An unheralded senior who transferred to Arizona State before his junior year claimed a surprise win in the 3,000-meter run, setting up the Sun Devils for a historic victory at the Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Kyle Alcorn, a transfer from Oregon who entered the event ranked 14th out of 16 qualifiers, won the next-to-last event at the championships Saturday, then the Sun Devils finished ahead of top-ranked Florida State in the 1,600-meter relay and joined the defending champion Arizona State women in completing a sweep of the Division I men’s and women’s indoor titles.

Arizona State is the first men’s team from the Pacific-10 Conference since 1977 to win an indoor track crown.

"I really cannot describe how proud I am of these kids," Arizona State coach Greg Kraft said of the men’s and women’s teams. "This is something you always dream of and I am just speechless right now. We really have a great group of kids. We are all very tired, but this is a great feeling."

Florida State entered the men’s competition at Arkansas as the favorite after winning last spring’s outdoor championships and cruising to victory at the Atlantic Coast Conference championships March 1. But the Seminoles suffered a blow to their hopes when defending 200-meter champion Walter Dix missed the trip to Fayetteville because of a case of strep throat.

Still, the Seminoles led team scoring after the first day of competition and then got a big boost from freshman Gonzalo Barroilhet’s heptathlon victory early on the second day. But Florida State managed to score only five more points -- scattered across three events -- during the remainder of the meet.

Arizona State also claimed a crucial win early in competition when the Sun Devils’ Ryan Whiting recorded a championships and collegiate record in the shot put Friday evening. Whiting’s toss of 21.73 meters (71 feet, 3 1/2 inches) beat a 31-year-old collegiate record held by Stanford’s Terry Albritton and five-year-old championships mark held by Nebraska’s Carl Myerscough.

The Sun Devils distance medley team also scored well, with Alcorn anchoring the team to second place in a preview of what was to come a day later.

However, Arizona State trailed the Seminoles by 10 points when Alcorn stepped to the line for the 3,000-meter run with the event’s 14th best qualifying time.

Midway through the race, Alcorn emerged from the pack to take the lead, surrendered it a short while later, then moved ahead to stay with about two laps remaining.

“I made a move early to get to the front because I wanted to control the pace,” he said. “I like to be able and rely on my kick and that was what got me the victory today.

“I didn't find out until after the race that my victory was going to give us a tie for the lead, so that is a great feeling."

Florida State won the first of three heats in the 1,600-meter relay, but could only watch from trackside as Arizona State posted the event’s third best time in the final heat and finished three places ahead of the Seminoles. The Sun Devils won the meet by three points.

"It almost hurts worse that we got close," said Florida State coach Bob Braman, whose team finished second indoors for the second straight year. "It almost hurts more because (1,600-meter relay) ran so well and gave us a chance up until the last race.”

Still, Braman was proud of the way his team stepped up to the challenge of competing without Dix.

"I think this shows that we're not a one-trick pony. We had a great meet. It's one thing to get second and have some ups and downs, it's another thing to get second and have a whale of a meet like we did."

Joining Arizona State’s Whiting in the records book was LSU sprinter Richard Thompson, whose 6.51-second time in the 60-meter dash topped a nine-year-old championships mark held by Arizona State’s Marcus Brunson.

Leonel Manzano of Texas successfully defended his indoor title in the mile run and Egor Agafonov of Kansas repeated as champion in the 35-pound weight throw.

