Florida State offset an opponent’s historic individual performance with an memorable showing of its own to claim the team title at the Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships June 7-10 in Sacramento, California.

The first-time team winner overcame runner-up LSU’s four event titles — including an unprecedented sweep of the 100- and 400-meter dashes by the Tigers’ Xavier Carter — with top-two finishes in six events, including three individual victories.

A win by Walter Dix in the 200-meter dash and his second-place finish behind Carter in the 100-meter dash keyed Florida State’s 16-point victory over LSU. Triple jumper Rafeeq Curry and shot putter Garrett Johnson joined Dix as event winners.

Dix — who didn’t even qualify for the 200-meter dash until his last regular-season outdoor meet because of a hamstring injury — was the team’s visible leader with his 18-point performance in his two events. But team members also pointed to Johnson, who completed an indoor-outdoor sweep of the shot put and also finished fifth in the discus throw, as instrumental in the win.

The Rhodes Scholar shot putter gathered teammates together every morning before traveling to the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex to keep everyone’s minds on their objective, said Tom Lancashire, who responded with a runner-up finish in the 1,500-meter run that officially clinched the title for Florida State.

"I don’t know if it would have happened if he wasn’t there," Lancashire said of Johnson’s role in the team victory.

Florida State also scored in the 400-meter dash with Ricardo Chambers’ second-place finish behind Carter.

But even the winning team fully acknowledged Carter’s performance, which ranks as one of the most memorable in championships history.

"He’s one of the best runners in the world," said Florida State coach Bob Braman. "Nothing against my second-place guys, but he looked pretty dominant."

Carter not only won his two sprint events only 33 minutes apart, but also helped LSU sweep the two relay events, thus directly contributing to 40 of the Tigers’ 51 points at the meet.

The performance evoked — but officially did not match — Jesse Owens’ record four individual-event titles in 1935 and again in 1936. Carter’s relay participation does not count as individual wins, but he said he was pleased to have his performance compared to a historic, 70-year-old feat.

"Jesse Owens, he’s a legend. He’s the one who started track and field," Carter said. "I feel honored just being put in the same sentence as Jesse Owens."

And the most noteworthy aspect of Carter’s day very well could remain incomparable for years to come, as he now is the only man or woman to win both the 100- and 400-meter events at the Division I championships.

"I pretty much had a good day," he agreed.

Texas prevailed in a tight race for third place in the team competition, easing past Arizona by a point and defending champion Arkansas by two points.

Tennessee’s Aries Merritt posted the only record in men’s competition, beating Greg Foster’s 28-year-old mark in the 110-meter hurdles by just one-hundredth of a second with a time of 13.21.

Two of last year’s individual champions successfully defended titles in Sacramento — Jesse Williams of Southern California in the high jump and Spyridon Jullien of Virginia Tech in the hammer throw — and Thomas Skipper of Oregon reclaimed the pole vault title he also won in 2004, beating last year’s champion, Robison Pratt of Brigham Young.

1. Florida St., 67; 2. LSU, 51; 3. Texas, 36; 4. Arizona, 34; 5. Arkansas, 33; 6. Tennessee, 32; 7. UTEP, 31; 8. Wisconsin, 30; 9. (tie) Brigham Young, Southern California and North Carolina, 26; 12. (tie) Virginia Tech and Oregon, 23; 14. Nebraska, 19; 15. Indiana, 15; 16. (tie) Providence, Iona, Long Beach St. and Boise St., 14; 20. (tie) Texas A&M and Baylor, 13; 22. (tie) UCLA, South Ala., Minnesota and Washington, 11; 26. (tie) Clemson, Washington St. and Jackson St., 10; 29. Arizona St., 9; 30. (tie) Long Island, South Carolina, Louisville, Michigan, Kansas and Maryland, 8; 36. Kansas St., 7; 37. (tie) Florida, Oral Roberts and Stanford, 6; 40. (tie) Southeastern La., Auburn, Middle Tenn., Mississippi, Weber St. and Northern Ariz., 5; 46. (tie) California, George Mason, Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris., Akron, Ohio St. and Texas Tech, 4; 52. (tie) Notre Dame, UNI, Georgia, Alabama, Sacramento St. and Miami (Ohio), 3; 58. (tie) Coastal Caro., Miami (Fla.), Mississippi St., Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Hampton and Iowa St., 2; 65. (tie) Houston, Northeastern, Illinois, Montana St. and Tex.-Pan American, 1.

100-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 10.09.

200-meter dash: 1. Walter Dix, Florida St., 20.30.

