Arkansas and Texas run away with DI titlesArkansas won its 42nd national title in track and field/cross country
Saturday night, outlasting LSU in the men's team competition at the
NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by the
Razorbacks at the Randal Tyson Track Center. The Razorbacks have
19 indoor titles.
The LSU Tigers finished second overall with 45 points, eight behind
Arkansas. Florida State was third with 41.
Xavier Carter of LSU won the 400 in 45.28, the fastest time in the world
this year. Carter, who played receiver for LSU's football team, was
second in the 200 Friday and led his team to a win in the 4x400m relay.
Texas won its sixth women's team championship and first since 1999.
The Longhorns now have won back-to-back NCAA track championships
after claiming the 2005 NCAA outdoor title last June in Sacramento,
Calif.
The Texas women finished with 51 points. Stanford was second with 36,
and Arizona State was third with 30.
St. Augustine's and Lincoln claim DII crowns
St. Augustine's claimed its ninth overall NCAA Division II men's title,
while Lincoln (Mo.) picked up its second national crown in three years in
winning team titles at the 2006 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field
Championships, hosted by Stonehill College at the Reggie Lewis Track
& Athletic Center in Boston.
St. Augustine's won the men's crown for the first time since 2001, posting
a team score of 66.5 points to end runner-up Abilene Christian's run of
four straight titles. Adams State and Lincoln placed third and fourth,
respectively, in the men's competition.
There was an exciting an exciting duel in the high jump between
Minnesota State-Mankato's Jim Dilling and Morehouse's Keith Moffat,
who both set championship marks by clearing 2.29m/7-6. But it was
Dilling who won the title, due to fewer misses.
Lincoln's women posted a team score of 87 points to outdistance
runner-up Abilene Christian's score of 50.33 points, as St. Augustine's
and Adams State finished third and fourth, respectively, in the women's
competition.
UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh repeat in DIII
The UW-La Crosse men's team and the UW-Oshkosh women repeated
as team champions at the 2006 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field
Championships, hosted by the St. Olaf's Tostrud Center in Northfield,
Minn.
The LaCrosse men's team set NCAA records with 78 points and a
margin of victory of 47 points while their sixth team title in a row. The
Eagles won five events, including the pole vault, where they finished
first, second, third and seventh. The 26 points they gained in the vault
alone exceeded every other team's score except second place Lincoln
University, third place UW-Oshkosh and fourth place Nebraska
Wesleyan.
The UW-Oshkosh women's team edged out Williams College for their
third consecutive team title. UW-Oshkosh's 44 points beat Williams 38
and College City of New Jersey's 27. UW-Oshkosh was led by Robyn
Jarocki's two individual titles in the weight throw and shot put.
For more information and complete results on the 2006 NCAA Indoor
Track & Field Championships, visit www.NCAAsports.com.