Final Day Recap: Kyra Jefferson (22.02) Breaks NCAA 200 Record, Keturah Orji Three-Peats in Triple Jump, Mikiah Brisco (10.96) Shocks in 100
By LetsRun.com
June 10, 2017
EUGENE, Ore. — A fantastic 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded on Saturday with some thrilling action on the track and in the field. After 21 events, the Oregon Ducks were crowned national champions, completing an unprecedented sweep of NCAA titles in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. We have a recap of the dramatic team competition here: LRC From Choke to Clutch: Oregon Ducks Complete First Triple Crown With NCAA Record in 4×400
Below, we recap some of the events that created that drama as we look at the sprints and jumps (the distance events get their own recap here). Highlights included fast upset wins by LSU’s Mikiah Brisco in the 100 (10.96) and Florida’s Kyra Jefferson in the 200 (22.02 collegiate record) as well as a third straight triple jump title for Georgia’s Keturah Orji and a 1-2 finish by Georgia in the women’s high jump with Madeline Fagan and Tatiana Gusin.
Women’s 200: Kyra Jefferson wins a wild one in collegiate-record time
In arguably the most unexpected performance of the day, Florida senior Kyra Jefferson won the 200 in a new collegiate record and massive pb of 22.02. Jefferson came into the final with only the fifth-best seasonal best on the year (22.43).
Yes, Jefferson had been great in the past (NCAA indoor champ in 2015, indoor runner-up in 2016, 22.24 as a sophomore in 2015) but the collegiate record was a surprise.
Jefferson broke the meet and collegiate record of 22.04 set by LSU’s Dawn Sowell in 1989. Only three Americans — Allyson Felix, Candyce McGrone, Tori Bowie — have run faster since the start of 2009. As unexpected as Jefferson, the daughter 1984 Olympic 200 bronze medallist Thomas Jefferson, getting the collegiate record was, even more expected was how she won the race, assisted by a fall from 2016 Olympic finalist Deajah Stevens.
Stevens, who was disqualified at NCAA indoors this year for running on the line, was leading in the final 50m as Jefferson was gaining on her. Just as Jefferson pulled even to Stevens with 15m to go, Stevens felt the pressure and lost her balance and fell on the track. Someone jumped over the railing and ran onto the track come look after Stevens and her teammate Ariana Washington came back after the finish as well. An official tried to push them away knowing Stevens would be disqualified if they touched her which they did as she exited the track before the finish. Oregon’s team title hopes were now in jeopardy, as Stevens got 0 points. If she had just walked across the line she would have received one point. It set up a thrilling finishing 4×400 to win the meet.
Watch crazy 200m with an NCAA record and crazy fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrvqTaSeAc
Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyra JEFFERSON | SR | Florida | 22.02 | +1.1 | ||||||
2 | Ariana WASHINGTON | SO | Oregon | 22.39 | +1.1 | ||||||
3 | Gabrielle THOMAS | SO | Harvard | 22.61 | +1.1 | ||||||
4 | Aaliyah BROWN | SR | Texas A&M | 22.79 | +1.1 | ||||||
5 | Jada MARTIN | SR | LSU | 22.85 | +1.1 | ||||||
6 | Deanna HILL | JR | USC | 23.00 | +1.1 | ||||||
7 | Brittany BROWN | JR | Iowa | 23.02 | +1.1 | ||||||
Deajah STEVENS | JR | Oregon | DQ |
Now Jefferson is focusing on her professional career and hopes to get her real estate license in the offseason.
4 x 100: Kentucky wins in a race that featured neither of the collegiate record holders
Kentucky won the women’s 4×100 in a new Hayward Field record of 42.51, breaking the old mark of 42.65, as the SEC went 1-2-3 in the 4 x 100 relay. It’s a shame neither of the co-collegiate record holders – Oregon and LSU (42.36) – made it to the final or this race would have been insane.
Pl | Ln | Team | Time | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | KENTUCKY | Kentucky | 42.51 | ||
2 | 5 | ALABAMA | Alabama | 42.56 | ||
3 | 4 | FLORIDA | Florida | 42.73 | ||
4 | 8 | SAN DIEGO STATE | San Diego State | 43.32 | ||
5 | 7 | CLEMSON | Clemson | 43.38 | ||
6 | 3 | ARKANSAS | Arkansas | 43.68 | ||
7 | 2 | PURDUE | Purdue | 43.88 | ||
8 | 1 | KANSAS STATE | Kansas State | 45.00 |
Women’s 100 hurdles: What a duel between Tobi Amusan and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Payback.
