Bartley’s Top-10 200m Highlights Saturday’s Action at Home

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Bartley’s Top-10 200m Highlights Saturday’s Action at Home

April 24, 2021 | Track and Field

Karamye Bartley busts out big time in first 200m since 2019.

By: Jeremy O'Brien

LUBBOCK, Texas – Karayme Bartley's NCAA top-10 200m highlighted the second day of the Texas Tech Open Saturday.

Jacolby Shelton and Courtney Lindsey made their highly-anticipated outdoor debut in their individual events, joined by Karayme Bartley running his first 200m. Bartley highlighted the day, bursting out for an NCAA 10^th-best 20.42 in his first outdoor 200m in two years. It was a lifetime best for Bartley.

That's huge from Bartley?

Lifetime best and the 10th-fastest 200m in the nation this year... 20.42 ?? pic.twitter.com/Wk6EX908j0
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 25, 2021

Lindsey, running his opening 200m as well, clocked 20.56 for the 19^th-fastest in the country this season.

Court's back in the 2??0??0??@GodSpeedddd goes 20.56 in his first 200m of the season and hops into the top-20 in the nation ? pic.twitter.com/z4ivqo21Fs
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 25, 2021

Shelton, who opened with a 4x100 at the Masked Rider Open, ran the 100m. He clocked 10.28 in the race. He was followed by Keion Sutton and his 10.41 as well as Daniel Omah and a 10.61. Kaylor Harris paced the women in 11.79.

Twenty-four hours after throwing the third-best discus mark of his career, Gabe Oladipo came within one centimeter of the school's hammer throw record. At 206'-10" (63.04m), he came just one centimeter from Kole Weldon's program mark set at the Big 12 Championships in 2015.

One. Centimeter. Away. @ShowtimeGeee's 206'-10" (63.04m) is as close as you can be to the school's hammer record.

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— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 24, 2021

Prior to his near-record hammer performance, Oladipo landed an outdoor PR in the shot put. Oladipo's mark came in at 57'-7" (17.55m). The women's shot belonged to Kayli Johnson, who despite the small field picked up her first outdoor shot put win as a Red Raider. Johnson's mark landed at 51'-2.75" (15.61m).

Ruth Usoro's Bowerman watchlist-worthy season continued Saturday with another 21-foot performance. Usoro's top jump Saturday was 21'-10.75" (6.67m). Usoro has jumped 21 feet in each meet this season with the exception of the Texas Relays, where her monstrous 22'-2.25" (6.76m) made her the first in school history to jump farther than 22 feet.

Ruth's got 'em going ??

Another NCAA top-five and World top-15 long jump from @UsoroRuth5.

? 21'-10.75" (6.67m) pic.twitter.com/YbmKK5sZV3
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 25, 2021

Despite a tough unattached indoor and rough start outdoor for Chinne Okoronkwo in the pole vault, Saturday proved a big step for the reigning Big 12 Outdoor champion in the event. Okoronkwo cleared a top height of 14'-0" (4.27m), ranking her 11^th in the NCAA this year. It was her first 14-foot clearance since the day she won the Big 12 Indoor title in February of last year.

Chinne's ?? in form ??

The reigning Big 12 champ clears 14'-0" (4.27m), putting her #11 in the country this year. pic.twitter.com/9oTYDZNA4r
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 24, 2021

Clark Griffith made his return to an outdoor sand pit at the meet – an encouraging moment for the senior who has not competed outdoors since 2018. Griffith made the most of his first long jump competition in three years, landing a top jump of 24'-11.25" (7.60m). It was a lifetime best – indoor or out – by well over a foot.

Next for the Red Raiders is the Corky/Crofoot Shootout, which will take place April 30-May 1. The meet will serve as Senior Day for Tech's graduating student-athletes.