"I was working hard for it. Throughout the season, even though we only had two or three meets for indoor, I was doing a lot of events to get me tough and get me in better shape. Hopefully through the rest of the outdoor season, I can stay focused, run faster and jump farther for bigger and better goals, not only for NCCAA but NAIA," Randles said.

Randles captured the triple jump national championship with a mark of 13.94 meters, .21 better than his fifth-place jump last season in the NCCAA Indoor Championships. The national title is the fourth for CU men's track and field and 10^th individual NAIA or NCCAA national title for all sports at Campbellsville. Detrick Briggs won back-to-back NCCAA outdoor triple jump titles in 2009 and 2010 and Xavier Walker won the 400-meter dash at the 2011 NCCAA Outdoor Championships.

Briggs was there Saturday, helping jumps coach George Eskridge give tips to Randles and helping keep him relaxed.

With 13.94 meters being a new personal record for Randles, he hopes it's the launching point for a successful outdoor season, which begins March 23.

"I did a lot of work over summer on my own to do what I could to jump farther," Randles said. "I still have some stuff I can improve on, so I'm going to get that down and hopefully get into the 14s consistently and maybe 15 by the end of the spring."

Randles also posted a Top 8 finish in the 55-meter hurdles with a fourth-place time of 7.78 seconds. He was .07 behind race winner Andy Lipiec of Indiana Weselyan and only .03 behind a two-way tie for second. In the high jump, Randles finished two inches short of the Top 8 in a tie for 11^th.