1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,240 Day three of the 2026 NCAA Championships has officially 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,720 wrapped up and that also means all of the men's competitions 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,800 have wrapped up and we have a team champion crowned inside 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,840 Hayward Field. The Arkansas Razorbacks, they 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,280 won the indoor title, they win the outdoor title to 56 points 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,840 to Georgia's 49 points. It came down to a strong 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,720 performance for them on the 4 by 4 and in Doug Cases, first 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,920 season at the helm of the Razorbacks, taking over for from 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,640 Chris Bucknam after so many years. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,560 He starts his his career off as the head man in Fayetteville 2 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,480 for two on national championships. 12 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:39,840 So that's not a bad way to start the action on the track tonight 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,120 was absolutely incredible. Once again, we saw another 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,800 collegiate record go down. We saw two actually, so we'll 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,360 start with Samuel Aghazi in the men's 400. 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,000 I don't know when was the last, I think indoors last year was 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,880 the last time that this guy lost a national title in the 400. 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:05,400 He goes 4338, the fourth fastest man in world history. 19 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:08,760 The three men ahead of him on the all time list now are Wade 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,080 van Niekerk, Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds. 21 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,320 Unsurprisingly, that also means he broke Michael Norman's 22 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,560 collegiate record from 2018, I believe is that one. 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,240 And for Samuel Lagasi, the race was set up pretty well for him 24 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,560 because as it has been the base in a lot of his postseason 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,920 races, he had Florida's Justin Braun one lane to the inside of 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,720 him. Justin likes to get out hard. 27 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,000 He's a 6560 guy a few years ago. He likes to get out hard. 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 He pushes Samuel hard out of the blocks. 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,640 They were shoulder and shoulder coming into the home straight. 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,680 Justin ran 4399 and was the national runner up indoors. 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,840 But I tell you, when Samuel Lagazzi gets on that home 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,760 straight, some magic happens. And the incredible thing is, is 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,520 he said we was asked in the mix zone afterwards and he says the 34 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,440 best part of his race is that first 300 and then the home 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,800 straight is just holding on. Well today he held on better 36 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,400 than we've ever seen anyone in collegiate history do 4338 is 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,240 such an incredibly fast time and coming through in second for the 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,880 second time in two weeks, we see a collegiate race with two men 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,240 subbed, 44 in the 400. Georgia freshman Jonathan Sims 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:22,520 runs 4392 a few months after he ran 44-O2 in a race against 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Samuel Ghazi. He got the better of Aghazi 42 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,320 there. I believe that was on his home 43 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,800 track in Athens, but Aghazi takes the win here. 44 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,280 But still, Jonathan Sims is a true freshman for the Georgia 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,200 Bulldogs running sub 44. And then we'll just hop into 46 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,440 that 4 by 4 now because it leads into it pretty well. 47 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,760 Georgia comes, Jonathan Sims gets the baton in second. 48 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:44,760 Georgia is when they get to that 300m mark on the track here in 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,840 Hayward. They're probably 15 meters back 50 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,000 of LSU, but the baton is in Jonathan Sims hand and he gets 51 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,680 ahead of LSU right as they're coming to the line. 52 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:01,040 They win 25793 to 25796 for the Tigers and Jonathan Sims brings 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,880 them home. In 4299, there's only a handful 54 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,920 of times we've seen a 42 second split in a four by four in the 55 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,480 century plus that that race has been run and we saw one today on 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,960 the track in Hayward from an incredibly special athlete 57 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,960 helping Georgia on that 4x4 CD jaw, another superstar freshman 58 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,720 for Georgia. He finishes third in the 400 59 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,600 Open going 4420 and then he split I think 44 low on their 60 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,120 4x4. So we're finally seeing the 61 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,400 Georgia Avengers squad that everyone's been talking about 62 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,480 for two years as these recruiting classes have been 63 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,680 coming together, at least in the 400. 64 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,240 We saw that come to full fruition tonight. 65 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,960 The other collegiate record we saw, which incredible that 66 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,560 there's a collegiate record that gets relegated to like the third 67 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,560 thing we talked about in this recap, Jaden Reed out of LSU 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,320 1963. He takes down Walter Dix's 69 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,040 iconic record, which had stood at 1969 for nearly two decades, 70 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,720 and this is after he runs a windy 982 for second in the 71 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,680 hundred a few hours earlier. He comes out and on tired legs. 72 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,600 He also ran LS US 4 by 1 in the prelims and the finals. 73 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,720 Earlier today, he obviously ran the 100 and the 200 prelims. 