Arkansas women, Oregon men win 2021 DI indoor track and field championships
Oregon, Arkansas have big weekends at the 2021 men’s and women’s indoor track and field championships
The 2021 DI men’s and women’s indoor track and field championships have come to a close. Let’s take a look at the most notable things that happened over the three days.
- Oregon put up crazy numbers in the men’s championship, going on to win the team title with 79 points — the second-most points in meet history.
- Arkansas went on to win the women’s team title with 68 points. It’s the Razorbacks' second consecutive team title.
- Oregon's Charlie Hunter won the men’s 800M by a hundredth of a second. .
- Oregon's Kemba Nelson set a collegiate record in the women’s 60M with a time of 7.05.
- Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M won the pentathlon with 4,746 points, setting a collegiate record. She was one of the weekend’s standouts.
- Karel Tilga of Georgia won the heptathlon with 6,264 points.
- JuVaughn Harrison of LSU became the first man ever in NCAA indoor track & field history to sweep the long jump and high jump at the same meet. .
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Arkansas wins women’s indoor team title
Arkansas impressed at home even without ever coming in first place, winning the women’s team title with a total of 68 points. The Razorbacks still scored in 10 of the 11 events Saturday.
Here’s the events the Razorbacks placed in the top 3 in:
- 1 mile
- 60M hurdles
- 800M
- 3000M
- DMR
This is the second consecutive team indoor track and field title won by the Arkansas women's crew.
Texas A&M wins women's 4x400M relay
Texas A&M wrapped up the women's 4x400 relay Saturday night with a win at 3:26.68.
USC finished in second place at 3:27.91. Arkansas placed third at 3:28.07.
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BYU's Courtney Wayment wins women's 3000M
Courtney Wayment of BYU won the women's 3000M with a time of 9:01.47.
Lauren Gregory of Arkansas came in second at 9:01.67. Joyce Kimeli of Auburn followed with a time of 9:02.79.
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Kentucky's Abby Steiner wins women's 200M
Abby Steiner of Kentucky tied a collegiate record with her time of 22.38 in the women's 200M. That was more than enough for first place.
Alabama's Tamara Clark placed second at 22.45 and Kynnedy Flannel of Texas finished third at 22.64.
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Baylor's Aaliyah Miller wins women's 800M
Aaliyah Miller of Baylor won the women's 800M at 2:00.69.
Clemson's Laurie Barton finished second at 2:01.21 while third place went to Shafiqua Maloney of Arkansas at 2:01.22.
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Ackera Nugent of Baylor wins women's 60M hurdles
Baylor's Ackera Nugent won the women's 60M hurdles Saturday night, coming away with a time of 7.92.
The race saw second place go to Daszay Freeman of Arkansas at 7.99 and Chanel Brissett of Texas in third place at 8.01.
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Kaelin Roberts of USC wins women's 400M
USC's Kaelin Roberts won the women's 400M with a time of 50.84.
Athing Mu of Texas A&M, who tried to pass Roberts late in the race, placed second at 51.03 while Talitha Diggs of Florida finished third at 51.26.
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Oregon's Kemba Nelson wins women's 60M
Oregon's Kemba Nelson set a collegiate record with her performance in the women's 60M. The junior won the event in a time of 7.05.
Twanisha Terry of USC placed second at 7.14 while Norfolk State's Kiara Grant finished third at 7.16.
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Tie goes to the second-best jump, and that belongs to Ruth.
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF)
Texas Tech's Ruth Usoro won the women's triple jump at 14.27M.
Deborah Acquah of Texas A&M placed right behind Usoro in second also at 14.27M. Florida State's Ruta Lasmane placed third at 14.15M.
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Colorado's Sage Hurta took home first place in the women's 1 mile Saturday with a time of 4:30.58.
Krissy Gear of Arkansas placed second at 4:32.37. Kennedy Thomson, her teammate, finished third at 4:33.95.
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