Texas A&M Sweeps Titles for the Third Time!

How'bout those Aggies? In thrilling fashion, Texas A&M won both the men's and women's NCAA Outdoor titles for the third year in a row.

"I'm kind of speechless," said A&M Head Coach Pat Henry. "This is an unbelievable victory by both of our groups. Everybody thinks it comes down to Jessica Beard and on that leg it came down to Jessica. But there were a lot of people contributing today with both relays.

"Our men stayed calm and did what they needed to do. They picked up points through out the day and then won the final relay. It's a team effort, which doesn't start with just first place points, but includes everybody from each of the four days here.

"It's a tremendous group of young people who did some things I don't think they could do at times this weekend. But they are big believers. During our meeting this morning they all looked at each other and left the room knowing what needed to be done. They lined up today and did some things that put us in a position to win."

A&M won both 4x400 relays – the men had to win – to earn their third titles in exciting, come-from-behind fashion. Jessica Beard’s incredible 49.16 anchor brought the team way back to overtake Auburn. Tabarie Henry’s brave anchor leg brought the men’s title race literally down to the final steps.

SATURDAY’S WOMEN ALL-AMERICANS

Texas A&M – 1^st, 4x400 relay (3:26.31)
Jeneba Tarmoh (Texas A&M) – 2^nd, 200 (22.34)
Texas A&M – 2^nd, 4x200 relay (42.93)
Tiffany Townsend (Baylor) – 3^rd, 200 (22.58)
Texas – 5^th, 4x100 relay (44.06)
Ifeatu Okafor (Texas Tech) – 6^th, shot put (13.27m)

SATURDAY’S MEN ALL-AMERICANS

Texas A&M – 1st, 4x4x00 relay (3:00.62)
Texas A&M – 2nd, 4x100 relay (38.91)
Julian Reid (Texas A&M) – 3rd, triple jump (16.77m)
Baylor – 4th, 4x400 relay (3:02.07)
Tran Howell (Texas A&M) – 5th, 200 (20.50)
Keiron Stewart (Texas) – 5th, 110 hurdles (13.38)
Baylor – 5th, 4x100 relay (39.22)
Texas – 6th, 4x100 relay (39.24)
Wayne Davis II (Texas A&M) – 6th, 110 hurdles (13.60)
Omo Osaghae (Texas Tech) – 7th, 110 hurdles (17.53)
Melvin Echard (Texas A&M) – 7th, triple jump (16.16m)
Chris Carter (Houston) – 8th, triple jump (16.14m)

TEXAS TEAMS’ FINISH

WOMEN’s TEAMS:

1. Texas A&M (49 points)
8. Texas (28)
27. TCU (11)
36. Baylor (7)
44. SMU (5)
54. Texas Tech (3)

MEN’S TEAMS:

1. Texas A&M (55 points)
9. Texas Tech (26)
12. Texas (18)
32. Baylor (9)
52. Texas State (3.5)
58. Sam Houston State (2)
64. Houston (1)