The best 400-meter relay time in two decades first put Texas A&M on the scoreboard at the Division I Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships, then a surprise finish in the triple jump gave the Aggies the points they needed Saturday to win their first team championship in the sport.

The Aggies broke LSU’s 1989 collegiate and meet records in the relay, then a 200-meter-dash victory by Porscha Lucas and Yasmine Regis’ unexpected showing in the triple jump helped the women join Texas A&M’s men in a sweep of this year’s outdoor team crowns.

“This is a special championship for us,” said head coach Pat Henry, who is in his fifth year at Texas A&M after leading the LSU women to 12 Division I team outdoor track and field titles. “This is our first graduating class.”

For all the speed that the Aggies displayed in the final 24 hours of competition at Arkansas’ John McDonnell Field (during which they scored 44 of 50 points in track events), it was a senior’s best jump of the year that made the difference.

“I knew I was the last event to go on,” Regis said. “I was trying to rack up the most points I could for my teammates.”

Texas A&M trailed Oregon by a point and Regis had managed only sixth place entering her event’s last three rounds – which as it turned out, would have been enough to give the Aggies a two-point victory, combined with Lucas’s 200 victory. But Lucas hadn’t yet run, and the Aggies trailed the Ducks by 19 points when the triple jump began at noon Saturday.

“It started off pretty rocky, but I dug deep and I pulled out what I needed to do,” she said of her fourth-round leap that edged Middle Tennessee’s Sarah Nambawa for second place.

“I placed the highest I’ve ever placed in my senior year,” Regis said. “I’m grateful and thankful. Our team won the national championship. We’re very happy. It’s an amazing feeling.”

Meanwhile, Lucas, who ran the second leg of the record-breaking relay the previous night, also knew what she needed to do early Saturday afternoon in the 200.

“Coach has just been telling us to do what we do,” she said. “After we picked up eight points in the (400-meter run), I knew I needed to hold up my end and come out and win this to keep us in the hunt. I did what I could. I gave it everything I had.”

It took Texas A&M until the third day of the four-day meet to get on the scoreboard, but it did so in spectacular fashion with the record-setting win in the 400-meter relay, in which anchor Gabby Mayo finished a second ahead of runner-up Florida State with a 42.36 time – 0.14 seconds better than LSU’s 20-year-old mark.

Henry also was coach of that LSU relay squad in 1989, which was anchored by 1992 Olympic relay gold medalist Esther Jones.

“To run that fast, it’s a tremendous effort,” he said. "When (LSU) ran 42.50, we ran it at BYU at altitude. When you look at this one, it’s pretty darn good.”

The relay mark was one of two meet records in Fayetteville.

The other record may have been the least surprising outcome of the meet as Colorado senior Jenny Barringer topped her own year-old mark in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to win the event for the third time in four years. Her 9:25.54 time is the best in the world so far this year.

“I’m happy to have it behind me,” she said. “It’s tough to come in and be a heavy favorite. I just had to keep my mind right and go out there and take care of business. It felt great.”

In other meet highlights, Destinee Hooker of Texas cleared 6 feet, 4¾ inches (1.95 meters) to join Arizona’s Tanya Hughes as the only three-time outdoor high jump champion.

“It’s a blessing to come out here and compete, but to win my fourth title it truly is a great feeling to have,” said Hooker, who also won the Division I indoor high jump championship in March and could claim a fourth outdoor crown next year. “I think I got a good rest after redshirting last year and was ready to come off that strong.”

Florida State’s Kimberly Williams swept the long and triple jumps, actually topping Candice Baucham’s four-year-old mark for UCLA in the latter event by more than an inch, though the leap was wind-aided.

“This was the first time I’ve jumped all four days (with the long jump) and I took all of my jumps in each round, so today I just had to refocus and concentrate,” she said after her leap of 47 feet, 2¼ inches (14.38 meters).

(Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Destinee Hooker's winning mark in the high jump and Kimberly Williams' winning mark in the triple jump were championships records.)

