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NCAA Outdoor Championships
Tech Finishes NCAA Champs in Ninth Place
June 11, 2011 | Track and Field
June 11, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Texas Tech Red Raiders finished the NCAA Outdoor Championships with its second-best showing in program history with a ninth place finish.
The ninth place finish is the second-best finish after Tech's eighth place finish in 2004. The 26 points is second most to the 26.5 also scored in 2004.
Senior Omo Osaghae in his final race as a Red Raider showed his grit and determination. Osaghae hit a hurdle early in the race but got up to finish the race and earn All-American. He crossed the line in 7th place with a time of 17.53. It is his third All-America honor of his career.
With Brown, Mason and Osaghae earning All-America honors in the 110M hurdles and 400M hurdles, the Red Raiders continue a steak of having a hurdle All-American every year since 2005.
Sophomore Ifeatu Okafor earned her first All-America honor of her career in the women's shot put. Okafor had one legal throw the entire day but it was enough to score points for the Lady Raiders. On Okafor's third throw of the competition she threw 55'-7.75" (16.96M).
Okafor is the third shot put All-American for Texas Tech. The last All-American was Patience Knight in 2008.
The men's 4x400M relay of Latoy Williams, Shane Brathwaite, Jamele Mason and Gil Roberts struggled with a hand off and was unable to finish the race.
Bryce Lamb was unable to get a fair mark in the triple jump as he fouled on all three attempts.
The Lady Raiders finished the team race tied for 54th with three points.
Texas A&M won the team title with 55 points on the men's side. Florida State (54 points), Florida (53 points) and LSU (46 points) finished in second through fourth. On the women's side Texas A&M won with Oregon, LSU and Oklahoma placed second through fourth place.
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