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How the outdoor track and field championships work

Over 250 NCAA member institutions sponsor Division I track and field teams, and each year, these teams hope to compete in the championship meet. Here is a comprehensive guide to the NCAA DI outdoor track and field championships, for fans of every level. What are the events? The following are the events that are in the NCAA DI outdoor track and field championships: *All events are for men and women unless otherwise noted* Sprints 100 meters 200 meters 400 meters Distance 800 meters 1,500 meters 3,000 steeplechase 5,000 meters 10,000 meters Hurdles 100 hurdles (women) 110 hurdles (men) 400 hurdles Relays 4x100 meter relay 4x400 meter relay Jumps Pole Vault Long Jump High Jump Triple Jump Throws Hammer Javelin Shot...

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WATCH: Florida's men's 4x400 meter relay breaks collegiate record

Another week in track and field, another record down, this time coming at the Tom Jones Memorial. The Florida Gators ran the 4x400 meter relay on their home track, blazing past the previous collegiate record. Watch the race below:    No 4x400 team in collegiate history has ever run under 2:59.00.Florida just ran 2:58.53 in April!The Gators now have the men's collegiate records in the 4x1 and 4x4!- @jacoryp77- @RyanWilliee- @Jdmileyy- @IamChampallison pic.twitter.com/ZBRz1eALYD — Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) April 16, 2022 The Florida relay team featured Jacory Patterson, Ryan Willie, Jacob Miley and Champion Allison. The quartet's time of 2:58.53 was the first from collegiate men's 4x4 team to be sub-2:59.00. "Brought the record back down south"The Gators...

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Cameron Burrell (September 11, 1994 – August 9, 2021)

Cameron Burrell competing for Houston in 2018 Track star and national champion Cameron Burrell, 100-meter sprinter from the University of Houston and the son of Olympic gold medal-winning parents, has passed away due to suicide, He was 26 with a birthday coming soon.The University of Houston announced that Burrell had tragically suddenly passed away on Monday.Records show he died by suicide after his body was inspected by a medical examiner this week. Burrell reportedly passed away due to a “gunshot wound of the head” in a Houston, Texas parking garage. Cameron Burrell came from a high caliber track and field family. His father Leroy Burrell was the former world record holder in the 100 meters and his mother, Michelle Finn-Burrell,...

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Elaine Thompson-Herah Breaks Olympic 33 year old Record

Jamaican runner Elaine Thompson-Herah won the gold medal in the 100-meter race with a time of 10:61 seconds, setting a new Olympic record!   The Jamaican runners swept the podium with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in second and Shericka Jackson taking the bronze. Thompson-Herah's race time broke a 33-year-old Olympic record of 10.62. She also defended the Olympic title she won in 2016. Saturday's race was Thompson-Herah's third Olympic gold medal. This was also the first Jamaican sweep of the medals since the women did it at the 2008 Beijing Games, according to ESPN. NEW OLYMPIC RECORD!@FastElaine defends her #Olympics 100m title - running the second fastest time EVER. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/9UA0ABtuEu — #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 31, 2021

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