Team results

1. Texas A&M, 50; 2. Oregon, 43; 3. Arizona St., 41; 4. Florida St., 40; 5. Texas, 36; 6. LSU, 29½; 7. Michigan, 28; 8. Southern California, 24; 9. Florida, 23; 10. (tie) Baylor and Tennessee, 21; 12. (tie) Illinois and Virginia Tech, 18; 14. Penn St., 17; 15. BYU, 15½; 16. (tie) UCLA and Miami (Fla.), 15; 18. Minnesota, 14½; 19. Washington, 14; 20. (tie) Michigan St., Purdue and Akron, 13; 23. Oklahoma, 12; 24. Notre Dame, 11½; 25. (tie) Arizona, Auburn, San Diego St. and UTEP, 11; 29. (tie) Indiana, Colorado, Providence, Texas Tech, Indiana St. and Arkansas, 10; 35. TCU, 9; 36. (tie) North Dakota St., Virginia, Hawaii and UC Riverside, 8; 40. (tie) Villanova, Tulsa and South Carolina, 7; 43. (tie) Middle Tenn., Stanford, Houston and Hampton, 6; 47. (tie) West Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, N.C. A&T and Georgetown, 5; 52. (tie) Kent St., Western Ky., Rice, Fresno St., Missouri and SMU, 4; 58. (tie) Air Force, East Tenn. St., Washington St. and Cal Poly, 3; 62. (tie) Harvard and Nebraska, 2½; 64. (tie) Kansas St., Iowa St., Duke, Seton Hall, Boston U. and Cornell, 2; 70. (tie) Charleston So., Mississippi St., New Mexico, Mississippi and Rhode Island, 1.

Individual champions (w indicates wind-aided)

100-meter dash: Alexandria Anderson, Texas, 11.20.

200-meter dash: Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 22.81.

400-meter dash: Joanna Atkins, Auburn, 50.39.

800-meter run: Geena Gall, Michigan, 2:00.80.

1,500-meter run: Susan Kuijken, Florida St., 4:13.05.

3,000-meter steeplechase: Jenny Barringer, Colorado, 9:25.54 (meet record; old record 9:29.20, Barringer, 2008).

5,000-meter run: Angela Bizzarri, Illinois, 16:17.94.

10,000-meter run: Danette Doetzel, Providence, 33:25.71.

100-meter high hurdles: Tiffany Ofili, Michigan, 12.96.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: Nicole Leach, UCLA, 55.39.

400-meter relay: Texas A&M (Khrystal Carter, Porscha Lucas, Dominique Duncan, Gabby Mayo), 42.36 [meet record; old record 42.50, LSU (Tananjalyn Stanley, Dawn Sowell, Cinnamon Sheffield, Esther Jones), 1989].

1,600-meter relay: Texas (Judy Nwosu, Angele Cooper, Alexandria Anderson, Chantel Malone), 3:28.51.

High jump: Destinee Hooker, Texas, 1.95 (6-4¾).

Pole vault: Kylie Hutson, Indiana St., 4.40 (14-5¼).

Long jump: Kimberly Williams, Florida St., 6.54w (21-5½).

Triple jump: Kimberly Williams, Florida St., 14.38w (47-2¼).

Shot put: Mariam Kevkhishvili, Florida, 17.79 (58-4½).

Discus throw: D’Andra Carter, Texas Tech, 55.62 (182-6).

Hammer throw: Stevi Large, Akron, 68.08 (223-4).

Javelin throw: Rachel Yurkovich, Oregon, 59.62 (195-7).

Heptathlon: Brianne Theisen, Oregon, 6,086.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Alexandria Anderson, Texas, 11.20; 2. Jessica Young, TCU, 11.22; 3. Kenyanna Wilson, LSU, 11.30; 4. Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 11.31; 5. Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M, 11.35; 6. Charonda Williams, Arizona St., 11.37; 7. Murielle Ahoure, Miami (Fla.), 11.41; 8. Samantha Henry, LSU, 11.42.

200-meter dash: 1. Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 22.81; 2. Charonda Williams, Arizona St., 22.84; 3. Alexandria Anderson, Texas, 22.88; 4. Murielle Ahoure, Miami (Fla.), 22.98; 5. Tiffany Townsend, Baylor, 23.04; 6. Samantha Henry, LSU, 23.07; 7. Scottesha Miller, Oklahoma, 23.46; 8. Cache Armbrister, Auburn, 23.80.

400-meter dash: 1. Joanna Atkins, Auburn, 50.39; 2. Jessica Beard, Texas A&M, 50.56; 3. Francena McCorory, Hampton, 50.58; 4. Leslie Cole, Oklahoma, 51.20; 5. Keshia Baker, Oregon, 51.29; 6. Alexandria Spruiel, N.C. A&T, 51.59; 7. Shelise Williams, Arkansas, 52.01; 8. Lajada Baldwin, Mississippi, 52.31.

800-meter run: 1. Geena Gall, Michigan, 2:00.80; 2. Laura Hermanson, North Dakota St., 2:01.37; 3. LaTavia Thomas, LSU, 2:01.56; 4. Lacey Cramer, BYU, 2:03.19; 5. Phoebe Wright, Tennessee, 2:03.57; 6. Brittany Hall, LSU, 2:04.06; 7. Dominique Jackson, North Carolina, 2:04.38; 8. Heather Dorniden, Minnesota, 2:04.44.

