2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	June 6–9, 2018
Host city	Eugene, Oregon University of Oregon
Venue	Hayward Field
Events	42
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The 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were the 97th NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 37th NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held for the sixth consecutive year at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on the campus of the University of Oregon.^[1] In total, forty-two different men's and women's track and field events were contested from Wednesday June 6 to Saturday June 9, 2018.

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Needing points in pursuit of the team title, the University of Houston was hoping to score with its three sprinters Cameron Burrell, Elijah Hall, and Mario Burke in the final of the 100 m on June 8. Though a headwind prevented fast times, Burrell and Hall were able to accelerate and out-lean Florida State University's Andre Ewers, considered by some to be the favorite, at the finish to score 18 points in addition to Burke's one point for finish eighth. In a post-race interview with ESPN, Burrell said he dedicated his win in this race to teammate Brian Barazza who fell after leading in the 3000 m steeplechase hours before.^[3]

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Cameron Burrell	Houston	10.13
	Elijah Hall	Houston	10.17
	Andre Ewers	Florida State	10.19
4	Cravon Gillespie	Oregon	10.27
5	Raheem Chambers	Auburn	10.33
6	McKinely West	Southern Miss.	10.36
7	Cejhae Greene	Georgia	10.37
8	Mario Burke	Houston	10.41

The men's 200 m was won by Texas Tech University's Divine Oduduru on May 8. Running into a strong headwind of 3.1 meters per second, Oduduru ran 20.28 seconds to win the title by only one one-hundredth of a second over 100m contenter Andre Ewers of Florida State University.^[4]

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Divine Oduduru	Texas Tech	20.28
	Andre Ewers	Florida State	20.29
	Kendal Williams	Georgia	20.32
4	Jaron Flournoy	LSU	20.43
5	Rodney Rowe	N. Carolina A&T	20.52
6	Mustaqeem Williams	Tennessee	20.62
7	Kenzo Cotton	Arkansas	20.73
8	McKinely West	Southern Miss.	20.84

Having set the indoor 400 m world record and having not lost a race all year, the University of Southern California's Michael Norman was considered the prohibitive favorite in the men's 400 m on June 8. Before the race, he said his goal was to beat Olympic gold medalist Quincy Watts, his coach's personal best in the event, which would have also been a collegiate record. Despite a fleeting rain, Norman ran conservatively in the beginning but pulled a late charge to win the race in 43.61 seconds, a new collegiate record and a time that made him among the 15 fastest performers of all time. The University of Auburn's Akeem Bloomfield also ran under 44 seconds and his teammate Nathon Allen ran 44.1 seconds, both among the top collegiate times in history, leading some to call the race the greatest collegiate 400m of all time.^[5]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Michael Norman	USC	43.61	PB CR FR NCAAR
	Akeem Bloomfield	Auburn	43.94	PB
	Nathon Allen	Auburn	44.13	PB
4	Mar'yea Harris	Iowa	45.00
5	Tyrell Richard	South Carolina St.	45.10
6	Obi Igbokwe	Arkansas	45.16
7	Kahmari Montgomery	Houston	45.75
8	Wil London	Baylor	46.20

The University of Texas at El Paso's Michael Saruni, coming off his collegiate record, was considered the favorite for the men's 800 m on June 8. Texas A&M University's Devin Dixon led the field through a quick 400 m split, and soon Saruni and Penn State University's Isaiah Harris were both in contention with a lap to go. But with 300 meters to go, Saruni abruptly accelerated, leaving him with less energy on the final stretch as Harris and eventually Mississippi State University's Marco Arop passed him, with Harris taking his first NCAA title in a quick personal best time of 1:44.76.^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Isaiah Harris	Penn State	1:44.76	PB
	Marco Arop	Miss State	1:45.25	PB
	Michael Saruni	UTEP	1:45.31
4	Bryce Hoppel	Kansas	1:45.67	PB
5	Devin Dixon	Texas A&M	1:45.86
6	Jonah Koech	UTEP	1:46.23	PB
7	Robert Ford	USC	1:46.72
8	Robert Heppenstall	Wake Forest	1:47.14

The University of New Mexico's Josh Kerr was the favorite for the men's 1500 m on June 8 on account of being the defending champion and collegiate record-holder. Before the race, he had mentioned wanting to break his own collegiate record in the final on June 8, but wet conditions didn't allow it as the field went out in 61 seconds for the first 400 m. In a late surge, the unheralded Ollie Hoare passed Kerr in the final 100 meters to become the University of Wisconsin's first champion in this event in over 40 years.^{[further explanation needed][7]}

