Arkansas women, Oregon men win 2021 DI indoor track and field championships (2024)

The2021 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. Watch it here.
• 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. Watch his historic long jump here.

SEE FULL RESULTS: Team Results | Men’s Results | Women’s Results

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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧‼️‼️@UsoroRuth5 uses her last attempt to tie for the lead, marking 46’-10” (14.27m)!

Tie goes to the second-best jump, and that belongs to Ruth.

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— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) March 14, 2021

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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Big negative split for Colorado's Sage Hurta to win the NCAA mile title in a personal best of 4:30.58 (2:11.04 final 800).

She's Colorado's first NCAA mile champ since @emmajcoburn in 2013. pic.twitter.com/z9QBvHDXwM

— Jonathan Gault (@jgault13) March 14, 2021

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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Oregon had a men's championship to remember, finishing with 79 points and running away with the title.

Here's all the events the Ducks won:

• Cole Hocker in the 3000M
• Charlie Hunter in the 800M
• Micah Williams in the 60M
• Cole Hocker in the 1 mile
• Emmanuel Ihemeje in the triple jump
• DMR

It's the fifth indoor team title for Oregon and fourth under head coach Robert Johnson.

North Carolina A&T won the men's 4x400M relay with a time of 3:03.16.

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Kentucky came in second (3:03.61) and Tennessee finished third (3:04.10).

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KC Lightfoot placed No. 1 in men's pole vault at 5.93M.

BYU's Zach McWhorter finished second at 5.80M and Kansas' Zach Bradford came in third at 5.70M.

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Oregon continued its dominance Saturday, with Cole Hocker (7:46.15) and Cooper Teare (7:46.23) coming in first and second in the men's 3000M.

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Mario Garcia Romo of Ole Miss placed third at 7:48.59.

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