Tennessee used dominating performances from its sprinters to claim its first Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship team title March 8-9 at Arkansas.

The Volunteers earned 62 1/2 points to runner-up Alabama's 47. The Southeastern Conference swept the top four places, as LSU finished third with 44 points and the host Razorbacks came in fourth with 39.

Justin Gatlin won both the 60- and 200-meter dashes to spark Tennessee. He also was the catalyst for the Volunteers' 2001 outdoor title by winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

"We want to start a dynasty here," Gatlin said. "My teammates had the feel of a champion today. Every time we step on the track, we want to be a champion."

Leonard Scott contributed 14 Tennessee team points by placing second in the 60-meter dash and third in the 200. In addition, Marc Sylvester was the runner-up in the 400-meter dash and Gary Kikaya was third in the 800-meter run.

"I just had a feeling today," Sylvester said. "There were no jitters at all. When I was warming up, I looked at Justin (Gatlin) and told him I was going to set it up for him."

Gatlin, Kikaya and Scott joined with Dwayne Bell to put the finishing touch on the championship by placing second in the 1,600-meter relay.

"I couldn't be happier for our athletes and coaches," said Tennessee head coach Bill Webb. "Our competitors kept hoping we would stumble, but we never did."

Miguel Pate and Ron Bramlett won individual titles for Alabama. Pate captured the long jump and was second in the triple jump. Bramlett was the first across the finish line in the 60-meter high hurdles.

LSU's Walter Davis was the only repeat champion from 2001, as he won his second straight triple jump title. He also was second in the long jump.

The only meet record also belonged to the Tigers. Alleyene Francique covered the 400-meter dash in 45.58 seconds, shaving two-hundredths of a second off the previous mark. Pete Coley of LSU was second to Francique with a time of 45.62 seconds.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Tennessee, 62 1/2; 2. Alabama, 47; 3. LSU, 44; 4. Arkansas, 39; 5. Villanova, 20; 6. South Carolina, 17 1/2; 7. Clemson, 17; 8. Kansas, 16; 9. (tie) Mississippi St. and Oregon, 15; 11. Colorado, 14; 12. (tie) North Carolina and Northern Iowa, 13; 14. Nebraska, 11 1/2; 15. (tie) Baylor, Brigham Young, Illinois St., Missouri, Princeton and UTEP, 10; 21. (tie) Notre Dame and Weber St., 9; 23. (tie) Auburn, Idaho, Kentucky, Manhattan, Michigan St., Minnesota, Oklahoma, Southern Methodist, Texas, Texas A&M and Wisconsin, 8; 34. Florida, 7 1/2; 35. (tie) DePaul, Mississippi, Purdue, Rice, Stanford and Washington St., 6; 41. Georgia, 5 1/2; 42. (tie) Indiana and TCU, 5; 44. Penn St., 4 1/2; 45. (tie) East Caro., James Madison, Kansas St., Monmouth and Texas Tech, 4; 50. Florida St., 3 1/2; 51. (tie) Arizona St., Middle Tenn. and Southern Ill., 3; 54. (tie) Colorado St., Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Southwest Mo. St., Wichita St. and Wyoming, 2; 61. (tie) Connecticut, Georgetown and Iowa, 1; 64. Stephen F. Austin, 1/2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

60-meter dash: 1. Justin Gatlin, Tennessee, 6.59; 2. Leonard Scott, Tennessee, 6.61; 3. Anson Henry, Washington St., 6.66; 4. Samie Parker, Oregon, 6.67; 5. Terence Newman, Kansas St., 6.67; 6. Dwight Thomas, Clemson, 6.70; 7. Pierre Browne, Mississippi St., 6.72; 8. Mardy Scales, Middle Tenn., 6.80.

200-meter dash: 1. Justin Gatlin, Tennessee, 20.63; 2. Marquis Davis, Mississippi St., 20.76; 3. Leonard Scott, Tennessee, 20.80; 4. Pierre Browne, Mississippi St., 20.84; 5. Aaron Egbele, UTEP, 20.90; 6. Kendrick Triggs, Mississippi, 20.92; 7. Leo Bookman, Kansas, 21.12; 8. Ryan

Olkowski, Penn St., 21.23.

400-meter dash: 1. Alleyene Francique, LSU, 45.58 (meet record: old record 45.60, Brandon Couts, Baylor, 2000 [preliminaries]); 2. Pete Coley, LSU, 45.62; 3. Gary Kikaya, Tennessee, 45.93; 4. Lueroy Colquhoun, LSU, 46.35; 5. Ato Modibo, Clemson, 46.44; 6. Shameron Turner, Auburn, 46.77; 7. Godfrey Herring, Middle Tenn., 47.10; 8. Rickey Harris, Florida, 1:02.24.

800-meter run: 1. Otukile Lekote, South Carolina, 1:46.88; 2. Marc Sylvester, Tennessee, 1:47.41; 3. Said Ahmed, Arkansas, 1:47.80; 4. Fred Sharpe, Auburn, 1:48.81; 5. Simon Kimata, Oregon, 1:49.56; 6. Jonathan Johnson, Texas Tech, 1:50.40; 7. Sam Burley, Pennsylvania, 1:50.61; 8. Moise Joseph, Florida, 1:52.56.

Mile run: 1. Christian Goy, Illinois St., 4:00.06; 2. David Kimani, Alabama, 4:00.33; 3. Hunter Spencer, Kentucky, 4:02.93; 4. Jeremy Tolman, Weber St., 4:03.23; 5. Joel Atwater, Weber St., 4:03.28; 6. Chris Mulvaney, Arkansas, 4:03.31; 7. Brendon Mahoney, Georgia Tech, 4:05.16; 8. Daniel Wilson, Connecticut, 4:07.83.