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Ollie Hoare	Wisconsin	3:44.77
	Vincent Ciattei	Virginia Tech	3:45.02 (3:45.012)
	Josh Kerr	New Mexico	3:45.02 (3:45.015)
4	Robert Domanic	Ole Miss	3:45.47
5	Sam Worley	Texas	3:45.67
6	Sam Prakel	Oregon	3:45.73
7	Justine Kiprotich	Michigan State	3:45.75 (3:45.744)
8	Cameron Griffith	Arkansas	3:45.75 (3:45.747)
9	Amos Bartelsmeyer	Georgetown	3:46.54
10	Diego Zarate	Virginia Tech	3:46.55
11	Mike Marsella	Virginia	3:52.39
12	Mick Stanovsek	Oregon	3:56.12

Former indoor and outdoor 5000 m champions Justyn Knight and Grant Fisher were among the favorites in the men's 5000 m on June 8. Despite finishing in the last three places in the 10,000 m two days prior to the race, Brigham Young University's three runners were also expected to factor on suspicion that they had purposefully ran the 10,000 m easily to avoid getting disqualified from the meet and focus solely on the 5000 m. Wet conditions and a championship-style tactical race prevented fast times as only one athlete in the field set a personal best. Ultimately, Stanford University senior Sean McGorty finished the strongest as he took the individual title, with his teammate Fisher being passed by Knight in the final ten meters. The strong finish of Stanford runners scored them sixteen points in this event, which contributed to briefly allowing Stanford to lead the overall team title standings.^[8]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Sean McGorty	Stanford	13:54.81
	Justyn Knight	Syracuse	13:55.03
	Grant Fisher	Stanford	13:55.04
4	Andy Trouard	Northern Arizona	13:55.46
5	Amon Kemboi	Campbell	13:56.37
6	Dillon Maggard	Utah State	13:57.40
7	Edwin Kurgat	Iowa State	13:58.01
8	Rory Linkletter	BYU	13:58.20
9	Vincent Kiprop	Alabama	13:59.60
10	Jaret Carpenter	Purdue	14:00.01
11	Cole Rockhold	Colorado St.	14:00.96
12	Clayton Young	BYU	14:02.17
13	Gilbert Kigen	Alabama	14:03.06
14	Philo Germano	Syracuse	14:03.57
15	Conor Lundy	Princeton	14:04.08	PB
16	Ben Veatch	Indiana	14:06.40
17	Cooper Teare	Oregon	14:08.18
18	Lawrence Kipkoech	Campbell	14:11.95
19	Zach Perrin	Colorado	14:16.56
20	Alfred Chelanga	Alabama	14:19.36
21	Chartt Miller	Iona	14:20.90
22	Colby Gilbert	Washington	14:27.22
23	Zach Long	Tennessee	14:28.97
24	Connor McMillan	BYU	14:29.12

With last year's champion Marc Scott having graduated, the University of Alabama's Vincent Kiprop, a Kenyan transfer from the NCAA Division II school Missouri Southern State University, was considered the favorite. He was helped in the final by fellow Kenyans and Alabama transfers Gilbert Kigen and Alfred Chelanga, who ran together at a quick pace of 4:22 for the first 1600 m. In the next two miles, the pace substantially slowed as Northern Arizona University runners Tyler Day and Matthew Baxter caught up and alternated the lead. The field remained tightly packed, with the top eight athletes less than two seconds apart at 8000 m which Kiprop first passed in 22:59. With two laps remaining, the top six of Kiprop, Day, Baxter, the University of Michigan's Ben Flanagan, Thomson, and Dillon Maggard began to separate. Kiprop attempted to lengthen his lead with one lap to go, but Flanagan remained in tow and passed Kiprop in the final 50 meters. Directly at the conclusion of the race, he told ESPN cameras, "Where's my mom?" Flanagan's final time of 28:34 was a thirty-nine second improvement over his previous best of 29:13. Flanagan credited staying "as patient as possible" in part for his win. His victory was the first by a Canadian in this event at the NCAA championships since 2012, when Cam Levins won the title.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Notes
	Ben Flanagan	Michigan	28:34.53	PB
	Vincent Kiprop	Alabama	28:34.99
	Dillon Maggard	Utah State	28:38.36	PB
4	Tyler Day	Northern Arizona	28:39.03
5	Matthew Baxter	Northern Arizona	28:39.35
6	Jacob Thomson	Kentucky	28:40.50	PB
7	Gilbert Kigen	Alabama	28:55.66
8	Robert Brandt	UCLA	29:13.12
9	Colin Bennie	Syracuse	29:13.66
10	Arsène Guillorel	Samford	29:16.71
11	Grant Fischer	Colorado St.	29:20.73
12	Connor McMillan	BYU	29:32.65
13	Lawrence Kipkoech	Campbell	29:34.52
14	Michael Crozier	Georgetown	29:38.21
15	Frank Lara	Furman	29:42.87
16	Alfred Chelanga	Alabama	29:44.08
17	Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse	Portland	29:45.39
18	Jonathan Green	Georgetown	29:46.57
19	Nahom Solomon	Georgia Tech	29:46.96
20	Matt Welch	Portland	30:02.69
21	Mike Tate	Southern Utah	30:14.75
22	Conner Mantz	BYU	31:37.34
23	Clayton Young	BYU	31:37.54
24	Rory Linkletter	BYU	31:37.69

