FAYETTEVILLE -- Mike Conley lost 12 pounds over four days while competing at the 1985 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, but the senior helped the University of Arkansas gain its first national triple crown.
With Conley winning the long and triple jumps, taking second in the 200 meters and running a leg on the sixth-place 400-meter relay to cap his collegiate career, the Razorbacks won their first NCAA outdoor title with 61 points. Washington State was second with 46.
• Eight Razorbacks combined to score 61 points when Arkansas won the NCAA outdoor title in 1985:
Mike Conley 1st long and triple jumps, 2nd 200 meters, 6th 400-meter relay
Roddie Haley 1st 400 meters, 6th 400-meter relay
Fred Cleary 6th 400-meter relay
Arkansas 61
Washington St.