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Conference Meet Roundup: Avery Pearson Breaks Big 12 600 Yards Record In PrelimPublished by
BYU Freshman Jane Hedengren Makes First Big 12 Indoor Appearance With Solo 4:31 Mile Prelim By Keenan Gray, Oliver Hinson and Doug Binder of DyeStat Photos by Gavin Daly and Kylie Graham
Avery Pearson of Colorado broke the Big 12 Indoor Championships meet record in the women’s 600 yards prelims in the third-fastest time in collegiate history on the first day of action in Lubbock, Tex.
Pearson lowered Courtney Okolo’s 11-year-old meet record by over three tenths of a second and was a half-a-second faster than Oklahoma State’s Brooke Beck, in 1:17.92. Michaela Rose (LSU) owns the facility record in a collegiate record 1:16.76 from 2024.
BYU’s Jane Hedengren broke the mile facility record by six seconds in a solo 4:31.55 in the women’s prelims, winning her heat by 19 seconds.
NCAA leader Temitope Adeshina of Texas Tech tied Vashti Cunningham’s facility record and established a new meet record of 6 feet, 5 inches (1.96m) in the women’s high jump, beating Kansas State’s Sharie Enoe, who cleared a personal best 6-4 (1.93m).
Arizona’s Mason Lawyer equaled the NCAA lead in the men’s 60 prelims in 6.49 to lead qualifiers into the final. Houston’s Louie Hinchliffe, racing for the first time back as a collegian after turning pro in 2024, finished fifth overall in 6.62, earning his way into the final.
The BYU distance medley relay team, featuring Taylor Rohatinsky, Kali McEuen, Kyrstie Solomon and Jenna Hutchins, also produced a facility record in 11:11.95, bettering Oklahoma State by nearly nine seconds.
The BYU men made it a sweep of the DMR races, winning in 9:35.98 over Colorado in 9:38.03. Carter Cutting, Brayden Dahl, Brayden Packard and Tayvon Kitchen were the quartet for the Cougars.
Billah Jepkirui, after running 4:49.09 in the mile prelims, returned to the women’s 1,000 prelims to break both the meet and facility record in 2:43.67. Elyse Wilmes was second overall to teammate Jepkirui in 2:45.13, moving them both into the final.
Iowa State’s Makayla Clark broke the 800 facility record by eight tenths of a second in 2:02.18 to post the fastest time in the women’s prelims. BYU’s Riley Chamberlain held the facility record for a moment after winning her prelim heat first in 2:02.52 before Clark lowered it.
Another Cyclone, Mercyline Kirwa, ran a facility record 15:51.88 in the women’s 5,000 final, besting both West Virginia’s Joy Naukot, Oklahoma State’s Isca Chelangat and Iowa State’s Betty Kipkore. All four finished under the previous facility record of 16:07.12 by Sally Kipyego from 2009.
Iowa State’s Rachel Joseph finished the women’s 400 prelims with a season’s best 51.25, moving her to NCAA#4. BYU’s Sami Oblad also ran a season’s best 51.85, putting her inside the NCAA top 15 list.
Arizona State’s Jayden Davis moved to NCAA#4 in the men’s 400, running 45.35 in the prelims. Amir Thompson ran a personal best 20.50 for the Sun Devils to lead the men’s 200 prelims.
TCU’s Indya Mayberry tied an NCAA#5 in the women’s 60 prelims, clocking a season’s best 7.17, and then ran 22.99 in the 200 prelims to advance on to each final.
Texas Tech’s Malachi Snow ran an NCAA#7 7.53 and Baylor’s Demario Prince ran an NCAA#9 7.54 as the top qualifiers of the men’s 60 hurdles. Snow also advanced to the 60 final in a lifetime best 6.53, an NCAA#6.
Cincinnati’s Juliette Laracuente-Huebner scored an NCAA#2 4,437 points to win the women’s pentathlon, beating BYU’s Zoey Bonds by 198 points.
Nickson Kogei took home another first-place honors for the Bearcats in the men’s 5,000, holding off Oklahoma State’s Denis Kipngetich 13:43.83 to 13:43.99.
Kansas State’s Devin Loudermilk needed a season’s best clearance of 7-4.50 (2.25m) to win the men’s high jump. Loudermilk is now tied for the NCAA lead with Georgia’s Kimani Jack and another Kansas State athlete, Alan Hanna, who finished third in the competition. Houston’s Antrea Mita was second in a season’s best 7-3.25 (2.22m).
Kansas went 1-2 in the men’s pole vault, led by Anthony Mecham clearing a personal best 18-6.50 (5.65m) and Ashton Barkdull clearing 18-6.50 (5.55m) for second.
Baylor’s Molly Haywood (14-9/4.50m) and Tenly Kuhn (14-5.25/4.40m) finished first and second, respectively, in the women’s pole vault.
ACC
Three field event finals highlighted the action on day two of the ACC Championships. NC State’s Tyson Adams kicked off the day with a win in the men’s long jump, leaping 7.67 meters to beat Louisville’s Miller Jones.
Florida State put four men in the top eight in the event, earning 13 points. Alyssa Jones of Stanford followed with a win in the women’s high jump, clearing 6-1.25 (1.86m). She also took second in the long jump behind Louisville’s Synclair Savage, singlehandedly putting up 18 points for the Cardinal. On the track, the Florida State men and women put themselves in great positions for Saturday’s finals. The Seminoles went 1-2-3 in the men’s 60-meter prelims and 1-2 in the women’s 60 prelims, and Kaelyaah Liburd ran the fastest time of the day in the women’s 400 prelims at 51.88 seconds. Virginia Tech and Stanford will have some points to pick up in the men’s distance events tomorrow, and North Carolina should do the same on the women’s side. Heading into the final day, Virginia holds a big lead on the men’s side with 48 points (Louisville is second with 31), while Notre Dame leads Virginia by two points on the women’s side with 29. SEC There is a new player in the women's 60 meters in the SEC. Alicia Burnett of Ole Miss ran a lifetime best 7.14 for the fastest time of the day in the prelims and could pose a threat to some of the nation's fastest women. Burnett came into the meet 16th on the NCAA list. There were three field event finals. Giavonna Meeks of Texas won the women's weight throw with 80-2.25 (24.44m), which was also a facility record at Texas A&M. Tarik O'Hagan-Robinson of Ole Miss won his 10th SEC title (indoors or out) by claiming the men's weight throw with 76-3.50 (23.25m). With a win in the shot put on Saturday he can sweep the throwing events for the third straight year. Kentucky freshman Kemarah Howard won the women's high jump with 6-1.50 (1.87m). She was one of four to clear that height but got there with fewer misses. More news |
