Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ sprinters Octavious Freeman and Aurieyall Scott produced a bit of magic in Friday’s 100-meter final at the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field.
Freeman earned the best finish by a Knight in any event of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in school history with her second-place, personal best time of 11.00 (+0.9) to break her own school record. The performance ties for the eighth-best mark in collegiate history.
She finished four-hundredths of a second behind defending champion English Gardner of Oregon, who clocked the second-best time (10.96) in the history of the meet.
Scott crossed the finish line in fourth place at 11.14, just two-hundredths of a second shy of her personal best. Combined, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½’s dynamic duo hauled in 14 points in front of a national television audience while picking up All-American First Team honors. Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ is the only team in the country that boasted two top-five finishers.
The Knights have 19 points and currently stand in seventh place heading into the final day of the meet with three scoring opportunities still up for grabs. Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ has already tallied more points than any team in school history at the outdoor championships.
Freeman and Scott will compete in the 200 meters and have also qualified for Saturday’s 4×100 relay along with freshman Alexis Faulknor and junior Afia Charles after breaking the school record in the event in the semifinals.