Texas Track and Field

[Slacks 6791]

Tara David just landed a Silver in the T&F World Championships in Budapest. 

Not bad. 

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

Adaejah Hodge top 5 schools are Texas, USC, Stanford, Georgia, and LSU. Think Texas has a very good shot to land her. 

She's probably the top recruit in the '24 class. She broke the 200m high school record back in March. 

[LTtxfan 48952]

 

[LTtxfan 48952]

 

[LTtxfan 48952]

 

[LTtxfan 48952]

On 10/5/2023 at 6:41 PM, LTtxfan said:

 

 

 

[Hpara759 1777]

you go coach!!

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

Well deserved. Key to us winning a title too. 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Today and tomorrow is the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet at the Univ. of Kentucky (Louisville, KY) and the athletes scheduled to appear are at this link:

https://live.dcracetiming.com/meets/29587/teams/735631

In addition, declathlete Leo Neugebauer has been named to the Bowerman Preseason Watch List. He was a finalist for the award last season. Womens' team member and field even specialist (long & triple jumps) Ackelia Smith has also been named to the Preseason Watch List. 

 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

I think we have a shot at a national title this year on the men's side. 

It's a weirdly constructed team in that we don't have many dominant sprinters but we can get big points out of the other events. We won the indoor national title with only 47 points in '22 and I think the scoring will be even more spread out this year. 

If they can find a way to get to 35 points a national title might be in reach. 

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

We probably have the best middle distance team in the country. Throw in Neugebauer and that gives you a very good baseline for scoring at the NCAA championships. 

It would not surprise me if this team doesn't win the Big 12 championship and then wins a national title. That's very much in play with this roster. 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Are you referring to Indoor or Outdoor? I'm not sure how fleshed out the rest of their squad is, but Texas Tech has some flyers on their men's team. Def give the nod to Texas in the field events except maybe vault? Still a little early to figure it all out, IMO but I wish all the athletes good meets and no injuries. Some of the best squads in the nation in this state.

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

On 1/14/2024 at 9:19 AM, Mrs Whiggins said:

Are you referring to Indoor or Outdoor? I'm not sure how fleshed out the rest of their squad is, but Texas Tech has some flyers on their men's team. Def give the nod to Texas in the field events except maybe vault? Still a little early to figure it all out, IMO but I wish all the athletes good meets and no injuries. Some of the best squads in the nation in this state.

Definitely but I really like the scoring potential for Texas at the Indoor NCAA Championships. 

Neugebauer will be favored to finish 1st or 2nd in the hept, Texas has a couple runners in the 800 that can place near the top, Texas should have a strong DMR team, and potential for scoring in several other events. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Sam Hurley had a great high jump at the meet--he's second on the indoor list right now. And Lindhorst just ran a pretty good 800 as well. They do need to make sure all the relays are scoring points; that's the bread and butter right there. On the women's side, Arkansas is an early leader, but the champs aren't until March so we'll see how it shakes out. Texas is traveling to Boston U for a meet at the end of the month, and while it isn't at the same track, it seems like a good plan as a test run.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

The mens' team has three 800m athletes with top ten indoor times right now, so if that holds, then your comment regarding the mids quality is spot on. NAU has some studs in the mile on up, but that's kinda their specialty.

[jeevsie 3720]

Good comments, thanks!

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Today and tomorrow, the men and women are at the Boston College Eagle Elite Invitational. Should be a good meet with the following teams slated to run:

Boston College, UConn, Florida Atlantic, Harvard, Louisville, NC State, UNC, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Texas, UCLA, USC, Villanova, and Wake Forest

Men's entries in various events; I didn't include everyone, mostly if they have PRs in the top places...sorry if I mis-spelled any names.

60m: Marcellus Moore/Nolton Shelvin/John Rutledge

200m: Almond Small/Marcellus Moore/John Rutledge/Nolton Shelvin

400m: Elijah Mosely/Logan Popelka/Caleb Hulbin/Chris Brinkley

800m: Cole Lindhorst/Daniel Howells

5000m: Haftu Knight

60m Hurdles: Kendrick Smallwood/Kody Blackwood

4X400m Relay: Texas A/B/C

DMR: Texas A

HJ: Dylan Lineberger

PV: Conner Boenig

LJ: Kelsey Daniel/Solomon Washington/Jathan Belaire

TJ: Kelsey Daniel/Solomon Washington

Shot: Patrick Piperi/Michael Pinones

Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe

I didn't include the mile or 3000m entries.

This meet ought to settle some things with regard to where athletes are versus where they'd like to be. Moore has been running quite well, the 400 meter relay is going head to head with USC and UCLA and yet the seed times seem ambitious. We'll see I guess.

