2008 NCAA Indoor Saturday Report: Collegiate Record for ASI's Johnson

 
Story by Eric. The two-day NCAA Championships held at the University of Arkansas' Randal Tyson Indoor Center concluded on Saturday with another collegiate record, several outstanding performances by athletes who were expected to star in front of their collegiate peers, and performances by others who stepped up and made names for themselves as they chased legends from the past - and those attempting to be legendary. If the fireworks produced by the break-neck competitions on Friday weren't enough for track and field-crazed fans watching the live streaming broadcast, following the live blog Trackshark.com was feeding or reading the results on this site, Saturday would put an exclamation point on a very good week-end of eye-popping competition and a sense of personal despair for those expected to win, but didn't. Friday's competition concluded with two new collegiate records along with a World Junior Record, with Arizona State's Ryan Whiting removing a 21-year-old shot put record from the books, ... [link]

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