EUGENE, Ore. – Eastern Kentucky University's Ahmed Jaziri won the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase title at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday night at Hayward Field.
 
His winning time of 8:18.70 shattered his own school record and is the second-fastest steeplechase time in NCAA Championships history (and the fastest since 1979). It also hit the World Championships standard.
 
Jaziri settled into the middle of the pack for most of the race. He started to make a move after the fifth lap, and then out-kicked the field over the final 100 meters to become EKU's first-ever track national champion.
 
Since 2014, EKU has produced one gold medal, one silver medal, and two bronze medals in the men's steeplechase at the NCAA Championships.