BYU Men & Women Wrap Up Conference Titles

Despite entering the final day of the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in third place, the BYU women were able to dominate on the final day to secure their second consecutive MWC title, and their eighth outdoor title this decade.

The 800m was a strong event for BYU, with six Cougars finishing in the top eight. Sophomore All-American Lacey Cramer successfully defended her title in 2:04.67, narrowly edging teammate Angela Wagner, who finished second in 2:04.94.

Led by Mark Robison, BYU men’s track and field team continued to pile on points on the final day of the MWC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and came away with a dominating victory for their 12th consecutive MWC Outdoor title.

“We really came out today and did what we needed to do,” BYU head coach Craig Poole said. “We had great performances all around, from Mindy (McClurkin) taking both the sprints to our two high jumpers (Ada Robinson and Ashley Dziendziel) finishing one – two. It was just a great day.”

“I am very, very pleased with the results from today,” Robison said. “We still have not lost an MWC outdoor championship, and it feels great. We had some great performances today from a number of people, but also had to deal with more adversity than we did yesterday, but we battled through it and came away with a win.”

BYU women scored 204 points, followed by TCU (121)and Colorado St. (101).  The BYU men scored 211 points, head of New Mexico (153) and TCU (149).

PreRaceJitters’ podcast with Michigan’s Geena Gall

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Coming into the 2009 - 2009 season, she was already one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Michigan history having earned All-American honors in each of the three previous seasons of her collegiate career. Gall holds numerous Michigan records, Big 10 and U of M titles and other athletic accolades along with receiving U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honors.

Defending NCAA outdoor 800 meter champion Geena Gall discusses her pending graduation, career at the University of Michigan and the 2009 season thus far. On this special podcast, the Grand Blanc, Michigan native also talks about preparing for the second half of the outdoor season and beyond.

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