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Oregon Edges Stanford In One Of The Fastest Women's NCAA DMR Finals Ever

Oregon Edges Stanford In One Of The Fastest Women's NCAA DMR Finals Ever

Lilli Burdon of Oregon edged Christina Aragon of Stanford to win the NCAA DMR in 10:51.99, the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history.

Mar 10, 2018 by Johanna Gretschel
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (09-March) -- Lilli Burdon of Oregon edged Christina Aragon of Stanford for the NCAA women's distance medley relay title in 10:51.99, the fourth-fastest collegiate mark of all time.

The win was nice redemption for the Ducks, who were nipped at the line by both Stanford and Colorado for third place in this event last year. 

Watch highlights from the women's DMR below:

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Stanford's time of 10:52.02 ranks No. 5 all-time and beats out their old school record of 10:53.66, set in 2015.

Sarah Edwards anchored Virginia Tech to a third-place team finish in 10:53.62, the eighth-fastest mark ever.

The race thinned out to four teams at the final exchange: Oregon, Stanford, Virginia Tech, and Indiana, but it became a two-woman race between Burdon and Aragon with half a lap to go. Burdon led the entire anchor leg and was able to take advantage of that slight lead to hold off Aragon, as the women split 4:33.67 and 4:33.35, respectively.

Post-race interview with the Ducks:

Oregon Prevails in Women's DMR


The distance medley relay always comes down to your anchor, but still, there's a ton of advantage in receiving the baton ahead. 

Major props of the relay goes to the Ducks' Susan Ejore, who handed the baton off to Burdon in second place behind Virginia Tech with an 800m split of 2:04.19 — the third-fastest in the field — after not breaking 2:10 in an open 800m the entire indoor season. She ran 4:45.57 in the mile prelims today and did not advance to the final.

The Ducks' Jessica Hull got the relay off to a solid start with a leading split of 3:19.97 for the 1200m leg, the fastest in the field tonight.

Hull, Burdon and Aragon (as well as Stanford's lead-off leg Vanessa Fraser) will compete in the 3K tomorrow.