LIVE UPDATES: Day 4, NCAA D1 Outdoor Championships

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Schedule of events for Saturday afternoon

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What to watch for?
The team race: What do we debate at 2:00am in the morning? Who's going to win the team race. Alex worked out the numbers this morning (I disagree with some of his projections) and as we walked to the stadium, he explains what could happen on this final day.

No women's team has ever won the triple (cross country, indoor, and outdoor team titles). Will today be Oregon's historic day?

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 4x100m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	US Olympic Team	40.82	2012
College Best	Texas A&M - Texas A&M	42.36	6/12/2009
NCAA Meet	Texas A&M - Texas A&M	42.36	6/12/2009

Oregon pulls a fast one and throws English Gardner on the second leg, but A&M was never worried. The two relay squads were almost even heading into the final exchange (some would say Oregon had the lead), but they botched the final handoff and faded to third (maybe fourth?) as the Aggies pulled away for the predictable win.

Edit: Clemson did indeed nip the Ducks at the line. The good news for the Ducks and the bad news for the other team favorite, Kansas, is that Oregon took fourth and the Jayhawks took fifth. We'll try and keep the team points updated throughout the meet.

Edit 2: English Gardner just announced in the mixed media zone that she will forgo senior year and turn pro.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Texas A&M	TAMU	42.88
2	UCF	UCF	43.36
3	Clemson	CLEM	43.76
4	Oregon	UO	43.80
5	Kansas	KU	43.92
6	LSU	LSU	44.21
7	USC	USC	44.48
8	Texas	TEX	45.08

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 4x100m (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	World Championship Team - Olympic Team 8/8/1992	37.40	8/21/1993
College Best	Texas Christian	38.04	6/2/1998
NCAA Meet	Texas Christian	38.04	6/2/1998

Dedric Dukes comes up CLUTCH for Florida with a huge anchor leg. The Gators just edge Alabama to grab the 4x1 national title. Auburn would hold on for fourth and LSU would fade to fourth. SEC affair, anyone?

Here's some food for thought. If Florida's Eddie Lovett wins the 110mH and then the Gators 4x4 throws down, then they could win the national title. Alex Lohr has had the team battle on his mind all day and now he can't stop thinking about the possibilities.

Every event is going to matter today.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Florida	UFL	38.53
2	Alabama	BAMA	38.54
3	Auburn	AUB	38.69
4	LSU	LSU	38.78
5	Arkansas	ARK	39.49
6	Iowa	IOWA	39.77
7	TCU	TCU	39.87
8	Florida State	FSU	42.30

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 1500m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Mary Slaney - Athletics West	3:57.12	7/26/1983
College Best	Jenny Barringer - Colorado	3:59.90	6/7/2009
NCAA Meet	Hannah England - Fla State	4:06.19	6/14/2008

Oregon's title run is over.

The fastest girl in the field, OSU's Natalja Piliusina found some room and at least four more gears to kick past Florida's Cory McGee to take the win.

Just like during indoors, FSU's Amanda Winslow took the pacing duties and for the first 700m, had a step on the rest of the field. At the bell, McGee started to move up as the entire field geared up for a fast last 300m.

McGee made a long bid for home by trying to kick on the turn, but it may have been from too far out. Piliusina, who was relatively quiet the entire race, somehow found room in the final 50m and blew by everyone to take the national title.

Huge shout-out to Utah's Amanda Mergaert for a swift inside move in the last 100m. However, the bigger story was Oregon's Anne Kesselring, who took a spill in the last 10m and watched everyone blow by her as she sat stunned (physically and mentally) on the track. She rose to the applause of the crowd, but with Becca Friday and her placing out of the points, the team title is all but gone for the Ducks.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	300m	700m	1100m	1500m
1	Natalja Piliusina	OKST	4:13.25	52.11 (52.11)	2:01.69 (1:09.58)	3:10.23 (1:08.55)	4:13.25 (1:03.03)
2	Cory McGee	UFL	4:13.94	52.64 (52.64)	2:01.41 (1:08.78)	3:09.98 (1:08.58)	4:13.94 (1:03.96)
3	Amanda Mergaert	UTAH	4:14.30	52.32 (52.32)	2:01.52 (1:09.20)	3:10.11 (1:08.60)	4:14.30 (1:04.19)
4	Rebecca Tracy	ND	4:14.42	52.44 (52.44)	2:01.84 (1:09.41)	3:10.25 (1:08.41)	4:14.42 (1:04.18)
5	Amanda Eccleston	MICH	4:14.56	52.68 (52.68)	2:01.96 (1:09.28)	3:10.45 (1:08.50)	4:14.56 (1:04.12)
6	Stephanie Brown	ARK	4:14.58	52.18 (52.18)	2:01.89 (1:09.71)	3:10.44 (1:08.56)	4:14.58 (1:04.14)
7	Shelby Houlihan	AZST	4:14.95	51.94 (51.94)	2:01.46 (1:09.53)	3:10.08 (1:08.62)	4:14.95 (1:04.88)
8	Amanda Winslow	FSU	4:16.00	51.78 (51.78)	2:01.11 (1:09.33)	3:09.75 (1:08.65)	4:16.00 (1:06.25)
9	Linden Hall	FSU	4:16.42	52.50 (52.50)	2:02.07 (1:09.57)	3:10.73 (1:08.67)	4:16.42 (1:05.70)
10	Emily Lipari	VILL	4:18.68	52.38 (52.38)	2:02.25 (1:09.87)	3:11.10 (1:08.86)	4:18.68 (1:07.59)
11	Becca Friday	UO	4:20.85	52.29 (52.29)	2:02.47 (1:10.19)	3:11.38 (1:08.91)	4:20.85 (1:09.48)
12	Anne Kesselring	UO	4:28.17	52.02 (52.02)	2:01.66 (1:09.64)	3:10.43 (1:08.77)	4:28.17 (1:17.75)