1,500-meter run: 1. Susan Kuijken, Florida St., 4:13.05; 2. Brenda Martinez, UC Riverside, 4:13.97; 3. Lauren Centrowitz, Stanford, 4:14.22; 4. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee, 4:14.27; 5. Maggie Infeld, Georgetown, 4:14.55; 6. Heidi Dahl, East Tenn. St., 4:15.03; 7. Molly Lehman, Duke, 4:15.19; 8. Emily Infeld, Georgetown, 4:17.94.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Jennifer Barringer, Colorado, 9:25.54 (meet record; old record 9:29.20, Barringer, 2008); 2. Nicole Bush, Michigan St., 9:40.49; 3. Mel Lawrence, Washington, 9:40.98; 4. Bridget Franek, Penn St., 9:48.57; 5. Lennie Waite, Rice, 10:01.40; 6. Erin Bedell, Baylor, 10:01.72; 7. Sarah Pease, Indiana, 10:11.77; 8. Zsofia Erdelyi, Southern California, 10:12.31.

5,000-meter run: 1. Angela Bizzarri, Illinois, 16:17.94; 2. Nicole Blood, Oregon, 16:26.58; 3. Frances Koons, Villanova, 16:28.36; 4. Lisa Senakiewich, Michigan St., 16:28.88; 5. Janet Jesang, Western Ky., 16:32.59; 6. Alex Becker, Tulsa, 16:34.63; 7. Betsy Saina, Iowa St., 16:40.87; 8. Amanda Marino, Villanova, 16:41.57.

10,000-meter run: 1. Danette Doetzel, Providence, 33:25.71; 2. Cecily Lemmon, BYU, 33:39.97; 3. Anita Campbell, Washington, 33:43.33; 4. Clara Grandt, West Virginia, 33:45.16; 5. Alex Becker, Tulsa, 34:00.82; 6. Catherine White, Arkansas, 34:15.26; 7. Mattie Bridgmon, Oregon, 34:18.20; 8. Michelle Corrigan, New Mexico, 34:20.24.

100-meter high hurdles: 1. Tiffany Ofili, Michigan, 12.96; 2. Kristi Castlin, Virginia Tech, 13.15; 3. Moriam-Seun Adigun, Houston, 13.20; 4. Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M, 13.21; 5. Celriece Law, Tennessee, 13.21; 6. Vanneisha Ivy, North Carolina, 13.35; 7. Loreal Smith, N.C. A&T, 13.43; 8. Marrissa Harris, Mississippi St., 13.53.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Nicole Leach, UCLA, 55.39; 2. Ti'erra Brown, Miami (Fla.), 55.98; 3. Dalilah Muhammad, Southern California, 56.65; 4. Asia Washington, Virginia Tech, 57.05; 5. Deserea Brown, Illinois, 57.31; 6. Fawn Dorr, Penn St., 57.43; 7. Amber Hay, Michigan, 57.44; 8. Latrisha Jordan, Fresno St., 58.19.

400-meter relay: 1. Texas A&M (Khrystal Carter, Porscha Lucas, Dominique Duncan, Gabby Mayo), 42.36 [meet record; old record 42.50, LSU (Tananjalyn Stanley, Dawn Sowell, Cinnamon Sheffield, Esther Jones), 1989]; 2. Florida St., 43.33; 3. South Carolina, 43.41; 4. Oklahoma, 43.58; 5. Baylor, 43.77; 6. Arizona St., 43.78; 7. Tennessee, 44.05; 8. Charleston So., 44.69.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Texas (Judy Nwosu, Angele Cooper, Alexandria Anderson, Chantel Malone), 3:28.51; 2. LSU, 3:28.82; 3. Baylor, 3:29.52; 4. Penn St., 3:30.34; 5. Arizona St., 3:31.62; 6. Southern California, 3:32.51; 7. Seton Hall, 3:33.19; 8. South Carolina, 3:34.70.

High jump: 1. Destinee Hooker, Texas, 1.95 (6-4¾); 2. Elizabeth Patterson, Arizona, 1.89 (6-2¼); 3. Amber Kaufman, Hawaii, 1.86 (6-1¼); 4. Carin Knight, Connecticut, 1.83 (6-0); 5. (tie) Ada Robinson, BYU; Brittani Carter, LSU; Epley Bullock, Nebraska; and Becky Christensen, Harvard, 1.83 (6-0).

