1 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:09,040 Hello, 1 and all welcome inside lovely Hayward Field in Eugene, 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:14,120 OR, where we just saw a absolutely breathtaking first 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,720 day of the 2026 NCAAD ONE Outdoor Championships. 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,480 I'm Paul Hoff Mahoney, and let's talk about all the incredible 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,680 action that just went down on this track, in this field and 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,920 even in the hammer sector out there. 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:33,600 We saw a world record today. Jacoby Tharp, 1275 in Heat 2 of 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,040 the men's 110 meter hurdles. This is just the semifinals, 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,560 guys. He's going again on Friday and 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,560 it felt like almost an inevitability coming into this 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,520 one. The form he was in indoors, the 12 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,520 way he's been running really well outdoors, hasn't 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,000 necessarily had the big like his PB was still from the US 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,160 Championships last year, but I feel like everyone still thought 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,600 he was at least going to break Grant Holloway's in season 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,720 collegiate record of 1298. I feel like a lot of people 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,800 thought that was going to happen. 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,200 I don't think anyone thought that was going to happen in the 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,960 prelims and I don't think anyone thought he was going to run 1275 20 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:12,360 and break Aries merits 14 year old world record in the men's 21 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,240 110 hurdles. He's the first man to ever run 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,680 in the 12 sevens. And it was made even crazier 23 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,520 because in the first heat, Texas is Kendrick Smallwood, who was 24 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,360 the national leader coming in. He had run thirteen O 4 at the 25 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,040 West Regionals. He runs APB again, 13O2. 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,760 He's he was still the fifth fastest man in collegiate 27 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,760 history at that time. Just solidified that mark. 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,880 And then Jacoby Tharp comes out and does that. 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,640 That's insane. And it's just the prelims. 30 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,600 And that was just kind of the cherry on top of an incredible 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,440 day for the men of Auburn. They started the day off the 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,840 action on the track. A collegiate record in the men's 33 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:57,600 4BY13775 and like a collegiate record in the prelims is pretty 34 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,720 special stuff. And then they come out in the 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,320 100 where they had five of the 24 guys in this field, and three 36 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,639 of them are headed into Friday's final, led by Connie and solo 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,919 Ajayi. Not leap, not letting up at the 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,600 line at all in this one. He runs 994 into a pretty 39 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,440 significant headwind of -1.1 meters per second. 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,680 He's the fastest qualifier into the final, where I guess he's 41 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,440 joined by two Auburn teammates and LSU Jaden Reed was right 42 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:30,080 there in step with him, going 995 in that same race. 43 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,680 But for Ajayi at East Regionals, he became the second fastest man 44 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,680 in collegiate history. And so now all eyes are turned 45 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,880 to can Auburn collect their third collegiate record of the 46 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,800 weekend? Friday afternoon, He would have 47 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,120 to run 982 or faster. That's the mark Christian 48 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,760 Coleman ran and I believe 2017. Auburn also got Israel O Con 49 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,960 into the 200 meter final and they qualified a 400 meter 50 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,800 hurdler as the last time qualifier in. 51 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,760 So Auburn did basically everything you could possibly 52 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,800 want of them today. Our only track final of the day 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,080 was the men's 10,000 meters and this one it's it was everything 54 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,920 you could hope for in a 10,000 meter race. 55 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:14,240 You had what looked like a hot early pace from Habden Samuel 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,360 going out in 64, putting a huge gap on the field and then he 57 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,680 just decided to slow it way down, didn't want to lead or 58 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,440 didn't want to lead by as much as he was. 59 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,800 He also said in the mix zone that he was dealing with a side 60 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,200 stitch for most of the race that was kind of pestering him. 61 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,840 He did say the side stitch, though. 62 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,200 Not as bad as racing the NCAA cross country championships with 63 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,640 only one shoe on, which he famously did in 2024. 