Monday, March 16, 2015

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Associated Press/Gareth Patterson
The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place over the weekend in Fayettville, Arkansas.

The Oregon Ducks men's team repeated as National Champions with 74 points. Coming in second was Florida Gators with 50 points and the host Arkansas Razorbacks were third with 39 points. On the women's side, the host Arkansas won the title with 63 points over last year's champion Oregon. Oregon was second with 46.50 points and Georgia Bulldogs finished third with 37 points.

Highlights from the state of Michigan was Michigan State senior Leah O'Connor winning the mile with a record of 4:27.18. That time broke MSU's school record, it's the fastest time in the NCAA Track and Field Championships history and the second fastest mile ever run by a woman in NCAA history.
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University of Michigan Wolverines women's Distance Medley Relay finished in 10:58.64 to claim third place. The DMR team members were Shannon Osika, Maya Long, Danielle Pfeifer and Brook Handler. Winning the DMR was the team from Arkansas in 10:51.89 and Stanford was second in 10:53.66.

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