Duck Domination: Oregon Wins 6 Events and Runs Away With 2021 NCAA Indoors as Hocker Completes 3k/Mile Double
79 Points. 6 national champions.
The story of the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships was utter domination by
Robert Johnson’s Oregon men. LSU’s points total (56) would have been enough to win in any of the last three years, but they were a distant second as Oregon won its fourth indoor title in the last seven championships.
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“You don’t understand how hard it is to have six individual national champions. To have six individual national champions is pretty special. Usually you nickle and dime these national championships,” said head coach Robert Johnson.
2021 NCAA Indoor Preview: How Many Events Will Oregon Win, Which Stars Will Emerge, And More
Are you ready for March Madness?
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No, not the basketball tournament. I’m talking about running, and the craziest weekend of NCAA action the sport has ever seen. Friday and Saturday, we’ve got the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. And after waiting 16 months for an NCAA Championships, how long do we have to wait for the next one? One day. That’s right the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday in Stillwater, Okla.
The proximity of the two meets has, predictably, led to chaos. Some schools (NAU, Stanford) are going all-in on cross country. Some schools are going all-in on track (Oregon, Texas). And some schools (Arkansas, NC State), are trying to do both.
Rashid re-elected as Tanzania Olympic Committee President Tuesday, 29 December 2020
The Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) President, Gulam Rashid, has been re-elected to his position following a large victory at the TOC General Elections in Dodoma.
TOC secretary general Filbert Bayi was also re-elected by a large majority, with the pair both receiving 34 of the 35 votes, according to Tanzania publication,
Daily News.
Bayi is one of Tanzania s two Olympic medallists, having won silver in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at Moscow 1980.
He also won the 1500m Commonwealth Games title in 1974, with his time remaining a Commonwealth Games record.
Henry Tandau was returned as TOC vice-president too, winning 35 votes to his sole challenger, Muharram Mchume s three votes.