EUGENE, Ore.-Saturday, amid a rain-swept track which saw monsoon-like conditions emerge perpetually at Hayward Field, several Utah-based women’s collegiate athletes excelled on the final day of NCAA track and field championship competition.

By virtue of a victory in the women’s 4 x 400 relay, the final event on the track, the USC women edged Georgia 53-52 to win their second national title and first since 2001.

In the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase, Utah’s Grayson Murphy placed sixth while Cierra Simmons of Utah State finished eighth overall.

BYU’s women were represented well on the final day of competition as well as Andrea Stapleton placed eighth overall in the high jump, posting a leap of 5 feet 10 inches.

This concludes the Division I track and field season but many of these returning athletes will return to the running circuit in the fall, competing for their respective schools’ cross country squads.