Team results

1. Arizona St., 44; 2. Florida St., 41; 3. Texas, 34; 4. LSU, 33; 5. Tennessee, 26; 6. Arkansas, 24; 7. Stanford, 23; 8. Florida, 19; 9. UNI, 18; 10. (tie) Washington and Texas A&M, 17; 12. (tie) TCU and Clemson, 14; 14. UCLA, 13 1/2; 15. (tie) Oklahoma and Oral Roberts, 13; 17. (tie) Nebraska and Georgetown, 12; 19. (tie) Baylor, Idaho, and Oregon, 11; 22. (tie) Kansas, A&M-Corpus Christi, Cal St. Northridge, and Binghamton, 10; 26. Brigham Young, 9 1/2; 27. (tie) Arizona, Texas Tech, and Kansas St., 9; 30. (tie) South Carolina, Auburn, Boise St., Eastern Ky., La Salle, and Georgia, 8; 36. (tie) Notre Dame and Liberty, 7; 38. (tie) Wisconsin, Missouri, Manhattan, North Carolina, Florida Int’l, and Villanova, 6; 44. (tie) Michigan, Cornell, Purdue, Wyoming, Miami (Fla.), and Houston, 5; 50. (tie) Mississippi, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, and Tex.-Pan American, 4; 54. (tie) Southeast Mo. St., Portland, and North Carolina St., 3; 57. (tie) Iowa, California, and Ohio St., 2; 60. (tie) Western Ky., Northern Ariz., Central Mich., and Akron, 1.

Individual champions

60-meter dash: Richard Thompson, LSU, 6.51 (meet record; old record 6.52, Marcus Brunson, Arizona St., 1999).
200-meter dash: Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 20.36.
400-meter dash: Andretti Bain, Oral Roberts, 46.19.
800-meter run: Tyler Mulder, UNI, 1:49.20.
Mile run: Leonel Manzano, Texas, 4:04.45.
3,000-meter run: Kyle Alcorn, Arizona St., 8:00.82.
5,000-meter run: Shadrack Songok, A&M-Corpus Christi, 13:51.26.
60-meter high hurdles: Drew Brunson, Florida St., 7.53.
1,600-meter relay: Baylor (Trey Harts, Marcus Boyd, Justin Boyd, LeJerald Betters), 3:05.66.
Distance medley relay: Texas (Jacob Hernandez, Danzell Fortson, Tevan Everett, Leonel Manzano), 9:32.04.
High jump: Dusty Jonas, Nebraska, 2.31 (7-07).
Pole vault: Rory Quiller, Binghamton, 5.50 (18-00 1/2).
Long jump: Reindell Cole, Cal St. Northridge, 8.12 (26-07 3/4).
Triple jump: Nkosinza Balumbu, Arkansas, 16.54 (54-03 1/4).
Shot put: Ryan Whiting, Arizona St., 21.73 (71-03 1/2) [meet record; old record 21.49 (70-6 1/4), Carl Myerscough, Nebraska, 2003].
35-pound weight throw: Egor Agafonov, Kansas, 22.71 (74-06 1/4).
Heptathlon: Gonzalo Barroilhet, Florida St., 5,951 

Individual results

60-meter dash: 1. Richard Thompson, LSU, 6.51 (meet record; old record 6.52, Marcus Brunson, Arizona St., 1999); 2. Trindon Holliday, LSU, 6.54; 3. Travis Padgett, Clemson, 6.60; 4. Adam Harris, Michigan, 6.62; 5. J-Mee Samuels, Arkansas, 6.64; 6. Gerald Phiri, Texas A&M, 6.64; 7. Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 6.72; 8. Michael Ray Garvin, Florida St., 6.74. 

200-meter dash: 1. Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 20.36; 2. Charles Clark, Florida St., 20.50; 3. J-Mee Samuels, Arkansas, 20.67; 4. Willie Perry, Florida, 20.73; 5. Chris Dykes, Texas A&M, 20.77; 6. Evander Wells, Tennessee, 20.78; 7. Michael Ray Garvin, Florida St., 20.79; 8. Trey Harts, Baylor, 20.87.

400-meter dash: 1. Andretti Bain, Oral Roberts, 46.19; 2. Joel Phillip, Arizona St., 46.27; 3. Jordan Boase, Washington, 46.34; 4. Bobby McCoy, Arizona, 46.36; 5. Calvin Smith, Florida, 46.44; 6. Miles Smith, Southeast Mo. St., 46.46; 7. Lukas Hulett, Nebraska, 47.22; 8. Jimmie Gordon, Arizona St., 47.47.

