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For the second straight year, both the Texas Tech men’s team and the Texas women’s team were crowned the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Team Champions.
In addition to the team champions, 27 champions were crowned on day two, 14 to the men and 13 to the women.
The 2019 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship High Point Award winners were Sharon Lokedi (Kansas) with 20 points for the women and Edwin Kurgat (Iowa State) and Divine Oduduru (Texas Tech), who shared the honors on the men’s side with 20 points each.
Day two on the women’s side saw Oklahoma State’s Sinclaire Johnson (2:44.23) break the Big 12 IT&F championship meet record with her first place finish in the 1,000m race. The 60m hurdles dash saw Cyclone Keira Christie-Galloway (8.17) tie her prelim time from day one to remain atop the Iowa State indoor school record book.
Lokedi, the 5,000m champion from a day ago, earned back-to-back titles at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship in the 3,000m run with a final time of 9:20.71. Marleena Eubanks (Kansas) captured the Big 12 indoor meet record with her 2:03.99 time in the 800m run, a record set previously by Olicia Williams (Baylor) in 2016.
On the men’s side, Oduduru of Texas Tech dashed for gold in the 60m (6.52) and the 200m (20.08) on his way to world No. 1 time this season in the latter of the two races. He now owns the Big 12 indoor championship meet record in the 200m dash.
ISU’s Kurgat seized the gold in the 3000m race (8:16.17), a finish that helped assure him a spot as a Co-High Point Award honoree.
TCU’s Chenegetayi Mapaya broke the Big 12 indoor championship meet record in the triple jump, with a lead of 55-2.75/16.83m, surpassing the previous record of 54-06.75/16.63m set by former Horned Frog Scotty Newton last season.In the shot put, Texas’ Adrian Piperi won the title for the second consecutive year with a toss of 66-6/20.27m.
The NCAA Indoor Championships are set to begin on Friday, March 8, through Saturday, March 9, in Birmingham, Alabama. Announcement of the Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship qualifiers is set to be released on Tuesday, February 26.
2019 Indoor Track & Field Championship — Day Two Champions
Women’s Champions Day Two
Baylor (Victoria Powell, Aaliyah Miller, Morgan Stewart, Kiana Horton), 4x400m (3:33.92)
Kiana Horton, Baylor, 400m (52.18)
Keira Christie-Galloway, Iowa State, 60m Hurdles (8.17)
Marleena Eubanks, Kansas, 800m (2:03.99)
Sharon Lokedi, Kansas, 3000m (9:20.71)
Shardia Lawrence, Kansas State, Triple Jump (43-5/13.23m)
Meia Gordon, Oklahoma, Shot Put (54-0/16.46m)
Sinclaire Johnson, Oklahoma State, 1000m (2:44.23)
Molly Sughroue, Oklahoma State, Mile Run (4:48.75)
Lily Beckford, TCU, 600 Yard (1:19.69)
Teahna Daniels, Texas, 60m (7.22)
Zarriea Willis, Texas Tech, High Jump (6-0.75/1.85m)
Kynnedy Flannel, Texas, 200m (22.89)
Women’s Final Teams Standings
Texas (128)
Texas Tech (108.5)
Kansas State (102)
Kansas (89.5)
Oklahoma State (69)
Baylor (68)
Iowa State (66)
Oklahoma (60.5)
TCU (32)
West Virginia (15.5)
Men’s Champions Day Two
Baylor (Matthew Moorer, Howard Fields III, Jayson Baldridge, Wil London), 4x400m (3:05.58)
Wil London, Baylor, 400m (45.19)
Edwin Kurgat, Iowa State, 3000m (8:16.17)
Roshon Roomes, Iowa State, 600 Yard (1:07.67)
Bryce Hoppel, Kansas, 800m (1:46.84)
Tejaswin Shankar, Kansas State, High Jump (7-5.75/2.28m)
Chenegetayi Mapaya, TCU, Triple Jump (55-2.75/16.83m)
John Burt, Texas, 60m H (7.73)
Adrian Piperi, Texas, Shot Put (66-6/20.27m)
Sam Worley, Texas, Mile Run (4:05.12)
Axel Hubert, Texas Tech , Heptathlon (5,675)
Jonah Koech, Texas Tech, 1000m (2:23.75)
Divinie Oduduru, Texas Tech, 200m (20.08)
Divinie Oduduru, Texas Tech, 60m (6.52)
Men’s Final Team Standings
Texas Tech (179)
Iowa State (109)
Kansas (87)
Oklahoma State (72.5)
Texas (69.5)
Baylor (68)
Oklahoma (57)
Kansas State (56)
TCU (39)
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