The Tigers proved to be tough in their own territory.

LSU became the first host institution to win the team title in the Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in nearly 20 years May 29-June 1.

A third-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay, the meet's final event, cemented the Tigers' first championship since 1990 and fourth overall. LSU finished with 64 points, followed by defending champion Tennessee with 57.

Oregon was the last school to win at its own facility (in 1984).

Most of the Tigers' winning margin was the result of the two relay events. LSU outscored the Volunteers, 16-10, in the 400- and 1,600-meter relays.

Walter Davis also played a leading role in the Tigers' triumph. He won both the long jump and the triple jump, repeating his 2001 victory in the latter. In addition, Davis joined with Robert Parham, Pete Coley and Bennie Brazell to earn first place in the 400-meter relay.

Claston Bernard gave LSU a third individual title with a come-from-behind win in the decathlon. Bernard trailed Rice's Ryan Harlan by 43 points before the 1,500-meter run, the 10th event, only to outscore Harlan, 732-540, and win the combined competition with 8,094 points.

Tennessee also had three first places individually, with Justin Gatlin recording two in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. He became the first athlete to win both events in back-to-back years since Abilene Christian's Bobby Morrow did so in 1956 and 1957. Gary Kikaya was the Volunteers' other winner in the 400-meter dash.

Davis and Gatlin were two of the three individuals to win two events. Southern Methodist's Janus Robberts sparked the Mustangs to a third-place team finish with 42 points, after capturing the shot put and discus throw events. It was Robberts' third title in the shot put after winning in 1999 and last year.

Georgia's Andras Haklits also became a three-time champion, winning the hammer throw with a heave of 253 feet, 8 inches, on his final attempt. Haklits won the event in 1999 while competing for Louisiana-Monroe, and for Georgia in 2001.

Alabama's Ron Bramlett (110-meter high hurdles), Arkansas' Daniel Lincoln (3,000-meter steeplechase) and South Carolina's Otukile Lekote (800-meter run) each won for the second consecutive year.

Team results

1. LSU, 64; 2. Tennessee, 57; 3. Southern Methodist, 42; 4. (tie) Clemson and Florida, 32; 6. South Carolina, 30; 7. Arkansas, 28; 8. Stanford, 26; 9. Colorado and Texas, 23; 11. (tie) Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Southern California, 21; 15. (tie) Mississippi St. and UTEP, 20; 17. Idaho, 17; 18. Baylor, 16; 19. (tie) Eastern Mich. and Nebraska, 14; 21. (tie) Kansas and Wisconsin, 12; 23. Pennsylvania, 11; 24. (tie) Notre Dame, Princeton, Southern U. and Villanova, 10; 28. (tie) Michigan and TCU, 9; 30. (tie) Indiana, Michigan St., UCLA, Washington and Wichita St., 8; 35. (tie) East Caro., Mississippi, Oregon and Texas Tech, 7; 39. (tie) Dartmouth, DePaul, Iowa, Texas A&M and Tulane, 6; 44. (tie) Boise St., Florida St., Monmouth and Utah St., 5; 48. (tie) Idaho St., Manhattan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Rice and Stephen F. Austin, 4; 55. (tie) Eastern Ill., Iona, Middle Tenn. and Montana, 3; 59. (tie) Arizona, Ball St., Cal St. Fullerton, Charlotte, Georgetown, UMKC, Purdue, Texas-San Antonio and Virginia, 2; 68. (tie) Arizona St., California, Cal Poly, Connecticut, Penn St., Prairie View, Seton Hall and Washington St., 1.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Justin Gatlin, Tennessee, 10.22; 2. Dwight Thomas, Clemson, 10.29; 3. Pierre Browne, Mississippi St., 10.39; 4. Michael Frater, TCU, 10.40; 5. Brian Johnson, Southern U., 10.46; 6. Aaron Egbele, UTEP, 10.47; 7. Dion Crabbe, Mississippi St., 10.49; 8. Anson Henry, Washington St., 11.16.

200-meter dash: 1. Justin Gatlin, Tennessee, 20.18; 2. Dwight Thomas, Clemson, 20.60; 3. Pierre Browne, Mississippi St., 20.83; 4. Aaron Egbele, UTEP, 20.88; 5. Dion Crabbe, Mississippi St., 20.90; 6. Robert Parham, LSU, 20.99; 7. Marquis Davis, Mississippi St., 21.07; 8. Ryan Olkowski, Penn St., 21.14.

