Three individual champions and three triple-jump place winners lifted LSU back to the top of the Division I Women's Track and Field Championships March 8-9 at Arkansas.

The Tigers scored 57 points in winning its first team title since 1997 and division-leading ninth crown overall. Two-time defending champion UCLA was second with 43 points and Florida was third with 35.

Muna Lee won the 200-meter dash and placed third in the 60-meter dash for LSU. She set a meet record of 22.82 seconds in the 200, eclipsing the previous mark of former Tigers standout Peta-Gaye Dowdie by one-hundredth of a second.

Marian Burnett became the first LSU woman to win the 800-meter run indoors with a time of 2:05.33. Burnett stayed with the lead pack for the first 600 meters and then out-sprinted Kristina Bratten of Florida.

"My plan was to stay with the group for 600 meters and turn it on in the end," said Burnett. "The time wasn't as fast as what I thought it would take to win, but I wasn't concerned with the time. I was more concerned with running whatever it took to win."

Nicole Toney posted the Tigers' third winning effort in the triple jump. Teammates Bianca Rockett and Andria Booker finished sixth and eighth, respectively, adding up to 14 team points in the event.

LSU closed the competition with a third-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay as the tandem of Burnett, Lee, Stephanie Durst and Ronetta Smith combined for a season-best time of 3:35.13.

"We needed a solid effort in every area this weekend and we got it," said LSU head coach Pat Henry. "We were consistent, got a few surprises and that's what it takes to win this event."

Darnesha Griffith was an individual winner for UCLA in the high jump. Tracy O'Hara in the pole vault and Lena Nilsson in the mile run both claimed second for the Bruins.

Nilsson also ran the anchor leg for UCLA's victorious distance medley relay unit that also set a meet record of 10 minutes, 58.19 seconds.

Candice Scott led Florida by winning the 20-pound weight throw and placing fourth in the shot put.

A total of six meet records were established. In addition to Lee and UCLA's distance medley relay team, Southern California's Angela Williams (60-meter dash), Illinois' Perdita Felicien (60-meter high hurdles), Arizona's Amy Linnen (pole vault) and Clemson's Jamine Moton (20-pound weight throw) also broke previous marks.

Moton finished second in her event, but is credited with the record since the winner's implement did not meet the specifications in the rules during the postcompetition inspection required for record verification.

The only 2001 champion to win the same event again was South Carolina in the 1,600-meter relay. Tacita Bass and Demetria Washington were members of both teams and were joined this year by LeShinda Demus and Shevon Stoddart.

TEAM RESULTS

1. LSU, 57; 2. UCLA, 43; 3. Florida, 35; 4. South Carolina, 31; 5. (tie) North Carolina, Rice and Stanford, 25; 8. Indiana, 23; 9. Arizona, 19; 10. Arkansas, 18 1/2; 11. (tie) Auburn and Texas, 18; 13. (tie) Illinois and Iowa St., 16; 15. Liberty, 14 1/2; 16. (tie) Arizona St., Brigham Young and Colorado, 14; 19. (tie) Kansas St. and Washington St., 13; 21. Clemson, 11; 22. (tie) UMBC, Oklahoma St., Southern California and Texas A&M, 10; 26. Ohio St., 9; 27. (tie) Miami (Fla.), Minnesota and Wichita St., 8; 30. (tie) Connecticut, Georgetown and Seton Hall, 7; 33. West Virginia, 6; 34. (tie) Idaho St., Notre Dame and Southwest Tex. St., 5; 37. (tie) UNLV, Northern Ariz., Providence, Texas Southern and Virginia, 4; 42. (tie) Florida St., James Madison, Tennessee and Texas Tech, 3; 46. (tie) Central Mich., Colorado St., North Carolina St., Oregon and Texas-Arlington, 2; 51. (tie) Baylor, Maryland and Wake Forest, 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

60-meter dash: 1. Angela Williams, Southern California, 7.13 (meet record: old record 7.21, Tonya Carter, Florida St., 2000); 2. Tahesia Harrigan, Minnesota, 7.22; 3. Muna Lee, LSU, 7.23; 4. Brianna Glenn, Arizona, 7.33; 5. Rachelle Boone, Indiana, 7.35; 6. Danielle Carruthers, Indiana, 7.36; 7. Lauryn Williams, Miami (Fla.), 7.39; 8. Aleen Bailey, South Carolina, 7.42.

