LSU's women spent the first 16 events of the Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships chasing Florida.

But the Lady Tigers caught and then squeaked past their Southeastern Conference rival by one point in the 17th -- and final -- event of the March 12-13 meet at Arkansas, setting off a celebration that grew even bigger a few minutes later when LSU's men completed a first school sweep of the Division I indoor championships.

The victory is LSU's third in a row in women's competition and 11th overall. It appeared for a while, however, that the Lady Tigers would fall short in their bid to repeat.

LSU trailed from the very beginning in the competition, after Florida used a collegiate-record toss of 23.05 meters (75 feet, 7 1/2 inches) by Candice Scott in the 20-pound weight throw, plus scoring performances by three other Gators to compile 25 points in the meet's opening event.

Three other teams -- UCLA, Georgia and Nebraska -- moved into contention with Florida by the end of the first day, and actually moved ahead of the Gators during the early events on day two, while LSU remained well behind the pack. Then the Gators came rushing back in the 400-meter dash, where a runner-up finish by freshman Tiandra Ponteen -- just behind a collegiate-record performance by Texas' Sanya Richards -- helped propel Florida back into the lead.

Then, with three events remaining and LSU still trailing by 13 points, the Lady Tigers made their move.

Senior Muna Lee successfully defended her 60-meter dash title -- and became only the fourth woman to win back-to-back titles in the event -- to pull LSU within three points of Florida. And that's where scoring stood entering the night's last event, the 1,600-meter relay.

LSU needed to finish well -- and finish at least four points better than Florida -- to win the team title. And that's exactly what the relay of Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Monique Hall and Nadia Davy did, running head-to-head against Florida in the third of three sections in the event.

The Lady Tigers won that race to finish second overall behind Texas, which ran in the second section. Meanwhile, South Carolina's relay beat Florida for second place in the race, leaving the Gators two spots behind LSU -- and handing the Lady Tigers the team title, with a 52-51 score.

It's the first time the team championship has been decided by one point. The smallest previous margin of victory was Florida State's two-point win over Texas in 1985.

This year's championships produced six meet records, including the collegiate marks by Florida's Scott and Texas' Richards.

But the most noteworthy individual performance was posted by Providence's Kim Smith, who established a collegiate record of 15:14.18 in the 5,000-meter run during the first day of the championships, then came back the next day in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:49.18 -- also a collegiate mark. Smith joined Georgia's Hyleas Fountain -- winner of the pentathlon and long jump -- as the meet's only multiple-event winners.

The other two meet records also will go into the books as collegiate marks. Veronica Campbell of Arkansas gave hometown fans at the Randal Tyson Track Center cause to celebrate when she won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.43, beating the record established a year ago by LSU's Lee.

And North Carolina's Laura Gerraughty broke her own collegiate record -- set February 29 at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships -- with a 19.15-meter (62-10) shot put.

Nebraska finished third in the team standings at the championships, powered by individual victories by Priscilla Lopes in the 60-meter hurdles and Ineta Radevica in the triple jump. Tennessee finished fourth and UCLA was fifth, followed in sixth place by Georgia, which recorded Fountain's two individual titles plus a victory by Fanni Juhasz in the pole vault.

Team results

1. LSU, 52; 2. Florida, 51; 3. Nebraska, 45 1/2; 4. Tennessee, 43; 5. UCLA, 40; 6. Georgia, 36; 7. (tie) Texas and Stanford, 30; 9. Providence, 20; 10. (tie) Miami (Fla.), South Carolina and Arkansas, 19; 13. (tie) North Carolina, Northern Ariz. and Penn St., 14; 16. (tie) Cal Poly and Kansas St., 13; 18. Georgetown, 12; 19. (tie) Michigan and Brigham Young, 11; 21. (tie) Georgia Tech, Mississippi St. and Notre Dame, 10; 24. (tie) Northwestern St. and Florida St., 9; 26. Akron, 8 1/2; 27. (tie) Arizona St. and West Virginia, 8; 29. (tie) Connecticut, California and Oklahoma, 6; 32. Arizona, 5 1/2; 33. (tie) Coastal Caro., Villanova and Wisconsin, 5; 36. Texas A&M, 4; 37. Washington, 3 1/2; 38. (tie) Vanderbilt, Southern Methodist, Wyoming, North Carolina St., Colorado, Kentucky and Auburn, 3; 45. (tie) Princeton, South Fla., Utah and Texas Tech, 2; 49. (tie) Kent St. and Rice, 1 ¡; 51. (tie) Baylor, Clemson, Missouri, Duke and Michigan St., 1.