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Defending champion Grant Holloway of the University of Florida won the men's 110 m hurdles on June 8. Holloway had a fast start and built up a lead 50 meters into the race, but as he approached the finish both the University of Illinois' David Kendziera and Damion Thomas of Louisiana State University began to make up ground, leaning at the finish line but ultimately coming up short.^[13]

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Grant Holloway	Florida	13.42
	David Kendziera	Illinois	13.43
	Damion Thomas	LSU	13.45
4	Trey Cunningham	Florida State	13.64
5	Antoine Lloyd	Nebraska	13.94
6	Ruebin Walters	Alabama	13.95
7	Luke Siedhoff	Nebraska	13.99
8	John Burt	Texas	14.01

The men's 400 m hurdles took place on May 8. The University of Southern California's Rai Benjamin attracted attention during the prelims by stepping twelve times (as compared to the standard thirteen or more) between each hurdle, a feat that only world record holder Kevin Young had notably achieved before. During the final, which took place soon after Southern California teammate Michael Norman set the collegiate record in the flat 400 m, Benjamin stuttered at one of the early hurdles but ultimately pulled away from the field late to run a time of 47.02 seconds. The time was not only a personal best by nearly a full second, but it was also a championship record, Hayward Field facility record, national record for Antigua and Barbuda, an NCAA collegiate record, and the equal number-two performance of all time, behind only Kevin Young's 46-second performance and equal to Edwin Moses' 1983 former World Record. The time came as a surprise to many who thought that the wet conditions and puddles on the track were not conducive to running fast times.^[14]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Rai Benjamin	USC	47.02	PB CR FR NCAAR
	Kenny Selmon	North Carolina	48.12	PB
	David Kendziera	Illinois	48.42	PB
4	Kemar Mowatt	Arkansas	48.83
5	Taylor McLaughlin	Michigan	49.59	PB
6	Jacob Smith	Northern Iowa	50.60
7	Maksims Sincukovs	Arizona	50.63
8	Infinite Tucker	Texas A&M	50.76

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There was no clear favorite in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, as the collegiate yearly leader did not qualify and no scoring athletes returned from last year's final. Most expected the race to be tactical due to wet conditions, but the University of Houston's Brian Barraza gapped the field early, taking the race out at an 8:20 pace for the first few laps—a time that was over ten seconds faster than any of the athletes' personal bests. The frontrunning strategy seemed to have been working as Barazza still held a considerable lead going in to the last lap, but a fall on one of the last barriers allowed the University of Minnesota's Obsa Ali to pass and win the race in a personal-best time of 8:32 minutes. Barraza had trouble getting up after his fall, and ultimately finished tenth. As Houston was considered by some to be a contender for the team title, Barazza's bold race strategy was considered foolish by some but brave by others. After the race, Barraza's coach Steve Magness said that Barraza felt dazed after the race, and that he was considering being checked for a concussion. The fall was later featured on ESPN's SportsCenter.^[15]

Rank	Name	University	Time	Notes
	Obsa Ali	Minnesota	8:32.23	PB
	Jamaine Coleman	Eastern Kentucky	8:33.52	PB
	Steven Fahy	Stanford	8:34.52	PB
4	Aidan Tooker	Syracuse	8:35.41	PB
5	Andrew Gardner	Washington	8:37.07	PB
6	Matt Owens	BYU	8:38.09
7	Clayson Shumway	BYU	8:40.15
8	Riley Osen	Portland	8:41.24	PB
9	Noah Affolder	Syracuse	8:43.72
10	Brian Barraza	Houston	8:44.42
11	Max Benoit	Michigan State	8:47.15
12	John Rice	Texas	8:52.81

Despite rain on the track, the University of Houston won the men's 4x100 m in a new collegiate-record time of 38.17 seconds. The prior record had stood for 30 years.^[16]

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
	Houston	38.17	CR FR NCAAR
	Ohio State	38.75
	Florida	38.89
4	Arkansas	39.01
5	Florida State	39.37
6	Southern Miss.	39.49
7	Northwestern St.	39.63
	N. Carolina A&T	DNF

Though the 4 x 400 m was the final men's event of the championships, the team title was already decided as the University of Georgia's points lead was too great for any other team to overtake them in the relays. Nevertheless, the University of Southern California won the event and set a new collegiate record of 2:59.00 minutes. The four-man team included both new NCAA record-holders Michael Norman (in the flat 400 m) and Rai Benjamin (in the 400 m hurdles), and both athletes ran under 44 seconds for their legs to have the two fastest split times in the field. Despite Norman having held the third-fastest split time in history with a 43.03 split at the NCAA West Regional, it was Benjamin who had the faster split of 43.6 seconds in the race on June 8. Norman, who was the anchor, ran largely alone for his leg as he received the baton in the lead and the team won by nearly a full second.^[17]

