USTFCCCA News & Notes
Historic Final Day Of 2018 NCAA DI Indoor T&F Championships
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships might go down as the greatest indoor meet in history.
Why?
We’ll just let these numbers speak for themselves.
WORLD RECORDS (2)
Men’s 400 Meters
Michael Norman, Southern California, 44.52
(old: Kerron Clement (USA), Florida, 44.57, 2005)
Men’s 4×400 Relay
Texas A&M (USA), 3:01.39
Ilolo Izu 46.56, Robert Grant 44.84, Devin Dixon 45.48, Mylik Kerley 44.52
(old: 3:01.77, Poland, 2018 IAAF WC)
Southern California (INT), 3:00.77* (all-time world best)
Zach Shinnick 46.24, Rai Benjamin 44.35, Ricky Morgan Jr. 45.67, Michael Norman 44.52
WORLD U20 RECORDS (2)
Women’s 400 Meters
Sydney McLaughlin (USA), Kentucky, 50.36
(old: McLaughlin, 50.52, 2018 SEC)
Women’s 60 Meter Hurdles
Tara Davis (USA), Georgia, 7.98
(old: Klaudia Siciarz (POL), 8.00, 2017)
AMERICAN RECORDS (4)
Men’s 200 Meters
Elijah Hall, Houston, 20.02
(old: Wallace Spearmon, Arkansas, 20.10, 2005)
Men’s 400 Meters
Michael Norman, Southern California, 44.52
(old: Kerron Clement, Florida, 44.57, 2005)
Men’s 4×400 Relay
Texas A&M, 3:01.39
(old: Clement, Spearmon, Williamson, Wariner, 3:01.96, 2006
Women’s 400 Meters
Kendall Ellis, Southern Califoria, 50.34
(old: Phyllis Francis, Oregon, 50.46A, 2014 NCAA meet)
COLLEGIATE RECORDS (6)
Men’s 200 Meters
Elijah Hall, Houston, 20.02
(old: Wallace Spearmon, Arkansas, 20.10, 2005)
Men’s 400 Meters
Michael Norman, Southern California, 44.52
(old: Kerron Clement, Florida, 44.57, 2005 NCAA meet)
Men’s 4×400 Relay
Southern California, 3:00.77
(old: Southern California, 3:01.98, 2018)
Women’s 60 Meters
Aleia Hobbs, LSU, 7.07 (low-altitude collegiate record)
(equals: Hannah Cunliffe, Oregon, 7.07A, 2017)
Women’s 200 Meters
Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard, 22.38
(old: Bianca Knight, Texas, 22.40, 2008 NCAA meet)
Women’s 400 Meters
Kendall Ellis, Southern Califoria, 50.34
(old: Phyllis Francis, Oregon, 50.46A, 2014 NCAA meet)
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RECORDS (9)
Men’s 200 Meters
Elijah Hall, Houston, 20.02
(old: Wallace Spearmon, Arkansas, 20.10, 2005)
Men’s 400 Meters
Michael Norman, Southern California, 44.52
(old: Kerron Clement, Florida, 44.57, 2005)
Men’s 800 Meters
Michael Saruni, UTEP, 1:45.15
(old: Patrick Nduwimana, Arizona, 1:45.33, 2001)
Men’s 4×400 Relay
Southern California, 3:00.77
(old: Texas A&M, 3:02.80, 2017)
Women’s 60 Meters
Aleia Hobbs, LSU, 7.07 (low-altitude collegiate record)
(equals: LaKya Brookins, South Carolina, 7.09, 2011)
Women’s 200 Meters
Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard, 22.38
(old: Bianca Knight, Texas, 22.40, 2008 NCAA meet)
Women’s 400 Meters
Kendall Ellis, Southern Califoria, 50.34
(old: Phyllis Francis, Oregon, 50.46A, 2014 NCAA meet)
Women’s Pole Vault
Alexis Jacobus, Arkansas, 4.66/15-3½
(old: Jacobus [Weeks], 4.63/15-2¼, 2016)
Women’s Triple Jump
Keturah Orji, Georgia, 14.27/46-10
(old: Suzette Lee, LSU, 14.25/46-9, 1997)