Shawn Price March 13, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Scoring 22 points, 16 of which were accomplished on the final day, enabled Arkansas to finish in a tie for seventh place in team scoring at the NCAA Indoor Championships hosted inside Randal Tyson Track Center.
“We battled all weekend, and James Milholen’s anchor leg on the 4×400 typified what we’ve been going through all year, coming from behind and trying to eek out every point we could,” noted Arkansas men’s head coach Chris Bucknam. “I’m really happy with how our kids fought. We never gave up and finished in the top 10.”
Oregon claimed the national team title with 79 points while LSU was runner-up at 56 points and Georgia placed third with 35 points. The rest of the top 10 included Florida (34), North Carolina A&T (30), Florida State (23), Alabama (22), Arkansas (22), Tennessee (21) and Ole Miss (20).
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LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison makes track and field history with his second double NCAA national championships wins
LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison makes track and field history with his second double NCAA national championships wins
LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison went where no other NCAA track athlete has been.
Ever.
For the second time in his collegiate career Harrison pulled off a rare double national championship, this time during the NCAA indoor championships Friday at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Within a two-hour span, Harrison captured national titles in both the high jump and long jump, leading LSU to a share of first place with 20 points going into the final day of competition Saturday.
Jamaican Carey McLeod.
Jamaican Carey McLeod secured a medal in his NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships debut on the second day of competition inside the Randal Tyson Track Center in Arkansas, the USA on Friday.
The 22-year-old McLeod placed third in the men s long jump.
Formerly of Kingston College (KC), and now a junior at the University of Tennessee, McLeod logged a personal-best leap of 8.26 meters to score six points for the Vols at the national meet. The mark improved his school record from two weeks ago at the SEC Championships by one centimetre and currently ranks McLeod as the No. 5 long jumper in the world during the 2020-21 indoor campaign.
Cole Hocker competes in the mile at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos
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After breaking the previous collegiate record with his teammate Cooper Teare in February, Hocker didn’t leave anything on the table in his quest to win the NCAA mile crown.
By the bell lap, the race was Hocker’s as he broke away from the field with every step in the final 200 meters, reaching the homestretch clear of any competition.
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