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Texas A&M Sweeps Outdoor Track Championships
Published on June 13, 2009 at 11:57PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP)—Porscha Lucas of Texas A&M placed first in the womens’ 200-meter dash to help lead the Lady Aggies to a national championship while the Aggies mens’ 4×400 relay team placed second which propelled them to a national title Saturday in the final day of competition at McDonnell Field. The Lady Aggies posted 50 points to surge past second place Oregon who had 43 points, while Arizona State finished third with 41 points. For the men, things were considerably tighter as Texas A&M had 48 points, while Florida, Florida State, and Oregon each finished in second with 46 points. Locally, Brigham Young’s Lacey Cramer placed fourth in the womens’ 800 meter dash (a race won by Geena Gall of Michigan) to lead the way for Utah athletes. Other winners included Bethune-Cookman’s Robbie Ash in the mens’ 110-meter hurdles, Joanna Atkins of Auburn in the womens’ 400-meter dash, Jonathan Borlee of Florida State in the mens’ 400-meter dash, Andrew Wheating in the mens’ 800-meter dash, Charles Clark of Florida State in the mens’ 200-meter dash, Michigan’s Tiffany Ofili in the womens’ 100-meter hurdles, Susan Juijken of Florida State in the womens’ 1500-meter dash and German Fernandez of Oklahoma State in the mens’ 1500-meter dash. In field events Saturday, winners included Oklahoma’s Will Claye in the mens’ triple jump, Texas Tech’s D’Andra Carter in the womens’ discus and Florida State’s Kimberly Williams in the womens’ triple jump.