Host Arkansas responded to a capacity crowd at its Randal Tyson Center and a stiff challenge from contenders to successfully defend its team title at the Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Razorbacks, who hosted the meet for the seventh straight year, claimed their second straight team title and third crown in four years, boosted by event victories by Josphat Boit in the 5,000-meter run and Jaanus Uudmae in the triple jump.

Arkansas, which now has won 19 indoor crowns overall, also captured the distance medley relay title to outpoint runner-up LSU, 53-45.

The Razorbacks capitalized on miscues and misfortunes of their top competitors.

LSU claimed two event titles at the championships — Xavier Carter won the 400-meter dash and anchored the Tigers’ winning 1,600-meter relay — but lost key points in the 60-meter dash when Kelly Willie (who later also ran on the winning relay) was disqualified for a false start.

Another contender, Texas, was on the way to winning the top two spots in the heptathlon when leader Trey Hardee was forced to withdraw with an injury.

“I knew this would be a really tough meet,” said Arkansas Coach John McDonnell, whose teams have won all but four of the last 23 Division I men’s indoor championships. “There were four teams that could score from 45 to 50 points. It was sort of like a jigsaw today. We held our ground and didn’t make any mistakes.”

McDonnell also credited a noisy partisan crowd of more than 5,500 fans for Arkansas’s success.

“I’ll tell you one thing, I think this was the best NCAA meet as far as the crowd goes,” he said. “It was packed. I don’t think we could get another body in here.... If you can’t get excited about running in this kind of atmosphere, then you are in trouble.”

Still, Arkansas ultimately had to outperform one of the more evenly matched fields in recent memory.

Florida State made its biggest splash yet at the meet, finishing third on the strength of sophomore Walter Dix’s victory over LSU’s Carter in the 200-meter dash and Garrett Johnson’s win in the shot put.

Texas finished fourth as Donovan Kilmartin — stepping forward after Hardee’s withdrawal — reclaimed the heptathlon title he won in 2004. Tennessee, whose Aries Merritt won the 60-meter hurdles, finished fifth.

Four men successfully defended individual crowns: Chris Solinsky of Wisconsin in the 3,000-meter run; Jesse Williams of Southern California in the high jump; Thomas Skipper of Oregon in the pole vault; and Spyridon Jullien of Virginia Tech in the 35-pound weight throw.

Team results

1. Arkansas, 53; 2. LSU, 45; 3. Florida St., 41; 4. Texas, 35; 5. Tennessee, 25; 6. Oregon, 23; 7. Wisconsin, 22; 8. Baylor, 21; 9. Florida, 20; 10. Arizona, 18; 11. Kansas St., 17; 12. (tie) Nebraska and Brigham Young, 16; 14. Virginia Tech, 15; 15. UTEP, 14; 16. (tie) Kansas and Iona, 13; 18. UNI, 125/6; 19. (tie) Southern California, Washington, Indiana and Auburn, 10; 23. (tie) Liberty and Illinois, 9; 25. (tie) Idaho, Iowa St., Oral Roberts, Minnesota, Texas A&M and George Mason, 8; 31. (tie) Texas Tech and Colorado, 7; 33. (tie) South Carolina, Notre Dame, Villanova and Akron, 6; 37. (tie) Georgetown, Michigan St., Connecticut and Michigan, 5; 41. (tie) Albany (N.Y.), Oklahoma, Maryland, Alabama, Jackson St. and North Carolina, 4; 47. (tie) Boise St., Providence, Missouri St. and Weber St., 3; 51. Georgia, 21/2; 52. (tie) Missouri, East Caro., Ohio St., Stanford, UCLA, Purdue, Southeast Mo. St. and N.C. A&T, 2; 60. (tie) Arizona St., Bethune-Cookman, Manhattan, Radford and Tex.-Pan American, 1; 65. (tie) Clemson and New Mexico, 1/3.

Individual champions

60-meter dash: 1. Jacob Norman, Baylor, 6.56.

200-meter dash: 1. Walter Dix, Florida St., 20.27.

400-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 45.28.

800-meter run: 1. Jackson Langat, TCU, 1:47.02.

Mile run: 1. Christian Smith, Kansas St., 4:12.75.

3,000-meter run: 1. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 7:59.68.

5,000-meter run: 1. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 13:49.93.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Aries Merritt, Tennessee, 7.51.

1,600-meter relay: 1. LSU (Kelly Willie, Reginald Dardar, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter); 3:04.01.

Distance medley relay: 1. Arkansas (Adam Perkins, Jeremy Dodson, Brian Roe, Said Ahmed), 9:37.02.

High jump: 1. Jesse Williams, Southern California, 2.29 (7-6).

Pole vault: 1. Thomas Skipper, Oregon, 5.65 (18-61/2).

Long jump: 1. Arturs Abolins, Nebraska, 8.11 (26-71/4).

Triple jump: 1. Jaanus Uudmae, Arkansas, 16.57 (54-41/2).