64 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,000 But for Haptam, incredible race. He does come away with the win. 65 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,040 It was a great battle between him and Louisville freshman 66 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,480 Elsigi Caputo. And so the race was very much 67 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,800 like a, what's the what's the thing that goes like this? 68 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,960 An accordion. That's the word I'm looking for. 69 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,920 Because you have the back of the pack and the front of the pack. 70 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,920 And they just kept coming together and spreading out and 71 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:01,120 coming together and spreading out. 72 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,520 It was a really fascinating race to watch. 73 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,840 Eventually you have a breakout trio of Haddam, Samuel, Elsingy, 74 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,560 Kipruto and Ernest Chariot out of Arkansas. 75 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 And then it they drop Ernest Chariot, I think having him 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:19,920 closed his final 800 and 155, his final 456 seconds. 77 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,480 And as a sign of just kind of how interesting the pacing of 78 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,240 this race was, Habdam Samuel had in the middle of this race. 79 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,480 He had a lap that was 76 seconds and then he closed his last lap 80 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,120 in 56 seconds. So he had a 22nd, a 22nd 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,560 difference between a pair of laps in this one. 82 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,240 Very, very interesting stuff. Strong run for Helsinki Caputo, 83 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,240 the freshman for Louisville to take second. 84 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,040 He passed have done with 2:50 to go and then was in the lead for 85 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:52,000 only about 150 meters because Habdam had the strength of 59 86 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,240 minute half marathoner coming down the home straight here as 87 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,640 he wins back his title from 2024 which his teammate Ishmael Kip 88 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,760 Kurui took from him on this track last year. 89 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Some other notable performances out of the prelims. 90 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,680 Samuel Aghazi cruises into the men's 400 final where we saw 91 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,720 five guys go sub 45 in their prelims today. 92 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,920 Aghazi was the fastest qualifier in 4473. 93 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,400 I, I think I just want to reiterate again because I think 94 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,520 Kendrick Smallwood, his thirteen O 2 is absolutely incredible. 95 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,480 And he's also, I think I saw someone on Twitter say Kendrick 96 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,720 Smallwood is 5 foot 7. And so he is not the tallest guy 97 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,840 in the world getting over those hurdles faster than just about 98 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:37,520 anyone in collegiate history has. 99 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,400 If he if we got two guys sub 13 in the final on Friday, that's 100 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,920 going to be some pretty, pretty incredible stuff. 101 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,880 To the field we go men's hammer Anulos Monserranis out of 102 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,240 Minnesota makes it a back-to-back for the Dofers 103 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,960 after Coach De Zoltos won last year. 104 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,960 Not this is one of the best fields we've ever seen. 105 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,600 The marks weren't necessarily what we might have expected 106 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,640 coming in. Anulos was kind of echoing those 107 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,200 same things, but he wins with 7578 back and forth battle 108 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,160 between him and Air Forces Texas Tanner. 109 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,280 Texas Tanner will be going again in the discus where he's also 110 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,000 the second best man in collegiate history. 111 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:18,680 On Friday, the men's pole vault, incredible competition back and 112 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,160 forth between Nebraska's Dyson Wicker and Utah State's Logan 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,000 Hammer. They both jump PBS, but 114 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,640 eventually it's Dyson Wicker coming out on top. 115 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,480 Five meters, 85. His PB coming into this one is 5 116 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,960 meters 72. So 13 centimeters added onto his 117 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,360 PB in one competition. And some big points for the 118 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,040 Huskers, who after day one are your leaders in the men's team 119 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,440 race of 28 points. The hometown team Oregon has 18 120 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,040 points with a lot of those coming from a big men's shot put 121 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,520 performance from Ben Smith, who took the win. 122 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,600 The red shirt freshman becomes the first man in the first man 123 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,560 outdoors this NCAA season to break 21 meters. 