |
California |
32:47.20 |
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6 |
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4 |
Meaghan Nelson |
JR |
Iowa State |
32:47.43 |
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5 |
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5 |
Allison Woodward |
FR |
Oregon |
32:56.94 |
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4 |
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6 |
Sarah Waldron |
SR |
New Mexico |
32:58.84 |
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3 |
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7 |
Elvin Kibet |
SO |
Arizona |
33:02.04 |
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2 |
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8 |
Becky Wade |
JR |
Rice |
33:13.57 |
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1 |
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Men's Team Results-
1. Texas
2. Arkansas
3. Nebraska
Women's Team Results-
1. Stanford
2. Kansas
3. Oklahoma
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