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03/13 22:28 CDT Arkansas men, Illinois women grab first-day lead at D-I indoor
track and field championships
Arkansas men, Illinois women grab first-day lead at D-I indoor track and field
championships
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) --- The Arkansas men and Illinois women sit on top
after Friday's opening day of the Division I men's and women's indoor track and
field championships at Randal Tyson Track Center.
Arkansas' men lead with 14 points, one more than both Virginia and Kansas.
Texas A&M is fourth with 12 points and Kansas State follows with 10.
Ryan Johnson launched 84 feet, 1 1/2 inches to set a new meet record in the
men's weight throw and earn Iowa's first title in the event.
Oregon's Peyton Bair dominated the competition on Day 1 in the heptathlon with
3,675 points, only trailing collegiate record holder Kyle Garland's pace from
the 2023 indoor championships.
New Mexico's Habtom Samuel edged fellow junior Marco Langon of Villanova to win
the 5,000 meters. Samuel finished in 13 minutes, 36.58 seconds to Langon's
13:36.98.
Kansas junior Ashton Barkdull won the pole vault, clearing a personal best 19
feet, 0 1/4 inches on his second try. Texas A&M senior Aleksandr Solovev
finished second after clearing the height on this third attempt.
Reinhardt Harrison, Josiah Johnson, Tor Hotung-Davidsen and anchor Colin
Sahlman led Northern Arizona to a first-place finish in the distance medley
relay with a time of 9:19.95.
Tarleton State's Likesh Sathyanathan leaped a personal best 26-11 1/4 to win
the long jump. Runner-up De'Aundre Ward of Southern Miss fell short by 1/4 inch.
Auburn's Ja'Kobe Tharp ran the second fastest 60-meter hurdles in NCAA history,
clocking in at 7.36 seconds during Friday's preliminaries. Florida's Grant
Holloway set the record at 7.35 seconds in the 2019 indoor championships.
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On the women's side, Illinois totaled 30 points to grab the first-day lead, 10
better than second-place Oregon. Florida (14), BYU (13) and Minnesota (10)
round out the top five.
Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon
--- first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 --- with a season-best 4,498
points. Lusti outpaced Illinois' JaCieonna Gero-Holt in the 800 meters by one
spot to hold off her fellow freshman. Gero-Holt became the school's highest
finisher in the event with a school record point total of 4,466.
Illinois junior Sophia Beckmon won the long jump with a mark of 21-9 --- after
finishing fifth in the event last season. It placed the All-American second
all-time in Illinois' indoor long jump history.
BYU freshman Jane Hedengren cruised to a first-place finish in the 5,000
meters, setting a facility record with a time of 15:00.12.
Oregon anchor Wilma Nielsen pulled away over the final 1,600 meters to help
Oregon win the distance medley relay with a time of 10:48.76. South Carolina
finished second in 10:49.69. Juliet Cherubet ran the first leg for the Ducks,
followed by Lakely Doht-Barron and Silan Ayyildz.
Minnesota's Anthonett Nabwe won the women's weight throw with the sixth longest
heave in collegiate history at 82-5.
Both championships conclude Saturday.
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