Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Nova’s Rhines Did NCAA 5K Three-Peat
Jen Rhines of Villanova was the first woman to win three titles in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Her win in 1996 gave her a streak that since been matched just one, but her most dominant of the trio of victories came at the 1995 NCAA meet at Tom Black Track in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Rhines dictated the pace, one strong enough to have just Marie McMahon of Providence for company after four laps. After the 3K point, Rhines quickly opened up a large gap that grew to a full straightaway by the end as she won 15:56.18. Her margin of victory of 18.88 seconds was the event’s largest until 2004.
2021 NCAA Women’s Indoor: Arkansas Repeats, Athing Mu Gets Beat (Then Runs the Fastest Indoor 4×400 Split Ever), Courtney Wayment Double
March 13, 2021
The 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships concluded in Fayetteville, Ark., and the Arkansas Razorbacks won the title 68 to 57 over Texas A&M with a true team performance. The Razorbacks didn’t win a single individual event (the Oregon men won six en route to their title), but scored in 10 of the 17 events and clinched the title with 17 points in the 3000m. It added up to the second-highest score in meet history, behind only the 84 logged by Oregon’s triple crown winners of 2017.