I'll post the women's team in the next post to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Boston College Eagle Elite Invitational

Texas Women's Entries (again, not a complete entry list)

60m: Kenondra Davis

200m: Kenondra Davis/Aaliyah Foster

400m: Ziyah Holman/Dejanea Oakley

Mile: Olivia Howell

60m Hurdles: Emelia Chatfield/Akala Garrett/Kristine Blazevica

4X400m Relay: Texas A/B/C

DMR: Texas A

HJ: Trinity Tomlinson

PV: Kaeli Thompson

LJ: Aaliyah Foster

Shot Put: Marilyn Nwora

Weight Throw: Kiana Lowery

Best of luck to all athletes for a good meet.

Edit: Forgot to include a link for results: https://lancertiming.com/index.htm

Scroll down to the BC Eagle Invite.

Edited February 9 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

I should add that Ackelia Smith (Bowerman Watch List 2024) jumped at last weekend's meet in New Mexico. Did quite well and is leading the qualifying list. Not listed for the meet in Boston. Same with Leo Neugebauer and the hep; performed well last weekend and the Boston meet doesn't offer.

Edited February 9 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Some Friday results for Longhorns thus far:

Men's 5000m: Haftu Knight (2) 14:10.61; Samuel Bass (5) 14:16.71; Nigusom Knight (7) 14:23.72; Trey Rios (9) 14:38.87 First place: Ben Rosa of Harvard 13:57.66

Men's 60m Hurdles PRELIM Qualifiers: Kendrick Smallwood, Caleb Cavanaugh

Men's 60m PRELIM Qualifiers: Nolton Shelvin, Marcellus Moore (Kendrick Smallwood just missed out by two places)

Men's 800m: Daniel Howells (5) 1:48.60; Cole Lindhorst (12) 1:49.14; Evan MacGregor (35) 1:54.49 First place: Handal Roban of Penn State 1:47.10

Field Events

Men's Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (2) 21.31m/69'11" First place: Kenneth Ikeji of Harvard 22.89m/75'1"

Women's 60m Hurdles PRELIM Qualifiers: Emelia Chatfield, Akala Garrett

Women's 60m PRELIM Qualifier: Kenondra Davis

Women's 800m: Amity Ebarb (18) 2:08.49; Mackenzie Brown (26) 2:12.06 First place: Aurora Rynda--unattached 2:03.78

Field Events

Women's Long Jump: Aaliyah Foster (2) 6.21m/20' 4 1/2" First Place: A'liyah Thomas of UConn 6.23m/20 5 1/4"

Women's Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (4) 4.12m/13' 6 1/4"; Sasha Harber (11) 3.72/12' 2 1/2" First Place: Gabreila Leon--unattached 4.53m/14' 10 1/4"

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Another Friday result (All results are Finals unless noted)

Women's 400m: Dejanea Oakley (2) 52.69; Ziyah Holman (3) 52.73; Lauren Lewis (12) 55.54 First Place: Madison Whyte of USC 52.24

If Oakley can drop her time a smidge she can move into the top ten for indoor qualifying.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

And a few more events have finished:

Field Events:

Women's Weight Throw Kiana Lowery (3) 19.03m/62' 5" First Place Zoe Yeast of Louisville 19.23m/63' 1"

Men's Pole Vault Connor Boenig NH/Scratch

Running Events:

Men's 400m Logan Popelka (1) 46.66; Chris Brinkley (4) 47.34; Caleb Hulbin (21) 49.95; Elijah Moseley DNF

Women's 60m Hurdles FINAL: Emilia Chatfield (4) 8.32; Akala Garrett (7) 8.40 First Place: Jasmine Jones of USC 8.05

Congrats to Logan P, it was just off of his PR.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Friday events coming to a close. Only event left is the Men's Mile so I'll update that tomorrow....

Men's 60m Hurdles FINAL: Kendrick Smallwood (4) 7.96; Caleb Cavenaugh DNF; First Place: Johnny Brackins of USC 7.60

Men's 60m Dash FINAL: Marcellus Moore (3) 6.64; Nolton Shelvin (5) 6.68; First Place: Justin Braun of USC 6.61 (Of note--Fred Kerley running for ASICS was in this race and finished 6th; he just lost to Noah Lyles last weekend. I know Fred is Aggie, but he's a nice guy)

Field Events:

Men's Long Jump: Jathan Balaire (2) 7.62m/25"; Solomon Washington (3) 7.48m/24' 6 1/2"; Kelsey Daniel (4) 7.44m/24' 5" First Place: Chrstyn John Stevenson of USC 7.81m/25' 7 1/2"

 

Women's 60m Dash FINAL: Keondra Davis (4) 7.36 First Place: Samirah Moody of USC 7.27

Women's Mile: Olivia Howell (16) 4:45.23; Eva Jess (26) 4:51.26; Elizabeth Pickett (38) 5:00.00; Haley Harper (39) 5:01.88; First Place: Billah Jepkirui of Okla State 4:29.64

