Courtesy: USATF

Several of the NCAAs top-ranked teams were in action at conference championship meets over the weekend.

Big 10: The University of Michigan's freshman standout Alan Webb defeated a solid field, completing the course in 23 minutes 19.9 seconds, just ahead of the University of Wisconsin's freshman Matt Tegenkamp (23:23.2), who finished fifth in the men's junior competition at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Belgium. Wisconsin easily won the team competition with 28 points, followed by runner-up Michigan with 71 points and Michigan State with 94 points.

In the women's race, Michigan State placing four finishers in the top 10 to win the event with 35 points. Michigan was a distant second with 101 points, with Wisconsin third with 106 points. Ann Somerville led the Spartans with her second-place finish in 17:06.9. Wisconsin's Bethany Brewster won the competition in 17:02.7.

Pac-10: In Scottsdale, Arizona, Stanford University's men's and women's teams dominated the competition. Stanford took four of the top seven spots in the men's competition, with Grant Robison leading the Cardinal by winning the event in 24:04.0. Stanford's men's team, ranked second in the nation, ran away with the team event with 28 points, with Arizona State a distant second with 75 points. Stanford's men's squad has won the Pac- 10s five out of the last six years

Lauren Fleshman won her first Pac-10 individual women's championship for Stanford in 20:08.1. The top-ranked Cardinal women's team won the event for the sixth year in a row with 27 points. Arizona was a distant second with 64 points.

Big 12: The top-ranked University of Colorado men's team and 10th-ranked women's team swept the Big 12 Cross Country Championships in Norman, Oklahoma. The Buffaloes have won six consecutive men's Big 12 cross country titles, and the women have won five of the last six.

Jorge Torres (23:35) captured the men's individual title for the Buffs, with Dathan Ritzenhein (23:47) and Ed Torres (24:12) placing second and third respectively. Colorado's Molly Austin won the women's championship in 20:12.

SEC: The University of Arkansas also enjoyed a team sweep at the Southeastern Conference Championships over the weekend in Auburn, Alabama. Andreina Byrd (19:08) and Christin Wurth (19:34) finished 1-2 for the Lady Razorbacks in women's competition, as Arkansas won the team scoring with 35 points. Tennessee was second with 71 points.

Arkansas dominated the men's team event with 24 points, with Alabama second with 85 points. David Kimani of Alabama won the event in 23:47, with three Razorbacks right behind him, including Alistair Cragg, 2nd- 23:49, Daniel Lincoln 3rd-24:08 and Silverus Kimei 4th-24:19.

Big East: At Van Cortlandt Park on Friday, Connecticut's Dan Wilson grabbed the lead from Notre Dame's Luke Watson in the final 400 meters to win the Big East Conference individual men's title, covering the five- mile course in 24:22.4. Watson, who was the runner-up in 24:22.9, led the Fighting Irish to their second team title in three years with 49 points.

Catherine Guiney of Boston College won the women's Big East crown, completing the 3.7-mile course in 20:27. Georgetown's Marni Kruppa was second in 20:27. The Hoyas captured the women's team title with 36 points.