UNI won the men's MVC track title by one point today over Illinois State. The meet was at Indiana State. Weather was just awful, upper 80s and very very humid.
It came down to the last event, the 4 x 400, UNI had a 3 point lead, needed to win or finish 2nd to win the team title. Illinois State caught them at the end to win the race, but noone could catch UNI for 2nd, so they won by a single point.
and to illustrate how important every point is in track, UNI had a guy who was injured or something, but he wasn't able to really compete in the 110 hurdles, so he walked the race, pushing over every hurdle, got 8th, got one point for 8th, and there is your difference maker.
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It came down to the last event, the 4 x 400, UNI had a 3 point lead, needed to win or finish 2nd to win the team title. Illinois State caught them at the end to win the race, but noone could catch UNI for 2nd, so they won by a single point.
and to illustrate how important every point is in track, UNI had a guy who was injured or something, but he wasn't able to really compete in the 110 hurdles, so he walked the race, pushing over every hurdle, got 8th, got one point for 8th, and there is your difference maker.
Full results
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