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Updated event results from Boston College Meet:

From last evening

Men's Mile: Christopher Riley (28) 4:09.00; Jack Boyd (31) 4:10.13; Logan Pateete (33) 4:12.43; Hudson Heikkinen (35) 4:13.60 First place: Ethan Strand of North Carolina 3:54.62

From today (Saturday 2/10):

Field Events:

Men's Shot Put: Patrick Piperi (1) 18.07m/59' 3 1/2"; Michael Pinones (3) 17.59m/57' 8 1/2"

Men's Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel (1) 16.07m/52' 8 3/4"; Solomon Washington (3) 14.86m/48' 9"

Women's High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (5) 1.74m/5' 8 1/2" First Place: Roschell Clayton of Villanova 1.88m/6' 2"

Running Events:

Women's DMR: Texas team DNS

Women's 200m: Keondra Davis (2) 23.22; Aaliyah Foster (10) 25.05 First Place: Madison Whyte of USC 22.96

Men's DMR: Texas A (Bizimana, Small, Howells, Knight) (2)9:41.92; Texas B (Riley, Hulbin, Patete, Boyd) (3) 9:55.45 First Place: Oregon 9:35.90

Men's 200m: John Rutledge (4) 21.01; Brian Herron (5) 21.03; Nolton Shelvin (6) 21.08; Marcellus Moore (8) 21.23 First Place: Justin Braun of USC 20.92 (USC swept the top 3 spots

There are 3 field events and four running events left and I'll post those later.

In the current national rankings, the Texas men are ranked fourth behind Texas Tech, Northern Arizona, and Arkansas. The Texas Women are ranked fourth as well behind Arkansas, Florida, and Oregon. Things are beginning to take shape. The men jumped 3 spots while the women jumped 14. Texas A&M has been moving up as well, their men are ranked 10th, and their women's team is 5th behind UT.

The last date for non conf. qualifying is Feb 25 (I think?) and UT has at least one more regular season meet prior to that. Qualifiers are usually listed within a couple of days after the final date with the finalized start list posted the first week of March.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Final results of the day:

Field Events:

Women's Shot Put: Nina Ndubuisi (1) 17.88m/58' 8"; Chrystal Herpin (3) 16.39m/53' 9 1/4"; Kiana Lowery (4) 15.94m/52' 3 3/4"; Marilyn Nwora (5) 15.81m/51' 10 1/2"

Women's Triple Jump: Texas did not have an athlete compete. First Place: Winny Bii of Okla. State 13.72m/45' 0 1/4"

Men's High Jump: Dylan Lineberger (4) 2.10m/6' 10 3/4" First Place: Elias Gerald of USC 2.16m/7" 1" The winner passed at 2.13 meters after successfully jumping the first two heights; gutsy move but reserved some in the tank I guess as he moved from fourth to first with the eventual winning height.

Running Events:

Women's 3000m: Eva Jess (11) 9:25.99; Elizabeth Pickett (21) 9:39.39; Haley Harper (34) 9:59.00; First Place: Silan Ayyildiz of Oregon 8:56.60

Women's 4X400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Smith, Oakley, Davis, Holman) (1) 3:29.80; Texas B (Chatfield, Lewis, Garrett, Ebarb) (4) 3:38.75

Men's 3000m: Isaac Alonzo (7) 7:53.72; Emmanuel Sgouros (24) 8:02.00; Hudson Heikkinen (40) 8:19.10 First Place: Alex Maier of Okla State 7:43.22 Maier is from Texas, a Flower Mound HS grad if I recall.

Men's 4x400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Popelka, Mosely, Rutledge, Herron) (2) 3:03.93; Texas B (Brinkley, Washington, Smallwood, Hulbin) (5) 3:10.18; Texas C (Belaire, Shelvin, Small, Moore) (8) 3:13.29 First Place: USC (Braun, Blockberger, Cumberbatch, Jones) 3:03.14

 

Of note, to make the indoor champs, the top 16 for each event (top 12 for relay) are selected with a tie-breaking process. Everybody is trying to get those numbers right now. Best of luck to all the athletes. Cross Country, indoor, and outdoor is a pretty tough slate for student athletes and this is an Olympic year (Paris 2024)

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

The Men's 4X400 Relay mentioned above broke a school record yesterday with their time of 3:03.93.

It is currently the 6th fastest time in the nation (indoor) behind teams from ASU, Florida, USC, Alabama, and A&M. (*Fastest time indoors this year is 3:02.73). The USC time was set at the same meet where UT broke their record so keep an eye out for the indoor champs. Next meet on tap is the Alex Wilson Invite at Notre Dame, followed by the Big 12 Indoor Championship in Lubbock.