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
	USC	2:59.00	CR FR NCAAR
	Texas A&M	2:59.91
	LSU	3:00.56
4	Florida	3:01.83
5	Houston	3:04.03
6	Arkansas	3:04.53
7	Baylor	3:04.54
8	Stanford	3:05.50

Zach Baile of Ohio State University won the men's long jump on June 6 in a personal best distance of 8.37 m (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in).^[18]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Distance	Wind	Notes
	Zack Bazile	Ohio State	8.37 m (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.9	PB
	Jordan Latimer	Akron	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	+1.8	PB
	Odaine Lewis	Texas Tech	7.99 m (26 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	+3.7
4	Rayvon Grey	LSU	7.96 m (26 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	+3.1
5	Charles Brown	Texas Tech	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)	+2.4
6	Kyle Darrow	Northeastern	7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)	+1.8	PB
7	KeAndre Bates	Florida	7.86 m (25 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	+0.5
8	Tahar Triki	Texas A&M	7.86 m (25 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	+0.4
9	Grant Holloway	Florida	7.83 m (25 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	+0.1
10	Damarcus Simpson	Oregon	7.81 m (25 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	+1.2
11	Terrell Mcclain	Akron	7.77 m (25 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	+2.8
12	Julian Harvey	SIU Edwardsville	7.76 m (25 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	+1.8
13	Yann Randrianasolo	South Carolina	7.73 m (25 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	+1.4
14	Harrison Schrage	Arkansas	7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)	+2.0	PB
15	Jonathan Wells	Illinois	7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)	+0.7
16	Kenneth Fisher	Florida State	7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)	+1.9
17	Jacob Fincham-Dukes	Oklahoma State	7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)	+0.4
18	Saladin Nasser	Long Beach St.	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+2.4
19	JuVaughn Blake	LSU	7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	+0.9
20	Jason Smith	Long Beach St.	7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)	+0.4
21	Marcus Flannigan	Grand Canyon	7.38 m (24 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	+1.4
22	Fred Dorsey	Kentucky	7.35 m (24 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	-0.4
23	Carter Shell	Arkansas State	7.30 m (23 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	+0.3
	Tyler Jones	Kennesaw State	FOUL

Tahar Triki of Texas A&M University won the men's triple jump on June 8.^[19]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Distance	Wind	Notes
	Tahar Triki	Texas A&M	16.79 m (55 ft 1 in)	-0.7
	Odaine Lewis	Texas Tech	16.73 m (54 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	+0.6	PB
	KeAndre Bates	Florida	16.63 m (54 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	+0.0
4	Scotty Newton	TCU	16.47 m (54 ft 1⁄4 in)	-0.7
5	Chengetayi Mapaya	TCU	16.42 m (53 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	+0.5	PB
6	Christian Edwards	Alabama	16.37 m (53 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	+0.2	PB
7	Darius Armstead	Sacramento St.	16.17 m (53 ft 1⁄2 in)	-0.1
8	Clayton Brown	Florida	16.10 m (52 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	-0.5
9	Kaiwan Culmer	Nebraska	16.09 m (52 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	+0.0
10	Jordan Scott	Virginia	15.96 m (52 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	-0.2
11	Barden Adams	Kansas	15.90 m (52 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	-0.6
12	Brian Mada	DePaul	15.89 m (52 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	-0.2	PB
13	David Oluwadara	Boston U.	15.86 m (52 ft 1⁄4 in)	+0.1
14	Papay Glaywulu	Oklahoma	15.86 m (52 ft 1⁄4 in)	+0.3
15	John Warren	Southern Miss.	15.86 m (52 ft 1⁄4 in)	-0.9
16	DaJuan Seward	Ohio State	15.75 m (51 ft 8 in)	-0.4
17	Jeremiah Green	Clemson	15.71 m (51 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	+0.5
18	Tuomas Kaukolahti	California	15.53 m (50 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	-0.9
19	Craig Stevens Jr	Kent State	15.36 m (50 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	-0.5
20	Markel Dalton	Charlotte	15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)	-0.1
21	Darrel Jones	Liberty	15.00 m (49 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	-0.2
22	Zachary Johnson	Sam Houston St.	13.32 m (43 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	-0.8
	O'Brien Wasome	Texas	DNS
	Armani Wallace	Florida State	FOUL

Kansas State University's Tejaswin Shankar won the men's high jump on June 8.^[20]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Height	Notes
	Tejaswin Shankar	Kansas State	2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
	Shelby McEwen	Alabama	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
	Keenon Laine	Georgia	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
4	Trey Culver	Texas Tech	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
5	Antonios Merlos	Georgia	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	PB
6	Vernon Turner	Oklahoma	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
7	Earnie Sears	USC	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
8	Jhonny Victor	Florida	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
9	Landon Bartel	Nebraska	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
10	Clayton Brown	Florida	2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
10	Damar Robinson	Louisville	2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
12	Samuel Shoultz	Maryland	2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
13	JuVaughn Blake	LSU	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
13	Ty Anderson	UTSA	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
13	Jonathan Wells	Illinois	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
13	Zack Anderson	South Dakota	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
13	Matthew Birzer	Notre Dame	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
18	Ryan Lockard	Minnesota	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
18	Ben Milligan	Oregon	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
18	Brandon Piwinski	Michigan	2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
	Safir Scott	Connecticut	NH
	Julian Harvey	SIU Edwardsville	NH
	Bryant O'Georgia	Arizona	NH
	Jerin Allen	Louisville	NH

