VOA慢速英语:For Many, NCAA Means Championships

catch up把…缠住; 把…迷住

例句：Revolutionary zeal caught them up, and they joined the army.
      革命热情激励他们, 于是他们从军了。

2.But it is only the twenty-ninth year that women's championships have been part of NCAA sports.

it is that强调句型，强调的部分是the twenty-ninth year。