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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Walter Dix completed a triumphant week at the NCAA track and field championships by repeating as 200-meter champion Saturday and leading Florida State to its second consecutive team title at the NCAA track and field championships.

The Arizona State women rebounded from a disappointing start to the meet to win their first outdoor title.

Dix won three events -- the 100, 200 and 400-meter relay -- the first man to do that since John Carlos for San Jose State in 1969.

The 100-200 double meant the most to the Seminole junior.

"It's something I've been working on since my freshman year, so now that goes out of the way," Dix said. "I sill have the 100-meter record to get, but it's my next thing to chase."

He eased to victory in the 200 in 20.32 seconds, well off the collegiate record and world-leading 19.69 he ran two weeks ago at the East Regional.

Lopez Lomong of Northern Arizona, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who spent 10 years in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming to the United States in 2001, won the 1,500 meters in 3 minutes, 37.07 seconds. He passed Leonel Manzano of Texas down the stretch, then raised his fist in triumph after crossing the tape and bowed to the crowd from the victory stand. Manzano was second in 3:37.48.

The Seminoles won with only six men entered, all but one in the sprints.

Arizona State, reigning NCAA Indoor champions, wrapped up the title with a 1-3 finish in the shot put. Jessica Pressley won with a throw of 59 feet, 3/4 inch. Teammate Sarah Stevens was third at 57-1. Their strong finish made amends for their failure to qualify for the finals in the discus on Wednesday.

Florida State picked up another 10 points in the 400 when Ricardo Chambers leaned into the tape to edge Lionel Larry of USC by .02 seconds. The two raced side-by-side down the stretch, with Chambers winning in 44.66 to Larry's 44.68.

South Carolina junior Nastasha Hastings bettered her world-leading time to 50.15 seconds while running away with the 400-meter title. She was just .05 seconds off Monique Henderson's collegiate record.

In another of the day's best races, Alysia Johnson of California barely held off Michigan's Katie Erdman to win the 800 meters in 1:59.21. Erdman was second at 1:59.35. They were the second- and third-fastest collegiate times ever in the event. They rank fifth and sixth in the world this year.

Andrew Ellerton of Michigan used a late kick to win the men's 800 in 1:47.48. Elias Koech of UTEP led most of the way and finished second in 1:47.70. Defending champion Ryan Brown of Cal was third at 1:47.77.

Baylor, anchored by sophomore Quentin Summers, won the men's 1,600-meter relay in 3:00.4, the third-fastest time ever by a college team. LSU defended its 1,600 relay title at 3:28.07.

Kerron Stewart of Auburn won the women's 200 in 22.42.

The 17 events on the final day of the meet were condensed into two hours to accommodate a national telecast by CBS.

The NCAA meet ended a three-run at Sacramento State, which also hosted the past two Olympic Trials. Next year's NCAA championships will be in Des Moines, Iowa, and the 2008 Olympic Trials are set for Eugene, Ore.
 
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