LUBBOCK, Texas - Lexy Halladay-Lowry won the 3,000-meters as the BYU women placed fourth overall at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday.
Halladay-Lowry wins 3,000m, women place fourth overall
Lexy Halladay-Lowry won the 3,000-meters as the BYU women placed fourth overall at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday.
Halladay-Lowry set a new Sports Performance Center facility record of 9:03.66 en-route to her individual conference title. The junior from Meridian, Idaho brought home the Cougars' lone conference championship on the weekend.
Sadie Sargent placed third in the 3,000m with a 9:11.88 run. Jacey Harkins-Farmer was the next Cougar to cross the line, finishing in 9:24.13. BYU accumulated 21 points from the 3,000m alone.
In the mile, Riley Chamberlain led the charge for the Cougars after clocking a 4:38.36 performance. Carlee Hansen and Taylor Lovell finished in sixth and seventh, running 4:43.50 and 4:46.05, respectively. BYU earned 13 points in the event.
Cierra Tidwell Allphin scored five points of her own in the women's high jump with a clearance of 1.76m/5-9.25, good for a fourth-place finish.
The women's 4x400m team of Annalise Hart, Lainey Jones, Emily Ellis and Sami Oblad placed fifth overall with a time of 3:38.07 to earn four points. Carmen Alder also placed fifth running 2:49.49 in the 1,000m.
Jaslyn Gardner placed seventh in both the 60m and 200m with times of 7.39 and 23.54. Meghan Hunter also placed seventh in the 800m, running 2:09.02. Sami Oblad placed seventh in the 400m. The junior clocked a 53.21 as a follow-up to her school record-breaking performance of 53.06 Friday night.
The Cougars wrapped up their first Big 12 Indoor Track and Field conference championship outing with 71 points and a fourth-place overall finish.
Quotes
Associate Director of Track & Field, Diljeet Taylor
"I was really pleased having three women score in the mile and then coming back and scoring three women again in the 3,000m. Then, obviously having our first Big 12 women's champion with Lexy. That was such a great race for her and a great confidence builder going into NCAA's."
Sprinter, Jaslyn Gardner
"I have really focused on executing my race plans this season and I have been pretty consistent. This weekend seemed to be an even bigger reflection of that. I got better and better throughout the season and hope to do the same for outdoor. I want to keep chipping away at my personal records and try to qualify for regionals and nationals."
Distance Runner, Lexy Halladay-Lowry
"It is great to be in a new conference with championship-style racing to practice closing hard. We haven't had that in the past. Going into nationals, this race gives me a lot of confidence."
4x400m anchor, Sami Oblad
"We had a lot of good energy from all four of us. Everyone was stoked to run with just the right amount of nerves and it played out perfectly."
The Cougars will return to action at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships March 8-9 in Boston.