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#NCAATF: Track Town is Title Town For Oregon Men's Team - GoDucks.com - The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web SitePublished by
by Rob Moseley Track Town is Title Town. Fueled by three individual national champions Saturday, the Oregon men won their first team title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships since 1984. The Ducks needed 24 points entering the day to secure an outdoor title, after winning the NCAA Indoor title earlier this year, and got all that and more with wins from Mac Fleet in the 1,500 meters, Sam Crouser in the javelin and Devon Allenin the 110 hurdles. Tanguy Pepiot (steeplechase) and Arthur Delaney(200) also scored for the UO men, who put up a meet-record 88 points. Florida was second with 70, after collecting three event titles of its own Saturday at Hayward Field. Oregon's margin of victory was the largest at the meet since 1994. "If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that 70 points would not have won the NCAA championship, I would have been like, you're crazy," UO coach Robert Johnson said. Read the full article at: www.goducks.com
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