Individual results

60-meter dash: 1. Muna Lee, LSU, 7.21; 2. Toyin Olupona, Tennessee, 7.28; 3. Veronica Campbell, Arkansas, 7.28; 4. LaVerne Jones, Oklahoma, 7.29; 5. Lauryn Williams, Miami (Fla.), 7.30; 6. Fana Ashby, Auburn, 7.30; 7. Connie Moore, Penn St., 7.39; 8. Priscilla Lopes, Nebraska, 7.45.

200-meter dash: 1. Veronica Campbell, Arkansas, 22.43 (meet record: old record 22.49, Muna Lee, LSU, 2003); 2. Sanya Richards, Texas, 22.49; 3. Connie Moore, Penn St., 22.60; 4. Lauryn Williams, Miami (Fla.), 22.79; 5. Muna Lee, LSU, 22.87; 6. Stephanie Durst, LSU, 23.18; 7. Erica Whipple, South Carolina, 23.19; 8. LaVerne Jones, Oklahoma, 23.53.

400-meter dash: 1. Sanya Richards, Texas, 50.82 (meet record: old record 51.05, Maicel Malone, Arizona, 1991); 2. Tiandra Ponteen, Florida, 51.23; 3. Dee Dee Trotter, Tennessee, 51.29; 4. Hazelann Regis, LSU, 51.31; 5. Lashinda Demus, South Carolina, 51.63; 6. Shauna Smith, Wyoming, 51.79; 7. Novlene Williams, Florida, 51.84; 8. Nadia Davy, LSU, 52.00.

800-meter run: 1. Nicole Cook, Tennessee, 2:03.27; 2. Neisha Bernard-Thomas, LSU, 2:04.36; 3. Katie Erdman, Michigan, 2:04.41; 4. Beata Rudzinska, Akron, 2:04.93; 5. Alice Schmidt, North Carolina, 2:05.30; 6. Beth Heimann, Kentucky, 2:06.91; 7. Kamille Bratton, Florida, 2:07.29; 8. Ashley Patten, Missouri, 2:15.15.

Mile run: 1. Tiffany McWilliams, Mississippi St., 4:32.24; 2. Johanna Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 4:32.72; 3. Treniere Clement, Georgetown, 4:35.16; 4. Hilary Edmondson, Wisconsin, 4:39.21; 5. Natalie Hughes, Florida St., 4:39.97; 6. Lindsey Gallo, Michigan, 4:40.66; 7. Kerry Meagher, Notre Dame, 4:40.67; 8. Shannon Rowbury, Duke, 4:41.17.

3,000-meter run: 1. Kim Smith, Providence, 8:49.18 (meet record: old record 8:54.98, Stephanie Herbst, Wisconsin, 1986); 2. Sara Bei, Stanford, 9:05.02; 3. Ida Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 9:07.92; 4. Treniere Clement, Georgetown, 9:11.44; 5. Megan Metcalfe, West Virginia, 9:11.74; 6. Renee Metivier, Colorado, 9:12.89; 7. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame, 9:13.67; 8. Michaela Mannova, Brigham Young, 9:14.14.

5,000-meter run: 1. Kim Smith, Providence, 15:14.18 (meet record: old record 15:39.25, Sara Gorton, Colorado, 2003); 2. Alicia Craig, Stanford, 15:45.08; 3. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame, 15:58.42; 4. Vicky Gill, Florida St., 16:00.62; 5. Melissa Gulli, Texas A&M, 16:02.72; 6. Kristin Price, North Carolina St., 16:06.05; 7. Emily Kroshus, Princeton, 16:08.17; 8. Jamie Krzyminski, Michigan St., 16:09.45.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Priscilla Lopes, Nebraska, 7.96; 2. Lolo Jones, LSU, 8.00; Sheena Johnson, UCLA, 8.11; 4. Dawn Harper, UCLA, 8.13; 5. Andrea Bliss, Florida, 8.15; 6. Lashinda Demus, South Carolina, 8.22; 7. Nichole Denby, Texas, 8.70.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Texas (Alyssa Aiken, Raasin McIntosh, Sheretta Jones, Sanya Richards), 3:28.69; 2. LSU, 3:30.14; 3. South Carolina, 3:30.27; 4. Tennessee, 3:31.49; 5. Florida, 3:32.32; 6. Arkansas, 3:34.82; 7. Texas Tech, 3:34.93; 8.Clemson, 3:34.94.