The University of South Dakota's Chris Nilsen set an NCAA championship record of 5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in) to win the men's pole vault, which took place on June 6.^[21]

Rank	Name	University	Height	Notes
	Chris Nilsen	South Dakota	5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	CR
	Matthew Ludwig	Akron	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
	Torben Laidig	Virginia Tech	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
4	Jacob Wooten	Texas A&M	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	PB
5	Tray Oates	Samford	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
5	Hussain Al-Hizam	Kansas	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
7	Deakin Volz	Virginia Tech	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
8	Joel Benitez	Virginia Tech	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	PB
9	Adam Coulon	Indiana	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	PB
10	Marc Toney	UC Davis	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	PB
11	Nate Richartz	Notre Dame	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
11	Sean Collins	South Alabama	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
13	Drew Mcmichael	Texas Tech	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
14	Audie Wyatt	Texas A&M	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
15	Blake Scott	Oklahoma State	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	PB
16	Craig Hunter	Connecticut	5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
17	Sander Moldau	Washington St.	5.15 m (16 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
17	Elijah Cole	Charlotte	5.15 m (16 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
19	Clayton Fritsch	Sam Houston St.	5.15 m (16 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
20	Scott Marshall	Grand Canyon	5.15 m (16 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
	Nick Meyer	Kansas	NH
	Cole Gorski	Ohio State	NH
	Jake David	South Dakota	NH
	Devin King	SE Louisiana	NH

After winning the men's hammer throw earlier in the day, the University of Georgia's Denzel Comenentia won the shot put on June 6 with a throw of 20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in).^[22]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Distance	Notes
	Denzel Comenentia	Georgia	20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
	Josh Awotunde	South Carolina	20.57 m (67 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
	Mostafa Hassan	Colorado St.	20.44 m (67 ft 1⁄2 in)
4	Adrian Piperi	Texas	20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	PB
5	Jordan Geist	Arizona	20.32 m (66 ft 8 in)
6	Oghenakpobo Efekoro	Virginia	20.28 m (66 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
7	Austin Droogsma	Florida State	20.23 m (66 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
8	Nicholas Demaline	Ohio State	20.18 m (66 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	PB
9	Jared Kern	Southern Illinois	19.95 m (65 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
10	Payton Otterdahl	North Dakota State	19.62 m (64 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
11	Grant Cartwright	Michigan	19.61 m (64 ft 4 in)	PB
12	Jordan West	Tennessee	19.43 m (63 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
13	Kord Ferguson	Alabama	19.39 m (63 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
14	Andrew Liskowitz	Michigan	19.19 m (62 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
15	Nicholas Ponzio	USC	19.01 m (62 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
16	Peter Simon	California	18.95 m (62 ft 2 in)
17	McKay Johnson	California	18.92 m (62 ft 3⁄4 in)
18	T'Mond Johnson	Texas State	18.91 m (62 ft 1⁄4 in)
19	Noah Castle	Kentucky	18.91 m (62 ft 1⁄4 in)
20	Nikolas Huffman	Kentucky	18.54 m (60 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
21	Brett Neelly	Kansas State	18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
22	Itamar Levi	Arkansas State	17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
23	Reno Tuufuli	Iowa	17.89 m (58 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
	Cedric Paul	Northwestern St.	FOUL

Luke Vaughn of Memphis University won the men's discus throw on June 8.^[23]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Mark	Notes
	Luke Vaughn	Memphis	60.41 m (198 ft 2 in)
	Greg Thompson	Maryland	58.96 m (193 ft 5 in)
	Brian Williams	Ole Miss	58.62 m (192 ft 3 in)
4	Kord Ferguson	Alabama	58.42 m (191 ft 8 in)
5	Reno Tuufuli	Iowa	57.61 m (189 ft 0 in)
6	Ashmon Lucas	Purdue	56.88 m (186 ft 7 in)
7	David Lucas	Penn State	56.87 m (186 ft 6 in)
8	Nicholas Percy	Nebraska	56.72 m (186 ft 1 in)
9	Eric Kicinski	Texas Tech	56.55 m (185 ft 6 in)
10	Payton Otterdahl	North Dakota State	55.48 m (182 ft 0 in)
11	Daniel Haugh	Alabama	55.27 m (181 ft 3 in)
12	Jordan Geist	Arizona	54.95 m (180 ft 3 in)
13	George Evans	Kansas	54.41 m (178 ft 6 in)
14	Nicolai Ceban	Kansas	54.26 m (178 ft 0 in)
15	Rafael Vallery	Memphis	53.98 m (177 ft 1 in)
16	Noah Castle	Kentucky	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in)
17	Kyle Douglass	Montana State	53.91 m (176 ft 10 in)
18	McKay Johnson	California	53.43 m (175 ft 3 in)
19	Turner Washington	Arizona	53.36 m (175 ft 0 in)
20	Gian Ragonesi	Miami	52.77 m (173 ft 1 in)
21	Cullen Prena	Ole Miss	51.47 m (168 ft 10 in)
22	Irenej Bozovicar	Manhattan	51.46 m (168 ft 9 in)
23	Carlos Davis	Nebraska	49.10 m (161 ft 1 in)
	Ben Hammer	South Dakota	FOUL