3,000-meter run: 1. Adrian Blincoe, Villanova, 8:01.76; 2. Balazs Csillag, Northern Iowa, 8:01.93; 3. Luke Watson, Notre Dame, 8:02.18; 4. David Kimani, Alabama, 8:02.59; 5. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 8:03.48; 6. Grant Robison, Stanford, 8:04.82; 7. Dalibor Balgac, Southern Methodist, 8:05.51; 8. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 8:05.61.

5,000-meter run: 1. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 13:49.80; 2. Jorge Torres, Colorado, 13:50.35; 3. Dathan Ritzenhein, Colorado, 13:50.51; 4. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 13:57.71; 5. Jason Sandfort, Arkansas, 14:00.65; 6. Ryan Shay, Notre Dame, 14:02.97; 7. Tom McArdle, Dartmouth, 14:03.29; 8. Louis Luchini, Stanford, 14:11.15.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Ron Bramlett, Alabama, 7.59; 2. Chris Pinnock, Texas A&M, 7.60; 3. Jermaine Cooper, Texas, 7.73; 4. Todd Matthews, Clemson, 7.79; 5. Karl Jennings, Tennessee, 7.80; 6. Jeff Young, Southern Ill., 7.87; 7. Michael Thomas, Arkansas, 7.91; 8. Corey Taylor, South Carolina, 7.99.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Baylor (Zsolt Szeglet, Michael Smith, Charles Sterling, Darold Williamson), 3:05.54; 2. Tennessee, 3:06.87; 3. South Carolina, 3:07.16; 4. Minnesota, 3:08.37; 5. East Caro., 3:08.93; 6. Oklahoma, 3:09.03; 7. Southwest Mo. St., 3:09.14; 8. Texas Tech, 3:09.70.

Distance medley relay: 1. Villanova (Ryan Hayden, Michael Brown, Jason Jabaut, Adrian Blincoe), 9:31.00; 2. Wisconsin, 9:32.31; 3. Alabama, 9:32.97; 4. Northern Iowa, 9:33.14; 5. Florida, 9:34.10; 6. Minnesota, 9:35.00; 7. Stanford, 9:35.30; 8. Texas, 9:36.09.

High jump: 1. Tora Harris, Princeton, 2.26 (7-5); 2. Adam Shunk, North Carolina, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 3. Shaun Guice, Purdue, 2.20 (7-2 1/2); 4. Doug Ameigh, Clemson, 2.20 (7-2 1/2); 5. (tie) Shawn Brown, Florida St., and Ryan Olkowski, Penn St., 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 7. (tie) Matt Vincent, Florida, and Kyle Odvody, Nebraska, 2.13 (6-11 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Jeff Hansen, Brigham Young, 5.48 (17-11 3/4); 2. Paul Terek, Michigan St., 5.48 (17-11 3/4); 3. Trevor Woods, Oregon, 5.48 (17-11 3/4); 4. Mike Westlund, Oklahoma, 5.48 (17-11 3/4); 5. Vadim Gvozdestskiy, Kansas, 5.48 (17-11 3/4); 6. (tie) David Leman, Georgia,

and Rocky Danners, Tennessee, 5.38 (17-7 3/4); 8. (tie) Adam Keul, Stephen F. Austin, and Chris Steddum, South Carolina, 5.38 (17-7 3/4).

Long jump: 1. Miguel Pate, Alabama, 8.34 (27-4 1/2); 2. Walter Davis, LSU, 8.15 (26-9); 3. Vaughaligan Walwyn, Rice, 7.94 (26-0 3/4); 4. Cleavon Dillion, TCU, 7.86 (25-9 1/2); 5. Anthony Wallace, James Madison, 7.73 (25-4 1/2); 6. Shantel Glass, Mississippi, 7.67 (25-2); 7. Randy Lewis, Wichita St., 7.65 (25-1 1/4); 8. Jason Ward, Texas, 7.62 (25-0).

Triple jump: 1. Walter Davis, LSU, 17.23 (56-6 1/2); 2. Miguel Pate, Alabama, 16.52 (54-2 1/2); 3. Adrian Ghioroaie, UTEP, 16.28 (53-5); 4. Aarik Wilson, Indiana, 16.23 (53-3); 5. Maurice Robinson, Arkansas, 16.04 (52-7 1/2); 6. Truan Smith, LSU, 16.01 (52-6 1/2); 7. Quincy Howe, Wyoming, 15.94 (52-3 3/4); 8. Josh Rollins, Georgetown, 15.89 (52-1 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Carl Meyerscough, Nebraska, 21.26 (69-9); 2. Joachim Olsen, Idaho, 21.20 (69-6 3/4); 3. Christian Cantwell, Missouri, 20.43 (67-0 1/2); 4. Janus Robberts, Southern Methodist, 20.22 (66-4 1/4); 5. Jon Kalnas, Monmouth, 19.67 (64-6 1/2); 6. David Wood, Arizona St., 19.58 (64-3); 7. Jeff Chakouian, Kentucky, 19.26 (63-2 1/4); 8. Andrey Borodkin, Southern Methodist, 19.00 (62-4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Scott Russell, Kansas, 24.67 (80-11 1/4); 2. Thomas Freeman, Manhattan, 23.19 (76-1); 3. Carey Ryan, DePaul, 22.02 (72-3); 4. Sal Gigante, North Carolina, 21.84 (71-8); 5. Russ Bell, Missouri, 21.72 (71-3 1/4); 6. Panagiotis Mavraganis, Georgia, 20.99 (68-10 1/2); 7. Drew Loftin, Colorado St., 20.84 (68-4 1/2); 8. James Costello, Iowa, 20.75 (68-1).