Distance medley relay: 1. Tennessee (Brooke Novak, Dee Dee Trotter, Nicole Cook, Lindsay Hyatt), 11:06.07; 2. Stanford, 11:07.15; 3. UCLA, 11:08.70; 4. Villanova, 11:10.25; 5. West Virginia, 11:12.56; 6. Brigham Young, 11:12.60; 7. Michigan, 11:13.30; 8. Georgetown, 11:14.37.

High jump: 1. Chaunte Howard, Georgia Tech, 1.92 (6-03 1/2); 2. Sharon Day, Cal Poly, 1.86 (6-01 1/4); 3. Deirdre Mullen, Connecticut, 1.86 (6-01 1/4); 4. Kaylene Wagner, Cal Poly, 1.84 (6-00 1/2); 5. Lindsey Metcalf, Brigham Young, 1.81 (5-11 1/4); 6. Nevena Lendel, Southern Methodist, 1.81 (5-11 1/4); 7. Katie Decker, Utah, 1.81 (5-11 1/4); 8. Na'Tassia Vice, Nebraska, 1.77 (5-09 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Fanni Juhasz, Georgia, 4.25 (13-11 1/4); 2. Chelsea Johnson, UCLA, 4.25 (13-11 1/4); 3. Connie Jerz, Arizona, 4.15 (13-07 1/4); 3. Jenny Green, Nebraska, 4.15 (13-07 1/4); 5. (tie) Kate Soma, Washington, and Kira Sims, Akron, 4.05 (13-03 1/2); 7. (tie) Jackie Rodgers, Kent St., and Beth Hinshaw, Rice, 4.05 (13-03 1/2).

Long jump: 1. Hyleas Fountain, Georgia, 6.58 (21-07 1/4); 2. Stephanie Sowell, Northwestern St., 6.36 (20-10 1/2); 3. Ineta Radevica, Nebraska, 6.29 (20-07 3/4); 4. Tabia Charles, Miami (Fla.), 6.23 (20-05 1/4); 5. Tianna Madison, Tennessee, 6.22 (20-05); 6. Renee Williams, UCLA, 6.13 (20-01 1/2); 7. Angela Dies, Nebraska, 6.12 (20-01); 8. Nicole Toney, LSU, 6.08 (19-11 1/2).

Triple jump: 1. Ineta Radevica, Nebraska, 13.68 (44-10 3/4); 2. Chaytan Hill, Kansas St., 13.62 (44-08 1/4); 3. Candice Baucham, UCLA, 13.48 (44-02 3/4); 4. Tabia Charles, Miami (Fla.), 13.45 (44-01 1/2); 5. Nicole Toney, LSU, 13-36 (43-10); 6. Kamila Rywelska, Brigham Young, 13.26 (43-06); 7. Chi-Chi Aduba, Penn St., 13.19 (43-03 1/4); 8. Stephanie Sowell, Northwestern St., 13.02 (42-08 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Laura Gerraughty, North Carolina, 19.15 (62-10) (meet record: old record 18.42, Teri Tunks, Southern Methodist, 1998); 2. Becky Breisch, Nebraska, 17.33 (56-10 1/4); 3. Jill Camarena, Stanford, 17.27 (56-08); 4. Jessica Cosby, UCLA, 17.23 (56-06 1/2); 5. Ja'Nai O'Connor, Penn St., 17.20 (56-05 1/4); 6. Karen Freberg, Florida, 16.90 (55-05 1/2); 7. Candice Scott, Florida, 16.83 (55-02 3/4); 8. Kim Barrett, Florida, 16.82 (55-02 1/4).

20-lb weight throw: 1. Candice Scott, Florida, 23.05 (75-07 1/2) (meet record: old record 22.50, Jamine Moton, Clemson, 2002); 2. Kim Barrett, Florida, 22.95 (75-03 1/2); 3. Jenny Dahlgren, Georgia, 22.03 (72-03 1/2); 4. Amber Campbell, Coastal Caro., 21.99 (72-01 3/4); 5. Jukina Dickerson, Florida, 21.85 (71-08 1/4); 6. LaQuanda Cotton, Florida, 21.82 (71-07 1/4); 7. Dayana Octavien, South Fla., 21.21 (69-07); 8. Cari Soong, UCLA, 21.15 (69-04 3/4).

Pentathlon: 1. Hyleas Fountain, Georgia, 4,412; 2. Jacquelyn Johnson, Arizona St., 4,263; 3. Brooke Meredith, California, 4,189; 4. JaNelle Wright, Kansas St., 4,173; 5. Chelsea Hammond, South Carolina, 4,144; 6. Josie Hahn, Vanderbilt, 4,064; 7. Ashley Selig, Nebraska, 4,054; 8. Jordan Willman, Baylor, 4,033.