Pole vault: 1. Kylie Hutson, Indiana St., 4.40 (14-5¼); 2. Vera Neuenswander, Indiana, 4.30 (14-1¼); 3. (tie) Alicia Rue, Minnesota, and Mary Saxer, Notre Dame, 4.30 (14-1¼); 5. Katie Stripling, Arkansas, 4.30 (14-1¼); 6. Carrie Kayes, Akron, 4.30 (14-1¼); 7. Gabriella Duclos, Arizona, 4.20 (13-9¼); 8. Sarah Landau, Arkansas, 4.20 (13-9¼).

Long jump (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Kimberly Williams, Florida St., 6.54w (21-5½); 2. Karoline Koehler, San Diego St., 6.54 (21-5½); 3. Jamesha Youngblood, Oregon, 6.54 (21-5½); 4. Rhonda Watkins, UCLA, 6.53 (21-5¼); 5. Deana Carson, Baylor, 6.52 (21-4¾); 6. Shara Proctor, Florida, 6.52 (21-4¾); 7. Jeomi Maduka, Cornell, 6.26 (20-6½); 8. Blessing Okagbare, UTEP, 6.18 (20-3½).

Triple jump (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Kimberly Williams, Florida St., 14.38w (47-2¼); 2. Yasmine Regis, Texas A&M, 13.82w (45-4¼); 3. Sarah Nambawa, Middle Tenn., 13.79 (45-3); 4. Shara Proctor, Florida, 13.69 (44-11); 5. Blessing Okagbare, UTEP, 13.60w (44-7½); 6. Karoline Koehler, San Diego St., 13.43 (44-0¾); 7. Tahari James, Boston U., 13.28w (43-7); 8. Neidra Covington, TCU, 13.10w (42-11¾).

Shot put: 1. Mariam Kevkhishvili, Florida, 17.79 (58-4½); 2. Sarah Stevens, Arizona St., 17.58 (57-8¼); 3. Annie Alexander, Tennessee, 16.62 (54-6½); 4. Stacey Wannemacher, Purdue, 16.52 (54-2½); 5. Aja Evans, Illinois, 16.44 (53-11¼); 6. Julie Dufresne, Cal Poly, 16.28 (53-5); 7. Allyn Laughlin, Florida St., 16.17 (53-0¾); 8. Sara Neubauer, Air Force, 16.14 (52-11½).

Discus throw: 1. D'Andra Carter, Texas Tech, 55.62 (182-6); 2. Sarah Stevens, Arizona St., 53.98 (177-1); 3. Jaclyn Espinoza, Notre Dame, 51.52 (169-0); 4. Caitlin Kelly, Virginia, 51.47 (168-10); 5. Christina Mueller, SMU, 50.84 (166-9); 6. Billie-Jo Grant, Virginia, 50.48 (165-7); 7. Sara Neubauer, Air Force, 49.80 (163-5); 8. CJ Navarro, Arizona St., 49.64 (162-10).

Hammer throw: 1. Stevi Large, Akron, 68.08 (223-4); 2. Eva Orban, Southern California, 67.45 (221-3); 3. Sarah Stevens, Arizona St., 66.32 (217-7); 4. Dorotea Habazin, Virginia Tech, 65.51 (214-11); 5. Krishna Lee, Missouri, 62.96 (206-7); 6. Sharon Ayala, Fresno St., 60.96 (200-0); 7. Loren Groves, Kansas St., 60.94 (199-11); 8. Jasmine Jennings, Rhode Island, 60.15 (197-4).

Javelin throw: 1. Rachel Yurkovich, Oregon, 59.62 (195-7); 2. Kara Patterson, Purdue, 57.96 (190-2); 3. Anna Wessman, UTEP, 54.43 (178-7); 4. Evelien Dekkers, Florida, 53.16 (174-5); 5. Kim Hamilton, Kent St., 50.80 (166-8); 6. Marissa Tschida, Washington St., 50.72 (166-5); 7. Brooke Pighin, Washington, 50.53 (165-9); 8. Kristine Busa, Southern California, 50.21 (164-9).

Heptathlon: 1. Brianne Theisen, Oregon, 6,086; 2. Liz Roehrig, Minnesota, 5,892; 3. Bettie Wade, Michigan, 5,876; 4. Nia Ali, Southern California, 5,824; 5. Gayle Hunter, Penn St., 5,797; 6. Kalindra McFadden, Oregon, 5,683; 7. Annett Wichmann, Hawaii, 5,675; 8. Shevell Quinley, Arizona, 5,668.