Mississippi State University's Anderson Peters set a championship record of 82.82 m (271 ft 8 in) to win the men's javelin throw on June 6.^[24]

Rank	Name	Team	Distance	Notes
	Anderson Peters	Miss State	82.82 m (271 ft 8 in)	PB CR
	Nicolas Quijera	Miss State	80.21 m (263 ft 1 in)	PB
	Sindri Gudmundsson	Utah State	76.37 m (250 ft 6 in)
4	Trevor Danielson	Stanford	71.80 m (235 ft 6 in)	PB
5	Michael Criticos	Memphis	71.25 m (233 ft 9 in)
6	Elijah Marta	Kentucky	70.81 m (232 ft 3 in)	PB
7	Fabian Dohmann	Texas	70.58 m (231 ft 6 in)
8	Aaron True	Wichita State	70.26 m (230 ft 6 in)
9	Jesse Newman	Grand Canyon	69.81 m (229 ft 0 in)	PB
10	Jonno Engelking	SE Missouri	68.07 m (223 ft 3 in)
11	Marian Spannowsky	UCLA	68.05 m (223 ft 3 in)
12	Adrian Williams	SE Louisiana	68.01 m (223 ft 1 in)
13	William Petersson	Texas A&M	67.33 m (220 ft 10 in)
14	Simon Litzell	UCLA	66.72 m (218 ft 10 in)
15	Michael Biddle	Penn State	66.52 m (218 ft 2 in)
16	Tony White	UMBC	65.71 m (215 ft 7 in)
17	Denzel Pratt	Liberty	65.19 m (213 ft 10 in)
18	John Nizich	Oregon	64.30 m (210 ft 11 in)
19	Richard Vinson	SE Missouri	63.58 m (208 ft 7 in)
20	Damien Odle	Wichita State	63.47 m (208 ft 2 in)
21	Rodrigo Iglesias	Akron	63.23 m (207 ft 5 in)
22	Sean Richards	Navy	61.35 m (201 ft 3 in)
23	August Cook	Army	61.10 m (200 ft 5 in)
24	Cade Antonucci	Auburn	59.30 m (194 ft 6 in)

The men's hammer throw took place on June 6. University of Georgia junior Denzel Comenentia set a personal best to win his first NCAA championship.^[25]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Best mark	Notes
	Denzel Comenentia	Georgia	76.41 m (250 ft 8 in)	PB
	Anders Eriksson	Florida	73.76 m (241 ft 11 in)
	Jake Norris	LSU	73.24 m (240 ft 3 in)	PB
4	Rudy Winkler	Rutgers	72.74 m (238 ft 7 in)
5	Daniel Haugh	Alabama	72.72 m (238 ft 6 in)
6	Morgan Shigo	Penn State	72.47 m (237 ft 9 in)	PB
7	Thomas Mardal	Florida	72.20 m (236 ft 10 in)	PB
8	AJ Mcfarland	Florida	71.29 m (233 ft 10 in)	PB
9	Adam Kelly	Princeton	70.27 m (230 ft 6 in)
10	Kevin Arreaga	Miami	70.07 m (229 ft 10 in)
11	Hilmar Orn Jonsson	Virginia	69.94 m (229 ft 5 in)
12	Gleb Dudarev	Kansas	69.18 m (226 ft 11 in)
13	Michael Shanahan	New Hampshire	69.16 m (226 ft 10 in)
14	Brock Eager	Washington St.	67.97 m (222 ft 11 in)
15	Cristian Ravar Ladislau	Arkansas State	67.75 m (222 ft 3 in)
16	Silviu Bocancea	California	65.54 m (215 ft 0 in)
17	Justin Stafford	UCLA	64.25 m (210 ft 9 in)
18	Mitch Dixon	Kansas State	64.17 m (210 ft 6 in)
19	Joshua Hernandez	Sam Houston St.	63.46 m (208 ft 2 in)
20	Ricky Hurley	Southern Illinois	63.07 m (206 ft 11 in)
21	Kieran Mckeag	Minnesota	62.45 m (204 ft 10 in)
22	Avery Carter	Missouri	62.21 m (204 ft 1 in)
23	Nicholas Percy	Nebraska	61.70 m (202 ft 5 in)
24	Jacob Mcbride	North Dakota State	60.75 m (199 ft 3 in)

