Gators, Ducks Win Championships
Published on March 14, 2010 at 01:25AM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP)—Oregon’s Ashton Eaton set a record for the heptathlon with 1,040 points but it wasn’t enough as his Ducks finished second to the Florida Gators’ men in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday at the University of Arkansas. The Gators were bolstered by Christian Taylor’s win in the triple jump and several other high finishes in other events to amass 57 points, easily outdistancing second place Texas A&M’s 44 points. New Mexico’s Lee Emanuel represented the West well by winning the mile run title. As for the women, the Oregon Lady Ducks won the national title by amassing 61 points while Brianne Theisen won the pentathlon with 4,396 points to help Oregon easily best second-place Tennessee who had 36 points. Additionally, Texas-El Paso’s Blessing Okagbare won the long jump to lead the way for Conference USA participants at the national meet.