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 1500m (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Bernard Lagat - Nike	3:29.30	8/28/2005
College Best	Sydney Maree - Villanova	3:35.30	6/6/1981
NCAA Meet	Sydney Maree - Villanova	3:35.30	6/6/1981

That's what happens when you go out slower than the women's 1500m.

This final truly was a championship final as everyone was content to let the pace go slower for the first 800m than most high school races. I guess when you're in the national championship final, you're pretty confident in your kick.

Texas' Patrick McGregor would be the reluctant leader for the first 1100m before the field finally decided that they were going to make it into a sprint.

PSU's Robby Creese took the bell, but everything behind him was so jumbled up because everyone was already in a full sprint.

Well, maybe except for Oregon's Mac Fleet. Coming off the curve, the LL Cool J inspired miler kicked from third to first and then with the help of the fervent Hayward crowd, would stay there until the finish.

HUGE surprise was Air Force's Zach Perkins, who would kick to second. Oklahoma's Pat Casey, who was almost eliminated in semifinal, would move up to third.

But what of his teammate Riley Masters? We didn't see what happened, but we did see McGregor go down and take Masters with him. McGregor laid on the track while Masters hastily rose, finished, and then looked down the track in utter disappointment.

This sort of disaster is no surprise from the slow early pace. Who's to blame? 

This one's for you, Mac.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	300m	700m	1100m	1500m
1	Mac Fleet	UO	3:50.25	50.58 (50.58)	1:57.56 (1:06.99)	2:58.04 (1:00.48)	3:50.25 (52.22)
2	Zach Perkins	AFA	3:50.39	50.23 (50.23)	1:57.20 (1:06.98)	2:57.83 (1:00.63)	3:50.39 (52.56)
3	Patrick Casey	OU	3:50.60	50.11 (50.11)	1:57.12 (1:07.01)	2:57.90 (1:00.79)	3:50.60 (52.71)
4	Austin Mudd	WISC	3:50.84	50.40 (50.40)	1:57.33 (1:06.93)	2:58.38 (1:01.06)	3:50.84 (52.46)
5	Jeremy Rae	ND	3:51.07	50.05 (50.05)	1:57.04 (1:06.99)	2:57.81 (1:00.77)	3:51.07 (53.26)
6	Robby Creese	PSU	3:51.21	50.12 (50.12)	1:57.10 (1:06.98)	2:57.47 (1:00.38)	3:51.21 (53.74)
7	Sam McEntee	VILL	3:51.35	50.34 (50.34)	1:57.31 (1:06.98)	2:58.20 (1:00.90)	3:51.35 (53.16)
8	Andrew Bayer	IU	3:51.39	50.46 (50.46)	1:57.43 (1:06.97)	2:57.94 (1:00.52)	3:51.39 (53.46)
9	Ryan Hill	NCST	3:52.06	50.83 (50.83)	1:57.85 (1:07.02)	2:57.88 (1:00.04)	3:52.06 (54.18)
10	John Simons	MINN	3:54.25	50.34 (50.34)	1:57.24 (1:06.90)	2:58.05 (1:00.82)	3:54.25 (56.20)
11	Riley Masters	OU	3:55.12	50.51 (50.51)	1:57.36 (1:06.86)	2:57.73 (1:00.37)	3:55.12 (57.39)
12	Patrick McGregor	TEX	4:19.82	50.00 (50.00)	1:56.98 (1:06.98)	2:57.68 (1:00.71)	4:19.82 (1:22.14)

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 200m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC	21.34	9/29/1988
College Best	Dawn Sowell - LSU	22.04	6/2/1989
NCAA Meet	Dawn Sowell - LSU	22.04	6/2/1989

Did you expect LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan to lose? Serious question.