124 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,360 He goes 21 O 4. His teammate Kobe Lawrence 125 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,960 finishes 4th, 1987. Tennessee's JL Van Rensburg had 126 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,000 never thrown 20 meters in his life. 127 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,680 Before today his PB was 1983. Today he throws 20 meters three 128 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,160 times, ending at 2033. And he is your national runner 129 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,440 up in the men's long jump, Tatcha Comba out of Kansas 130 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,120 State, the when dated collegiate record holder two weeks ago at 131 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,080 regionals jumping 875. He backs that up jumping 8 132 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:29,560 meters, 37 into a headwind and then he jumped 835 on the very 133 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,760 next jump like this. This guy is just insane and jury 134 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,680 odd. Hughes of Arkansas jumped to PB 135 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,720 the top three in this one and four of the top five all jumped 136 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,640 PBS. We had four guys over 8 meters. 137 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,320 Really, really fun competition there. 138 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,400 And then you also had the men's javelin where Texas A&M's Zaza 139 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,160 Namdi did what he does all year. He's the only man over 84 meters 140 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,080 this year. He's the collegiate leader by I 141 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,240 think almost 3 meters, and he comes out in this one, wins by a 142 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,880 meter and a half going 8226. He wasn't super happy about it, 143 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,040 but it's a national title and his last meet as a collegian, so 144 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,600 can never complain too much about that tomorrow. 145 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,280 And OK, I should. I don't think I said anything 146 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,320 about the 1500 or the 800, which is probably what most of you 147 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,200 guys care most about. So all the big names made it 148 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,480 through in these ones. Elliott Cook, Trent McFarland, 149 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,000 Carter cutting the NCAA mile champion And then in a slightly 150 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,960 slower first heat, Gary Martin, Simeon Birnbaum crossed the line 151 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:37,360 12 for Oregon. Thomas Palfrey, Elliot Cook and 152 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,039 Simeon Birnbaum all make it through. 153 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,640 So big team opportunity for the Ducks here Friday night. 154 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,880 And then in the 800, Colin Solomon, the collegiate record 155 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,160 holder indoors, makes it through. 156 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,480 You also have Rivaldo Marshall and Tyrese Taylor, the Arkansas 157 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,600 duo who famously went 1-2 indoor nationals. 158 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,960 They easily make it through. Heat wins for both of them. 159 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,920 So those two races are ones that I think everyone has been hyping 160 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,120 up all year and it's going to be super exciting to see how they 161 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,400 play out. Because Colin Solomon was saying 162 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,680 he has all the confidence in the world. 163 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:13,880 He knows he can close with anyone, even when he can also 164 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,880 run A13235K or something like that. 165 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,000 He thinks he can step down and run with the best 800 guys, some 166 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,240 of the best 800 guys in the world. 167 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,640 So I can't wait to see how that one plays out. 168 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,160 Will the 1500 go tactical? Will Simeon Birnbaum on the same 169 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,520 track he ran 331? Will he try and make it a little 170 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,160 faster? Will he try and trust his kick? 171 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,160 There's so many ways either of those races could go. 172 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,280 So definitely TuneIn for those. And then these sprints are going 173 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,240 to be insane. We saw the hurdles are going to 174 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:46,600 be quite, quite ridiculous. If this didn't get you excited 175 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,000 for Friday, I don't know what would. 176 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,400 But tomorrow we've got the women's prelims, so we'll get 177 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,160 our first look at a Deja Hodge. We'll get Jane Hedingren going 178 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,280 for a national title in the 10,000 meters. 179 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:04,000 We'll have them all twins going head to We've got Antoinette 180 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,200 Noble, can she get a collegiate record in the Women's Hammer and 181 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,400 complete the sweep for the Golden Gophers? 182 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,640 There's lots of fun stuff going on tomorrow and lots of fun 183 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,560 stuff going on throughout the rest of the week. 184 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,440 So stay tuned to Sidious Mag, the YouTube channel for 185 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,640 interviews, socials for graphics and live updates, and the 186 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,000 podcast feed for this recap, which we'll be bringing to you 187 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,560 every single night here in Eugene.