 

*Indoor collegiate record is 3:00.77 set by USC (Zack Shinnick/Rai Benjamin/Ricky Morgan/Michael Norman) in College Station (3/10/18) at the Div I Indoor Championships. I was there and it was amazing to watch. I haven't had a chance to visit their new facility in CS, but it's supposed to be pretty nice.

[Rickylovesweed 14154]

We're up to #3 in the rankings on the men's side. I still think we have a legit shot at a national title in indoor. Several schools are going to split points in the sprint events while we stack points in mid-distance/field events. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

7 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

We're up to #3 in the rankings on the men's side. I still think we have a legit shot at a national title in indoor. Several schools are going to split points in the sprint events while we stack points in mid-distance/field events. 

There is definitely a chance at the title (men's). I was glancing over other teams and event points and again, that Tech team head to head with Texas would place higher than the Longhorns, but as you say the field expands at nationals and can throw a spanner in the works. NAU doesn't have the breadth so I am going to be surprised if they can hold on to second or even third by the end of the season (but, don't count them out, they are a tricky bunch in those distance races). That gives Texas,  Florida, and even Arkansas the opportunity to move up. If Leo N competes in both the hept and the long jump, that's potentially two first place point totals right there.  Texas' ranking can fluctuate by several spots up or down over the next three weeks (as can other top teams) and then win the title.

For the women's teams, Arkansas is just so dominant right now.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Although it was on the schedule, UT did not send any athletes to the Arkansas Qualifier meet this Saturday (AFAIK). Upcoming-- the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock Feb 23/24.

 

This weekend  the USA Indoor Championships were held in Albuquerque, NM. I may have omitted some alums, it was a quick run through as I wasn't able to watch due to a conflicting event. These two events caught my eye as the marks are currently WL.

Men:

Shotput- Ryan Crouser (1) 22.8m/74' 9 3/4"; Tripp Piperi (4) 20.43m/67' 0 1/2"

Women:

Long Jump- Tara Davis-Woodhall (1) 7.18m/23' 6 3/4"

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Here is a link to Crouser's toss:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3d_WpAvxHu/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=38c6349a-879b-4ec6-9994-18204b69f6fc

Didn't find a link for Davis-Woodhall's leap, but good for her as well.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

USTFCCCA Rankings for this week (#5) have Texas slipping a little down a few spots to #7 for the men and the women dropping one spot, also to #7. Of note, the Conference ranking has the Texas men with a 14 point edge over Texas Tech. The women's conference championship they've got scored a lot closer, with BYU getting the edge at #1 but only by 3 points (these numbers are approximate, I didn't bother with rounding). As was discussed upthread, both teams have a shot at a national title--much more of a reach for the women due to dominant Arkansas, but every event matters. After the various conference champs are concluded, it will be a good gauge as to how things may shake out coast to coast.

Men's Ranking Indoor T&F

1) NAU

2) Texas Tech

3) Arkansas

4) USC

5) Washington

6) Florida

7) Texas

8 ) Nebraska

9) Alabama

10) Wisconsin

Women's Ranking Indoor T&F

1) Arkansas

2) Florida

3) USC

4) Oregon

5) Texas Tech

6) Washington

7) Texas

8 ) Okla. State

9) LSU

10) BYU

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Big 12 Indoor Championships begin tomorrow in Lubbock. Start lists not yet available, but the meet will be airing both Friday (10 AM CST) and Saturday (11 AM CST) on Big12Now on ESPN+ for those that would like to watch w/o going to Lubbock. (If you do care to attend in person, tickets are $10 per day for general admission.)

Per usual the pentathlon and heptathlon will open the meet Friday morning followed by running/field events in the afternoon going into the evening. @Rickylovesweed--the DMR final is the last event on Friday, women followed by men. BYU and Okla State have faster squad times for the DMR than Texas (men) currently, but w/o knowing who is running what, hard to say how that's going to go. Hopefully exciting; I enjoy a good relay.

Once the start lists are out, I may try and post the Longhorns competing.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Big Twelve Indoor Championships

*Current athlete list, may change. Please pardon any unintentional mis-spellings.

 

Friday Events List (Prelims & Finals; Pentathlon is just overall entry)

WOMEN

Pentathlon: Kristine Blazevica (Jr)

Weight Throw: Kiana Lowery (Jr)

Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (Sr)

Mile (prelim): No Longhorn athlete listed

60m Hurdles (prelim): Akala Garrett (Fr), Emilia Chatfield (Jr)

60m (prelim): Kenondra Davis (Jr), Ackelia Smith (Jr)

600 yards (prelim): Mackenize Brown (Fr), Akala Garrett (Fr)

400m (prelim): Ziyah Holman (Sr), Dejanea Oakley (So), Lauren Lewis (Fr)

1000m (prelim): Amity Ebarb (Jr)

