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DyeStat Big Board - NCAA Division 1 Women's Outdoor Championships 2021Published by
USC, Texas A&M, LSU Scrapping For Women's Team Title Follow the DyeStat Big Board for updated news throughout the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships. PREVIEW - 10 Storylines TEAM SCORES - USC wins with 74 points. Texas A&M 63 points. Georgia 37.5 points
Saturday, June 12 High Jump Final Rachel Glenn of South Carolina cleared a PR height of 6-4 on her first attempt to take the lead over Lamara Distin of Texas A&M in a competition with lots of team standings implications. Texas A&M star Tyra Gittens finished third and USC's Morgan Smalls exceeded the form chart to take fourth. Winner - Rachel Glenn, South Carolina What She Said - "This morning was positive affirmation. I was like 'I'm going to win, I'm going to jump 6-4 to 6-6,' between that range, which I did." POST-MEET INTERVIEW
Discus Final Iowa's Laulauga Tausaga pumped out a big early throw of 208-5, a lifetime best, on her second attempt to take an early lead and apply some pressure on Arizona State's favored Jorinde van Klinken, the world leader. Van Klinken remained stuck in second place until her final throw when she delivered a clutch throw of 213-3, a meet record, to take the victory. Winner - Jorinde van Klinken, Arizona State What She Said - "The sixth throw is your last attempt, the pressure is on, that's where it's got to happen, and I kind of love the pressure. It's never over until the last round, but doing it on the last round is even more special than doing it on the first round, for example." POST-MEET INTERVIEW
4x100 Relay Final Twanisha Terry ripped down the homestretch and passed LSU to win the relay in 42.82. LSU was second in 42.84. N.C. A&T was third in 43.03. Oregon suffered a dropped baton between the second and third legs. Winner - USC What She Said (Jasmine Jones) - "We trust ourselves to run the race the way coach Caryl tells us, and trust our training to get the stick around and Shield out front." POST-MEET INTERVIEW
1,500 Final BYU's Anna Camp-Bennett burst to the lead in the final 200 and began to pull away from Colorado's Sage Hurta and Standford's Ella Donaghu. Camp won it in 4:08.53. Hurta hung on for second in 4:09.42 and Donaghu, trying to win the title in her home state, was third in 4:09.66. Winner - Anna Camp-Bennett, BYU What She Said - "Honestly, I was thinking about how fast the other girls in the race were and I was like 'Crap! Crap! Crap!' I hope they don't come up because I know they're really fast." "At the beginning of the season my coach (Diljeet Taylor) called me and asked 'Do you want me to coach you to win the 1,500 because I believe that you can do it. So I knew there was a chance." POST-MEET INTERVIEW
Triple Jump Final Texas Tech's Ruth Usoro got her best mark on her third attempt, with 46-6.75 (14.19m), and that held on against Georgia freshman Jasmine Moore and Rice's Michelle Fokam. Winner - Ruth Usoro, Texas Tech What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
3,000 Steeplechase Final Mahala Norris of Air Force, who went to high school an hour from Eugene in Roseburg, hung tough throughout and then sprinted past Auburn's Joyce Kimeli in one of the best women's steeplechase finals ever in the NCAA meet. Norris, who is all of 4-feet-11, ran 9:31.79 for her second personal best in two days. Kimeli was second in 9:31.84. Washington's Katie Rainsberger was third in 9:32.12. READ MORE ABOUT MAHALA NORRIS Winner - Mahala Norris, Air Force What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
110 Hurdles Final USC's Anna Cockrell, the reigning 400-meter hurdles champoin, dominated the race and ran 12.58 for the win. College leader Tonea Marshall of LSU is a surprise scratch. Cockrell's win keeps the momentum going for USC, which is trying to win the national title at Hayward Field just like it did in 2018, the day before demolition began on the "historic" Hayward Field. Winner - Anna Cockrell, USC What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
100 Final North Carolina A&T's Cambrea Sturgis had a great start and held on against USC's Twanisha Terry as she ran the fastest all-conditions 100 in NCAA history with 10.74 (+2.2). Terry was second in 10.79. Winner - Cambrea Sturgis, N.C. A&T What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
400 Final As expected, Texas A&M freshman Athing Mu put the field away and won with another record. Her time of 49.57 broke her own collegiate record (49.68). It's also an American U-20 record. And it broke the meet record of 49.80 by Georgia's Lynna Irby in 2018. USC put three finishers in the top seven and pulled 13 points out of the event. Mu's teammate, Charokee Young, placed fifth and Texas A&M scored 14 ponts. Winner - Athing Mu, Texas A&M What She Said - "Coming out here to nationals was the first time I felt that ‘track was back’ feeling. Cheering and all that, this was the first time I’ve gotten that feeling. Coming out here was definitely a great experience, having a crowd and all the fans supporting." POST-MEET INTERVIEW