74 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,600 On Wednesday, he runs the hundred final and then in his 75 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,720 sixth race of the weekend, he sets a collegiate record, runs 76 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,200 1963. He said the only thing he could 77 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,600 have done better to run faster in this race is to be on fresh 78 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,160 legs. It was an incredible start from 79 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,160 him him. He was clear the field and the 80 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,600 200 was one that felt pretty wide open. 81 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,480 After you see Garrett Kalen, who had the incredible indoor season 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,560 he had, he ends up hurt. He doesn't get to this meet. 83 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,120 Same thing with Kentucky's Denzel Simusalela and then 84 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,320 Jelani Watkins eases up in the prelims. 85 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,320 So it really felt like this one was anyone's race to take and 86 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,840 Jayden Reed fully took it and chose. 87 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,640 Even if everyone else had been able to show up, this might have 88 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,600 been his race. Regardless, 1963 is so freaky 89 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,440 fast and it was fun talking him in the mix zone because he 90 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,320 represents the Cayman Islands. And so now when you look at that 91 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,600 all time list in the 200, you've got Jamaica and you've got the 92 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,960 US and you've got Botswana and these either long term sprinting 93 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,200 powers or upcoming sprinting powers like we see in Botswana. 94 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,640 And now you see the Cayman Islands slotting right in there. 95 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,840 So a really cool, really special run from Jaden Reed and now the 96 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:24,000 guy that beat him in that hundred a few hours earlier. 97 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:29,920 Auburn's Conion solo Ajai 972. It was windy plus 2.2. 98 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,480 So it's not a collegiate record. It's the second fastest all 99 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,040 conditions time in collegiate history behind Obadel A 100 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:41,120 Thompson's 969 from the 1990s, I believe is when Thompson ran 101 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,760 that. But I mean, 972 is the fastest 102 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,600 all conditions time we've seen in many, many years. 103 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:55,160 And he ran 984 E regionals. He ran 995 in the prelim or 994 104 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,160 in the prelims here on Wednesday and looked pretty controlled 105 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,360 doing that. So especially with the way that 106 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,200 this straightaway has been producing times, we knew 107 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,640 something like that was going to be the case, but that was still, 108 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,520 I think, way faster than anyone was expecting. 109 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,360 And it's interesting that that is so far like the we've seen so 110 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,800 many ridiculously fast times. That's the first one that 111 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,520 actually has been wind dated. But still, regardless of I mean, 112 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,080 if that wind was .2 meters per second slower, I don't think it 113 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,360 would have slowed him down that much. 114 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,360 He still would have shattered the collegiate record 115 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,400 regardless. So unbelievably impressive run 116 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,280 out of Canyon, Solo, Ajayi and on that straightaway. 117 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,760 The straightaway wasn't just reserved for incredible moments 118 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,200 in the sprints because the hometown hero, Simeon Birnbaum, 119 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,640 he broke the curse 17 years since a man had set the NCA 120 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,320 record in the 1500 and won the national title that same year. 121 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,760 Simeon a few months ago sets runs 331 coming down this home 122 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,640 straight, sets the collegiate record and tonight he runs 336 123 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,200 coming down this home straight. He when Simeon decided to turn 124 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:09,200 it on in this one with about between 300 and 250 meters to go 125 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,840 on the back straight. This is one of the most 126 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,160 impressive 1500 fields we've ever seen on the NCA level and 127 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,840 nobody had a chance once Simeon decided to actually start 128 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,240 racing. It is truly incredible the way 129 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,320 he just flipped the switch and instantly created like a 10m gap 130 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,320 on the rest of the field and he was celebrating. 131 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,480 I think probably 30 meters out is when he started pointing at 132 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,440 the crowd and letting them know their guy just won another 1500 133 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,520 title, is staying in Eugene, and he still beats Trent McFarland 134 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:45,240 by well over a second. Unbelievably impressive run out 135 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,080 of Simeon Birnbaum. Like I said, Trent McFarland 136 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,080 finishes runner up, Gary Martin takes third, which is his best 137 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,680 ever finish in an NCAA final in the 1500 or the mile. 138 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,800 He was running up in the 3K last year indoors. 139 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,440 The indoor mile champion from this year, Carter Cutting 140 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,600 finishes an eighth. He was in a good position early 141 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,400 on, but then he said at 1:50 to go trying to get around the 142 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,560 pack, he just went out too wide, wiped way too much energy off 143 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,880 the board on that one, but still a very impressive season. 