Shot put: 1. Garrett Johnson, Florida St., 20.48 (67-21/4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Spyridon Jullien, Virginia Tech, 23.73 (77-101/4).

Heptathlon: 1. Donovan Kilmartin, Texas, 6,048.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Arkansas, 53; 2. LSU, 45; 3. Florida St., 41; 4. Texas, 35; 5. Tennessee, 25; 6. Oregon, 23; 7. Wisconsin, 22; 8. Baylor, 21; 9. Florida, 20; 10. Arizona, 18; 11. Kansas St., 17; 12. (tie) Nebraska and Brigham Young, 16; 14. Virginia Tech, 15; 15. UTEP, 14; 16. (tie) Kansas and Iona, 13; 18. UNI, 12.83; 19. (tie) Southern California, Washington, Indiana and Auburn, 10; 23. (tie) Liberty and Illinois, 9; 25. (tie) Idaho, Iowa St., Oral Roberts, Minnesota, Texas A&M and George Mason, 8; 31. (tie) Texas Tech and Colorado, 7; 33. (tie) South Carolina, Notre Dame, Villanova and Akron, 6; 37. (tie) Georgetown, Michigan St., Connecticut and Michigan, 5; 41. (tie) Albany (N.Y.), Oklahoma, Maryland, Alabama, Jackson St. and North Carolina, 4; 47. (tie) Boise St., Providence, Missouri St. and Weber St., 3; 51. Georgia, 21/2; 52. (tie) Missouri, East Caro., Ohio St., Stanford, UCLA, Purdue, Southeast Mo. St. and N.C. A&T, 2; 60. (tie) Arizona St., Bethune-Cookman, Manhattan, Radford and Tex.-Pan American, 1; 65. (tie) Clemson and New Mexico, 1/3.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

60-meter dash: 1. Jacob Norman, Baylor, 6.56; 2. Walter Dix, Florida St., 6.62; 3. Demi Omole, Wisconsin, 6.64; 4. Jamaal Charles, Texas, 6.67; 5. Trey Griffin, Texas, 6.69; 6. Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 6.69; 7. Greg Bolden, Florida St., 6.70; Kelly Willie, LSU, disqualified.

200-meter dash: 1. Walter Dix, Florida St., 20.27; 2. Xavier Carter, LSU, 20.30; 3. Kelly Willie, LSU, 20.46; 4. Willie Perry, Florida, 20.62; 5. Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 20.67; 6. Reggie Witherspoon, Baylor, 20.71; 7. David Neville, Indiana, 20.81; 8. Daniel Ward, UTEP, 22.34.

400-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 45.28; 2. David Neville, Indiana, 45.67; 3. Lewis Banda, TCU, 45.85; 4. Aaron Buzard, Minnesota, 46.01; 5. Micheal Tinsley, Jackson St., 46.11; 6. Sekou Clarke, Florida, 46.39; 7. Miles Smith, Southeast Mo. St., 46.44; 8. Abe Jones, Illinois, 46.92.

800-meter run: 1. Jackson Langat, TCU, 1:47.02; 2. Prince Mumba, Oral Roberts, 1:47.74; 3. Dominic Tanui, UTEP, 1:47.83; 4. Joel Legare, Connecticut, 1:47.92; 5. Gered Burnes, Albany (N.Y.), 1:47.97; 6. Thomas Chamney, Notre Dame, 1:48.50; 7. Elias Koech, UTEP, 1:48.55; 8. Zach Glavash, Texas Tech, 1:48.86.

Mile run: 1. Christian Smith, Kansas St., 4:12.75; 2. David Rotich, Iowa St., 4:13.12; 3. Said Ahmed, Arkansas, 4:13.23; 4. Tom Lancashire, Florida St., 4:13.38; 5. Stephen Pifer, Colorado, 4:14.81; 6. Max Smith, Providence, 4:14.83; 7. Leonel Manzano, Texas, 4:15.74; 8. Russell Brown, Stanford, 4:16.00.

3,000-meter run: 1. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 7:59.68; 2. Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 8:04.15; 3. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 8:04.28; 4. Richard Kiplagat, Iona, 8:06.10; 5. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 8:07.35; 6. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 8:07.85; 7. Marc Rodrigues, Arkansas, 8:08.02; 8. Peter Kosgei, Arkansas, 8:10.53.

5,000-meter run: 1. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 13:49.93; 2. Richard Kiplagat, Iona, 13:51.96; 3. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 13:52.47; 4. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 13:55.85; 5. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 13:56.41; 6. Bret Schoolmeester, Colorado, 14:00.30; 7. Brian Olinger, Ohio St., 14:00.65; 8. Peter Kosgei, Arkansas, 14:11.40.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Aries Merritt, Tennessee, 7.51; 2. Jerome Miller, Baylor, 7.66; 3. Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 7.68; 4. Jeff Porter, Michigan, 7.77; 5. Dominic Berger, Maryland, 7.82; 6. Shawon Harris, Texas Tech, 7.86; 7. Rickey Pinkney, Purdue, 7.88; Jason Richardson, South Carolina (did not finish).

