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NCAA Outdoor Championships
Alabama Track and Field Women Take 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/11/2022 8:24:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Mercy Chelangat finished fourth in the women’s 5,000 meters to close the Crimson Tide’s scoring, boosting the women’s team to 15th place with 15 points
EUGENE, Ore. - The Alabama track and field women's team took 15th place at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Tide tallied 15 points over two days of competition. Â Â
Mercy Chelangat, who won the 10,000-meter national title on Thursday, returned on Saturday to take fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:24.54. She moved up one place from her 2021 finish in the 5,000 meters to once again earn First Team All-America honors in the event.
This year, Chelangat finished second at the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships and was third in the 5,000 meters at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Head Coach Dan Water Said
"I can't say enough about the heart and passion that Mercy runs with. She has been a huge part of our success over the last few seasons, and this weekend was no exception. What's most exciting is knowing she's not done yet. Overall, we're proud of the effort that this team put forth and the way younger athletes grew as the year went along. We are primed to come back with a great roster next season and we're just going to go out there and do everything we can to move up ladder as we go along."
Crimson Tide National Finishes
- The Crimson Tide women finished 15th with 15 points at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships
- That finish gives the UA women three-straight top-15 finishes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and 18 in program history
- The men's team finished 11th with 21 points at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships, giving both squads a place in the top-15 for the third year in a row
- This year's finish marked the Alabama men's fifth-consecutive top-15 finish and 18th in program history at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
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