EUGENE , Ore. -- On Friday, the Oregon men celebrated their team title at the NCAA Track & Field Championships by dousing coach Robert Johnson with a Gatorade shower. On Saturday, the Oregon women followed suit, immersing Johnson in the wet stuff on the award stand at Hayward Field.
Junior Jenna Prandini and freshman Raevyn Rogers ran to individual titles as the Ducks totaled 59 points to win their first women's championship in 30 years. It is the first time one school has claimed the men's and women's crowns since Texas A&M pulled the double in 2009.
"We saw how pumped up the men were," said Prandini, who accounted for 26 of Oregon 's points. "We didn't want them to outshine us. We got on the track and did our thing."
Kentucky was runner-up with 50 points. Defending champion Texas A&M finished third with 47, followed by Arkansas (43) and Georgia (41).
Oregon , which finished third at the NCAA meet a year ago, last won a women's crown in 1985. The Ducks had placed among the top three in each of the last six years.
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"We've been right there so many times," said Johnson, in his third year as coach of the Oregon programs. "Finally getting one on the anniversary of the '85 team is pretty special."
The Ducks have won the NCAA Indoor Championships in each of the last two years and won the NCAA cross-country crown in 2012.
"We're a balanced program," Johnson said. "We take each championship seriously. We're going to compete hard in cross country. We're going to compete hard in indoors. We're going to 100 percent compete hard in outdoors. That's the crown jewel."
Going into the final day of competition, the Ducks led with 31 points, with Arkansas trailing with 22 and Georgia with 21.
Oregon was disqualified in the 400 relay for passing out of lane on the second exchange, costing the Ducks important potential points early on the final day. It was only a temporary misstep.
On Thursday, Prandini finished second in the long jump . On Saturday, Prandini won the 100 and was second in the 200. The eight points in the latter event clinched the title for the Ducks.
"This is the one we wanted," Prandini said. "Ever since I've been here, they've been emphasizing winning that team title outdoors. To be able to do it in front of this amazing crowd, it's incredible."
Prandini overcame a poor start to win the 100 in 10.96. The native of Clovis, Calif., was last out of the blocks but outleaned Texas junior Morolake Akinosun , who finished second in 10.97.
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A half-hour later, Rogers raced to victory in the 800 in a school-record 1:59.71.
"Raevyn is a freshman, ladies and gentlemen," Johnson said. "Look out, world, for Raevyn Rogers ."
Twenty minutes after that, Prandini was nipped at the line by Kentucky senior Dezerea Bryant in the 200. Bryant won in 22.18, followed by Prandini in 22.21. Texas A&M senior Kamaria Brown was third and Florida sophomore Kyra Jefferson fourth, both in 22.24.
Texas A&M was led by sophomore Shanier Little , who came from behind after the final hurdle to claim the 400 hurdles title in a 2015 world-best 53.74. Kentucky senior Kendra Harrison was second in 54.09. She earlier had outdueled Michigan junior Cindy Ofili to claim the 100 hurdles crown in 12.55.
Mississippi State sophomore Rhianwedd Price used a stirring stretch run to overhaul defending champion Shelby Houlihan of Arizona State and win the 1,500 in 4:09.56. Houlihan, a senior, placed second in 4:09.67.
Florida State junior Colleen Quigley won the 3,000 steeplechase in a personal-record 9:29.32, moving her into third place on the all-time U.S. collegiate list.
Running from the outside in Lane 8, Florida State junior Kala Funderburk surprisingly won the 400 in 51.67. Texas sophomore Kendall Baisden edged Oklahoma sophomore Daye Shon Roberson for second, both runners timed in 51.74.
NOTES: Texas A&M sophomore Shanier Little 's winning 400 hurdles time was a 2015 world best. ... Kentucky senior Kendra Harrison 's winning 100 hurdles time was just off her PR and season best of 12.50, which ranks No. 2 on the world list this year. ... In the same race, USC freshman Dior Hall set a world junior record, placing third in 12.74. ... Oregon freshman Raevyn Rogers ' winning 800 time was less than a second shy of the collegiate and NCAA meet records -- 1:59.11 set by Wisconsin 's Suzy Favor in 1990. ... The 5-foot Bryant is believed to be the shortest runner ever to win an NCAA outdoor sprint title. ... Oregon was disqualified in the 400 relay for passing out of lane on the second exchange, costing the Ducks important potential points early on the final day.