400-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 44.53.

800-meter run: 1. Ryan Brown, Washington, 1:46.29.

1,500-meter run: 1. Vincent Rono, South Alabama, 3:44.07.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Josh McAdams, Brigham Young, 8:34.10.

5,000-meter run: 1. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 14:11.71.

10,000-meter run: 1. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 28:37.64.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Aries Merritt, Tennessee, 13.21 (meet record; old record 13.22, Greg Foster, UCLA, 1978).

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Micheal Tinsley, Jackson St., 48.25.

400-meter relay: 1. LSU (Richard Thompson, Xavier Carter, Marvin Stevenson, Kelly Willie), 38.44.

1,600-meter relay: 1. LSU (Reginald Dardar, Kelly Willie, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter), 3:01.58.

High jump: 1. Jesse Williams, Southern California, 2.32 (7-7¼).

Pole vault: 1. Thomas Skipper, Oregon, 5.70 (18-8¼).

Long jump: 1. Arturs Abolins, Nebraska, 8.00 (26-3).

Triple jump: 1. Rafeeq Curry, Florida St., 16.70 (54-9½).

Shot put: 1. Garrett Johnson, Florida St., 20.29 (66-7).

Discus throw: 1. Vikas Gowda, North Carolina, 60.55 (198-8).

Hammer throw: 1. Spyridon Jullien, Virginia Tech, 72.29 (237-2).

Javelin throw: 1. Justin Ryncavage, North Carolina, 74.18 (243-4).

Decathlon: 1. Jake Arnold, Arizona, 7,870 points.

For complete results, see The NCAA News online at www.ncaa.org.

1. Florida St., 67; 2. LSU, 51; 3. Texas, 36; 4. Arizona, 34; 5. Arkansas, 33; 6. Tennessee, 32; 7. UTEP, 31; 8. Wisconsin, 30; 9. (tie) Brigham Young, Southern California and North Carolina, 26; 12. (tie) Virginia Tech and Oregon, 23; 14. Nebraska, 19; 15. Indiana, 15; 16. (tie) Providence, Iona, Long Beach St. and Boise St., 14; 20. (tie) Texas A&M and Baylor, 13; 22. (tie) UCLA, South Ala., Minnesota and Washington, 11; 26. (tie) Clemson, Washington St. and Jackson St., 10; 29. Arizona St., 9; 30. (tie) Long Island, South Carolina, Louisville, Michigan, Kansas and Maryland, 8; 36. Kansas St., 7; 37. (tie) Florida, Oral Roberts and Stanford, 6; 40. (tie) Southeastern La., Auburn, Middle Tenn., Mississippi, Weber St. and Northern Ariz., 5; 46. (tie) California, George Mason, Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris., Akron, Ohio St. and Texas Tech, 4; 52. (tie) Notre Dame, UNI, Georgia, Alabama, Sacramento St. and Miami (Ohio), 3; 58. (tie) Coastal Caro., Miami (Fla.), Mississippi St., Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Hampton and Iowa St., 2; 65. (tie) Houston, Northeastern, Illinois, Montana St. and Tex.-Pan American, 1.

100-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 10.09; 2. Walter Dix, Florida St., 10.18; 3. Demi Omole, Wisconsin, 10.21; 4. Travis Padgett, Clemson, 10.24; 5. Jamaal Charles, Texas, 10.27; 6. Churandy Martina, UTEP, 10.29; 7. Tyrone Edgar, Texas A&M, 10.31; 8. Leroy Dixon, South Carolina, 10.42.

200-meter dash: 1. Walter Dix, Florida St., 20.30; 2. Kelly Willie, LSU, 20.48; 3. Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 20.49; 4. Churandy Martina, UTEP, 20.62; 5. Willie Perry, Florida, 20.64; 6. Orlando Reid, Middle Tenn., 20.98; 7. Jamaal Charles, Texas, 21.02; 8. Michael Ray Garvin, Florida St., 21.05.

400-meter dash: 1. Xavier Carter, LSU, 44.53; 2. Ricardo Chambers, Florida St., 44.71; 3. David Neville, Indiana, 44.94; 4. Lewis Banda, TCU, 45.10; 5. Matt Scherer, Oregon, 45.41; 6. Lionel Larry, Southern California, 45.43; 7. Craig Everhart, UCLA, 45.70; 8. Aaron Buzard, Minnesota, 45.91.