800m (prelim): Olivia Howell (Sr)

Long Jump: Aaliyah Foster (Fr) , Ackelia Smith (Jr)

200m: Dejanea Oakley (So) , Kenondra Davis (Jr)

5000m (final): Eva Jess (So)

DMR: Mackenize Brown, Emilia Chatfield, Amity Ebarb, Ziyah Holman

 

MEN

Heptathlon: Brock Lewis (Fr)

60m Hurdles (prelim): Kody Blackwood (So), Kendrick Smallwood (So)

60m (prelim): John Rutledge (Fr), Nolton Shelvin (Jr), Marcellus Moore (Sr)

600 yards (prelim): Cole Lindhorst (Jr), Elijah Mosley (Jr), Chris Brinkley (So)

400m (prelim): Brian Herrron (Jr), Logan Popelka (So)

1000m (prelim): Yusef Bizimana (Sr), Christopher Riley (Fr)

800m (prelim): Daniel Howells (Jr)

Long Jump: Kelsey Daniel (Jr), Jathan Belaire (Sr), Leo Neugebauer (Sr), Solomon Washington (So)

Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (So)

Pole Vault: Connor Boenig (Jr)

200m (prelim): Marcellus Moore (Sr), John Rutledge (Fr), Nolton Shelvin (Jr)

5000m (final): Haftu Knight (Sr), Isaac Alonzo (So)

DMR: Christopher Riley, Emmanuel Sgouros, Cole Lindhorst, Chris Brinkley

 

Saturday Events (excluding finals that had Friday Prelims)

WOMEN

Shot Put: Kiana Lowery (Jr), Nina Ndubuisi (Fr), Chrystal Herpin (Jr), Marilyn Nwora (Sr)

Triple Jump: Ackelia Smith (Jr)

High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (Jr)

3000m: Elizabeth Pickett (So), Haley Harper (Fr), Eva Jess (So),

4x400 Relay: Emelia Chatfield, Kenondra Davis, Amity Ebarb, Akala Garrett

 

MEN

Triple Jump: Solomon Washington (So), Jathan Belaire (Sr), Kelsey Daniel (Jr)

Mile: No Longhorn athlete listed; this event had no prelim unlike the women's.

Shot Put: Leo Neugebauer (Sr), Patrick Piperi (Sr)

High Jump: Dylan Lineberger (So)

3000m: Emmanuel Sgouros (So), Haftu Knight (Sr), Isaac Alonzo (So)

4x400 Relay: Brian Herron, Elijah Mosley, Logan Popelka, Marcellus Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Some results from the Big Twelve Indoor Champs meet thus far....

The pentathlon and heptathlon began this morning and several of those events have concluded.

Women's Pentathlon

60m Hurdles: Kristine Blazevica (1) 8.42 (1035 pts). Blazevica was in Heat 5.

High Jump: Kristine Blazevica (6) 1.71m/5' 7 1/4" (867 pts) Angel Richmore of OU  placed first--1.80m/5' 10 3/4" (978 pts)

Blazevica currently has 1902 points and is fourth overall.

 

Men's Heptathlon

60m: Brock Lewis (12) 7.31 (775 pts)  Grant Levesque of Houston placed first--6.70 (992 pts)

Long Jump: Brock Lewis (9) 6.66m/21' 10 1/4" (734 pts). Grant Levesque of Houston placed first--7.03m/23' 0 3/4" (821 pts)

Lewis totaled 1509 points after that event for eleventh place.

Shot Put: Brock Lewis (11) 11.10/36' 5" (552 pts). Grant Levesque of Houston placed first--14.08m/46' 2 1/2" (733 pts)

Lewis currently has 2061 points and is in twelfth  place.

 

The women's shot put results are not yet final, but it looks like Blazevica may be second (to Richmore of OU) in the overall pentathlon points when that event is concluded.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Women's Pentathlon

Shot Put: Kristine Blazevica (4) 12.91m/42' 4 1/4" (721 pts). Urte Bacianskaite of Kansas State placed first--15.42m/50' 7 1/4" (889 pts).

Blazevica's point total is now 2623. The long jump is in progress so the overall standings are a bit messy right now. She will be in the top three most likely.

**Right now she is 57 points behind Richmore of OU for the overall title.** Hook 'em!

Edited February 23 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Running events have begun as have some field events while the pentathlon and heptathlon are ongoing. The women's long jump results are being finalized but it appears that Blazevica placed second in that event, with just the 800m remaining.

Men's Heptathlon

High Jump: Brock Lewis (12) 1.81m/5' 11 3/4" (636 pts). Phillip Frank of OSU placed first--1.99/6' 6 1/4" (794 pts)

Lewis has 2697 (-616) points overall and at the conclusion of today's Heptathlon events is in twelfth place. Overall leader is Grant Levesque of Houston with 3313 points.