Tobi Amusan, the UTEP sophomore from Nigeria who was the NCAA runner-up last year, earned her first NCAA title in style by running a new personal best of 12.57 seconds to capture the 100-meter hurdles title by the narrowest of margins over defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.58) of Kentucky.
Those times put Amusan and Quinn in the top 5 all-time for collegiate hurdles.
The 5 fastest collegiate hurdlers in history (wind-legal, according to TFN)
12.39 Brianna Rollins (Clemson) 06/08/13
12.48 Ginnie Crawford (USC) 06/09/06
12.50 Keni Harrison (Kentucky) 05/16/15
12.57 Tobi Amusan 06/10/17
12.55 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 06/10/17
Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tobi AMUSAN | SO | UTEP | 12.57 | +1.6 | ||||||
2 | Jasmine CAMACHO-QUINN | SO | Kentucky | 12.58 | +1.6 | ||||||
3 | Rushelle BURTON | FR | Texas | 12.65 | +1.6 | ||||||
4 | Alaysha JOHNSON | SO | Oregon | 12.72 | +1.6 | ||||||
5 | Devynne CHARLTON | JR | Purdue | 12.74 | +1.6 | ||||||
6 | Sasha WALLACE | SR | Oregon | 12.81 | +1.6 | ||||||
7 | Dior HALL | SO | USC | 12.82 | +1.6 | ||||||
8 | Anna COCKRELL | FR | USC | 12.91 | +1.6 |
Women’s 100: Mikiah Brisco pulls the massive upset
Coming into the NCAA championships, most expected LSU to come away with the victory in the women’s 100 meters as junior Aleia Hobbs came in as the #2 ranked 100 woman in the world at 10.85. And LSU did win, but the winner wasn’t Hobbs. Her teammate Mikiah Brisco – a junior who was only fourth in the 100 at the SEC meet – got the win by coming up big. Brisco whacked .18 off her pb and won by running 10.96.
Oregon’s Deajah Stevens, who only squeaked into the final as the last time qualifier, was 2nd (11.04) as her teammate and last year’s 100 and 200 NCAA champ, Ariana Washington, was 4th (11.09), providing the Ducks with 13 key points in their quest for the triple crown.
Watch the finish of the 100 below:
Mikiah Brisco comes out ?? in the #ncaaTF ?! pic.twitter.com/R0SB3tVHde
— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 10, 2017
Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mikiah BRISCO | JR | LSU | 10.96 | +0.3 | ||||||
2 | Deajah STEVENS | JR | Oregon | 11.04 | +0.3 | ||||||
3 | Teahna DANIELS | SO | Texas | 11.06 | +0.3 | ||||||
4 | Ariana WASHINGTON | SO | Oregon | 11.09 | +0.3 | ||||||
5 | Aleia HOBBS | JR | LSU | 11.12 | +0.3 | ||||||
6 | Ashley HENDERSON | JR | San Diego State | 11.19 | +0.3 | ||||||
7 | Aaliyah BROWN | SR | Texas A&M | 11.21 | +0.3 | ||||||
8 | Ky WESTBROOK | SO | USC | 11.29 | +0.3 |
Women’s 400: Jamaican Olympian Chrisann Gordon earns the win for Texas
The form charts held up today in the women’s 400 as the three women who had run sub-51 coming into NCAAs went 1-2-3 today. The winner was #2 seed Chrisann Gordon of Texas, who won by running a new pb of 50.51 (previous best 50.64) as the fastest woman in the NCAA this year, Shakima Wimbley of Miami (50.40 pb), was second in 50.68 with USC’s Kendall Ellis third in 51.06.
Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chrisann GORDON | SR | Texas | 50.51 | |||||||
2 | Shakima WIMBLEY | SR | Miami | 50.68 | |||||||
3 | Kendall ELLIS | JR | USC | 51.06 | |||||||
4 | Daina HARPER | SR | Arkansas | 51.42 | |||||||
5 | Sharrika BARNETT | SO | Florida | 51.84 | |||||||
6 | Elexis GUSTER | SR | Oregon | 52.25 | |||||||
7 | Cameron PETTIGREW | SR | USC | 52.52 | |||||||
8 | Jaevin REED | FR | Texas A&M | 52.61 |
Women’s 400 hurdles: Sage Watson comes through
NCAA leader Sage Watson delivered as the favorite as she won by a ton in a new pb of 54.52 (previous best of 54.85) as USC teammates Anna Cockrell (55.26) and Amalie Iuel (55.82) were second and third. If that order of finish seems familiar, it should as that’s the same order of finish at the Pac-12 meet this year.
Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sage WATSON | SR | Arizona | 54.52 | |||||||
2 | Anna COCKRELL | FR | USC | 55.36 | |||||||
3 | Amalie IUEL | SR | USC | 55.82 | |||||||
4 | Ariel JONES | JR | Texas | 56.52 | |||||||
5 | Kymber PAYNE | JR | LSU | 56.60 | |||||||
6 | Jade MILLER | SR | Harvard | 56.61 | |||||||
7 | Symone BLACK | JR | Purdue | 57.15 | |||||||
8 | Katrina SEYMOUR | SR | East Tenn. St. | 59.68 |
Women’s 4×400: Oregon beats USC in a classic
We recapped the race in our overall meet recap, but in case you missed it, both teams broke the old collegiate record of 3:23.75, set by Texas in 2004 and it gave Oregon the team title. Definitely worth a watch at the link above.
Place | Team | Time | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | OREGON | Oregon | 3:23.13 | ||||||||
2 | USC | USC | 3:23.35 | ||||||||
3 | LSU | LSU | 3:26.99 | ||||||||
4 | TEXAS A&M | Texas A&M | 3:27.26 | ||||||||
5 | TEXAS | Texas | 3:27.27 | ||||||||
6 | FLORIDA | Florida | 3:27.76 | ||||||||
7 | MIAMI | Miami | 3:28.90 | ||||||||
8 | OHIO STATE | Ohio State | 3:31.36 |
Field Events
High Jump (full results): Georgia goes 1-2
If Georgia was going to win the NCAA title, it needed big points in the jumps and Madeline Fagan and Tatiana Gusin delivered, going 1-2 in the high jump after Kate Hall and Keturah Orji went 1-2 in the long jump on Thursday.
Place | Pos | Athlete | Best | 5-8 | 5-10 | 5-11½ | 6-¾ | 6-2 | 6-3¼ | 6-4¼ | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Madeline FAGAN Georgia [JR] |
6-3¼ |
——— | O | O | O | XXO | O | XXX | ||||
2 | 9 | Tatiana GUSIN Georgia [JR] |
6-3¼ |
——— | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | ||||
3 | 1 | Kaysee PILGRIM UNLV [SR] |
6-¾ |
——— | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
4 | 20 | Logan BOSS Miss State [JR] |
6-¾ |
O | O | XO | XO | XXX | ||||||
5 | 3 | Nikki MANSON Akron [SR] |
6-¾ |
O | XXO | XXO | XO | XXX | ||||||
6 | 19 | Courtney AVERY Lehigh [SR] |
5-11½ |
O | O | O | XXX | |||||||
6 | 17 | Stacey DESTIN Alabama [SO] |
5-11½ |
O | O | O | XXX | |||||||
6 | 16 | Loretta BLAUT Cincinnati [JR] |
5-11½ |
O | O | O | XXX | |||||||
6 | 18 | Chelsie DECOUD Texas State [JR] |
5-11½ |
——— | O | O | XXX |
Discus Throw (full results): K-State’s Shadae Lawrence wins it in the final round
Florida State’s Kellion Knibb held the lead for five of the competition’s six rounds, but she lost it in the final round as both Maggie Ewen of Arizona State (who won the hammer earlier in the meet) and Shadae Lawrence of Kansas State eclipsed 60 meters in the final round. Lawrence ultimately came on top with her 61.37 (201-4) throw.
