SACRAMENTO, California -- Arkansas returned to the top of Division I men's track and field, winning its first outdoor team title since 1999 with a strong showing in the distance events June 11-14 at Sacramento State.

Daniel Lincoln won two events and Alistair Cragg added 18 points to head Arkansas' collection of 59 points. The title is the Razorbacks' 10th outdoor crown overall, and comes on the heels of their first indoor championship since 2000.

Auburn was second, its best finish in the championships, with 50 points, with Southern California claiming third place with 41 1/2 points.

"What a way to finish it off," Arkansas head coach John McDonnell said. "It feels great. Especially for the seniors and Daniel Lincoln, who was such a big contributor. He's never had an outdoor team title and now he'll leave with everything. Chris Mulvaney was great after coming back from a hamstring injury at regionals to finish in a close second place."

The 5,000-meter run was the last running event for Arkansas, and it proved to be the clincher as Cragg won the race. "I was thankful for the slow pace," Cragg said. "I was ready to go this morning, but then I saw the team race getting very close. My arms and legs starting feeling like jelly. That's the first time the pressure really got to me like that. I knew I had to get 10 points."

Earlier, Cragg finished second in the 10,000-meter run behind Lincoln, who also earned his third straight victory in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. "Their (Cragg and Lincoln) performances were mint perfect against good runners who were fresh," McDonnell said. "It's amazing how they handled it. I knew they could do it. That's why I had them double."

Lincoln was the lone individual to repeat as an event winner and to win more than one event. Mulvaney added eight points with his runner-up effort in the 1,500-meter run, with Arkansas' Said Ahmed coming in fifth as well.

Leevan Sands led Auburn by winning the long jump and placing second in the triple jump. Dean Griffiths captured the 400-meter intermediate hurdles for the Tigers, whose best previous finish was third place in 2000.

Southern California's strength was in the jumps, as David Jaworski soared to victory in the high jump and Julien Kapek outdistanced the field in the triple jump.

LSU sprinted to wins in both the 400- and 1,600-meter relays with the same quartet of Kelly Willie, Robert Parham, Pete Coley and Bennie Brazell. It is the first time since the relays were added to the championships in 1964 that the same four runners have won both events in the same meet.

Team results

1. Arkansas, 59; 2. Auburn, 50; 3. Southern California, 41 1/2; 4. LSU, 36; 5. Nebraska, 33; 6. Florida, 32; 7. (tie) Stanford and Tennessee, 30; 9. Minnesota, 29; 10. South Carolina, 22; 11. (tie) Pennsylvania and Texas A&M, 20; 13. Oregon, 19 1/4; 14. (tie) Georgia and TCU, 19; 16. Middle Tenn., 17; 17. (tie) Southern Methodist and Texas Tech, 16; 19. UCLA, 14 1/2; 20. Mississippi St., 13; 21. (tie) Texas and UTEP, 12; 23. Connecticut, 11; 24. (tie) Boise St., Colorado St. and Kansas, 10; 27. (tie) Brigham Young, Eastern Mich., Hampton, Missouri and Washington St., 8; 32. (tie) North Carolina, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Purdue and William & Mary, 7; 37. (tie) Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa, New Mexico, Southern Miss., Weber St., Wichita St. and Wisconsin, 6; 46. (tie) American, Harvard, Howard and La.-Lafayette, 5; 50. (tie) Kansas St. and UMBC, 4 1/2; 52. (tie) Baylor, Florida A&M, Michigan, Montana St. and North Carolina St., 4; 57. (tie) Alabama, Dartmouth, Florida St., Iona, Mississippi, Norfolk St., Rice and Virginia Tech, 3; 65. (tie) Colorado, George Mason, Georgetown, Northeastern and Villanova, 2; 70. (tie) Clemson, Long Island and South Carolina St., 1; 73. (tie) Ball St., Cal St. Fullerton and Duke, 1/4.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Mardy Scales, Middle Tenn., 10.25; 2. Pierre Browne, Mississippi St., 10.34; 3. Michael Frater, TCU, 10.36; 4. Marc Burns, Auburn, 10.39; 5. Samie Parker, Oregon, 10.41; 6. Sean Lambert, Tennessee, 10.43; 7. Ahmad Carroll, Arkansas, 10.46; DaBryan Blanton, Oklahoma, disqualified; Marquis Davis, Mississippi St., disqualified.

200-meter dash: 1. Leo Bookman, Kansas, 20.47; 2. Jerome Mathis, Hampton, 20.48; 3. Stanford Routt, Houston, 20.54; 4 Christopher Lambert, Harvard, 20.64; 5. Brendan Christian, Texas, 20.74; 6. Latonel Williams, Alabama, 20.78; 7. Kenneth Baxter, Purdue, 20.99; 8. Ahmad Carroll, Arkansas, 21.48.