800-meter run: 1. Ryan Brown, Washington, 1:46.29; 2. Tim Bayley, Iona, 1:46.64; 3. Prince Mumba, Oral Roberts, 1:46.80; 4. Joseph Lomong, Northern Ariz., 1:47.28; 5. Duane Soloman, Southern California, 1:47.45; 6. Thomas Chamney, Notre Dame, 1:47.64; 7. Tim Harris, Miami (Fla.), 1:47.66; 8. Wil Fitts, Baylor, 1:48.10.

1,500-meter run: 1. Vincent Rono, South Alabama, 3:44.07; 2. Tom Lancashire, Florida St., 3:44.20; 3. Max Smith, Providence, 3:44.42; 4. Leonel Manzano, Texas, 3:44.59; 5. Russell Brown, Stanford, 3:45.06; 6. Adam Perkins, Arkansas, 3:45.37; 7. David Rotich, Iowa St., 3:45.50; 8. Christian Smith, Kansas St., 3:45.84.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Josh McAdams, Brigham Young, 8:34.10; 2. Mircea Bogdan, UTEP, 8:35.35; 3. Aaron Aguayo, Arizona St., 8:35.78; 4. Andrew Lemoncello, Florida St., 8:39.45; 5. Brian Olinger, Ohio St., 8:40.58; 6. Augustus Maiyo, Alabama, 8:42.04; 7. Jon Pierce, Stanford, 8:44.17; 8. Patrick Mutai, UTEP, 8:44.29.

5,000-meter run: 1. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 14:11.71; 2. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 14:13.81; 3. Richard Kiplagat, Iona, 14:13.84; 4. Obed Mutanya, Arizona, 14:17.41; 5. Shadrack Songok, Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris., 14:20.18; 6. Daniel Huling, Miami (Ohio), 14:20.38; 7. Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 14:21.04; 8. Tonny Okello, South Ala., 14:21.08.

10,000-meter run: 1. Josphat Boit, Arkansas, 28:37.64; 2. Martin Fagan, Providence, 28:41.41; 3. Simon Bairu, Wisconsin, 28:43.37; 4. Seth Pilkington, Weber St., 28:48.17; 5. Marc Rodrigues, Arkansas, 28:49.23; 6. Tim Nelson, Wisconsin, 28:50.34; 7. Rod Koborsi, Georgetown, 28:52.18; 8. Westly Keating, Tex.-Pan American, 28:55.73.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Aries Merritt, Tennessee, 13.21 (meet record; old record 13.22, Greg Foster, UCLA, 1978); 2. Dominic Berger, Maryland, 13.49; 3. Jason Richardson, South Carolina, 13.51; 4. John Yarbrough, Mississippi, 13.56; 5. Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 13.58; 6. Marlon Odom, Texas Tech, 13.70; 7. Linnie Yarbrough, Middle Tenn., 13.71; 8. Kevin Craddock, UCLA, 13.76.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Micheal Tinsley, Jackson St., 48.25; 2. Bryan Steele, Long Island, 49.02; 3. Chris Carter, Brigham Young, 49.19; 4. Rueben McCoy, Auburn, 49.22; 5. John Cassleman, Washington St., 49.55; 6. Isa Phillips, LSU, 49.56; 7. Terry Thornton, Hampton, 49.84; 8. Bryan Scott, Texas Tech, 50.69.

400-meter relay: 1. LSU (Richard Thompson, Xavier Carter, Marvin Stevenson, Kelly Willie), 38.44; 2. Tennessee, 38.86; 3. UTEP, 38.99; 4. TCU, 39.19; 5. Texas, 39.22; 6. Texas A&M, 39.23; 7. Oregon, 39.48; 8. Houston, 40.20.

1,600-meter relay: 1. LSU (Reginald Dardar, Kelly Willie, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter), 3:01.58; 2. TCU, 3:02.12; 3. Baylor, 3:02.93; 4. Southern California, 3:03.08; 5. Indiana, 3:04.81; 6. Oregon, 3:04.85; 7. Mississippi St., 3:05.00; 8. Washington, 3:08.18.

High jump: 1. Jesse Williams, Southern California, 2.32 (7-7 1/4); 2. Andra Manson, Texas, 2.26 (7-5); 3. Scott Sellers, Kansas St., 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 4. Dusty Jonas, Nebraska, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 5. Tone Belt, Louisville, 2.23 (7-3 3/4); 6. Mickael Hanany, UTEP, 2.20 (7-2 1/2); 7. David Pendergrass, Brigham Young, 2.20 (7-2 1/2); 8. Tomasz Smialek, Akron, 2.20 (7-2 1/2).