 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Blazevica is currently in second place overall with 3522 points in the pentathlon, seventeen points behind Angel Richmore of OU with just the 800m race to go. IIRC, Richmore used to run for SFA.

Also:

Women's 60m Hurdles (prelim): Emelia Chatfield (2) and Akala Garrett (5) both qualify for Saturday's final.

Men's 60m Hurdles (prelim): Kendrick Smallwood (5) and Kody Blackwood (7) also qualify for Saturday's final, barring any unseen problems with the final result.

Edited February 23 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Awesome! Kristine Blazevica blazed right into the lead winning the 800 meters, the final pentathlon event!

Women's Pentathlon

800m: Kristine Blazevica (1) 2:13.89 (908 pts)

Overall Pentathlon result: Kristine Blazevica (1) (4430 pts) scoring 10 points for the Longhorn Team Score.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

More qualifiers, results, etc. Will be the last update until tomorrow although events will continue until 8:00 PM CST.

WOMEN

Weight Throw: Kiana Lowery (7) 18.14/59' 6 1/4" Monique Hardy of KSU places first--21.11/69' 3 1/4". Lowery had the unfortunate meet where the fouls outnumbered the clean throws. Lowery scores 2 points towards Texas team score.

Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (7) 4.20/13' 9 1/4". Alencia Lentz of Baylor places first--4.50/14' 9" (meet record). Thompson scores 2 points for the Longhorns.

Mile (prelim): No Longhorn athletes competed in this event. Billah Jepkirui of OSU has the leading qualifying time of 4:40.95.

60m (prelim): Ackelia Smith qualifies. Kenondra Davis just misses out by placing 11th overall (8 advance, top in each heat plus next 4 fastest times).

600 yard (prelim): Ackala Garrett qualifies. Mackenize Brown (12) does not advance.

400m( prelim): Ziyah Holman, Lauren Lewis, and Dejanea Oakley all advance to the final.

1000m (prelim): Amity Ebarb just misses out qualifying by placing 9th, one spot away.

800m (prelim): Olivia Howell (5) qualifies.

200m (prelim): Dejanea Oakley advances with the leading time, Kenondra Davis does not advance.

Women's events ongoing, still to come this evening are Long Jump (final),  5000m (final) and DMR (final) *Eva Jess (7) in the 5000m but result is not final.

 

MEN

60m (prelim): Nolton Shelvin (10), Marcellus Moore (13), and John Rutledge (20) did not qualify for the finals.

600 yard (prelim): Elijah Mosley advances to the final, Chris Brinkley and Cole Lindhorst do not advance. *Lindhorst may have had something happen during the race, his official time was way off.

400m (prelim): Brian Herron and Logan Popelka advance to the finals.

1000m (prelim): Yusef Bizimana advances to the final, Christopher Riley does not.

800m (prelim): Daniel Howells qualifies for the final.

200m (prelim): John Rutledge advances to the final (in the final spot), Nolton Shelvin misses the finals by two places, and Marcellus Moore does not advance. Results are not official on this event.

Men's events ongoing, still to come this evening are Long Jump (final), Weight Throw (final), Pole Vault (final), 5000m (final), and DMR (final). Currently leading the Long Jump is Leo Neugebauer, with Jathan Belaire in fourth, Solomon Washington in seventh, and Kelsey Daniel in tenth place. Jeremiah Nubbe is leading the weight throw.

Overall Team Standings:

WOMEN (4 of 19 events)

1,1) Oklahoma, OSU 25

3) Baylor 19

4) KSU 18

5) Texas 16

6) Kansas 13

MEN

No events scored

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Updated results from the Big 12 Indoor Championships from last evening...

But before that, TEAM SCORES.

WOMEN 6 of 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) OSU 33

2) Texas 32

3) OU 30

4) Baylor 27

5) KState 22

6) Iowa State 21

7) BYU 16

7) Kansas 16

9) Cincinnati 11

9) Texas Tech 11

MEN 5 of 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas Tech 36

2) Texas 35

3) Kansas 32

4) OSU 21

5) Iowa State 19

6) BYU 18

7) Houston 9.5

7) OU 9.5

9) Kansas State 6

10) TCU 5

Results

WOMEN

Long Jump: Ackelia Smith (1) 6.74m/22' 1 1/2", Aaliyah Foster (3) 6.34m/20' 9 3/4". Smith and Foster scored 10 and 6 points, respectively, for the Longhorns.

5000m: Eva Jess (7) 16:20.48. Winner, Taylor Roe of OSU, ran a meet and facility record 15:32.03. Jess scored 2 points for the Longhorns.

