The Stanford women's team concluded its season with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Cardinal men finished 16th.

The Stanford women had 25 points, including two more scoring performance Saturday. LSU won with 76 points, with Oregon at 62. It was the Tigers' 15th title in 31 years. Cal was 40th with six points.

Kathy Kroeger led the Cardinal on Saturday, placing seventh in the 5,000 meters. She finished in 16 minutes, 22.60 seconds. Cal's Chelsea Reilly was ninth in 16:30.31. Dartmouth's Abbey D'Agostino won in 16:11.34.

The other Cardinal scorer Saturday was Katie Nelms in the 100 hurdles. She was eighth in 13.97 seconds.

Also competing for Stanford was Arantxa King in the triple jump. She was ninth with a leap of 43 feet, 2¼ inches. Florida's Ciarra Brewer (James Logan High) was fourth at 44-91/2. Southern Miss's Ganna Demydova won with a meet record of 46-7¼.

Chizoba Okodogbe (Deer Valley High) ran the second leg of Oregon's winning 1,600 relay team (3:24.54).

On the men's side, just Benjamin Johnson competed for Stanford on Saturday. He was 11th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8:52.96.

Florida won its first ever men's title with 50 points, followed by LSU at 48 and Texas A&M at 40. Cal tied for 66th with one point.

The championship came down to the final race, the 1,600 relay.

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    Staff writer Jeff Faraudo and the Associated Press contributed to this report.