200-meter dash: 1. Muna Lee, LSU, 22.82 (meet record: old record 22.83, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, LSU, 1999); 2. Rachelle Boone, Indiana, 22.99; 3.

Stephanie Durst, LSU, 23.00; 4. Erica Whipple, South Carolina, 23.13; 5. Brianna Glenn, Arizona, 23.29; 6. Aleen Bailey, South Carolina, 23.31; 7. Amber Robinson, Florida, 23.35; 8. Michele Davis, UNLV, 23.54.

400-meter dash: 1. Allison Beckford, Rice, 52.16; 2. Demetria Washington, South Carolina, 52.41; 3. Moushaumi Robinson, Texas, 52.68; 4. Liz Grow, Notre Dame, 52.88; 5. Shevon Stoddart, South Carolina, 53.75; 6. Michele Davis, UNLV, 54.08; 7. Licretia Sibley, Texas Tech, 54.26.

800-meter run: 1. Marian Burnett, LSU, 2:05.33; 2. Kristina Bratton, Florida, 2:05.49; 3. Alice Schmidt, North Carolina, 2:06.43; 4. Aimee Teteris, Rice, 2:06.51; 5. Tyrona Heath, Georgetown, 2:06.61; 6. Lenka Kalabova, Iowa St., 2:06.84; 7. Melissa DeLeon, Florida, 2:07.13; 8. Nikeya Green, Wake Forest, 2:10.34.

Mile run: 1. Heather Sagan, Liberty, 4:38.52; 2. Lena Nilsson, UCLA, 4:38.88; 3. Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina, 4:39.11; 4. Malindi Elmore, Stanford, 4:41.05; 5. Roisin McGettigan, Providence, 4:42.95; 6. Sara Gorton, Colorado, 4:44.01; 7. Katie Yemm, Colorado St., 4:44.14; 8. Jill Laurendeau, Georgetown, 4:45.19.

3,000-meter run: 1. Lauren Fleshman, Stanford, 9:07.45; 2. Lisa Aguilera, Arizona St., 9:09.67; 3. Megan Metcalfe, West Virginia, 9:09.95; 4. Amy Mortimer, Kansas St., 9:09.99; 5. Ida Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 9:10.48; 6. Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina, 9:16.30; 7. Carol Henry, North Carolina, 9:16.81; 8. Michaela Mannova, Brigham Young, 9:19.08.

5,000-meter run: 1. Siri Alfheim, Oklahoma St., 16:12.28; 2. Mellissa Gulli, Texas A&M, 16:13.75; 3. Jodie Hughes, Colorado, 16:13.82; 4. Tara Northcutt, Brigham Young, 16:13.99; 5. Molly Austin, Colorado, 16:16.10; 6. Mollie Defrancesco, James Madison, 16:22.64; 7. Kristin Price, North Carolina St., 16:26.61; 8. Lindsey Thompson, Brigham Young, 16:26.86.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Perdita Felicien, Illinois, 7.90 (meet record: old record 7.94, Vonette Dixon, Auburn, 2000); 2. Danielle Carruthers, Indiana, 7.92; 3. Susanna Kallur, Illinois, 8.00; 4. Lolo Jones, LSU, 8.05; 5. Nichole Denby, Texas, 8.13; 6. Dalanda Jackson, Ohio St., 8.17; 7. Chitua Ohaeri, Texas A&M, 8.22; 8. Hannah Cooper, Colorado, 8.29.

1,600-meter relay: 1. South Carolina (Tacita Bass, LeShinda Demus, Shevon Stoddart, Demetria Washington), 3:30.36; 2. Texas, 3:32.12; 3. LSU, 3:35.13; 4. Seton Hall, 3:36.32; 5. UCLA, 3:36.59; 6. Tennessee, 3:36.75; 7. Rice, 3:36.96; 8. Texas Tech, 3:36.97.

