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T&T’s Lendore in NCAA relay record run

FAYETTEVILLE—Texas A&M men’s 4x400 metres relay achieved its second collegiate record as they won the NCAA Indoor championship in a blazing 3:02.86, the fourth fastest time ever recorded in the world, to close out the meet on Saturday evening at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

The A&M relay foursome of Gregory Coleman (46.52), Bralon Taplin (45.12), Shavez Hart (45.89) and T&T’s Deon Lendore (45.33) cruised to victory as they toppled the collegiate record of 3:03.20 that the Aggies set in winning the 2014 SEC title. It’s the first NCAA Indoor title for A&M since winning consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.

Texas A&M men scored 33 points to place fourth in team scoring, while the women finished tied for 15th place with 14 points.

Oregon won the men’s team title with 74 points with Florida runner-up at 50. Arkansas finished third with 39 points with the Aggies in fourth at 33. Rounding out the top 10 teams were Texas Tech (31), Texas (25), LSU & TCU (19), along with Akron, Iowa State and USC tied for ninth with 16 points.

Arkansas scored 63 points to win the women’s team title over Oregon’s 46 ½ with Georgia in third at 37. The rest of the top 10 included Florida (36), Kentucky (35), Texas (33), Baylor (27), and LSU & Southern Illinois tied for ninth with 18 points. (AP)

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