Arizona relay team breaks 34-year-old NCAA record
Arizona’s 4x400 relay team broke a school record that had stood for 34 years last week at the NCAA regionals in Texas. But college track and field is so good that the UA’s 4x400 team is not among the 10 favorites at this week’s NCAA finals in Eugene, Oregon. The ’81 Arizona team, sixth in the NCAA finals, included Rod Barksdale, who became a receiver for the Raiders and Cowboys; Nigerian Olympians Hope Ezeigbo and Felix Imadiyi; and Randy Redditt, who was a prep sprint champ from Eugene. Times change. No way UA would be able to get a sprinter of Redditt’s ability out of track-nuts Eugene today.