The men's decathlon began on June 6. Only 18 of the 24 competitors completed the event. British athlete Tim Duckworth of the University of Kentucky led the field by a wide margin after the first five events on June 6, and continued to perform well in the remaining events before sustaining an injury on June 7. He remained in competition despite the injury, and due to his prior lead was able to win the overall points table despite finishing last place in the final 1500 m event.^[26]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Overall points	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m
	Tim Duckworth	Kentucky	8336	959 10.57	1063 8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	676 13.15 m (43 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	925 2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	872 48.78	927 14.37	721 42.76 m (140 ft 3 in)	944 5.11 m (16 ft 9 in)	697 57.27 m (187 ft 10 in)	552 5:01.27
	Karl Saluri	Georgia	8137	975 10.50	985 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)	753 14.41 m (47 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	653 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	902 48.14	820 15.25	725 42.95 m (140 ft 10 in)	852 4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	691 56.91 m (186 ft 8 in)	781 4:24.49
	Johannes Erm	Georgia	8046	892 10.86	1056 7.98 m (26 ft 2 in)	695 13.46 m (44 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	785 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	893 48.34	864 14.88	751 44.21 m (145 ft 0 in)	852 4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	666 55.21 m (181 ft 1 in)	592 4:54.46
4	Joe Delgado	Louisville	7852	888 10.88	862 7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	715 13.79 m (45 ft 2+3⁄4 in)	758 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	889 48.41	834 15.13	669 40.20 m (131 ft 10 in)	793 4.61 m (15 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	648 54.01 m (177 ft 2 in)	796 4:22.36
5	Scott Filip	Rice	7803	938 10.66	1005 7.78 m (25 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	667 12.99 m (42 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	813 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	855 49.13	829 15.17	621 37.84 m (124 ft 1 in)	734 4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	644 53.71 m (176 ft 2 in)	697 4:37.35
6	Tim Ehrhardt	Michigan State	7736	890 10.87	918 7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	651 12.73 m (41 ft 9 in)	813 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	913 47.92	744 15.90	536 33.61 m (110 ft 3 in)	913 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)	596 50.49 m (165 ft 7 in)	762 4:27.35
7	Markus Ballengee	Liberty	7722	808 11.24	720 6.60 m (21 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	682 13.24 m (43 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	813 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	828 49.72	884 14.72	736 43.48 m (142 ft 7 in)	852 4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in)	656 54.56 m (179 ft 0 in)	743 4:30.17
8	Kevin Nielsen	BYU	7695	876 10.93	915 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)	652 12.75 m (41 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	813 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	847 49.30	836 15.11	612 37.41 m (122 ft 8 in)	793 4.61 m (15 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	598 50.63 m (166 ft 1 in)	753 4:28.70
9	Gabe Moore	Arkansas	7670	856 11.02	828 7.06 m (23 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	731 14.05 m (46 ft 1 in)	731 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	837 49.51	867 14.86	787 45.97 m (150 ft 9 in)	763 4.51 m (14 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	697 57.25 m (187 ft 9 in)	573 4:57.73
10	Nick Guerrant	Michigan State	7619	883 10.90	852 7.16 m (23 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	640 12.56 m (41 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	785 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	830 49.67	836 15.11	732 43.29 m (142 ft 0 in)	734 4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	670 55.48 m (182 ft 0 in)	657 4:43.80
11	Trent Nytes	Wisconsin	7609	854 11.03	905 7.38 m (24 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	687 13.33 m (43 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	840 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	845 49.34	817 15.27	686 41.04 m (134 ft 7 in)	648 4.11 m (13 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	683 56.37 m (184 ft 11 in)	644 4:45.87
12	Adrian Riley	UTSA	7520	901 10.82	1038 7.91 m (25 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	625 12.30 m (40 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	758 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	764 51.12	789 15.51	720 42.70 m (140 ft 1 in)	676 4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	645 53.81 m (176 ft 6 in)	604 4:52.51
13	William Dougherty	Iowa	7467	856 11.02	788 6.89 m (22 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	748 14.32 m (46 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	731 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	826 49.76	841 15.07	613 37.47 m (122 ft 11 in)	763 4.51 m (14 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	591 50.17 m (164 ft 7 in)	710 4:35.31
14	Aaron Booth	Kansas State	7458	832 11.13	833 7.08 m (23 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	664 12.95 m (42 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	731 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	768 51.02	750 15.85	711 42.28 m (138 ft 8 in)	763 4.51 m (14 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	701 57.55 m (188 ft 9 in)	705 4:36.04
15	Benjamin Ose	Dartmouth	7237	858 11.01	804 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)	592 11.77 m (38 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	627 1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in)	797 50.39	776 15.62	633 38.43 m (126 ft 0 in)	822 4.71 m (15 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	624 52.38 m (171 ft 10 in)	704 4:36.32
16	Derek Jacobus	Arkansas	7236	876 10.93	900 7.36 m (24 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	681 13.22 m (43 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	705 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	848 49.29	705 16.25	592 36.43 m (119 ft 6 in)	734 4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	543 46.90 m (153 ft 10 in)	652 4:44.61
17	Sawyer Smith	Wisconsin	6583	888 10.88	881 7.28 m (23 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	737 14.14 m (46 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	705 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	793 50.47	728 16.04	708 42.15 m (138 ft 3 in)	734 4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	409 37.70 m (123 ft 8 in)	0 DNF
18	Nathan Hite	Texas A&M	6518	863 10.99	628 6.19 m (20 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	719 13.85 m (45 ft 5+1⁄4 in)	679 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	835 49.57	775 15.63	667 40.14 m (131 ft 8 in)	763 4.51 m (14 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	589 50.05 m (164 ft 2 in)	0 DNF
DNF	Harrison Williams	Stanford	--	945 10.63	975 7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	724 13.93 m (45 ft 8+1⁄4 in)	758 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	909 48.01	0 DQ	646 39.10 m (128 ft 3 in)	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS
DNF	TJ Lawson	Kent State	--	870 10.96	838 7.10 m (23 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	726 13.96 m (45 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	758 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	773 50.92	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS
DNF	Rauno Liitmae	Missouri	--	778 11.38	713 6.57 m (21 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	714 13.77 m (45 ft 2 in)	679 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	738 51.70	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS
DNF	Steele Wasik	Texas	--	852 11.04	797 6.93 m (22 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	676 13.14 m (43 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	705 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS
DNF	Nathaniel Mechler	Houston	--	899 10.83	920 7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	613 12.11 m (39 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	0 NH	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS
DNF	Hunter Veith	Wichita State	--	870 10.96	838 7.10 m (23 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	636 12.48 m (40 ft 11+1⁄4 in)	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS	0 DNS

