Watch USC win women's NCAA track and field championship on photo finish in final 4x400m relay

[augolf1716 21,096]

Everyone needs to watch this 400 x 400 meter NCAA Women's relay race. Take about never giving up. The girl made up a huge amount of ground on the last leg of the race to put USC in first in the last event. I've always enjoyed watching men's and women's track. 

Just unbelievable 

https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-outdoor-women/article/2018-06-09/watch-usc-win-womens-ncaa-track-and-field

 

It was only fitting that the 2018 DI women’s track and field championship was decided on the last race, on a photo finish.

Southern California entered the final event of the championship, the 4x400-meter relay, trailing both Georgia (52) and Stanford (51). Only a 10-point, first-place finish could have given the Trojans their program's second outdoor title.

Kendall Ellis made sure that happened with a finish for the ages.

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USC found itself trailing both Purdue and Oregon on the final leg of the event. That’s when Ellis found a championship-level gear with an incredible final sprint.

Watch the race and finish here:

 

 

 

 

The relay team consisting of Ellis, Kyra Constantine, Anna Cockrell and Deanna Hill finished with a time of 3:27.06, .07 ticks better than second-place Purdue. Ellis’ closing leg was timed at an incredible 50.05.

After Georgia protested the result for inadvertent contact, the protest was denied and USC was officially crowned 2018 champion. The Bulldogs and Cardinal did not qualify for the 4x400 relay final and the Trojans finished with 53 points to secure the victory by one point.

[aucanucktiger 1,789]

I can't pull up that video - was this the one in Oregon? If so it was an incredible final stretch run by USC but wasn't it Kentucky that protested? The USC runner on the first turn was trying to get the inside track on the first turn of the last leg and went shoulder to shoulder w/ the (Ky?) runner, making shoulder contact while driving the other runner to the outside. The judges ruled it inadvertent contact.

[augolf1716 21,096]

On 6/12/2018 at 2:40 PM, aucanucktiger said:

I can't pull up that video - was this the one in Oregon? If so it was an incredible final stretch run by USC but wasn't it Kentucky that protested? The USC runner on the first turn was trying to get the inside track on the first turn of the last leg and went shoulder to shoulder w/ the (Ky?) runner, making shoulder contact while driving the other runner to the outside. The judges ruled it inadvertent contact.

yes not sure it was the Ky girl she bump but KY did put in the protest