Browne Second In 200M, McWilliams Second In Mile
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Mississippi State closed out the indoor season with a pair of runner-up individual finishes at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Senior Pierre Browne added a fifth all-America award to his collection in Saturday's 60-meter dash final. The Toronto native rewrote the school record book again, clocking a 6.60 in the finals. East Carolina's Julien Dunkley took the national championship with a time of 6.54.
This was Browne's second placing in the NCAA 60m finals, finishing seventh one year ago. He ran his previous best time on the Randal Tyson Track Center straightaway in the Golden Spikes 60m race in February.
"I felt ready to race," stated Browne. "Dunkley was just a little stronger today. I'm still very happy with the results."
Sophomore Tiffany McWilliams ended the indoor season second in the women's mile. The Red Bay, Ala., native became the second MSU female to become an all-American indoors. She finished the race in 4:36.51, coming in behind Northern Arizona's Johanna Nilsson.
"The first half of the race was slow," said McWilliams. "I wanted to pick it up in the last 800 and did that. I just was not fast enough today."
Sophomore Glenn McFadden took home his first all-America award. He finished 10th in the 200m preliminaries but was the eighth American in the final rankings.
State's men finished tied for 13th in the country, earning 16 points, the most in school history at the indoor championships. Arkansas' men took the team title. MSU's women's team came in tied for 23rd in the country garnering eight points. It's the highest team finish in school history. LSU took the women's title with 62 points.
"This isn't exactly the way we wanted things to go, especially on the men's side," head coach Al Schmidt said. "But getting three NCAA runner-ups is incredible. We feel really good about the effort and hope to improve on both sides outdoors."
ESPN2 will show a tape delay of the meet Monday, March 17, starting at 12:30 p.m. CT.
MSU starts the outdoor season next Saturday, March 22, at home with the SEC Quadrangular. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs host Alabama, LSU and Arkansas at W.O. Spencer Stadium/Carl Maddox Track. Events are slated to begin at 10 a.m.
2003 NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Randal Tyson Track Center - Fayetteville, Ark.
Final Day Results
Saturday's Final Results
Men's 60-Meter Dash -- 2. Pierre Browne, 6.60
Women's Mile Run -- 2. Tiffany McWilliams, 4:36.51
Men's Team Results 1. Arkansas 52 2. Auburn 28 3. Nebraska 26 4. LSU 24 5. Villanova 23 Tennessee 23 South Carolina 23 8. Minnesota 21 9. Indiana 19 10. Stanford 18 11. MISSISSIPPI STATE 16 Texas 16 Michigan 16 14. Texas Christian 15 Southern California 15 Ohio State 15 17. Eastern Michigan 12 18. Seton Hall 11 19. Purdue 10.5 20. Kansas 10 Southern 10 Manhattan 10 Florida 10 East Carolina 10 Cal State-Northridge 10 Washington 10 27. Brigham Young 9 Missouri 9 29. Colorado State 8 Kentucky 8 UCLA 8 North Carolina 8 33. Texas A&M 7 34. Pennsylvania 6 Notre Dame 6 Alabama 6 Clemson 6 Southern Methodist 6 Mississippi 6 40. North Carolina State 5.5 41. Cal-State Fullerton 5 Iona 5 Georgia 5 Oregon 5 45. Houston 4 Texas Tech 4 Wisconsin 4 Kansas State 4 Arizona State 4 51. Florida State 3 Arizona 3 Weber State 3 54. Oklahoma State 2 Northeastern 2 Southwest Texas State 2 Akron 2 Idaho 2 Baylor 2 Middle Tennessee State 2 Montana State 2 62. Idaho 1 American 1Women's Team Rankings 1. LSU 62 2. South Carolina 44 Florida 44 4. North Carolina 38 5. Texas 35 6. Stanford 32 7. Auburn 29 8. Indiana 24 UCLA 24 10. Arkansas 22 11. Nebraska 18 12. Colorado 16 13. Brigham Young 15 14. Miami 14 15. Oregon 13 16. Yale 12 17. Northern Arizona 10 West Virginia 10 Southern Methodist 10 Florida State 10 21. Penn State 9 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 9 23. MISSISSIPPI STATE 8 Kent State 8 Tennessee 8 26. Washington State 7 27. Illinois 6 Iowa State 6 Georgetown 6 Jacksonville 6 Kansas State 6 32. Notre Dame 5 Oral Roberts 5 Providence 5 Michigan 5 36. Southwest Texas State 4 Akron 4 Georgia 4 39. Missouri 3.5 40. North Carolina State 3 Minnesota 3 42. Arizona 2.5 43. Northwestern State 2 Oklahoma 2 Kentucky 2 Florida A&M 2 Wisconsin 2 Wake Forest 2 Arizona State 2 Ball State 2 51. Colorado State 1 Idaho 1 William & Mary 1