Coming off a 10.91 time in the prelims that was the fourth-best mark in NCAA history, Aleia Hobbs of Louisiana State University was favored to win the women's 100 m on June 9. Heavy rain prevented her from besting that time as she won the event by more than 0.2 seconds, and Hobbs said after the race that the rain was so pervasive that she could not see the track while she was running.^[27]

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Aleia Hobbs	LSU	11.01
	Natalliah Whyte	Auburn	11.24
	Twanisha Terry	USC	11.39
4	Jonielle Smith	Auburn	11.40
5	Shania Collins	Tennessee	11.41
6	Mikiah Brisco	LSU	11.44
7	Deanna Hill	USC	11.45
8	Ariana Washington	Oregon	11.50

The women's 200 m took place on June 9. Harvard University's Gabby Thomas, the indoor collegiate record holder in this event, faced Lynna Irby of Georgia University, a freshman who had set the meet record in the 400 m. Facing a strong headwind, both of the favorites took the lead at the start but were slowed substantially on the home stretch as the University of Southern California's Angelerne Annelus passed them both from lane 8, the widest lane, to win the race in 22.76 seconds. After the race, Annelus said she was in shock because she had not even been expected to make the final.^[28][29]

Wind: -2.3 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Anglerne Annelus	USC	22.76
	Gabby Thomas	Harvard	22.86
	Lynna Irby	Georgia	22.92
4	Ka'Tia Seymour	Florida State	23.10
5	Kortnei Johnson	LSU	23.20
6	Ashley Henderson	San Diego State	23.34
7	Deanna Hill	USC	23.53
8	Shania Collins	Tennessee	24.01

University of Georgia freshman Lynna Irby won the women's 400 m in a new meet-record time of 49.80 seconds on June 9. The time was the number-two NCAA performance of all time in this event.^[30]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Lynna Irby	Georgia	49.80	PB, MR
	Kendall Ellis	USC	50.19
	Brionna Thomas	Purdue	50.78	PB
4	Sharrika Barnett	Florida	51.16
5	Chloe Abbott	Purdue	51.87
6	Briyahna Desrosiers	Oregon	52.10
7	Rachel Misher	LSU	52.23
8	Makenzie Dunmore	Oregon	1:49.13

Texas A&M University freshman and high school record-holder Sammy Watson won the women's 800 m on June 9. The race took place during intermittent heavy rain accounting for slower times, and Watson had to dive at the line exhausted to hold off Middle Tennessee State University's Abike Egbeniyi.^[31]

Rank	Athlete	Team	Time	Notes
	Sammy Watson	Texas A&M	2:04.21
	Abike Egbeniyi	Middle Tennessee State	2:04.33
	Ashley Taylor	Northern Arizona	2:05.01
4	Siofra Cleirigh Buttner	Villanova	2:05.73
5	Olivia Baker	Stanford	2:06.18
6	Martha Bissah	Norfolk State	2:06.79
7	Sabrina Southerland	Oregon	2:06.99
8	Jazmine Fray	Texas A&M	2:07.34