400-meter dash: 1. Gary Kikaya, Tennessee, 44.53; 2. Rickey Harris, Florida, 44.93; 3. Pete Coley, LSU, 45.07; 4. Sanjay Ayre, Auburn, 45.10; 5. Darold Williamson, Baylor, 45.34; 6. Godfrey Herring, Middle Tenn., 45.73; 7. Mike Kenyon, Arizona, 45.93; 8. Otis Harris, South Carolina, 45.99.

800-meter run: 1. Otukile Lekote, South Carolina, 1:45.17; 2. Sam Burley, Pennsylvania, 1:45.39; 3. Moise Joseph, Florida, 1:45.74; 4. Jonathan Johnson, Texas Tech, 1:45.81; 5. Nathan Brannen, Michigan, 1:46.00; 6. Marc Sylvester, Tennessee, 1:46.21; 7. Roman Oravec, Southern Methodist, 1:46.80; 8. Dan Murray, Wisconsin, 1:47.72.

1,500-meter run: 1. Donald Sage, Stanford, 3:42.65; 2. Chris Mulvaney, Arkansas, 3:43.03; 3. Josh Spiker, Wisconsin, 3:43.16; 4. Alan Webb, Michigan, 3:43.23; 5. Adrian Blincoe, Villanova, 3:43.32; 6. Ryan Hayden, Villanova, 3:43.82; 7. Charlie Gruber, Kansas, 3:43.86; 8. Grant Robison, Stanford, 3:44.04.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 8:22.34; 2. Steve Slattery, Colorado, 8:26.51; 3. Solomon Kandie, Tulane, 8:35.30; 4. Bashar Ibrahim, UTEP, 8:36.03; 5. Jordan Desilets, Eastern Mich., 8:38.37; 6. Chris Duncan, Florida, 8:38.59; 7. Luke Watson, Notre Dame, 8:39.12; 8. Jesse Thomas, Stanford, 8:42.57.

5,000-meter run: 1. David Kimani, Alabama, 13:59.30; 2. Jorge Torres, Colorado, 13:59.88; 3. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 14:00.01; 4. Dathan Ritzenhein, Colorado, 14:01.02; 5. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 14:01.72; 6. Dalibor Balgac, Southern Methodist, 14:04.51; 7. Jonathon Riley, Stanford, 14:05.18; 8. Steve Slattery, Colorado, 14:06.14.

10,000-meter run: 1. Boaz Cheboiywo, Eastern Mich., 28:32.10; 2. Ryan Shay, Notre Dame, 29:02.92; 3. Tom McArdle, Dartmouth, 29:10.18; 4. Jason Hartmann, Oregon, 29:28.80; 5. Louis Luchini, Stanford, 29:29.70; 6. Vinny Mulvey, Iona, 29:29.96; 7. Adam Tenforde, Stanford, 29:31.47; 8. Nick Winkel, Wisconsin, 29:34.11.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Ron Bramlett, Alabama, 13.49; 2. Todd Matthews, Clemson, 13.53; 3. Chris Pinnock, Texas A&M, 13.57; 4. Jermaine Cooper, Texas, 13.59; 5. Antwon Hicks, Mississippi, 13.64; 6. Ryan Wilson, Southern California, 13.70; 7. Micah Harris, Oregon, 13.78; 8. Lewis Edmonson, Prairie View, 13.88.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Rickey Harris, Florida, 48.16; 2. Bennie Brazell, LSU, 48.80; 3. Fred Sharpe, Auburn, 49.76; 4. Brett Guymon, Utah St., 49.84; 5. Mikael Jakobsson, Minnesota, 50.14; 6. Nicholas O'Brien, Villanova, 50.16; 7. Michael Smith, Baylor, 50.46; 8. Reggie DePass, Colorado, 51.53.

400-meter relay: 1. LSU (Walter Davis, Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell), 38.48; 2. Clemson, 38.82; 3. Tennessee, 38.83; 4. South Carolina, 39.01; 5. Southern California, 39.27; 6. Mississippi, 39.57; 7. East Caro., 39.66; 8. Alabama, 39.95.

1,600-meter relay: 1. South Carolina (James Law, Otukile Lekote, Otis Harris, Jonathon Fortenberry), 3:02.16; 2. Baylor, 3:02.21; 3. LSU, 3:02.33; 4. East Caro., 3:02.81; 5. Tennessee, 3:02.83; 6. Auburn, 3:04.36; 7. Texas Tech, 3:04.40; 8. Arizona St., 3:05.65.

