Mya Lumsden competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships not only with the second-fastest mile time in U.S. college history, but also with a huge advantage over her rivals.
Ramsden emerged from his warm-up on the 24th of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Competing against the world's best athletes, Lumsden set a New Zealand Japanese record in the 1500m in the semi-finals and finished 10th in the final.
On Saturday, six days later in Boston, her college colleagues didn't stand a chance.
Returning to his Harvard uniform, Ramsden ran 4:25.13 to win the NCAA mile title and break the nine-year championship record of 4:27.18.
This performance was one of several on the final day of the championships that not only determined the best among U.S. college athletes, but also compared well with international performance. It has also become clear that there is.
It was no surprise that Georgia's Christopher Morales-Williams won the men's 400 meters in 44.67 seconds. Two weeks ago, the 19-year-old appeared to break the indoor world record for the event when he ran a time of 44.49 seconds at the conference championships, which was an official record of 44 seconds set by Kellon Clement in 2005. 57 and Michael Norman's 44.52 seconds in 2018. In the end, it could not be ratified. Morales Williams' time was also not approved because the starting blocks used in the event did not meet World Athletics technical regulations.
The winning Arizona State University 4×400 meter relay team won in a world-leading time of 3:02.35. This time almost gave them the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, beating Belgium.
Leo Neugebauer of Texas won the heptathlon with 6,347 points, adding more than 50 points to Germany's 22-year-old record and further extending his dominance in the collegiate combined event. The title was an encore to a strong 2023 season for Neugebauer, where he won the NCAA decathlon title with a record point total and later competed at the World Track and Field Championships.
Texas Tech won the men's championship with Terrence Jones winning both the 60 meters (6.54 points) and 200 meters (20.23 points) with a score of 50.5 points. The winning 200-meter time was set by Elyon Knighton on February 10, just shy of the world lead of 20.21 seconds set by Jones later that month.
In another record that could have won international competition, Louisiana State University's Briana Liston won the 60-meter crown in a time of 7.03 seconds, the fourth fastest time in the world this year.
In other sprint events, Jamysia Ford broke her own U20 indoor world record to win the 200m in 22.34 seconds, and Jasmine Jones won the 60m hurdles title with a personal best of 7.77 seconds. did. Britain's Amber Anning lived up to expectations, winning the 400m in 50.79 seconds.
Rachel Glenn improved her personal record by 6 centimeters to win the 2.00 meter high jump, tying the college indoor record and moving into third place on the national indoor all-time list.
On the final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships, a repeat champion was crowned. A day after winning the 5,000 meters with a college record, Florida's Parker Valby added 3,000 meter honors with a championship record time of 8:41.50. Northern Arizona's Nico Young also doubled the distance, winning the 3,000 meters in 7:41.01, also a new championship record, and added to Friday's 5,000 meter crown.
In the women's team championship, the University of Arkansas earned 55 points, beating the University of Florida's 50 points.
Andrew Greif of World Athletics
