NCAA D1 Conference Outdoor Championships Live Results and Discussion Thread

edit: “Maybe she would have been able…”

So if anything FastTuohy, shouldn’t you be happy Doris will be less-inclined to push Valby to break Tuohy’s 5000m Outdoor record tonight?🫣

Since Doris is only a freshman (an older-looking one at that), how many years will the record stand even if Valby breaks it?

But maybe you suspect that or don’t care, but just want to see Valby get beat?😳

For shame, for shame. Where is all that talk from a few days ago on another thread about how we should all root for our country’s young stars?🙄

gee, I merely suggested what I thought might have been the strategy consistent with Valby getting the SEC title (and 10 points for her team) using as little effort as possible which would be aligned with her saving her biggest effort for US Olympic Trials. I also thought it odd Thorner would try to go so hard from the gun in this race. Why not save it for NCAA finals in what could be a better environment? But personally I'd love to see a fast race between Valby and the 2 AL ladies - and I would hope they would do what Roe tried indoors and stick with Valby for as long as possible.

Considering Doris has run 14:40 (on the roads), it is not at all clear how much effort Valby gets to save tonight if she wants to win the race.

Time and again, we’ve seen athletes mismeasure their efforts in unfavourable conditions, which is why I’d lean toward Thorner going or the win, confident she could at least hit her pb again and hoping Lemngole has an unspectacular day, rather than a strategic effort to weaken DL ahead of the 5000. Valby has shown sub-15 fitness this year; Lemngole hasn’t and also enters tonight’s race with tired legs, unlike Valby. Seems unlikely PV would need, or even want an assist from Thorner. Plus, a strong challenge from the AL duo will only sharpen her up for the bigger stakes ahead.

I’m not ready to hand Lemngole the NCAA steeple title just yet. Sure, Markezich was humbled at Indoor Champs and her 2024 outdoor times haven’t sparkled, but she’s been clutch too many times on the biggest stages to be dismissed this early. Let’s see how she looks tonight.

Good start for Harrison in the 1500m prelim for Oregon. He and Cook are both also entered in the Pac-12 800, which has prelims today.

This was a good race by Thorner. If she pays attention to recovery, she can come back stronger and absolutely threaten the podium at Natty’s.

…in a race that might possibly see the top 3 break 9:20??😮

(under ideal conditions, of course)

I don't know enough about the athletes in the remaining 7 events outside of the distance/mid-distance races. Montana State is currently up on NAU 130 to 110. I know that the Montana State men have been the second-best men's team in the Big Sky recently, but I assumed NAU were always the favorites to win. Is MSU actually likely to pull off the upset, or will NAU regain the lead by the end of the day?

Big battle in the SEC women's high jump

Lamara Distin (Texas A&M) #1 is TFRRS - 2021 NCAA Outdoor (2nd), 2022 NCAA Indoor (1st), 2022 NCAA Outdoor (1st), 2023 NCAA Indoor (1st), 2023 NCAA Outdoor (2nd), 2024 NCAA Indoor (2nd)

Jamaican National Record Holder, 2022 World Championships (9th), 2023 World Championships (5th)

Rachel Glenn (Arkansas) - #5 in TFRRS - 2021 NCAA Indoor (2nd), 2021 NCAA Outdoor (1st), 2022 NCAA Indoor (3rd), 2022 NCAA Outdoor (3rd), 2024 NCAA Indoor (1st)

2021 US Olympic Trials (6th), 2022 World Championships (13th), one of only 10 US women to jump 2.00m

Elena Kulichenko (Georgia) - #2 in TFRRS - 2022 NCAA Indoor (8th), 2022 NCAA Outdoor (11th), 2023 NCAA Indoor (3rd), 2023 NCAA Outdoor (3rd), 2024 NCAA Indoor (3rd)

Cyprus National Record Holder, 2023 World Championships (13th)

current update. Montana State leads 132-126 with the 5000 coming up, I expect NAU to get some points though Nico Young has already run the 1500 and 800.

Might come down to the 4X400. (Sahlman slated to run anchor but like Nico, has already run a 1500 and 800 today so will his legs be there?)

Ethan strand leaves Gary Martin in last 100 to take acc 1500. 53.03 last lap

Margot Appleton again leaves the field in last 200 to take 1500 4:11

looks like NAU is up 181 to Montana St's 176 with the 4X400 the last event about to be wrapped up?

MSU wins Big Sky mens championship, 186-185 over NAU. They won it on the 4x400. really exciting.

Montana St with the win (10 pts) in the 4X400 and NAU 5th (4 pts)

Montana St seems to have won the team competition at 186 points to NAU's 185

Distin is out and finished in 3rd at 1.89m (6"2.25"). Kulichenko has just cleared a new PR 1.95m (6'4.75") on her second attempt. Glenn passed her second and third attempts at 1.95. Bar goes to 1.98 (6'6"). Kulichenko will have three attempts, Glenn only two.

Thanks for this. I would have assumed Glenn would clean up, but I don’t follow the event and had no idea it also featured #5 and #13 from Budapest.

Glenn ran 54.02 in the 400 hurdles prelims, which is currently the World Lead by a large margin. Heck of an athlete.

Judson Lincoln IV of Virginia Tech with a 44.60 meet record 400 at ACCs.