High jump: 1. Tora Harris, Princeton, 2.25 (7-4 1/2); 2. David Jaworski, Southern California, 2.25 (7-4 1/2); 3. Michael Ponikvar, Stanford, 2.25 (7-4 1/2); 4. Matt Vincent, Florida, 2.22 (7-3 1/4); 5. Adam Shunk, North Carolina, 2.18 (7-1 3/4); 6. (tie) Ryan Fitzpartric, Purdue, Brandon Campbell, Cal St. Fullerton, and Matt Voelker, UMKC, 2.18 (7-1 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Brian Hunter, Texas, 5.70 (18-8 1/4); 2. Brad Walker, Washington, 5.55 (18-2 1/2); 3. Rocky Danners, Tennessee, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 4. (tie) Paul Litchfield, Idaho St., Chris Steddum, South Carolina, and Adam Keul, Stephen F. Austin, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 7. Jim Autenreith, Baylor, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 8. Bubba Maclean, California, 5.30 (17-4 1/2).

Long-jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Walter Davis, LSU, 8.08 (26-6 1/4); 2. Randy Lewis, Wichita St., 7.97 (26-1 3/4); 3. Brian Johnson, Southern U., 7.96 (26-1 1/2); 4. Osbourne Moxey, Auburn, 7.95 (26-1); 5. Aundre Edwards, TCU, 7.85 (25-9 1/4); 6. Camron Howard, Tennessee, 7.77 (25-6); 7. William Montgomery, Charlotte, 7.74w (25-4 3/4); 8. Andrew Badger, Cal Poly, 7.71 (25-3 1/2).

Triple jump: 1. Walter Davis, LSU, 17.34 (56-10 3/4); 2. Aarik Wilson, Indiana, 16.68 (54-8 3/4); 3. Julien Kapek, Southern California, 16.58 (54-4 3/4); 4. Mario Lowe, Florida St., 16.15 (53-0); 5. Lenton Herring, Wisconsin, 16.14 (52-11 1/2); 6. Tuan Wreh, Pennsylvania, 16.09 (52-9 1/2); 7. Josh Rollins, Georgetown, 16.03 (52-7 1/4); 8. Mike Roberts, Seton Hall, 16.02 (52-6 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Janus Robberts, Southern Methodist, 21.60 (70-10 1/2); 2. Joachim Olsen, Idaho, 21.57 (70-9 1/4); 3. Simon Stewart, Idaho, 19.48 (63-11); 4. Jon Kalnas, Monmouth, 19.41 (63-8 1/4); 5. Christian Cantwell, Missouri, 19.39 (63-7 1/2); 6. Andrey Borodkin, Southern Methodist, 19.34 (63-5 1/2); 7. Dan Ames, UCLA, 19.19 (62-11 1/2); 8. Carl Myerscough, Nebraska, 19.14 (62-9 1/2).

Discus throw: 1. Janus Robberts, Southern Methodist, 62.37 (204-7); 2. Carl Myerscough, Nebraska, 61.76 (202-7); 3. Hannes Hopley, Southern Methodist, 60.91 (199-10); 4. Scott Moser, UCLA, 60.44 (198-3); 5. Mark Hoxmeier, Boise St., 60.38 (198-1); 6. Joachim Olsen, Idaho, 60.17 (197-5); 7. Reedus Thurmond, Auburn, 59.49 (195-2); 8. Dan Ames, UCLA, 58.85 (193-1).

Hammer throw: 1. Andras Haklits, Georgia, 77.32 (253-8); 2. Libor Charfreitag, Southern Methodist, 76.99 (252-7); 3. Carey Ryan, DePaul, 68.67 (225-3); 4. Panagiotis Mavraganis, Georgia, 68.13 (223-6); 5. Thomas Freeman, Manhattan, 67.95 (222-11); 6. Janne Vartia, UTEP, 67.11 (220-2); 7. Zach Riley, Ball St., 64.66 (212-2); 8. Javier Nieto, LSU, 62.90 (206-4).

Javelin throw: 1. Scott Russell, Kansas, 79.85 (262-0); 2. Nathan Junius, Texas, 74.61 (244-9); 3. Bill Neumann, Iowa, 74.57 (244-8); 4. Artur Wszelaki, Nebraska, 74.17 (243-4); 5. Janne Sakko, UTEP, 73.82 (242-2); 6. Ron White, Eastern Ill., 73.20 (240-2); 7. John Welch, Virginia, 71.46 (234-5); 8. Justin St. Clair, Boise St., 69.95 (229-6).

Decathlon: 1. Claston Bernard, LSU, 8,094; 2. Paul Terek, Michigan St., 8,041; 3. David Lemen, Georgia, 7,972; 4. Stephen Harris, Tennessee, 7,955; 5. Ryan Harlan, Rice, 7,945; 6. Adam Bork, Montana, 7,699; 7. Justin Youngblood, Texas-San Antonio, 7,642; 8. Will Thomas, Connecticut, 7,630.