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Arkansas women win NCAA championship after dropped baton

Arkansas is national champion again after a wild finish at the 2019 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas.

The Razorbacks edged Southern Cal in the team standings, 64-57, after the Trojans dropped a baton on the third leg of the final race, the 1,600-meter relay.

Arkansas and USC were tied with 56 points apiece entering the relay.

USC’s Anna Cockrell tripped up coming around the final turn of her leg and dropped the baton. The Trojans were leading the Razorbacks in the race at the time, although Arkansas’ Payton Chadwick was closing in on Cockrell from the outside.