1,600-meter relay: 1. LSU (Kelly Willie, Reginald Dardar, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter), 3:04.01; 2. Illinois, 3:06.79; 3. Washington, 3:07.03; 4. Florida, 3:07.63; 5. Alabama, 3:08.30; 6. Texas Tech, 3:08.30; 7. UCLA, 3:08.39; 8. TCU, 3:08.82.

Distance medley relay: 1. Arkansas (Adam Perkins, Jeremy Dodson, Brian Roe, Said Ahmed), 9:37.02; 2. Brigham Young, 9:37.92; 3. Villanova, 9:39.34; 4. Georgetown, 9:39.39; 5. Washington, 9:39.96; 6. Notre Dame, 9:40.61; 7. Texas, 9:40.71; 8. Stanford, 9:41.91.

High jump: 1. Jesse Williams, Southern California, 2.29 (7-6); 2. (tie) Kyle Lancaster, Kansas St., and Andra Manson, Texas, 2.26 (7-5); 4. Mickael Hanany, UTEP, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 5. Dusty Jonas, Nebraska, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 6. Mike Morrison, Florida, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 7. Aaron Plas, Nebraska, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 8. Will Littleton, Tex.-Pan American, 2.20 (7-2 1/2).

Pole vault: 1. Thomas Skipper, Oregon, 5.65 (18-6 1/2); 2. Robison Pratt, Brigham Young, 5.65 (18-6 1/2); 3. John Russell, Akron, 5.55 (18-2 1/2); 4. Brad Gebauer, Michigan St. 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 5. Chip Heuser, Oklahoma, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 6. (tie) Adam Sarafian, Georgia, and Jarno Kivioja, UNI, 5.35, (17-6 1/2); 8. (tie) Andre Poljanec, UNI; Mitch Greeley, Clemson; and Robert Caldwell, New Mexico, 5.35 (17-6 1/2).

Long jump: 1. Arturs Abolins, Nebraska, 8.11 (26-7 1/4); 2. Fabrice Lapierrre, Texas A&M, 8.04, (26-4 1/2); 3. Greig Cryer, South Carolina, 7.92, (26-0); 4. Cody Eichmeier, UNI, 7.88, (25-10 1/4); 5. Mike Morrison, Florida, 7.87, (25-10); 6. Jaanus Uudmae, Arkansas, 7.87, (25-10); 7. Trey Hardee, Texas, 7.75, (25-5 1/4); 8. Ron Hill, Texas, 7.62 (25-0).

Triple jump: 1. Jaanus Uudmae, Arkansas, 16.57 (54-4 1/2); 2. Marc Kellman, George Mason, 16.43 (53-11); 3. Rafeeq Curry, Florida St., 16.27 (53-4 1/2); 4. Yuriy Litvinski, UNI, 16.21 (53-2 1/4); 5. Nkosinza Balumbu, Arkansas, 16.21 (53-02 1/4); 6. Fabian Florant, Missouri St., 16.18 (53-1); 7. Brandon Via, N.C. A&T, 16.16 (53-0 1/4); 8. Louis Brown, Bethune-Cookman, 15.93 (52-3 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Garrett Johnson, Florida St., 20.48 (67-2 1/4); 2. Russ Winger, Idaho, 19.44 (63-9 1/2); 3. Sean Shields, Arizona, 19.36 (63-6 1/4); 4. Sheldon Battle, Kansas, 19.30 (63-4); 5. Vikas Gowda, North Carolina, 19.10 (62-8); 6. Karl Erickson, Minnesota, 18.89 (61-11 3/4); 7. Brian Robison, Texas, 18.76 (61-6 3/4). 8. Milan Jotanovic, Manhattan, 18.65 (61-2 1/4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Spyridon Jullien, Virginia Tech, 23.73 (77-10 1/4); 2. Egor Agafonov, Kansas, 23.19 (76-1); 3. Cory Martin, Auburn, 22.89 (75-1 1/4); 4. Mohsen Anani, Virginia Tech, 22.82 (74-10 1/2); 5. Jake Dunkleberger, Auburn, 22.17 (72-9); 6. Mattias Jons, Boise St., 21.50 (70-6 1/2); 7. Eric Frasure, East Caro., 21.29 (69-10 1/4); 8. Brian Richotte, Radford, 21.12 (69-3 1/2).

Heptathlon: 1. Donovan Kilmartin, Texas, 6,048; 2. Chris Helwick, Tennessee, 5,917; 3. Darion Powell, LSU, 5,707; 4. Edwin Billot, LSU, 5,652; 5. Robert Arnold, Arizona, 5,640; 6. Wiley King, Weber St., 5,619; 7. Hans Uldal, Missouri, 5,593; 8. Joshua Kinnaman, Arizona St., 5,476.