LSU Sprinters Dominate SEC Championships: Conference Weekend Roundup

LSU Sprinters Dominate SEC Championships: Conference Weekend Roundup

We're recapping the best moments from NCAA conference weekend here. Check back for more updates throughout the day. SEC ChampionshipsThe Arkansas men and wo

May 15, 2016 by Meg Bellino
LSU Sprinters Dominate SEC Championships: Conference Weekend Roundup
We're recapping the best moments from NCAA conference weekend here. Check back for more updates throughout the day.

SEC Championships


The Arkansas men and women nabbed team titles, completing the cross country-indoor-outdoor Triple Crown.

Don’t let their fourth place team score fool you. The LSU men brought the heat at the SEC Championships.

The 4x100m relay team of Jaron Flournoy, Renard Howell, Tremayne Acy and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake won in 38.33, the No. 7 NCAA mark all-time.

Junior Mitchell-Blake pulled off an impressive 100m-200m double victory running 10.16 (+1.0) and 19.95 (+0.4). His 200m time is No. 8 in NCAA history and makes him the ninth collegian to break 20 seconds.



Tennessee’s Felicia Brown continued her dominance over 200m with a winning time of 22.26 into a 1.3 HEADWIND! The mark is just outside the NCAA all-time top 10 list. Her prelim time of 22.19 (+2.6) is one of the fastest wind-aided times in collegiate history.



Lindon Victor of Texas A&M had the performance of his life to win the SEC decathlon.



The Grenada native set PBs in 9 of 10 events to score 8446 points, the fourth-best decathlon score in NCAA history behind Olympians Trey Hardee, Tom Pappas and Ashton Eaton.

Shamier Little won her second straight SEC 400m hurdle title in 54.72, almost 2 full seconds ahead of the next finisher. ESPN’s John Anderson gave the exclusive post race interview with the World silver medalist.



ACC Championships


Justyn Knight of Syracuse made him 10,000m debut at the ACC Championships, finishing third in 29:46 behind champion Thomas Curtin (29:42) and Luis Vargas (29:44). It was an interesting move for the sophomore who has run 3:56/3:39/13:27 on the track, but unsurprising considering he finished fourth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall.

The Virginia Tech men swept the pole on Friday led by Chris Uhle’s 5.37m victory. The Hokies finished 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 to accumulate 38 points and get a massive lead in the team battle. (Sunday 5pm update: Through 13 of 21 events scored, VT has 97 points, 37 ahead of Virginia)

Virginia NCAA Champion Henry Wynne notched another conference title in the 1500m with a blistering 54 second last lap. He finished in 3:42.16, edging Virginia Tech’s Neil Gourley (3:42.97) at the finish.

Four-time NCAA Champion Molly Seidel and freshman phenom Anna Rohrer were ACC scratches in the women’s 10k and 5k. Seidel announced on twitter that she would not be competing this outdoor season due to a sacral stress fracture, meaning a new NCAA 10,000m champion will be crowned next month. Rohrer has not competed all spring.

NC State's Megan Moye chopped nearly four full seconds off her 1500m PB of 4:15 to grab the ACC title in a NCAA #2 4:11.91. Her improvements have been remarkable in 2016, as evidenced by her seventh place All American finish in the NCAA mile and her four-second 800m PB of 2:04. To put this title in perspective, last year she finished 15th at the championships!

Pac-12 Championships


Two stud athletes returned to winning ways at the Pac-12 Championships.

Edward Cheserek notched his first victory of the outdoor season in the 10,000m victory in 28:58.57. After, he confirmed he was struggling with injuries during the early part of the season. 


Stanford sophomore Elise Cranny won the Pac-12 1500m title in 4:17.72 with her teammate Rebecca Mehra in the runner-up spot.

After having a spectacular freshman campaign for the Cardinal, Cranny succumbed to injuries that kept her out of cross country and much of the indoor seasons. Her title this weekend (along with her 5000m debut time of 15:49) is a good indication that she’s heading in the right direction this spring.

The Oregon Ducks went on to claim men and women's team titles, which mark the eighth consecutive for women and the 10th consecutive victory for the men of Oregon. Led by an NCAA lead and personal best in the 110m hurdles and another victory in the 200m for Devon Allen, the men collected a whopping 155.6 team points. The women were led by a standout performance by Seattle native Hannah Cunliffe who claimed the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m victories for her team who finished with 185 points. 




Big 12 Championships


In what looked like an effortless performance, NCAA Champion and collegiate record-holder Courtney Okolo blazed her way to victory in 50.76 to add another Big 12 title to her shelf. She finished nearly a full second ahead of runner-up and teammate Chrisann Gordon and helped Texas claim a whopping 23 points in the 400m event. 


Her teammate Morolake Akinosun also had a stellar performance when she became the only woman to win three Big 12 titles in the 200m and the 100m. 

The Texas men and women went on to repeat their outdoor team titles with 167.7 points for the women and 134 points for the men.




Big Ten Championships


The Big Ten team title came down to a dramatic finish between Michigan and Minnesota who tied with 106 points each. Both teams took home championships trophies after standout performances with multiple event victories. 


On the men’s side, Nebraska claimed the team title while Michigan finished runner-up overall. The Huskers finished with 140.5 team points while the Wolverines closed with 90.5. It was the largest margin of victory by a Big Ten team since 2005. 

An individual standout performance was seen from Michigan’s Mason Ferlic who claimed the steeplechase and the 5K title on two separate days. He closed for a winning time of 8:37 to win the steeplechase by a large margin and went on to win the 5K over All American Matt McClintock.