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06/11 00:31 CDT Auburn's Tharp breaks world record in 110 hurdles on Day 1 of
NCAA track and field meet
Auburn's Tharp breaks world record in 110 hurdles on Day 1 of NCAA track and
field meet
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) --- Auburn junior Ja'Kobe Tharp broke the world record in the
110-meter hurdles at 12.75 seconds Wednesday in the semifinal round on Day 1 of
the NCAA outdoor track and field championships.
Tharp became the first individual since Dwight Stones in the high jump 50 years
ago to break a world record at the NCAA championships. Tharp, who improved his
personal best by 0.26 seconds, broke Grant Holloway's collegiate record of
12.98 and the world record of 12.80 set by Aries Merritt in 2012.
New Mexico's Habtom Samuel won the day's only track event final with a time of
27 minutes, 51.31 seconds in the 10,000 meters, sprinting away from
Louisville's Elsingi Kipruto in the home stretch. It was the second title for
Samuel, who also won the race in 2024 and had a runner-up finish last season.
Five field event champions also were crowned.
Angelos Mantzouranis of Minnesota claimed his third straight NCAA medal and
first title in the hammer throw with an effort of 248 feet, 7 inches. The
Golden Golphers won the hammer for the second straight season, becoming the
first program to repeat in the event since Virginia Tech in 2012-13.
Mantzouranis was third as a freshman and second as a sophomore.
Nebraska's Dyson Wicker won the pole vault at an NCAA-leading 19-2 1/4, and
Texas A&M senior Zaza Nnamdi took javelin at 269-10. Kansas State's Tah
Chikomba won the long jump at 27-5 1/2.
Freshman Ben Smith became the first NCAA outdoor champion for Oregon in the
shot put since Dean Crouser (1982) with a marl of 69-0 1/2.
The men's events continue Friday at Hayward Field.
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