The NCAA Queen of the 200m looked in complete control and wins yet another national title. Paris Daniels hangs on for fourth in what should and could be a national title for Kansas.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Kimberlyn Duncan	LSU	22.04
2	Kamaria Brown	TAMU	22.21
3	Aurieyall Scott	UCF	22.48
4	Paris Daniels	KU	22.52
5	Dezerea Bryant	CLEM	22.54
6	Kai Selvon	AUB	22.65
7	Octavious Freeman	UCF	22.92
8	Olivia Ekpone	TAMU	22.96

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 200 (Men)

One NCAA champion was denied a historic double while another won a different double.

The NCAA Indoor 200m champion, A&M's Ameer Webb, came flying off the turn to win his second national title this year.

I'm not sure of the year (1951?), but that was the last time that someone was able to complete the 200m / 400m double. It was just not to be for the 400m champ, USC's Bryshon Nellum.

Ever since the end of indoor, Webb has looked unbeatable. With that win, the Aggies looked poised to win the team title.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Ameer Webb	TAMU	20.10
2	Isiah Young	UMS	20.17
3	Bryshon Nellum	USC	20.27
4	Anaso Jobodwana	JKST	20.29
5	Aaron Brown	USC	20.33
6	Justin Austin	IOWA	20.45
7	Carvin Nkanata	PITT	20.47
DNS	Charles Silmon	TCU	-

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 3000mST (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Jenny Barringer - Colorado	9:12.50	8/17/2009
College Best	Jenny Barringer - Colorado	9:25.54	6/12/2009
NCAA Meet	Jenny Barringer - Colorado	9:25.54	6/12/2009

With all of the surprises on this last day, it's nice to have a comfortable final.

Colorado's Emma Coburn takes attendence and puts on her normal steeple clinic en route to yet another national championship.

While we spent some time watching Coburn's smooth hurdle technique, the story was back in the next four spots. FSU's Colleen Quigley and Weber State's Amber Henry sat in each other's pocket for nearly the whole race before Squigs broke it open after the water pit.

Huge race for Squigs and Henry as they both pushed one another to new personal bests. Cornell's Rachel Sorna, who was stuck in no man's land for most of the race, hung for fourth with MSU's Leah O'Connor charging into fifth.

O'Connor didn't look too hot at the bell with UMKC's Courtney Frerichs creeping up on her, but O'Connor threw down the second fastest last lap of anyone in the field.

Maybe it was the picture she took with Flotrack a few days ago? It didn't hurt.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	228m	624m	1020m	1416m	1812m	2208m	2604m	3000m
1	Emma Coburn	COLO	9:35.38	40.32 (40.32)	1:54.78 (1:14.46)	3:10.80 (1:16.02)	4:27.15 (1:16.36)	5:44.89 (1:17.75)	7:02.48 (1:17.59)	8:19.93 (1:17.45)	9:35.38 (1:15.45)
2	Colleen Quigley	FSU	9:38.23	41.50 (41.50)	1:56.62 (1:15.12)	3:13.34 (1:16.73)	4:30.82 (1:17.48)	5:49.02 (1:18.20)	7:08.22 (1:19.21)	8:27.05 (1:18.83)	9:38.23 (1:11.19)
3	Amber Henry	WEB	9:43.39	41.48 (41.48)	1:56.52 (1:15.04)	3:13.19 (1:16.68)	4:30.38 (1:17.20)	5:48.57 (1:18.20)	7:07.86 (1:19.29)	8:26.99 (1:19.14)	9:43.39 (1:16.41)
4	Rachel Sorna	CORN	9:52.86	42.04 (42.04)	1:58.08 (1:16.04)	3:15.58 (1:17.51)	4:34.51 (1:18.94)	5:54.47 (1:19.97)	7:15.81 (1:21.34)	8:35.93 (1:20.12)	9:52.86 (1:16.94)
5	Leah O'Connor	MSU	9:53.71	41.79 (41.79)	1:57.24 (1:15.46)	3:15.88 (1:18.65)	4:35.30 (1:19.43)	5:56.03 (1:20.73)	7:18.70 (1:22.68)	8:39.79 (1:21.09)	9:53.71 (1:13.93)
6	Courtney Frerichs	UMKC	9:55.02	44.20 (44.20)	2:04.10 (1:19.91)	3:23.22 (1:19.13)	4:42.00 (1:18.78)	6:00.66 (1:18.67)	7:20.75 (1:20.09)	8:39.55 (1:18.81)	9:55.02 (1:15.47)
7	Grace Heymsfield	ARK	9:57.18	41.82 (41.82)	1:59.10 (1:17.28)	3:17.84 (1:18.74)	4:37.65 (1:19.81)	5:58.88 (1:21.24)	7:21.11 (1:22.23)	8:41.84 (1:20.74)	9:57.18 (1:15.34)
8	Alexa Aragon	ND	9:57.26	42.23 (42.23)	1:58.88 (1:16.65)	3:18.06 (1:19.18)	4:37.91 (1:19.86)	5:59.21 (1:21.30)	7:21.45 (1:22.25)	8:42.43 (1:20.98)	9:57.26 (1:14.84)
9	Ashley Beutler	WISC	10:04.98	41.81 (41.81)	1:59.69 (1:17.89)	3:18.88 (1:19.20)	4:38.75 (1:19.87)	6:00.19 (1:21.45)	7:22.03 (1:21.84)	8:43.92 (1:21.89)	10:04.98 (1:21.07)
10	Martina Tresch	KSST	10:09.07	42.58 (42.58)	2:02.04 (1:19.46)	3:22.85 (1:20.82)	4:44.26 (1:21.41)	6:06.49 (1:22.23)	7:29.62 (1:23.14)	8:52.63 (1:23.01)	10:09.07 (1:16.44)
11	Shelby Greany	PROV	10:10.76	42.19 (42.19)	1:58.66 (1:16.47)	3:18.17 (1:19.52)	4:38.18 (1:20.01)	5:59.84 (1:21.66)	7:23.77 (1:23.94)	8:49.60 (1:25.83)	10:10.76 (1:21.16)
12	Jordan Hamric	WVU	10:16.92	42.88 (42.88)	2:01.20 (1:18.32)	3:21.12 (1:19.93)	4:41.72 (1:20.61)	6:03.29 (1:21.58)	7:26.96 (1:23.68)	8:51.45 (1:24.49)	10:16.92 (1:25.48)