144 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,440 He ran a PB in the prelims and nobody can take that mile 145 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,520 national title away from him. The other we had a couple other 146 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,560 distance finals. The 5000 is one that we have all 147 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,560 been waiting for because this is the only race that Marco Langan 148 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,640 was entered in. In this one, he was going all in 149 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,559 in the 5000 in the final race of his collegiate career, and it 150 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,159 was, I think about 600 meters to go. 151 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,200 Marco goes to the front and there was a strong pack of five 152 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,760 with Habden, Samuel, Rocky Hansen, Elsinki Kiprudo, Ernest 153 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,680 Cheriot and Marco. Marco goes to the front, takes 154 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:49,440 the lead, he's looking strong, but then on the back straight 155 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,840 with a little over 200 meters to go, Habdam gets ahead of him. 156 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,400 Rocky Hansen gets ahead of him. It was just a little too much 157 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,600 too early for Marco to hang on to. 158 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,840 And Habdam, the same way he did in the 10K two nights ago, 159 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:10,360 closes in 55. Five in this one that is, I said 160 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,200 it when he closed the 10K in 56 something that's really 161 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,120 incredible for a guy that can also run a 59 minute half 162 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,240 marathon. Yeah. 163 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,080 So he ends up winning this one in 1338. 164 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,120 Completes the double. The first guy in a few years to 165 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,680 be able to pull off that feat Rocky Hanson comes through 166 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:32,200 after, you know, he made the US team for world cross. 167 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,440 Wasn't able to race due to an injury, but he talked about all 168 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,400 the really intense cross training he did to be able to 169 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,640 get back. He's still not 100% to a normal 170 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,360 training load, but he feels healthy enough to be able to 171 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,720 race. He's put together a really good 172 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,800 season and this one, second place to have Tim Samuel again 173 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,040 the same way he was at the cross country championships back in 174 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,480 November. Alsinki Kiprudo is able to get 175 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:57,320 ahead of Marco Langan for 3rd. Marco finishes his career in 176 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,800 fourth for Villanova for Alsinki, just a freshman for 177 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,160 Louisville. Impressive weekend finishing a 178 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,320 runner up to Adam Samuel and 10K really fighting him for that one 179 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,400 and then takes third with a strong close in this one. 180 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,640 Brian Masau finishes 6th in this one. 181 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,560 It's the first time in a while that we've seen Brian Masau lose 182 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:18,280 an NCAA 5000 meter final that he was actually contesting after he 183 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,840 swept both of those indoors and outdoors last year. 184 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:26,800 The 800 Colin Salman, he he was looking a little Lutkin house 185 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,920 esque coming down this home straight coming around the bend. 186 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,720 He had Arkansas's Tyrese Taylor ahead of him and Tyrese. 187 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,960 It was interesting talking to him in the mix zone because he 188 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:37,560 said there was more he could give. 189 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,240 And so I might be misunderstanding what he was 190 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,200 trying to say, but I think he didn't realize how much Colin 191 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:49,160 was gaining on him. And he kind of said he could 192 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,240 have kicked from farther out, but he didn't realize that Colin 193 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,760 was closing on him, which I mean, the crowd, it was 194 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,400 absolutely going insane for Colin Solomon. 195 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,760 I'm down in the mix zone. You can hear the whole stadium 196 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,960 shaking. And Colin Solomon now closes out 197 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,720 his year. He comes across the line to win 198 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,520 in 14422, just 8 hundredths of a second ahead of Tyrese Taylor. 199 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,720 Tyrese and his teammate Rivaldo Marshall did finish 2/3 for 200 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,920 Arkansas. So after they finished 1-2 and 201 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,680 we're such a big part of their indoor title, they finished 2314 202 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:20,080 points towards the Hogs national title in this one. 203 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,480 But for Colin Solomon, he now closes out a season where it 204 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,440 closed out a career at Northern Arizona. 205 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,000 This is the last time he's racing as a lumberjack. 206 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,240 He closes out his career with a very impressive cross country 207 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,720 season, wins in the DMR and the 3K indoor nationals, and now he 208 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,160 wins the 800. So just continuing to prove to 209 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,920 be one of the rangiest runners in the entire US right now. 210 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,880 He also said this title felt a lot better than the 3K because 211 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,400 if you remember, there was some disqualified implication drama 212 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,120 surrounding that one of the indoor nationals. 213 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,960 And so he wasn't actually the first one to cross the line. 214 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,680 And so but he that he was definitively the first man to 215 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,040 cross the line in this 800 a day. 216 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,400 And so that one felt really, really good for him. 217 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:09,920 The 400 hurdles Vance Nielsen, 48 O 6 This guy, my Florida 218 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,400 bias, might show a little bit here, but he was the world U20 219 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,360 champion in 2024 at the end of his high school career, coming 220 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,160 out of Gilbert High School in Arizona. 