Ogazi, Robinson Secure Silver Medals on Third Day of NCAA Championships

EUGENE, Ore. – Alabama sprinters Samuel Ogazi (400m) and Chris Robinson (400-meter hurdles) closed the third day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as national runner-ups in their respective events, as the Crimson Tide claimed a fourth-place team finish – its highest outdoor finish in program history.

Ogazi clocked a personal-best 44.52 in the 400-meter dash, taking silver, en route to a school-record-setting performance, outpacing his previous mark by one-hundredth of a second.

Robinson would follow up with a second-place finish of his own, clocking 47.98 in the 400-meter hurdles. Hurdles teammate Corde Long also reached the podium, finishing in sixth after crossing the line in 49.47.

Earlier in the evening, Tarsis Orogot finished fourth behind a 20.14 performance in the 200-meter dash.

The Crimson Tide men accumulated 32 points to secure its fourth-place finish, the highest outdoor finish in UA men’s program history.

CRIMSON TIDE TOP FINISHES

• Samuel Ogazi finished second in the men’s 400-meter, crossing the line in 44.52
• Chris Robinson claimed silver in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, clocking 47.98
• Corde Long also podiumed in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, collecting a sixth-place finish via a 49.47 performance
• Tarsis Orogot finished fourth in the men’s 200-meter after recording 20.14 in the event final
• The men’s 4×400-meter relay contingent of Chris Robinson, Matthew Weaver, Samuel Ogazi and Khaleb McRae finished ninth, crossing the line in 3:03.18

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: UA WOMEN PREVIEW

• Alabama returns to Oregon’s Hayward Field Saturday for the women’s event finals
• The final day of the NCAA Championships for the Tide will start with the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at 4:54 p.m. CT as Doris Lemngole aims to reach the podium
• Alabama will compete in two events on Saturday, both on the track

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