Pole vault: 1. Thomas Skipper, Oregon, 5.70 (18-8 1/4); 2. Robison Pratt, Brigham Young, 5.50 (18-0 1/2); 3. Mike Landers, UCLA, 5.50 (18-0 1/2); 4. Brian Mondschein, Virginia Tech, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 5. Ray Scotten, Nebraska, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 6. John Russell, Akron, 5.45 (17-10 1/2); 7. Andre Poljanec, UNI, 5.35 (17-6 1/2); 8. Keith Higham, Pittsburgh, 5.35 (17-6 1/2).

Long jump: 1. Arturs Abolins, Nebraska, 8.00 (26-3); 2. Fabrice Lapierre, Texas A&M, 7.98 (26-2 1/4); 3. Chris Gillis, Baylor, 7.94 (26-0 3/4); 4. Mickael Hanany, UTEP, 7.89 (25-10 3/4); 5. Tone Belt, Louisville, 7.80 (25-7 1/4); 6. Rafeeq Curry, Florida St., 7.79 (25-6 3/4); 7. Mike Morrison, Florida, 7.63 (25-0 1/2); 8. Greig Cryer, South Carolina, 7.59 (24-11).

Triple jump: 1. Rafeeq Curry, Florida St., 16.70 (54-9 1/2); 2. Michael Whitehead, Michigan, 16.44 (53-11 1/4); 3. John Temidara, Long Beach St., 16.25 (53-3 3/4); 4. Kyle Jenkins, Indiana, 16.19 (53-1 1/2); 5. Marc Kellman, George Mason, 15.97 (52-4 3/4); 6. Jason Bell, Clemson, 15.84 (51-11 3/4); 7. Ronald Carter, Long Beach St., 15.83 (51-11 1/4); 8. Nick Brown, Illinois, 15.73 (51-7 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Garrett Johnson, Florida St., 20.29 (66-7); 2. Brian Robison, Texas, 20.25 (66-5 1/4); 3. Sean Shields, Arizona, 20.11 (65-11 3/4); 4. Karl Erickson, Minnesota, 19.93 (65-4 3/4); 5. Sheldon Battle, Kansas, 19.74 (64-9 1/4); 6. Dave Nichols, Sacramento St., 19.68 (64-7); 7. Noah Bryant, Southern California, 19.28 (63-3 1/4); 8. Derek Anderson, Northeastern, 19.03 (62-5 1/4).

Discus throw: 1. Vikas Gowda, North Carolina, 60.55 (198-8); 2. Adam Kuehl, Arizona, 59.64 (195-8); 3. Matt Lamb, Washington St., 57.74 (189-5); 4. Karl Erickson, Minnesota, 57.00 (187-0); 5. Garrett Johnson, Florida St., 56.99 (187-0); 6. Sean Shields, Arizona, 56.60 (185-8); 7. Greg Garza, UCLA, 55.82 (183-2); 8. Derek Randall, Texas, 55.70 (182-9).

Hammer throw: 1. Spyridon Jullien, Virginia Tech, 72.29 (237-2); 2. Mattias Jons, Boise St., 71.31 (233-11); 3. Nick Owens, North Carolina, 70.02 (229-9); 4. Mohsen Anani, Virginia Tech, 68.35 (224-3); 5. Egor Agafonov, Kansas, 66.82 (219-3); 6. Matej Muza, Virginia Tech, 66.03 (216-8); 7. Adam Midles, Southern California, 65.87 (216-1); 8. Josh Henigman, Montana St., 64.29 (210-11).

Javelin throw: 1. Justin Ryncavage, North Carolina, 74.18 (243-4); 2. Eric Brown, Arkansas, 72.63 (238-3); 3. Keron Francis, Boise St., 72.38 (237-6); 4. Lars Larsen, Southeastern La., 71.97 (236-1); 5. Paul Teinert, California, 71.93 (236-0); 6. Martin Maric, Georgia, 69.56 (228-2); 7. Thomas Jordan, Coastal Caro., 69.49 (228-0); 8. Anthony Bonura, Pittsburgh, 68.12 (223-6).

Decathlon: 1. Jake Arnold, Arizona, 7,870; 2. Chris Helwick, Tennessee, 7,772; 3. Chris Richardson, Long Beach St., 7,573; 4. Joe Detmer, Wisconsin, 7,536; 5. Donovan Kilmartin, Texas, 7,457; 6. Joshua Kinnaman, Arizona St., 7,296; 7. Ryan Koontz, Clemson, 7,284; 8. Raven Cepeda, UNI, 7,279.