Texas A&M, No. 3
Georgia, No. 4
Alabama.
Arkansas boasts a whopping 21 top-10 marks nationally, including the top-3 spots in both the mile and 3000.
Krissy Gear leads the Razorback contingent in the mile (No. 1, 4:38.22), with
Logan Morris (No. 2, 4:39.01) and
Lauren Gregory (No. 3, 4:39.05) shortly behind. In the 3000, Gregory owns the top time in 9:01.44, followed by Morris (No. 2, 9:09.45) and
Katie Izzo (No. 3, 9:12.62). The Razorbacks also own the top time in the 4×400 (3:32.18). Other top performers come in the 400, 800 and pole vault.
The second-ranked Aggies come into the first iteration of the National Rating Index with nine top-10 marks. Leading the way is
Athing Mu, who clocked the fifth-fastest performance in collegiate indoor history in the 800 with her NCAA-leading time of 2:01.07 in her collegiate debut. Texas A&M also has strong performances early on in the jumps:
Aggie Women Rank No 2, Men No 11 in USTFCCCA Rating Index - Texas A&M Athletics
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LSU, No. 4
Tennessee.
The Razorbacks are taking full advantage of a favorable schedule that doesn’t see them leave the friendly confines of the refurbished Randal Tyson Track Center this season. Arkansas athletes have put up ten different top-10 marks nationally, including top-5 marks from
Amon Kemboi in the mile (No. 1, 3:58.26) and
Ryan Brown in the triple jump (No. 5, 15.96m/52-4½).
Like the Razorbacks, the North Carolina-based Aggies hit the ground running. N.C. A&T owns seven top-10 marks nationally, including the top-ranked 4×400 relay team at 3:04.62.
Randolph Ross, the second leg of that aforementioned relay team, also turned in two solo top-3 marks in the 200 (t-No. 3, 20.69) and 400 (No. 3, 46.20). Ross isn’t alone on the one-lap chart, as he’s actually tied with freshman teammate
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It also makes collegiate track & field athletes go bigger in early season meets after not competing for more than 10 months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This indoor collegiate season will see many more bigger marks earlier than usual. A sense of urgency and people getting to their main event earlier, because never know when you could be quarantined or shut down and miss a few meets.
Happy to return to competing. Todd Lane (@LSUtoddlane) January 17, 2021
This past weekend saw a slew of all-time performances added to the collegiate record book.
KC Lightfoot, Baylor – Lightfoot broke a less-than-year-old collegiate indoor record in the pole vault at the Texas Tech Corky Classic in Lubbock, Texas. He topped 5.94m (19-5¾) on his first attempt at the height and reduced Chris Nilsen’s former all-time best of 5.93m (19-5½) to second fiddle. Lightfoot missed three attempts at 6.00m (19-8¼), but has cleared that in practice.
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LSU’s women have a decorated history 100 meters at a time.
From 1982 to 2017, the Tigers won 21 national titles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships between the 100 (seven) and the 4×100 relay (14).
It had been a long time, though, since LSU saw someone as fierce as Aleia Hobbs in 2018.
Hobbs actually burst on the scene as a junior the year before when she clocked the second fastest time in collegiate history at 10.85. That came at the SEC Relays, where Hobbs came within shouting distance of collegiate record holder Dawn Sowell, another Tiger legend.
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