Distance medley relay: 1. UCLA (Tiffany Burgess, Monique Henderson, Jessica Marr, Lena Nilsson), 10:58.19 [meet record: old record 11:01.56, Stanford (Sally Glynn, Jayna Smith, Lindsay Hyatt, Lauren Fleshman), 2000]; 2. North Carolina, 10:59.76; 3. Stanford, 11:09.13; 4. Brigham Young, 11:10.40; 5. Arkansas, 11:17.08; 6. Rice, 11:17.31; 7. Georgetown, 11:19.94; 8. Florida, 11:24.34.

High jump: 1. Darnesha Griffith, UCLA, 1.85 (6-0 3/4); 2. (tie) Whitney Evans, Washington St., and Gina Curtis, Iowa St., 1.83 (6-0); 4. Becky Collins, Southwest Tex. St., 1.80 (5-10 3/4); 5. Dierdre Mullen, Connecticut, 1.80 (5-10 3/4); 6. (tie) Suzy Bozin, Central Mich., Tami Smith, Ohio St., and Lindsey Steele, Brigham Young, 1.76 (5-9 1/4).

Pole vault: 1. Amy Linnen, Arizona, 4.53 (14-10 1/4) [meet record: old record 4.51 (14-9 1/2), Thorey Elisdottir, Georgia, 2001]; 2. Tracy O'Hara, UCLA, 4.25 (13-11 1/4); 3. Tamara Diles, Washington St., 4.25 (13-11 1/4); 4. (tie) April Steiner, Arkansas, and Andrea Wildrick, Liberty, 4.15 (13-7 1/4); 6. Lacy Janson, Florida St., 4.15 (13-7 1/4); 7. Becky Holliday, Oregon, 4.15 (13-7 1/4); 8. Megan Westfall, Florida, 4.15 (13-7 1/4).

Long jump: 1. Elva Goulbourne, Auburn, 6.68 (21-11); 2. Angel Heath, Arkansas, 6.30 (20-8); 3. Tiffany Greer, Arizona St., 6.28 (20-7 1/4); 4. Alice Falaiye, Rice, 6.28 (20-7 1/4); 5. Kiamesha Otey, Virginia, 6.26 (20-6 1/2); 6. Ineta Radevica, Wichita St., 6.25 (20-6 1/4); 7. Nolle Graham, Seton Hall, 6.23 (20-5 1/4); 8. April Holliness, Baylor, 6.22 (20-5).

Triple jump: 1. Nicole Toney, LSU, 13.72 (45-0 1/4); 2. Shelly-Ann Gallimore, Auburn, 13.64 (44-9); 3. Kareen Clarke, Miami (Fla.), 13.54 (44-5 1/4); 4. Ineta Radevica, Wichita St., 13.26 (43-6); 5. Melanie Carter, Texas Southern, 13.09 (42-11 1/2); 6. Bianca Rockett, LSU, 13.08 (42-11); 7. Sheri Smith, Clemson, 12.94 (42-5 1/2); 8. Andria Booker, LSU, 12.85 (42-2).

Shot put: 1. Cleopatra Borel, UMBC, 17.50 (57-5); 2. Austra Skujyte, Kansas St., 16.99 (55-9); 3. Lisa Griebel, Iowa St., 16.72 (54-10 1/4); 4. Candice Scott, Florida, 16.66 (54-8); 5. Jillian Camarena, Stanford, 16.46 (54-0); 6. Jessica Cosby, UCLA, 16.42 (53-10 1/2); 7. Ashely Dorsey, Texas-Arlington, 16.40 (53-9 3/4); 8. Jamine Moton, Clemson, 16.36 (53-8 1/4).

20-pound weight throw: 1. Candice Scott, Florida, 23.05 (75-7 1/2); 2. Jamine Moton, Clemson, 22.50 (73-10) [meet record: old record 21.86 (71-8 3/4), Dawn Ellerbe, South Carolina, 1997]; 3. Jukina Dickerson, Florida, 21.28 (69-9 3/4); 4. Maureen Griffin, Idaho St., 20.64 (67-8 3/4); 5. Katy Craig, Ohio St., 19.98 (65-6 3/4); 6. Wadudah Nurul-Islam, Connecticut, 19.76 (64-10); 7. Marie LeJour, Arkansas, 19.57 (64-2 1/2); 8. Ruth Kura, Maryland, 19.56 (64-2 1/4).