400-meter dash: 1. Adam Steele, Minnesota, 44.57; 2. Otis Harris, South Carolina, 44.57; 3. Mitch Potter, Minnesota, 44.58; 4. Gary Kikaya, Tennessee, 45.02; 5. Kelly Willie, LSU, 45.28; 6. Sanjay Ayre, Auburn, 45.29; 7. Brandon Simpson, TCU, 45.40; 8. Richard James, Long Island, 45.82.

800-meter run: 1. Sam Burley, Pennsylvania, 1:46.50; 2. Jonathan Johnson, Texas Tech, 1:46.51; 3. Robbie Stevens, Arkansas, 1:46.85; 4. Moise Joseph, Florida, 1:47.05; 5. Nate Brannen, Michigan, 1:47.45; 6. Jackson Langat, TCU, 1:47.53; 7. Jesse O'Connell, Georgetown, 1:47.56; 8. Aldwyn Sappleton, Oklahoma, 1:48.08.

1,500-meter run: 1. Grant Robison, Stanford, 3:40.39; 2. Chris Mulvaney, Arkansas, 3:40.44; 3. Joel Atwater, Weber St., 3:41.11; 4. Sean O'Brian, American, 3:41.89; 5. Said Ahmed, Arkansas, 3:42.83; 6. James Bowler, Nebraska, 3:43.07; 7. Richard Kiplagat, Iona, 3:43.32; 8. Martin Robeck, Minnesota, 3:44.04.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 8:26.65; 2. Jordan Desilets, Eastern Mich., 8:29.44; 3. Bashar Ibrahim, UTEP, 8:31.71; 4. Isaiah Festa, Wisconsin, 8:32.18; 5. Lyle Weese, Montana St., 8:34.51; 6. Kevin Barra, Texas, 8:35.81; 7. Andy Smith, North Carolina St., 8:36.56; 8. Itay Magidi, Clemson, 8:36.92.

5,000-meter run: 1. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 13:47.87; 2. Louis Luchini, Stanford, 13:49.81; 3. Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 13:52.17; 4. Seth Hejny, Stanford, 13:52.27; 5. Ed Moran, William & Mary, 13:54.46; 6. Sean Graham, William & Mary, 13:58.39; 7. Billy Nelson, Colorado, 13:58.91; 8. Eric Logsdon, Oregon, 13:59.00.

10,000-meter run: 1. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 28:20.20; 2. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 28:20.29; 3. Matt Gonzales, New Mexico, 28:26.88; 4. Jason Hartmann, Oregon, 28:31.96; 5. Ian Dobson, Stanford, 28:32.23; 6. Joep Tigchelaar, Florida St., 28:34.09; 7. Adam Tenforde, Stanford, 28:37.65; 8. Peter Riley, Iona, 28:38.67.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Ryan Wilson, Southern California, 13.35; 2. Chris Pinnock, Texas A&M, 13.40; 3. David Payne, Cincinnati, 13.53; 4. David Oliver, Howard, 13.60; 5. Karl Jennings, Tennessee, 13.65; 6. Josh Walker, Florida, 13.67; 7. David Davis, Nebraska, 13.71; 8. Kelvin Harris, Mississippi St., 13.86.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Dean Griffiths, Auburn, 48.55; 2. Rickey Harris, Florida, 48.83; 3. Fred Sharpe, Auburn, 49.23; 4. Bennie Brazell, LSU, 49.38; 5. Dwight Ruff, Florida, 49.60; 6. Eric Dudley, Washington St., 50.12; 7. Nicholas O'Brien, Villanova, 50.55; 8. Victor Okorie, Middle Tenn., 50.96.

400-meter relay: 1. LSU (Kelly Willie, Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell), 38.65; 2. Tennessee, 38.72; 3. Middle Tenn., 38.94; 4. Florida, 39.13; 5. Florida A&M, 39.62; 6. TCU, 39.97; 7. George Mason, 39.98; Houston, did not finish.

1,600-meter relay: 1. LSU (Robert Parham, Bennie Brazell, Pete Coley, Kelly Willie), 3:02.01; 2. Minnesota, 3:02.33; 3. South Carolina, 3:02.86; 4. Texas, 3:03.63; 5. Baylor, 3:03.70; 6. Texas Tech, 3:04.76; 7. Auburn, 3:05.51; 8. Florida, 3:07.23.