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 100mH (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Gail Devers - Nike	12.33	7/23/2000
College Best	Virginia Powell - USC	12.48	6/9/2006
NCAA Meet	Virginia Powell - USC	12.48	6/9/2006

That was truly a thing of beauty. Clemson's Brianna Rollins breaks her own NCAA record and wins another NCAA title.

You just had to be there. It was the second fastest time ever run the U.S. The only other time faster than that was Gail Devers' American record (above) of 12.33.

This women's 100mH World Championship team is going to be unbelieveable.

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 110mH (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	David Oliver - Nike	12.89	7/16/2010
College Best	Renaldo Nehemiah - Maryland	13.00	5/6/1979
NCAA Meet	Aries Merritt - Tennessee	13.21	6/2/2006

The team title is all but wrapped up for the Aggies. The A&M's hurdle superstar Wayne Davis II's win now puts his #2 all-time behind the great Renaldo Nehemiah.

However, Davis II's win had to be well-earned as Florida's Eddie Lovett pushed him all the way to the line. Oregon's Jonathan Cabral got off to a poor start and never seemed to recover. Sorry for the lack of analysis, but the original recap was deleted.

via Track and Field News

110 HURDLES
13.00		Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland)		05/06/79
13.16		——Nehemiah		04/14/79
13.21		Aries Merritt (Tennessee)		06/09/06
		Jason Richardson (South Carolina)		05/31/08
13.22		Greg Foster (UCLA)		06/02/78
		——Merritt		11/30/99
13.23		Omo Osaghae (Texas Tech)		05/15/11
13.25		Ty Akins (Auburn)		06/13/08
13.26		——Richardson		06/12/08
13.27		——Nehemiah		06/02/78
		——Foster		05/11/80
		Ronnie Ash (Bethune-Cookman)		06/13/09

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Wayne Davis II	TAMU	13.14
2	Eddie Lovett	UFL	13.32
3	Spencer Adams	CLEM	13.34
4	Keith Hayes	UKY	13.40
5	Johnathan Cabral	UO	13.41
6	Donald Pollitt	SYR	13.52
7	Greggmar Swift	INST	13.58
8	Trevor Brown	COST	13.69

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 5000m (Men)
Tweets by @Flotrack

For no reason, everything I typed about the men's 110mH, the 5k, and the 4x4 just got deleted. My apologies.

Let's all take a moment to bow our heads and honor Arizona's Lawi Lalang. He becomes the 12th NCAA...

... I was going to retype all of this, but A&M DROPPED THE STICK IN THE 4X4 AND MAY HAVE SEALED THEIR FATE.

So, I need to go. Now. I'll have a recap for 5k and 4x4s later.

IT'S OFFICAL: FLORIDA AND TEXAS A&M TIE FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. 

5 minutes before the final race: "Well, if Florida finishes first and A&M finishes last..."

Yup, well....

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 4x400m (Women)

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 4x400m (Men)