DMR: Texas (11). First place won by West Virginia 11:18.08

 

MEN

Long Jump: Leo Neugebauer (1) 7.92m/26'; Jathan Belaire (2) 7.67m/25' 2"; Solomon Washington (7) 7.47m/24' 6 1/4"; Kelsey Daniel (9) 7.43m/24' 4 1/2". Earning 10, 8, and 2 points for first, second, and seventh, Neuegebauer and Belaire also jumped personal best distances in their medal winning event. Daniel was just two inches and a little bit of sand shy of 8th place which would have earned him a point.

Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (1) 22.79/74' 9 1/4". With a personal best throw, Nubbe earns 10 points for the Longhorns.

Pole Vault: Connor Boenig (12) 5.08/16' 8". First place winner Clayton Simms of Kansas vaulted 5.68/18' 7 1/2. Simms has the fourth best vault in the nation this season with this PB.

5000m: Isaac Alonzo (9) 14:16.08; Haftu Knight (DNF); Ernest Cheruiyot of Texas Tech placed first with a facility record time of 13:42.08. He would need to drop ~forty seconds from this time to catch Northern Arizona's Nico Young's nation leading time (for perspective).

DMR: Texas (4) 9:40.04. The DMR team earned 5 points for the Longhorns but it was going to be awfully tough to best OSU's performance. Setting meet and facility records with a time of 9:29.41, the most exciting part was that the second place BYU squad (9:29.98) was in the lead until the last leg when Ryan Schoppe put the pedal down to best the Cougars. (Schoppe is a graduate of La Porte HS, winning UIL State XC in 2019, runner up in '18. )

 

Day Two will begin late morning and conclude with the 4X400 Relays. Good luck to all the athletes participating.

 

 

 

Edited February 24 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

With the Heptathlon events ongoing, some results from it as well as various other updates:

Day Two

WOMEN

Shot Put (ongoing): currently Nina Ndubuisi, Chrystal Herpin, and Marilyn Nwora hold the top three spots. Kiana Lowery is eleventh and hopefully will have a good toss as top nine are through to finals. Herpin put a personal best out there with 17.48m/57' 4 1/4" so keep it up ladies!

Triple Jump (ongoing): Ackelia Smith is currently in second behind Winny Bii of OSU.

60m Hurdles (final): Emelia Chatfield (1) 7.95; Akala Garrett (6) 8.27. With a personal best, Chatfield scores 10 points for the Longhorns while Garrett earns 3 points.

60m (final): Ackelia Smith (5) 7.29. Smith earns 4 points for the Longhorns and is pulling double duty since the TJ is still competing. Rosemary Chukwuma of Texas Tech placed first 7.23 and the Tech squad also placed second and third sweeping the top three spots.

MEN

Triple Jump (ongoing): Kelsey Daniel is currently in second place while Solomon Washington and Jathan Belaire are eleventh and twelfth respectively.

60m Hurdles (final): Kendrick Smallwood (5) 7.70; Kody Blackwood (8) 7.96. Smallwood and Blackwood earn 5 total points for the Longhorns.

60m (final): The Longhorns had no qualifiers for the final. First place went to Don'dre Swint of Texas Tech  in 6.55 and Tech athletes went 2, 4, 5, and 6 (2nd place was a tie with a Houston athlete).

Heptathlon:

60m Hurdles: Brock Lewis (7) 8.39 (886 pts)

Pole Vault (ongoing): Brock Lewis is currently in fifth place. Overall, Lewis has moved up to tenth place in the Heptathlon standings.

TEAM SCORES

WOMEN 8 of 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas (49)

2) Texas Tech (40)

3) OSU (33)

4) Baylor (32)

5) OU (30)

Everyone else

 

MEN 8 of 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas Tech (95)

2) Texas (48)

3) Kansas (32)

4) Houston (29.5)

5) OU (25.5)

Everyone else

 

Edit to add: still quite a few events left. The Texas men have some key events where potential scoring opportunities exist. The shot put will feature Neugebauer and Piperi for example.

 

Edited February 24 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

OSU moved up to third in the men's team score by placing runners in first and third in the mile.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Updated Team Scores

WOMEN 10 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) TEXAS (73)

2) TEXAS TECH (48)

3) OSU (44)

4) OU  (35)

5) BAYLOR (33)

 

MEN  OF 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas Tech (96)

2) Texas (48)

3) OSU (37)

4) Kansas (34)

5) Houston (29.5)

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Women's Results update:

Shot Put: Nina Ndubuisi (1) 18.07m/59' 3 1/2" ; Chrystal Herpin (2) 17.48m/57' 4 1/4"; Marilyn Nwora (3) 17.23m/56' 6 1/2"; Kiana Lowery (11) 15.17m/49' 9 1/4. For placing 1 thru 3, 24 points for the Longhorns.

600 yd: Akala Garrett (1) 1:19.04 Result not official, but that would be 10 more points for the Longhorn women.

