PROVO, Utah — With just three weeks to go before indoor nationals, BYU men's and women's track and field will compete in its final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships Feb. 17-18 at The Podium in Spokane, Washington.
The women's distance medley relay team will compete at the Arkansas Qualifier at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas Feb. 17 at 2:13 p.m. CST on SEC Network+. Meanwhile, men's distance medley relay will race at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational at the Loftus Sports Center in South Bend, Indiana on Feb. 18 at 12 p.m. EST.
Meet Information
- 2023 MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Feb. 17-18
- Friday events begin at 10 a.m. PST with the heptathlon 60-meters and conclude at 5:50 p.m. with women's distance medley relay.
- Saturday events begin at 10 a.m. with the men's 60-meter hurdles final and conclude with the women's 4x400-meter relay at 1:15 p.m.
- Spokane, Washington | The Podium
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| MPSF Indoor Track and Field | Men's Teams |
|---|
| BYU |
| Cal State Fullerton |
| CSUN |
| Long Beach State |
| Portland |
| UC Riverside |
| MPSF Indoor Track and Field | Women's Teams |
|---|
| BYU |
| Cal State Fullerton |
| CSUN |
| Hawaii |
| Long Beach State |
| Pepperdine |
| Portland |
| San Francisco |
| UC Davis |
| UC Irvine |
| UC Riverside |
Indoor Conference Championship History
BYU men's and women's track and field owns a proud tradition of indoor conference title dominance. In 2022, both programs swept their team conference crowns for the 18th time and first since 2011.
This season the No. 23-ranked BYU women seek their first back-to-back team conference titles since 2010-2011. Women's track and field won a record 11-consecutive team championships between 1995 and 2005. The women took home nine individual or squad titles last season; their most since 2009. Women's track and field has claimed 157 all-time individual conference titles dating back to 1991.
A season ago, the BYU men won nine individual indoor titles for just the second time in program history and first since 2005. The Cougars have totaled 220 individual indoor titles since 1969. Men's track and field has also won 30 team indoor titles since 1970 and are seeking their fourth consecutive in 2023. The Cougars won a record 12 straight between 1990 and 2001.
| 2022 MPSF Individual Champions (BYU) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Event |
| Halley Folsom Walker, Brilee Pontius, Annalise Hart & Brinn Jensen | W 4x400m |
| Megan Hunter | W 800m |
| Jessica Thompson | W SP |
| Adaobi Tabugbo | W 60m & 60m Hurdles |
| Taye Raymond | W LJ |
| Sable Lohmeier El-Bakri | W WT |
| Halley Folsom Walker | Pentathlon |
| Cailee Faulkner | W PV |
| Cortez Ruiz, Colten Yardley, Spencer Carlile & Jace Jensen | M 4x400m |
| Joey Nokes | M 3000m |
| Danny Bryant | M SP |
| Dallin Vorkink | Heptathlon |
| Dallin Draper | M 60m & 200m |
| Brandon Garnica, Kenneth Rooks, Cortez Ruiz & Joey Nokes | M DMR |
| Zach McWhorter | M PV |
| Zach Erikson | M 5000m |
National Rankings
Several BYU athletes improved their national qualifying position at meets in Boston and Lubbock, Texas Feb. 10-11.
Aubrey Frentheway set a women's 5,000-meters personal best at 15:32.82 in Boston and is now ranked sixth nationally having eclipsed runners from Colorado, Northern Arizona and Arkansas.
Cierra Tidwell-Allphin's personal-best tying clearance in the women's high jump on Saturday was enough to set her at No. 8 nationally, surpassing Nyalaam Jok of Minnesota and Daniella Anglin of South Dakota.
Eli Hazlett, Trey Jackson, Spencer Carlile and Joshua Taylor combined to set a school record in the men's 4x400-meter relay at Texas Tech's Jarvis Scott Open on Saturday. At 3:05.73, the Cougars jumped to 16th nationally and now rank ahead of squads from Florida State, Texas and LSU.