EUGENE, Ore. — Kentucky pole vaulter Keaton Daniel and Mississippi shot putter Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan completed NCAA indoor and outdoor sweeps Wednesday night at the outdoor track and field championships .
Daniel cleared 18 feet, 7 1/4 inches to become the first Wildcat to win the NCAA indoor and outdoor pole vault championships in the same season.
Robinson-O'Hagan led wire-to-wire to reach 68-6 on his final shot to become the 17th pitcher in Division I history to claim indoor and outdoor titles in one season.
USC led the team standings with 19 points. Georgia came in second with 13, followed by California with 12.5.
USC's JC Stevenson won the long jump with a personal best of 26-11 3/4. Stevenson, whose previous record was 26-5, moved from seventh place to win the event on his last try with the third-best record in program history.
Rowan Hamilton became Cal's first men's hammer champion since 1922 with the best collegiate throw and a school record of 253.2. It was his fourth national collegiate title, with the previous three coming while he was at NAIA member British Columbia.
New Mexico freshman Habtom Samuel suffered a fall in the 10,000-meter race before finishing with a winning time of 28 minutes, 7.82 seconds. Samuel became the first man in school history to win an NCAA outdoor 5,000 or 10,000 title. Weini Kelati won the women's 10,000 meters in 2019 for the Wolves.
Marc Minichello led from the first javelin throw and scored 264-9 for his second NCAA title, but his first with Georgia.
Leo Neugebauer of Texas led the decathlon with 4,685 points at the halfway point.
The men's events continue Friday at Hayward Field.
