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Houston Repeats As American Indoor Track & Field Champions

American Athletic Conference/ Ben Solomon

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Opening Saturday with a wide lead in the men’s competition at the Birmingham CrossPlex, Houston held the course to win its sixth straight men’s American Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Cougars repeated as men’s and women’s champion for the second straight year in the narrowest team point decision in conference history on the women’s side.

The Cougar men scored a meet record 179 points to claim the men’s championship over UConn (129). Cincinnati was third with 101 points, followed by Tulsa in fourth with 79 points.