Overview
- Arkansas holds a 14-point edge in the men's team race, one point ahead of Virginia and Kansas after the opening day.
- Illinois tops the women's standings with 30 points, 10 clear of Oregon, with Florida at 14, BYU at 13 and Minnesota at 10.
- BYU freshman Jane Hedengren won the women's 5,000 meters in 15:00.12 to break the Tyson Track Center facility record.
- Iowa’s Ryan Johnson set a meet record in the men's weight throw with an 84-1 1/2 heave for the program’s first title in the event.
- New Mexico’s Habtom Samuel captured the men's 5,000 meters in 13:36.58, as Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp clocked 7.36 in hurdles prelims and Oregon’s Peyton Bair led the heptathlon.