221 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,280 That season, his senior year, he made the semifinals of the 222 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,520 Olympic trials, was I think the first or second guy out of the 223 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,160 four hurdles final there. He's at the high school national 224 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,640 record of the 300 hurdles, was one of the fastest high school 225 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,720 400 hurdlers we've ever seen. But then for some reason, things 226 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,080 just weren't clicking his first couple seasons at UF, but then 227 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,400 the SEC final a couple a little over a month ago. 228 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,200 He finishes third, runs a huge breakthrough 4887, runs that 229 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,520 same time at East Regionals, and then this time runs 48 O 6, 230 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,520 drops his PB down almost a full second and becomes the ninth 231 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,160 fastest man in collegiate history to win this national 232 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,520 title as a sophomore. Cody Blackwood from Texas, who I 233 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,680 believe he was the second fastest man in the country 234 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,560 coming in, was running really well right alongside him. 235 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:08,840 Vance running out of lane 9 as well, so one of the worst lane 236 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,520 draws you could have completely running blind. 237 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,600 He manages to still win this title and Cody was right there 238 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,960 with him. A little bit behind Vance, but 239 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,920 who knows what could have happened off that last hurdle. 240 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,280 But then Cody clips the last hurdle falls down. 241 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,520 He finishes 9th in 5352, so good on him for still getting up and 242 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,800 coming across the line to get that second team All American 243 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,480 Honor. But regardless of if Cody would 244 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,640 have stayed on his feet like Vance was running so well, it 245 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,040 would have been a herculean effort to be able to reel him 246 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,040 in. So really, really impressive 247 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,360 showing out of Vance Nielsen in the shorter hurdles race, the 248 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,520 110, it was not a world record this time. 249 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,600 They were running into a slight headwind. 250 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,160 Jacoby Tharp still takes the win, runs only. 251 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:56,400 He only manages to run 1290, which is still almost a tenth 252 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,480 faster than we had seen any other collegiate runner run in a 253 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,760 collegiate competition. But this time, Kendrick 254 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,680 Smallwood out of Texas, he he was actually the national leader 255 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,080 coming into this meet. He had run thirteen O 4. 256 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,320 Jacoby's season's best was 13 O five. 257 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:16,560 He runs APB of 13O2 in the semifinals on Wednesday night. 258 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:19,640 And he was just saying he was excited that Jacoby therapy had 259 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,520 run a world record because he thrives off that competition and 260 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,320 he was not scared at all of this one. 261 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,000 He was, It was the same situation we saw with Vance 262 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,400 Nielsen and Cody Blackwood in the four hurdles where they were 263 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,760 right in lockstep coming up to the fast hurdle and it even 264 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,840 coming to the line. It looked like Kendrick might 265 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,920 have been closing the gap a little bit on Jacoby. 266 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,080 But Jacoby does hold him off. Like I said, 1290 for the win. 267 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,400 But Kendrick Smallwood, who is 5 foot seven, he said the hurdles 268 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,840 come up to his belly button. Above his belly button. 269 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:54,280 He runs 1295. Like just physiologically that 270 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,000 doesn't make sense. I asked him like how he does 271 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,160 that and he just said the hurdles just aren't there. 272 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,400 He just has to think that they aren't there because, yeah, if 273 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,000 you're a 5 foot seven guy thinking about jumping over 274 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,560 these hurdles, it feels like a pretty herculean task. 275 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,080 Not saying that it isn't, but it is just so impressive. 1295 in a 276 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,360 vacuum in and of itself is impressive. 277 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,120 I mean, the list of guys that have run faster than that in 278 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,080 world history is very small. The list of guys that have run 279 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,520 faster than that in collegiate history is just Jacoby Tharp. 280 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,280 But for him to do that is it's incredible. 281 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,920 That was such a good race. I mean, thirteen O 7 out of 282 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,280 Braxton Bran took third. Like that's also one of the 283 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,360 fastest times in collegiate history. 1316 APB for Jason 284 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,600 Holmes out of North Carolina A&T took fourth. 285 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,640 This race was absolutely incredible and even into a 286 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,760 slight headwind, Steeplechase was the last race over the 287 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,720 barriers and Jeffrey Kerwah just proved he is. 288 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,480 He's the best in the country, he's the second best in 289 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,600 collegiate history, and he proved he was the best on the 290 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,000 track today. 817 Silas kept a NUI out of Tulane, really pushed 291 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,720 him to the line, but ultimately Kerwah was able to come through 292 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,960 and take the win. And so moving on to the field 293 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,200 events. Oh, let's talk about that 4 by 1 294 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,240 before we head to the field events, because this started off 295 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,160 the day on a very strange foot. There's too much chaos in this 296 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,720 one that you can't really know everything that happened. 