Place ▾ | Athlete | Order | Best | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shadae LAWRENCE Kansas State [SO] Flight: 2 |
F2-09 | 61.37m 201-4 |
57.06 187-2 |
X | 56.77 186-3 |
57.63 189-1 |
58.20 190-11 |
61.37 201-4 |
||||
2 | Maggie EWEN Arizona State [JR] Flight: 2 |
F2-04 | 60.11m 197-2 |
X | 58.05 190-5 |
X | 58.09 190-7 |
X | 60.11 197-2 |
||||
3 | Kellion KNIBB Florida State [SR] Flight: 2 |
F2-10 | 59.19m 194-2 |
59.19 194-2 |
54.31 178-2 |
X | 56.02 183-9 |
X | X | ||||
4 | Danniel THOMAS Kent State [SR] Flight: 2 |
F2-06 | 56.61m 185-8 |
56.31 184-9 |
X | 56.58 185-7 |
X | 56.61 185-8 |
X | ||||
5 | Gabi JACOBS Missouri [SO] Flight: 2 |
F2-07 | 56.27m 184-7 |
56.27 184-7 |
X | X | X | X | X | ||||
6 | Katelyn DANIELS Michigan State [JR] Flight: 1 |
F1-08 | 56.12m 184-1 |
54.72 179-6 |
51.58 169-3 |
X | 55.42 181-10 |
56.12 184-1 |
55.04 180-7 |
||||
7 | Laulauga TAUSAGA Iowa [FR] Flight: 2 |
F2-12 | 55.71m 182-9 |
X | 55.71 182-9 |
X | 54.66 179-4 |
55.35 181-7 |
X | ||||
8 | Gleneve GRANGE Florida State [JR] Flight: 2 |
F2-05 | 54.84m 179-11 |
49.82 163-5 |
54.84 179-11 |
X | X | X | 51.90 170-3 |
Triple Jump (full results): Keturah Orji dominates (again)
Orji was fourth at the Olympics last year, so it should come as no surprise that she won the NCAA meet handily. Orji took three legal jumps, and all three would have been good enough to win the title. The best was her second-round attempt of 14.29m (46-10.75).
Orji is the second woman to win three outdoor triple jump titles in a career, joining Cal’s Sheila Hudson (champ in 1987-88-90). See her in action.
AND JUST LIKE THAT…
Keturah Orji adds to her collection of #ncaaTF ?'s. With a jump of 46-10¾ Orji wins the Women's Triple Jump. pic.twitter.com/o0rvXbjF2c
— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 11, 2017
Place ▾ | Athlete | Order | Best | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keturah ORJI Georgia [JR] Flight: 2 |
F2-02 | 14.29m 46-10¾ +3.3 |
13.77 45-2¼ w:+0.7 |
14.29 46-10¾ w:+3.3 |
X w:+1.9 |
X w:+0.4 |
14.01 45-11¾ w:+1.7 |
— w:-0.0 |
||||
2 | Marie-Josee EBWEA-BILE Kentucky [SO] Flight: 2 |
F2-08 | 13.69m 44-11 +2.6 |
X w:+2.0 |
13.69 44-11 w:+2.6 |
13.12 43-½ w:+1.7 |
X w:+1.2 |
X w:+1.3 |
X w:+0.3 |
||||
3 | Yanis DAVID Florida [SO] Flight: 2 |
F2-10 | 13.64m 44-9 +3.0 |
X w:+0.0 |
13.64 44-9 w:+3.0 |
X w:+3.3 |
13.58 44-6¾ w:+1.3 |
13.18 43-3 w:+1.8 |
13.41 44-0 w:+1.8 |
||||
4 | Jhoanmy LUQUE Iowa State [JR] Flight: 2 |
F2-11 | 13.47m 44-2½ +1.2 |
X w:-0.8 |
13.12 43-½ w:+2.7 |
13.28 43-7 w:+2.7 |
13.00 42-8 w:+1.2 |
X w:+1.2 |
13.47 44-2½ w:+1.2 |
||||
5 | Viershanie LATHAM Texas Tech [SR] Flight: 2 |
F2-01 | 13.45m 44-1½ +2.6 |
12.90 42-4 w:+1.9 |
13.28 43-7 w:+2.6 |
13.45 44-1½ w:+2.6 |
13.17 43-2½ w:+1.7 |
12.32 40-5 w:+0.9 |
13.09 42-11½ w:+1.2 |
||||
6 | Dannielle GIBSON Penn State [SR] Flight: 1 |
F1-09 | 13.36m 43-10 +0.1 |
13.36 43-10 w:+0.1 |
X w:+1.8 |
X w:+2.1 |
13.24 43-5¼ w:+0.4 |
13.29 43-7¼ w:-0.1 |
13.01 42-8¼ w:+0.1 |
||||
7 | Amber HUGHES Tennessee St. [SR] Flight: 1 |
F1-10 | 13.32m 43-8½ +1.4 |
13.32 43-8½ w:+1.4 |
12.37 40-7 w:+1.9 |
12.44 40-9¾ w:+1.0 |
12.92 42-4¾ w:+1.0 |
12.88 42-3¼ w:+0.9 |
X w:+1.4 |
||||
8 | Tiffany FLYNN Miss State [JR] Flight: 2 |
F2-05 | 13.31m 43-8 +1.5 |
X w:+4.4 |
X w:+3.4 |
13.31 43-8 w:+1.5 |
13.11 43-¼ w:+1.0 |
X w:+1.0 |
13.19 43-3¼ w:+2.1 |
Heptathlon (full results): Kendell Williams wins #3
Williams won NCAA heptathlon titles as a freshman and junior and won her third today as a senior, to go with four pentathlon titles indoors. Quite a career.
