BYU capped off a brilliant first day at the NCAA Track and Field Championships by taking three of the top four places in the 10,000-meter run Wednesday night in Austin, Texas.
Clayton Young, a senior from American Fork, outsprinted Alabama’s Gilbert Kigen over the final 200 meters to claim a national championship. Young held off Kigen around the final turn and then pulled away in the homestretch, finishing with a time of 29:16.00, nearly two seconds ahead of his challenger (29:18.10).
Teammates Connor McMillan, another senior from American Fork, and Conner Mantz, a freshman from Smithfield, took the next two places, respectively, with times of 29:19.