800 Final The leaders went out in 58 seconds and Virginia's Michaela Meyer was the one able to keep the charging the hardest on the second lap. Meyer won with a personal best 2:00.28 as the top four broke 2:02. Meyer improved to No. 9 on the all-time collegiate list. Clemson's Laurie Barton was second in 2:00.65. Winner - Michaela Meyer, Virginia What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
400 Hurdles Final Anna Cockrell of USC ran to a dominant victory in 54.68 that puts the Women of Troy on the cusp of the national title. Cockrell became the second woman in NCAA history to sweep the hurdles events, joining Queen Harrison. Winner - Anna Cockrell, USC What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
200 Final Cambrea Sturgis' incredible day, and North Carolina A&T's breakout weekend, continued. Sturgis pulled ahead of Alabama's Tamara Clark and completed the sprint double with a wind-legal time of 22.12 seconds. Winner - Cambrea Sturgis, N.C. A&T What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
5,000 Final Elly Henes pulled away from Notre Dame's Katie Wasserman and Stanford's Julia Heymach over the final lap and the daughter of Wolfpack coach Laurie Henes won the race in 15:28.05. Wasserman was second in 15:28.68. Winner - Elly Henes, North Carolina State What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
4x400 Relay Final Athing Mu took the baton on the anchor leg for Texas A&M slightly behind USC but all 6,000 people in attendance at Hayward Field knew what was going to happen next. Mu took the lead around the first curve and then sped away to another win and another collegiate record. The Aggies broke Oregon's 2017 meet and collegiate record with 3:22.34. USC was second with 3:24.54 to nail down second and the overall team championship. Winner - Texas A&M What Athing Mu Said - "I didn’t expect USC to come back in front, I was thinking UCLA to be honest. I think so, I think that’s what pulled me to run the split that I did… If there was no one out in front, I think I would have taken it just a little bit more chill." - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
Heptathlon Day 2 Tyra Gittens survived a grueling 800 and fell over the finish line to conclude a very busy few days. Not only did she win the heptathlon thanks to a massive lead that she built over the first five events, she also competed in the open high jump on Saturday and got third place in addition to the second place long jump on Wednesday. Gittens' score of 6,285 was a bit off her best, but her 24 points were crucial to the Aggies' team aspirations. Winner - Tyra Gittens, Texas A&M What She Said - POST-MEET INTERVIEW
Friday, June 11 Heptathlon, Day 1 Overwhelming favorite Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M, already with a second-place finish in the long jump, began the heptathlon and built a substantial lead through four events. Gittens was the fifth-fastest going over the 100-meter hurdles, with 13.46 seconds. She easily won the high jump with a clearance at 6-0.50 (1.84m). She was fourth in the shot put with 43-8 (13.31m). And she won the 200 with 23.79. There were no PRs on Day One for Gittens, but with 3,834 points she is ahead of Washington's Ida Eikeng by 162 points.
Thursday, June 10 10,000m Final - Oregon's Carmela Cardama Baez ran behind Alabama's Mercy Chelangat in the late stages of the race and then made a pass with 900 meters to go and made her drive for home. Chelangat sat on her for about 500 of that and then began to lose ground on the bell lap. Cardama Baez closed in 70.5 seconds to get the win in front of a happy crowd at Hayward Field. Her finish time was 32:16.13 to secure the first 10,000 championship for Oregon since Kathy Hayes in 1984. Chelangat, the NCAA cross country champion, was second in 32:22.11. Maria Mettler from Air Force won a tight battle for third, in 32:34.05. WINNER - Carmela Cardama Baez, Oregon What She Said - "I thought about the 2019 race a lot these last two years, and you know, it has been a long time waiting. I think these last few months, even getting ready, I've built a lot of pressure on myself and wanted to do really well, and wanted to prove something. Once I got into the championsihp season, and I won Pac-12s and was having fun with that, and going to regionals and having a plan and having fun with it, I think that pressure went down. Today, I was happy to be here. This is my last race as a Duck. Tomorrow I have my last final in grad school (at) Oregon. It's a lot of things to celebrate regardless of how I would finish."
