More nattys for the SEC.

Congrats to the MEN's team. I would have preferred not to have shared the title. However, you have to have done a whole lot right to be able to have a monumental blunder and still finish on top. Congrats to the WOMEN. Definitely showed up and showed out. The meet definitely didn't finish the way that I would have liked, but once again when it comes to Track & Field, Texas A&M is the elite of the elite.

A colossal **** up. Put that guy on a bus back to CS. Given the circumstances, defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory.

Dropped baton on 4x400. Oh well, we still get a banner!

Uhh, we still won.

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It's a team sport

I bet they all leave on an airplane.

It's a win. The 1 point in the 5000M turned out to be huge.

Congratulations to the Men's and Women's track team!

I can't find any official results on the NCAA Web site.

Had lelei not fallen in the steeple, he probably would have won, which would have give us 2 more points.

But we screwed the pooch in the 4x.

Coulda, shoulda, woulda.

I dont know if this is official official, but there is this

http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-track-and-field-results

Two relay blunders - 4x100 & 4x400.

Have you ever heard of a team "winning" an NCAA T&F Championship when getting only 1 point from their relay teams?

You maybe correct Wrec. I looked there previously and they only had the women scores there.

I'm so happy we are at a point where I'm pissed we just tied for the NCAA championship! Still sucks though.

We should have won the track title by a dozen points. Our men's relay teams made us look foolish.

This thread is proof positive that Aggies will complain about anything and everything. We win a NC and people are still b*tching because it's not outright.

Men won (tied with Florida, but still considered a NC), Women second behind Kansas. Good weekend in Oregon!

No one regrets what happened in the exchange between the runners more than the team. Everyone is competing and these thing happen. We are National Champions in Men's Outdoor Track and the Woman finished 2nd. I am sure other teams have discovered the mistake that they made that would have given themselves the chances to be in our position.

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Arkie had a few.

dc, I don't see complaining as much as disappointment in not achieving an outright championship due to carelessness on the baton exchange.

I'm proud of the track team!

Dcaggie04; surely you jest. How can you accept what happened without any criticism. You wouldn't feel the same way if we had lost by a point or two. You are proof that Aggies will settle for less than our best; you need to change your expectations and demand better. Asking our runners to hold on to the baton is not asking too much. Just because we tied for the National Championship doesn't mean that we put on rose colored glasses and lose our common sense.

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You are proof that Aggies will settle for less than our best; you need to change your expectations and demand better.

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And just exactly what does "demanding better" entail? Bit¢hing about it on TexAgs.com?

Holding on to the baton. Get it?

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We won the national championship. Even if we were perfect in everything, we would still be national champions. All this whining it over semantics. Doesn't change the facts. Doesn't change the trophy that we get. It doesn't change that Texas A&M will be next to 2013 Men's T&F National Champion.

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My expectations for this team was a team national championship. Guess what, they met my expectations.

I know why we have had many mistakes on exchanges over the past several years. Pat must know also. The team members must be committed to work on the problem and focus on executing a good pass.

I know there are those who are going to place a positive spin on a tie but I am not. When it is your time to deliver you must for the moment will never happen again.

Some of you are the types that would beat your 6-year-old for dropping a ball when playing catch.

Check out some of the results of our nation's best athletes:

4x100m Relay Results United States Teams 2000-2011 in World Championships and Olympic Games
DNF means Did Not Finish
2011 Daegu World Championships Men DNF Women Gold
2009 Berlin World Championships Men DNF Women DNF
2008 Beijing Olympics Men DNF Women DNF
2007 Osaka World Championships Men Gold Women Gold
2005 Helsinki World Championships Men DNF Women Gold
2004 Athens Olympics Men Silver Women DNF
2003 Paris World Championships Men Gold Women Silver
2001 Edmonton World Championships Men DNF Women DNF
2000 Sydney Olympics Men Gold Women Bronze

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I know why we have had many mistakes on exchanges over the past several years. Pat must know also. The team members must be committed to work on the problem and focus on executing a good pass.

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There have been problems and it's been on different teams without the same runners. So does that mean it's on Pat?

What is so complicated about this guys? We hold on to the baton and we win the championship outright rather than sharing with Florida. Disappointing when all we had to do was hold on to the baton. Not asking that the team run a 3 minute mile or long jump 30 feet. Just hold on to the baton. If that didn't disappoint you then, like I said before; raise your expectations. Sorry if you don't get it.

I find it interesting that someone whose named himself after a sneeze would care about looking foolish.

But...if being the National Champion means you look foolish, then sign me up!

Have they started building the new track facility yet? Long overdue, IMHO.

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This.

We won a National Championship. Is there a Double Secret National Championship that we missed out on?

AGinHI: We screwed up two Olympics by dropping the baton – I remember those. However, the others – there were so many!

We won the National Championship and it feels like we lost. Isn’t that strange? We are somewhat down and Florida is definitely ecstatic. And we both accomplished the same thing.

But those feeling will quickly change when we realize what we accomplished today – a National Championship and a runner-up.

Can you believe what as awesome T&F program we have? First in MEN and second in WOMEN. An incredible accomplishment.

Then, next year, it will be the WOMEN’s turn to bring home a Championship. They will be very strong next year.

Thanks student athletes! You did you and your school proud. It is a great day to be an AGGIE!!

If you can't find enjoyment in a National Championship, I really don't know what to say.
Great year by both the men and women.

Pat knows. He just needs to have the runners practice the proper techniques. The approaching runner must drive thru to make sure the exchange is firm. If he glides in and dies at the exchange then mishaps occur. I personally believe our technique in both relays is flawed. I have watched them over the past several years and that is part of the problem.

Brad, Brad Brad, I did not name myself after a sneeze; achooooo is ancient Greek; it means "raise your expectations".