Saturday, February 26
Ames, IA
11:00 A.M.
Texas Tech Athletics
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Big 12 Indoor Championships
Red Raiders place second at Big 12 meet
February 26, 2022 | Track and Field
Jacolby Shelton was named the male highest scorer at the meet
AMES, Iowa – The Texas Tech track & field teams wrapped up the Big 12 meet placing second Saturday evening at the Lied Rec Athletic Center.
"I'm just incredibly proud of how hard this team fought," said head coach Wes Kittley. "To have 11 individual Big 12 titles and score over 150 points is truly remarkable. I couldn't be any prouder of this entire team, both men and women."
Men:
1. Texas – 171
2. Texas Tech – 155
3. Oklahoma – 84
4. Iowa State – 68
5. Oklahoma State – 63
6. Kansas State – 61
7. Kansas – 51
8. Baylor – 48
9. TCU - 40
Women:
1. Texas – 136
2. Texas Tech – 124
3. Oklahoma State – 123
4. Baylor – 76.5
5. Oklahoma – 73
6. Iowa State – 60
7. Kansas State – 56
8. Kansas – 44
9. TCU – 27.5
10. West Virginia – 21
Towards the middle of the day, the titles started to come in for Tech in quick fashion. Rosemary Chukwuma broke her own school record of 7.20 and produced a time of 7.17 to take the 60m final. In the men's 60m final, Jacolby Shelton defended his title from 2021, producing a time of 6.64. He also went on to claim his first 200m crown, posting a time of 20.80. At the end of the meet, Shelton was given the Male Highest Scorer award. Courtney Lindsey was the other Red Raider to make some noise in the 200m, finishing second (20.84).
After recording a DNF in last year's meet, Gary Haasbroek took home the heptathlon title registering 5,833 points, claiming first in two events – long jump and 60m hurdles. In the triple jump, Jalen Seals dethroned the reigning champion with a leap PR leap of 16.31m, his first title in that event as he won the long jump last season. Another champion was crowned, this time it was Moad Zahafi in the 1000m with a time of 2:20.96. He more than two seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Ruta Lasmane rounded out the individual winners as she claimed the triple jump title, producing a mark of 13.85m which was on her third jump. Other notable finishes included Sydney Sapp (1.81m) and Caleb Wilborn (2.20m, PR) placing third in the high jump. Kayli Johnson (16.41m) took second in the shot put, while the team of Aneesa Scott, Knowledge Omovoh, Kiah Dubarry-Gay, and Lexye Price claimed second overall in the 4x400 relay.
"I'm just incredibly proud of how hard this team fought," said head coach Wes Kittley. "To have 11 individual Big 12 titles and score over 150 points is truly remarkable. I couldn't be any prouder of this entire team, both men and women."
2022 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Team – Final StandingsBig 12 weekend ???#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/BmBpAzzrl7
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) March 2, 2022
Men:
1. Texas – 171
2. Texas Tech – 155
3. Oklahoma – 84
4. Iowa State – 68
5. Oklahoma State – 63
6. Kansas State – 61
7. Kansas – 51
8. Baylor – 48
9. TCU - 40
Women:
1. Texas – 136
2. Texas Tech – 124
3. Oklahoma State – 123
4. Baylor – 76.5
5. Oklahoma – 73
6. Iowa State – 60
7. Kansas State – 56
8. Kansas – 44
9. TCU – 27.5
10. West Virginia – 21
Towards the middle of the day, the titles started to come in for Tech in quick fashion. Rosemary Chukwuma broke her own school record of 7.20 and produced a time of 7.17 to take the 60m final. In the men's 60m final, Jacolby Shelton defended his title from 2021, producing a time of 6.64. He also went on to claim his first 200m crown, posting a time of 20.80. At the end of the meet, Shelton was given the Male Highest Scorer award. Courtney Lindsey was the other Red Raider to make some noise in the 200m, finishing second (20.84).
Meanwhile in the 60m hurdles, freshman Vashaun Vascianna etched a time of 7.75 to be crowned a champion. Maliek Kendall was right behind him in second (7.79). Demisha Roswell led the female team in the 60m hurdles, coming in third with a time of 8.20.Count 'em 1??-2??, ????????-????-???????? in the 60m ??
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) February 28, 2022
.@TheOfficialJS3 also won the 2??0??0?? to become the meet's High Point Performer ?? pic.twitter.com/JsaDG1B2t1
After recording a DNF in last year's meet, Gary Haasbroek took home the heptathlon title registering 5,833 points, claiming first in two events – long jump and 60m hurdles. In the triple jump, Jalen Seals dethroned the reigning champion with a leap PR leap of 16.31m, his first title in that event as he won the long jump last season. Another champion was crowned, this time it was Moad Zahafi in the 1000m with a time of 2:20.96. He more than two seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Ruta Lasmane rounded out the individual winners as she claimed the triple jump title, producing a mark of 13.85m which was on her third jump. Other notable finishes included Sydney Sapp (1.81m) and Caleb Wilborn (2.20m, PR) placing third in the high jump. Kayli Johnson (16.41m) took second in the shot put, while the team of Aneesa Scott, Knowledge Omovoh, Kiah Dubarry-Gay, and Lexye Price claimed second overall in the 4x400 relay.
That's a wrap for the Big 12 meet as both the men and women teams place ??. Our women's 4x400 team ended the night finishing ??
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) February 27, 2022
Meanwhile, @TheOfficialJS3 was awarded the Highest Point Scorer of the meet ??#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/2UPHteycPb
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