800-meter run: 1. Tyler Mulder, UNI, 1:49.20; 2. Elkana Kosgei, LSU, 1:49.47; 3. Ross Ridgewell, Georgia, 1:49.52; 4. Tim Harris, Miami (Fla.), 1:49.63; 5. Reuben Twijukye, LSU, 1:49.66; 6. Shaun Smith, Oral Roberts, 1:50.33; 7. Keith Jensen, Brigham Young, 1:50.43; 8. Abraham Mach, Central Mich., 1:57.73.

Mile run: 1. Leonel Manzano, Texas, 4:04.45; 2. Jake Morse, Texas, 4:04.88; 3. Andrew Acosta, Oregon, 4:04.90; 4. Garrett Heath, Stanford, 4:05.04; 5. Sam Bair III, Pittsburgh, 4:05.50; 6. Jake Watson, Notre Dame, 4:05.51; 7. Jeff See, Ohio St., 4:05.75; 8. Micky Cobrin, Arkansas, 4:05.99.

3,000-meter run: 1. Kyle Alcorn, Arizona St., 8:00.82; 2. Andrew Bumbalough, Georgetown, 8:02.22; 3. Kyle Perry, Brigham Young, 8:02.63; 4. Robert Curtis, Villanova, 8:02.79; 5. Kurt Benninger, Notre Dame, 8:03.61; 6. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 8:03.77; 7. Sean Quigley, La Salle, 8:05.20; 8. David McNeill, Northern Ariz., 8:06.18.

5,000-meter run: 1. Shadrack Songok, A&M-Corpus Christi, 13:51.26; 2. Jacob Korir, Eastern Ky., 13:52.91; 3. Sean Quigley, La Salle, 13:54.05; 4. Mark Korir, Wyoming, 13:57.87; 5. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 13:58.62; 6. Michael Kilburg, Portland, 14:02.24; 7. Ian Burrell, Georgia, 14:06.17; 8. Tyler Hill, Arkansas, 14:06.22.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Drew Brunson, Florida St., 7.53; 2. Jason Richardson, South Carolina, 7.53; 3. Ronald Forbes, Florida Int’l, 7.58; 4. Shawon Harris, Texas Tech, 7.68; 5. Jangy Addy, Tennessee, 7.84; 6. Sheldon Leith, Oklahoma, 7.97; Ryan Fontenot, LSU, (disqualified); Ty Akins, Auburn, (disqualified).

1,600-meter relay: 1. Baylor (Trey Harts, Marcus Boyd, Justin Boyd, LeJerald Betters), 3:05.66; 2. TCU, 3:06.19; 3. Arizona St., 3:06.34; 4. Texas A&M, 3:06.37; 5. Florida, 3:07.34; 6. Florida St., 3:07.47; 7. Oregon, 3:07.89; 8. Western Ky., 3:08.16.

Distance medley relay: 1. Texas (Jacob Hernandez, Danzell Fortson, Tevan Everett, Leonel Manzano), 9:32.04; 2. Arizona St., 9:32.49; 3. Wisconsin, 9:33.83; 4. Stanford, 9:34.03; 5. Georgetown, 9:34.22; 6. LSU, 9:35.72; 7. UCLA, 9:35.74; 8. Villanova, 9:36.42.

High jump: 1. Dusty Jonas, Nebraska, 2.31 (7-07); 2. Scott Sellers, Kansas St., 2.25 (7-04 1/2); 3. Ehi Oamen, UNI, 2.19 (7-02 1/4); 4. Ivan Diggs, Houston, 2.19 (7-02 1/4); 5. Will Littleton, Tex.-Pan American, 2.19 (7-02 1/4); 6. Norris Frederick, Washington, 2.19 (7-02 1/4); 7. Ed Wright, California, 2.14 (7-00 1/4); 8. Ryan Grinnell, Boise St., 2.14 (7-00 1/4).

