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BYU track: Cougars give strong showing at NCAA Nationals

Mike Wyke, AP

BYU's Kevin Nielsen, Texas A&M's Lindon Victor and Standord's Harrison Williams run their heat in the heptathlon men's 60-meter hurdles during the NCAA indoor track and field championships Saturday, March 11, 2017, in College Station, Texas.

The BYU men’s and women’s track and field teams finished up the final day of competition at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

During the weekend, the Cougars had eight entries compete. Friday featured Rory Linkletter in the men’s 5000 meters, Abraham Alvarado in the men’s 800 meters, Andrea Stapleton in the women’s high jump, Shea Collinsworth in the preliminaries of the women’s 800 meters, the women’s DMR squad and Kevin Nielsen beginning day one of the heptathlon events.