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If Wednesday is a sign of things to come, we’re in store for an absolutely historic meet.
The highlight of Day 1 was the Men’s 10,000 Meters, where 10 men went under the former meet record of 28:01.30, set by Suleiman Nyambui of UTEP 42 years ago. To the victor goes the meet record, though, as
Patrick Dever of Tulsa is the new record holder at 27:41.87.
As far as the team races goes, top-ranked
LSU is comfortably ahead with 24 points after a pair of event crowns:
JuVaughn Harrison in the long jump and
Tzuriel Pedigo in the javelin. Harrison might have been expected, but Pedigo surged from seventh to first on his sixth and final throw of the evening to give the Tigers 10 unexpected points. LSU is also tied for the most qualifiers through to Friday’s finals with six (
Nine women and 15 men from the University of Oregon qualified for next week’s NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field. The meet, which runs
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