Pole vault: 1. Rory Quiller, Binghamton, 5.50 (18-00 1/2); 2. Mitch Greeley, Clemson, 5.40 (17-08 1/2); 3. Maston Wallace, Texas, 5.40 (17-08 1/2); 4. Graeme Hoste, Stanford, 5.40 (17-08 1/2); 5. Yavgeniy Olhovsky, Virginia Tech, 5.40 (17-08 1/2); 6. Michael Hogue, Tennessee, 5.30 (17-04 1/2); 7. (tie) Dustin DeLeo, UCLA, and Matt Weirich, Brigham Young, 5.30 (17-04 1/2).

Long jump: 1. Reindell Cole, Cal St. Northridge, 8.12 (26-07 3/4); 2. Norris Frederick, Washington, 7.99 (26-02 3/4); 3. Ngonidzashe Makusha, Florida St., 7.97 (26-01 3/4); 4. Julian Reid, Texas A&M, 7.92 (26-00); 5. Justin Gunn, Mississippi, 7.92 (26-00); 6. Dexter Adams, North Carolina St., 7.89 (25-10 3/4); 7. Alain Bailey, Arkansas, 7.88 (25-10 1/4); 8. Matt Turner, Arizona St., 7.83 (25-08 1/4).

Triple jump: 1. Nkosinza Balumbu, Arkansas, 16.54 (54-03 1/4); 2. Tydree Lewis, Oklahoma, 16.52 (54-02 1/2); 3. Jonathan Jackson, TCU, 16.32 (53-06 1/2); 4. Muhammad Halim, Cornell, 16.25 (53-03 3/4); 5. Anthony Flemons, Texas Tech, 16.11 (52-10 1/4); 6. Ryan Grinnell, Boise St., 15.93 (52-03 1/4); 7. Shardae Boutte, Oklahoma, 15.92 (52-02 3/4); 8. Rayon Taylor, Florida St., 15.89 (52-01 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Ryan Whiting, Arizona St., 21.73 (71-03 1/2) [meet record; old record 21.49 (70-6 1/4), Carl Myerscough, Nebraska, 2003]; 2. Russ Winger, Idaho, 21.29 (69-10 1/4); 3. Milan Jotanovic, Manhattan, 19.64 (64-05 1/4); 4. John Caulfield, UCLA, 18.95 (62-02 1/4); 5. Zack Lloyd, Arizona, 18.63 (61-01 1/2); 6. Darius Savage, UCLA, 18.60 (61-00 1/4); 7. John Hickey, Iowa, 18.50 (60-08 1/2); 8. Auston Papay, Akron, 18.49 (60-08).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Egor Agafonov, Kansas, 22.71 (74-06 1/4); 2. Jake Dunkleberger, Auburn, 22.24 (72-11 3/4); 3. Walter Henning, North Carolina, 22.02 (72-03); 4. Jon Pullum, Purdue, 22.02 (72-03); 5. Simon Wardhaugh, Boise St., 21.93 (71-11 1/2); 6. Matthew Wauters, Idaho, 21.56 (70-09); 7. Boldizsar Kocsor, UCLA, 21.37 (70-01 1/2); 8. Chris Rohr, Missouri, 21.34 (70-00 1/4).

Heptathlon: 1. Gonzalo Barroilhet, Florida St., 5,951; 2. Josh Hustedt, Stanford, 5,836; 3. Mike Morrison, Florida, 5,792; 4. Nick Adcock, Missouri, 5,776; 5. Jangy Addy, Tennessee, 5,683; 6. Ashton Eaton, Oregon, 5,676; 7. Raven Cepeda, UNI, 5,657; 8. Rok Derzanic, Kansas St., 5,645.