297 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,080 But I think Arkansas pulled up. I think there was a drop baton. 298 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,200 Maybe there are a couple runners taking off too early. 299 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,800 Ultimately, only 5 out of nine teams make it across the finish 300 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,520 line, and that is not including Auburn, the collegiate record 301 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,400 holders from Wednesday. I'm pretty sure there's was a 302 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,160 messed up third exchange, I think. 303 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:45,760 But Tennessee comes through for the win in 3798, beating LSU in 304 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,960 38 O 6. So still a ridiculously fast 305 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,640 race, but just a race with a little bit of weirdness 306 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:56,640 sprinkled into it. The men's discus tech or not? 307 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,920 Texas Tanner. Texas Tanner finished fourth in 308 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,480 this one. This was just ridiculously deep. 309 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:07,640 It was 51 or 6171 just to make the final, which I haven't fully 310 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,000 looked at the stats, but that is I can say with 99.9% confidence 311 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,960 that is the best mark it's ever taken to get top 9 in NCAA 312 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,319 history. That was a mark that would have 313 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:19,440 won several national titles in the last decade and 1/2 that was 314 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,359 only good for 9th today and the winner, Ralford Mullings out of 315 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,599 Oklahoma becomes the first man in over 20 years to win 316 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:29,200 back-to-back NCAA men's discus titles. 317 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:35,000 He goes 6581 in a field where six of the top nine men all 318 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,320 through PBS and seven of the top ten. 319 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,920 The ring. The ring was hot today. 320 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,600 And so when you've got Elita Van Dahlen coming in there tomorrow 321 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,920 looking for the collegiate record, that's definitely 322 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,960 something to keep an eye on looking at that kind of trend. 323 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,960 Men's triple jump. Kansas State sweeps the 324 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,040 horizontal jumps on the men's side, Selva Prabhu of India, the 325 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:59,240 Kansas State sophomore. It comes a season's best of 1692 326 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,120 to take the win in that one ahead of Oklahoma State's Kevin 327 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:08,200 Kemboy who jumped 1684. And then in the high jump, it 328 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,480 was George's Kimani Jack, who I think, I don't know if he still 329 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,400 is, I believe he was the world leader pretty significantly far 330 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,040 into this outdoor season with his season the best of 230. 331 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,160 He's like same situation as Jeffrey Kirwan, the 332 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,400 steeplechase. He's been the best high jumper 333 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,360 in the country all year. He was the best high jumper in 334 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:31,640 the country on the day 228 to take the win and Scotty Vines 335 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,360 delivered a big .8 points for Arkansas. 336 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,720 He only exceeded his seed by one spot, but he jumps to 25 per 337 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,360 second, like I said, adding eight points on to the 338 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,640 Razorbacks tally and that is all we've got. 339 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:49,000 It was a busy day and again, congratulations to Doug Case in 340 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,520 his Arkansas Razorbacks for top to bottom, a really impressive 341 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,240 team performance across a lot of events. 342 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:00,520 Now tomorrow, the women's finals day, Jane Hedingren versus Doris 343 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,680 Lemingold, we've got a Deja Hodge versus the clock, Elita 344 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,960 van Dahlen versus the collegiate record books. 345 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,600 There's Deja Nae Oakley versus the collegiate record books. 346 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,680 Like there are so many really exciting storylines in this 347 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,880 women's finals day. Tomorrow. 348 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,560 The men set a really high bar, but they did the same thing on 349 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,920 Wednesday. And then we saw the women answer 350 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,200 the call on Thursday and deliver some of the best track we've 351 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,040 ever seen. So this is already, I think, 352 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,720 pretty. It's the best NCAA championships 353 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,840 I've been in the last three. It's the best one I've seen. 354 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,560 It's probably got a pretty strong argument for the best the 355 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,560 existence of this meet has ever seen. 356 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,520 I think we're up to six collegiate records at this 357 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:49,240 point, including a world record, including a number four all time 358 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,680 performance and a #5 all time performance. 359 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,800 There's been some pretty crazy stuff going on inside Hayward, 360 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,040 in case you weren't aware. If you weren't aware, then you 361 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,440 need to be tuned into the CDs Mag Socials channels because 362 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,680 we're giving you live updates around the clock tomorrow. 363 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,520 We've got interviews with all of today's biggest stars and 364 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,280 throughout the week that are going to be on the CDs Mag 365 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,760 YouTube channel. And this podcast will be right 366 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:17,680 back tomorrow night to close out the absolutely incredible 2026 367 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,880 NCAA Championships. We hope to see you there.