VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Southern California clinched the 2025 Division I men’s indoor track and field title in the final event on Saturday night at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
In a chaotic final event, the 4×400-meter relay, Texas A&M was disqualified for flagrantly impeding Arkansas, which campaigned to have the race re-run but was denied. USC’s team of William Jones, Garrett Kaalund, Jacob Andrews and Johnnie Blockburger placed fourth in 3 minutes, 4.76 seconds to earn five points, giving the Trojans their first indoor title in 53 years.
Georgia won the 4×400 event with a time of 3:03.44, ahead of Texas Tech (3:03.77) and Arizona State (3:03.88).
Oregon clinched the women’s championship with two events remaining with 55 team points. The Ducks earned their first team title since 2017. Jadyn Mays placed second in both the 60- and 200-meters. Aaliyah McCormick placed second in the 60-meter hurdles, Wilma Nielsen won the mile while teammate Silan Ayyildiz came in fourth. The pair joined Ella Clayton and Ella Nelson to place second in the distance medley relay and Jaida Ross was second in the shot put.
Peyton Bair of Mississippi State won the men’s heptathlon with a final score of 6,013 points. He posted personal-best finishes in the 60 meters, shot put and long jump. Bair led all competitors after Day 1 and added a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 60-meter hurdles and the 1,000-meters. He finished seventh in the pole vault on Day 2 to earn the win.
Tyus Wilson of Nebraska cleared 2.20 meters on his final attempt to win the men’s high jump title. Seven men attempted to clear that height. Wilson went on to clear 2.25 meters on his second attempt and 2.28 on his third. He attempted to clear a personal-best 2.31 but missed on all three attempts.
Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan won his third straight NCAA shot put title, putting up his winning throw of 20.49 meters on his first attempt and posting three marks beyond 20 meters. Robinson-O’Hagan is the first man to win three consecutive shot put titles across seasons since Arizona State’s Ryan Whiting swept the event in 2009 and 2010.
Isabella Whittaker posted a time of 49.24 seconds in the first heat of the women’s 400 meters, the second-fastest time ever run in the women’s indoor 400 to set an NCAA record.
Axelina Johansson of Nebraska captured the women’s shot put title as the only competitor to post a throw beyond 19 meters. The senior had throws of 19.06 and 19.07 before posting 19.28 meters on her final attempt.
Texas Tech’s Temitope Adeshina and Georgia’s Elena Kulichenko opted to share the women’s high jump title. Both cleared 1.94 meters on their second attempt and neither cleared 1.97 meters in three attempts. Rather than a jump off, they decided to share the first-place finish. For Kulichenko it was her second-straight high jump title where she was a co-champion.