Hammer Throw Final - Cal's Camryn Rogers wasted no time taking the competition by the throat, with a first attempt collegiate record of 245-11 (74.79m). That broke the collegiate record (74.53m) and meet record (73.32m), both held by Arizona State's Maggie Ewen. On her final attempt she went even farther, with 247-9 (75.52m). That left her less than a foot from the 2014 Canadian record of 248-5 (75.73m) held by Sultana Frizell and moved her to No. 4 in the world this year. It was a good day for personal bests. Shey Taiwo of Ole Miss got one, throwing 233-10 (71.12m) on her sixth attempt to move up to second place from fifth. WINNER - Camryn Rogers, Cal What She Said - "Usually I think when I have personal bests, it takes a second and I'm not really sure, but on the last one, it felt really good when I released it and I got really excited, and then I came out and saw that it was, and it was kind of a shock. It stopped me for a second, and it just made me so happy. Waiting two years, going through COVID, it was really hard, especially at the beginning, and being away from my coach and my school and my team, but it was also really great to be at home with my family and work on the small things while we wait for the season to resume. We knew, no matter what, the season was not canceled, it was just postponed, and that gave us the motivation to keep going and to keep pushing through all that and through to this year, and to have such a consistent year building up to this point, it just means the world to do it again."
Pole Vault Final - Event favorite Lisa Gunnarsson of LSU became the fourth female pole vaulter to sweep the Indoor and Outdoor titles in the same year, joining Tracy O'Hara of UCLA (2000), Kylie Hutson of Indiana State (2009 and 2010) and Lexi Jacobus of Arkansas (2016). Gunnarsson, representing Sweden, had no misses until she made the winning height, 14-5.25 (4.40m). She took three tries at 14-9 (4.50m). WINNER - Lisa Gunnarsson, LSU What She Said - "This means to me that I can always jump high when it really matters. Today the weather wasn't great, so we didn't jump as high as we could, but this means that I can be stable and I can jump in any weather, and that's really important for a pole vaulter, in general. And then the 10 points and the individual title are great on top of that, of course."
Javelin Throw Final - Marie-Therese Obst, representing Norway, had the three best throws of the competition and her fifth-round best of 195-10 (59.69m) was the winner, earning the first title in the event for Georgia since Freya Jones in 2013. Arizona State's Alizee Minard of France came out of the gate hot with a personal-best throw of 190 feet on her first attempt. That held up for second place. WINNER - Marie-Therese Obst, Georgia What She Said - "I'm very emotional right now because I don't think anyone really knows what this means to me. Before I entered the stadium today, I knew I had a good chance to win this thing and I remember I was really disappointed in myself in 2014 (at World Under-20 Championships), so just being able to finally win and do what I wanted to do in 2014, it means more than anyone would believe. I'm super just super grateful for my trainers and my coach at UGA for always believing in me, and we're going to celebrate tonight."
Long Jump Final - Nobody had more fun at the meet than Tara Davis, who wore a cowboy hat during pre-competition introductions, and wore a cowboy hat after she won the long jump final by less than an inch over Texas A&M's Tyra Gittens, a key part of the Aggies' title hopes. The social media influencer jumped 21-11.75 (6.70m), Gittens jumped 21-11 (6.68m) and Georgia's Jasmine Moore was third in 21-10 (6.65m). Davis is the first jumper to sweep the indoor and outdoor titles since Whitney Gipson of TCU did it in 2012. She is also the first Longhorn to win the outdoor long jump. WINNER - Tara Davis, Texas What She Said - "During the competition, no one could get their normal jumps going. I'm not sure if it was the weather or the coldness, I have no idea. We were all just super tired and gearing up for the end of the season with the Trials and stuff, but we all pulled it off, and I was able to get 6.70m, and everyone was right there, all around the board."
Shot Put Final - The Indoor champion pulled out a huge throw on her sixth and final attempt to take the lead back from Wisconsin's Josie Schaefer and add the Outdoor title for the Buckeyes. Adelaide Aquilla threw 62-3.25 (18.98m), improving on her fiffth throw, which was 59-7.50. Schaefer briefly took the lead with her sixth-round mark of 60-0.25 (18.29m), a personal best. It's the first women's outdoor shot put title for Ohio State. Akealy Moton of North Dakota State toggled back and forth between the shot put and javelin and produced a career-best 59-5 (18.11m) for third place. WINNER - Adelaide Aquilla, Ohio State What She Said - "I think a lot of me being so calm in these big meets has to do with me trusting my coach (Ashley Kovacs) and my throw, because if I didn't know what positions to go to in my throw, or if I didn't trust myself to create big throws, I wouldn't be able to go into the situations as calm as I wanted to be. It's really exciting to have this one done, because I think for me personally, going into this meet, there was somewhat of a lot of pressure on me because I was leading the nation and I did have the furthest throw all year, so I know that a lot of eyes were on me, but to be able to find the confidence in myself to continue to throw far, it was just really great." More news |
