Interesting to look through the results. Everyone at that level is a great athlete.
Here are what seem to me to be some of the highlights on the women's side:
- A freshman won the Womens' 3000m Steeplechase, with an impressive time of 9:41 (Boise State. Allie Ostrander). Teschuk, an Olympian for Canada, ran 9:40 for her best collegiate time at NDSU.
- Kyra Jefferson (Florida) ran 22.02 in the 200m, the best ever collegiate time in the 200m.
- Oregon ran a 3:23.13 4x400m, the best ever collegiate time. The prior best was 3:23.75 (Texas, 2004) That is flying. That is an average 400m of less than 51 seconds per leg. Interestingly, they were pushed to the end by USC, which ran about two tenths slower, and would have been the best ever collegiate time had Oregon not beat them. This, the final race of the NCAAs, looks like it was a great one.
- Rogers (Oregon) in the 800m is going to have an impressive career when she is done. Won her 2nd or 3rd outdoor 800m. I thought it would be sometime before Oregon got another Roesler-like talent at that distance, but they got one right away in Rogers.
On the men's side - certainly some great events, but overall not on a par with top women's performances.
- Kerley's 400m in 44.10 is a great time.
- Korir's 800m in 1:45.03 is pretty darn good.
- The men's distance events, especially the 5000m, were all relatively slow, must have been tactical races. (Nothing could be as bad however as the 1500m at the last Olympics).
- The one men's event that really shone was the 4x400m, running under 3:00 (twice - once in the prelims and again in the final, just missing the all-time collegiate mark both times).