Men

600yd: Result not official, but Elijah Mosley (5) 1:08.57 Mosley scores 4 points for the Longhorns. Grant Lockwood of Kansas runs a personal best 1:07.79 to take first.

Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel (2) 16.45/53' 11 3/4"; Solomon Washington (11) 14.31/46' 11 1/2"; Jathan Belaire (12) 14.13/46' 4 1/4". Daniel scores 8 points and also has a personal best (as did Belaire). Winner Brandon Green Jr of OU jumped 16.46/54'

Edited February 24 by Mrs Whiggins

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Bless his heart and what a nice way to end the heptathlon for freshman Brock Lewis.

Heptathlon 1000m: Brock Lewis (1) 2:38.76 (887pts). Lewis places 8th overall in the Heptathlon with a personal best score of 5269 and scores a point for the Longhorns. Always a lot to contend with over two days, so I love to see the persistence. The overall winner was Grant Levesque of Houston with 6068 points.

Edited February 24 by Mrs Whiggins
Edit to add--I should explain that in our family a "bless your heart" is not a pejorative or sarcasm.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Updated Team Scores (top5)

WOMEN 14 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas (107)

2) OSU (83)

3) Texas Tech (74)

4) BYU (37)

5) Baylor (35)

 

MEN 12 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED

1) Texas Tech (112)

2) Texas (61)

3) Kansas (60)

4) OSU (58)

5) Houston (39.5)

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

More results:

Women

400m: Dejanea Oakley (1) 51.75; Ziyah Holman (3) 52.22; Lauren Lewis (6) 52.76. Oakley and Lewis ran personal bests while Holman ran her fastest time of the season. The three scored 19 points for the Longhorns.

1000m: No Longhorn athletes in this final. Sivan Auerbach of OSU placed first in 2:46.85

800m: Olivia Howell (3) 2:03.86. With a personal best, Howell scores 6 points. First place winner was Kelly-Ann Beckford of Houston in 2:00.99,  meet and facility records, and a personal best time and just a smidge away from going under 2:00.

Men:

400m: Brian Herron (4) 45.82; Logan Popelka (6) 46.21. Popelka runs a personal best and they score 8 points total for the Longhorns.

1000m: Yusuf Bizimana (1) 2:22.40. Bizimana earns 10 points. Way to run!

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Men:

800m: Daniel Howells (2) 1:48.94 Howells runs from last place to take second and earn 8 points for the Longhorns, finishing behind Jason Gomez of Iowa State who ran a 1:48.36. Almost got 'im at the tape...

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

More results:

Women

200m: Dejenea Oakley (2) 22.86. Oakley runs a personal best and earns 8 points for the Longhorns.

3000m: Eva Jess (17) 9:45.23

High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (3) 1.80/5' 10 3/4. Tomlinson earns 6 points for the Longhorns. Winning jump was 1.90/6' 2 3/4 by Temitope Adishina of Texas Tech.

4X400: Texas (2) 3:30.08. The relay team earns 8 points for the Longhorns finishing behind Houston's meet record 3:29.42

With 135 points, the Texas Longhorns are the Women's Big Twelve Champions.

 

Men

Shot Put: Patrick Piperi (3) 19.19/62' 11 1/2; Michael Pinones (10) 17.47/77' 3 3/4"; Leo Neugeberger (15) 16.49/54' 1 1/4. Piperi scored 6 points for the Longhorns. Cam Jones of iowa State placed first with a winning toss of 19.60/64' 3 3/4" which was a personal best.

High Jump: Daniel Lineberger (11) 2.06/6' 9" Winning jump was 2.26/7' 5" by Devin Loudermilk of Kansas

200m: John Rutledge (7) 20.94. Two points for the Longhorns from Rutledge place with Terrence Jones of Texas Tech winning with a time of 20.21

3000m: Isaac Alonzo (10) 8:06.63; Emmanuel Sgouros (11) 8:08.07; Haftu Knight DNF. Winner Alex Maier of OSU ran 7:55.45 a facility record. Maier ran for Flower Mound HS.

4X400: Texas (3) 3:04.98. The relay team earned 6 points finishing behind winner Texas Tech's 3:02.76. Kansas State placed second.

FINAL TEAM SCORES

WOMEN

1) TEXAS (135)

2) TEXAS TECH (104)

3) OSU (103.5)

4) BYU (71)

5) BAYLOR  (44)

 

MEN

1) TEXAS TECH (152)

2) OSU (92)

3) TEXAS (89)

4) KANSAS (81)

5) IOWA STATE (67.5)

 

 

[TheBryMan81 2500]

On 2/23/2024 at 7:29 PM, Mrs Whiggins said:

400m (prelim): Brian Herron and Logan Popelka advance to the finals.

I believe this run was a Texas record.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3tXrwjRDWq/?igsh=OHpraXlkeGtkOWZm