High jump: 1. David Jaworski, Southern California, 2.28 (7-5 3/4); 2. Shaun Kologinczak, Nebraska, 2.28 (7-5 3/4); 3. Cedric Norman, Southern Miss., 2.25 (7-4 1/2); 4. (tie) Kyle Lancaster, Kansas St., and Huguens Jean, UMBC, 2.22 (7-3 1/4); 6. Adam Shunk, North Carolina, 2.22 (7-3 1/4); 7. Jesse Williams, North Carolina St., 2.18 (7-1 3/4); 8. Mike Deibler, Connecticut, 2.18 (7-1 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Eric Eshbach, Nebraska, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 2. Trent Powell, Brigham Young, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 3. Brian DaCunha, Florida, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 4. Mike Westlund, Oklahoma, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 5. (tie) Jeffrey Ryan, Southern California, and Yoo Kim, UCLA, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 7. Pat Luke, UCLA, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 8. (tie) Brent Warner, Duke, Paul Panning, Ball St., Trevor Woods, Oregon, and Giovanni Lanaro, Cal St. Fullerton, 5.15 (16-10 3/4).

Long jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Leevan Sands, Auburn, 8.05w (26-5); 2. Tony Allmond, South Carolina, 8.02 (26-3 3/4); 3. John Moffitt, LSU, 8.00 (26-3); 4. Aundre Edwards, TCU, 7.90 (25-11); 5. Juaune Armon, UCLA, 7.88 (25-10 1/4); 6. Tommy Oleksy, Rice, 7.80w (25-7 1/4); 7. Allen Simms, Southern California, 7.69 (25-2 3/4); 8. Darryl Reeves, South Carolina St., 7.66 (25-1 3/4).

Triple jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Julien Kapek, Southern California, 17.12 (56-2); 2. Leevan Sands, Auburn, 16.92 (55-6 1/4); 3. Allen Simms, Southern California, 16.90 (55-5 1/2); 4. Lawrence Willis, La.-Lafayette, 16.41w (53-10 1/4); 5. Randy Lewis, Wichita St., 16.15 (53-0); 6. Desmond Kapofu, Norfolk St., 16.13 (52-11); 7. Kendrick Johnson, Boise St., 16.00 (52-6); 8. Lejuan Simon, LSU, 16.00w (52-6).

Shot put: 1. Carl Myerscough, Nebraska, 21.92 (71-11); 2. Christian Cantwell, Missouri, 21.56 (70-9); 3. Dan Taylor, Ohio St., 20.23 (66-4 1/2); 4. Nedzad Mulabegovic, Purdue, 19.71 (64-8); 5. Karl Erickson, Minnesota, 19.17 (62-10 3/4); 6. Dan Ames, UCLA, 18.91 (62-0 1/2); 7. Scott Wiegand, UCLA, 18.82 (61-9); 8. Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma, 18.71 (61-4 3/4).

Discus throw: 1. Hannes Hopley, Southern Methodist, 61.25 (200-11); 2. Josh Ralston, Texas A&M, 60.43 (198-3); 3. Michael Robertson, Southern Methodist, 59.47 (195-1); 4. Jason Young, Texas Tech, 59.25 (194-5); 5. Vikas Gowda, North Carolina, 58.47 (191-10); 6. Stacy Andrews, Mississippi, 57.44 (188-5); 7. Drew Loftin, Colorado St., 57.23 (187-9); 8. Dan Taylor, Ohio St., 55.67 (182-8).

Hammer throw: 1. Lucais MacKay, Georgia, 70.19 (230-3); 2. Drew Loftin, Colorado St., 67.83 (222-6); 3. Panagiotis Mavraganis, Georgia, 67.21 (220-6); 4. Janne Vartia, UTEP, 67.13 (220-3); 5. Adam Kriz, Oregon, 67.10 (220-2); 6. Spyridon Jullien, Virginia Tech, 66.65 (218-8); 7. Vincent Tortorella, Northeastern, 66.27 (217-5); 8. Nick Welihozkiy, Stanford, 65.72 (215-7).

Javelin throw: 1. Brian Chaput, Pennsylvania, 78.69 (258-2); 2. Rob Minnitti, Boise St., 75.07 (246-3); 3. Bill Neumann, Iowa, 74.27 (243-8); 4. John Stiegeler, Oregon, 73.58 (241-5); 5. Luke Marrs, Texas A&M, 71.38 (234-2); 6. Trevor Snyder, Georgia, 71.23 (233-8); 7. Paul Pisano, Connecticut, 70.57 (231-6); 8. Janne Sakko, UTEP, 70.41 (231-0).

Decathlon: 1. Stephen Harris, Tennessee, 8,061; 2. Will Thomas, Connecticut, 7,894; 3. Maurice Smith, Auburn, 7,854; 4. Darion Powell, Washington St., 7,511; 5. Trey Hardee, Mississippi St., 7,468; 6. Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, Dartmouth, 7,466; 7. Jens Lukoschat, Wichita St., 7,364; 8. Ryan Tremelling, Wisconsin, 7,346.