Williams wasn’t pleased with her performance today, saying it was only a C+, she said.
Pl | Athlete | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kendell WILLIAMS Georgia [SR] |
+0.2 1132 [1132] wa +0.2 |
5-11¼ 991 [2123] – |
38-10¼ 651 [2774] – |
-3.1 969 [3743] wa -1.4 |
21-1½ +2.7 988 [4731] wa -0.0 |
152-6 792 [5523] – |
[6265] – |
||
2 | Nina SCHULTZ Kansas State [FR] |
-306 |
+0.2 1021 [1021] wa +0.2 |
5-7¾ 879 [1900] – |
41-9¾ 710 [2610] – |
-2.7 876 [3486] wa -1.2 |
20-¼ +3.6 880 [4366] wa +0.4 |
153-2 796 [5162] – |
[5959] – |
|
3 | Taliyah BROOKS Arkansas [JR] |
-470 |
+0.2 1069 [1069] wa +0.2 |
5-8¾ 916 [1985] – |
37-4 620 [2605] – |
-3.1 904 [3509] wa -1.4 |
21-4 +1.8 1007 [4516] wa -0.3 |
115-11 578 [5094] – |
[5795] – |
|
4 | Leigha BROWN Arkansas [SR] |
-571 |
-0.8 1017 [1017] wa -0.8 |
5-7¾ 879 [1896] – |
41-2½ 698 [2594] – |
-2.7 895 [3489] wa -1.7 |
18-10½ +1.7 774 [4263] wa -0.6 |
115-11 578 [4841] – |
[5694] – |
|
5 | Jaclyn SIEFRING Akron [JR] |
-602 |
+0.3 981 [981] wa +0.3 |
5-5¼ 806 [1787] – |
39-10¾ 672 [2459] – |
-2.7 851 [3310] wa -1.2 |
20-¼ +3.0 880 [4190] wa +0.2 |
120-8 606 [4796] – |
[5663] – |
|
6 | Alissa BROOKS-JOHNSON Washington St. [JR] |
-607 |
-0.5 945 [945] wa -0.5 |
5-4¼ 771 [1716] – |
38-2¾ 638 [2354] – |
-0.9 897 [3251] wa -0.7 |
19-2½ +1.4 804 [4055] wa 0.0 |
145-0 748 [4803] – |
[5658] – |
|
7 | Jordan GRAY Kennesaw State [SO] |
-644 |
-0.5 938 [938] wa -0.5 |
5-7¾ 879 [1817] – |
40-11½ 693 [2510] – |
-0.9 853 [3363] wa -0.7 |
19-9¾ +2.7 862 [4225] wa +0.5 |
131-1 667 [4892] – |
[5621] – |
|
8 | Kaylee HINTON Texas Tech [SO] |
-685 |
-0.5 976 [976] wa -0.5 |
5-10 953 [1929] – |
31-2 497 [2426] – |
-3.1 918 [3344] wa -1.8 |
19-5½ +1.7 828 [4172] wa -0.6 |
122-2 615 [4787] – |
[5580] – |