BYU Women Cap Weekend For The Ages With 1st NCAA XC Title Since 2002, Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat Wins Individual Crown
March 15, 2021
Sixteen months after the NCAA Cross Country Championships were last held, the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships were finally held today in Stillwater, Okla., and the BYU women and Alabama’s
Mercy Chelangat were both able to make amends for what happened at the last NCAA XC champs 478 days ago.
Chelangat, the Alabama junior from Kericho, Kenya, who didn’t even qualify for the 2019 championships after finishing 9th in her region, picked up the individual title today as she broke from Oklahoma State sophomore miler
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RRW: Oregon’s Cole Hocker Wins Both Mile and 3000m At NCAA Indoor Championships
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(13-Mar) On the final day of the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas, Oregon sophomore Cole Hocker was the dominant distance athlete winning the mile in a championships record 3:53.71 then the 3000m in 7:46.15 about an hour later, both with sizzling final laps. The 20 points he scored for the Ducks helped them win the team title with 79 points, the second-highest score in meet history and highest total since 1994.
Shawn Price March 13, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A surge of 58 points scored by the Razorbacks on the third and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships secured another national championship for the Arkansas program, as they successfully defending their 2019 indoor title in the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The Razorbacks totaled 68 points to chase down the 16-point lead Texas A&M built over the first two days. The Aggies finished as runner-up with 57 points with LSU third at 39. The rest of the top 10 schools included USC (35), Georgia (31), Florida (30), BYU (29), Texas (25), Baylor (24), and Auburn (20).
Arkansas’ total is the third highest winning score over the history of the NCAA Indoor Championships, dating back to 1983, trailing only 84 by Oregon in 2017 and 71 by Texas in 1988.