Women place second at Big 12 Championships

BYU women's track and field team placed second overall at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday night in Waco, Texas.

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WACO, Texas - BYU women's track and field team placed second overall at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday night. 

Full Results 

Rebekah Erikson kicked off the action early in the afternoon for the Cougars as she set a new school record in the pole vault clearing 4.31m/14-1.75 to place third overall in the competition and earn six points for BYU. Teammate Maren Garnett also earned a spot on the podium in the women's pole vault clearing a personal-best 4.11m/13-5.75.

Gretchen Hoekstre also broke a school record throwing 56.30m/184-8 in the discus to place second in the competition and earn eight points for the Cougars.

Annalise Hart ran a personal best of 57.07 in the 400-meter hurdles to place fifth as she moved up to No. 2 all-time at BYU in the event. Hart also anchored the 4x400m relay team of Sami Oblad, Emily Ellis-Dalley and Lainey Jones to a second place finish and a time of 3:34.43.

The women's 5000m earned 13 points for the team as Jenna Hutchins placed third in 16:17.88, Jacey Farmer in fourth in 16:18.44 and Anastayisa Davis in seventh in 16:48.80.

The 1500m duo of Sadie Sargent and Riley Chamberlain scored 11 points. Sargent placed second clocking a personal best of 4:09.65: BYU's No. 3 all-time mark in the event. Chamberlain crossed the line just two seconds behind her with a personal-best time of 4:11.68, improving on her BYU No. 5 all-time mark.  

The 4x100m relay team of Cate Phipps Louis, Gardner, Dolita Shaw and Jones placed seventh overall with a time of 44.38.

High jumper Cierra Tidwell Allphin placed second in the competition as she cleared 1.83m/6-0 and garnered eight points for the women. 

Sprinter Jaslyn Gardner placed sixth in the 100m and eighth in the 200m clocking 11.35 and 23.83, respectively. She also teamed up with Cate Phipps Louis, Dolita Shaw and Lainey Jones to place seventh in the 4x100m with a time of 44.38.

Krystie Solomon cut over two seconds off of her previous personal best in the 800m as she ran 2:04.68 to place eighth in the field. 

“The overriding theme this year was ‘closing the gap’. For the women’s team to go from sitting in third place to finishing second overall in the conference is a dramatic representation of the hard work our athletes and coaches have done this season. I’m grateful to the coaching staff who help put us in position to be  finished as the runner-up to a strong Texas team. We’ll end as the number one ranked returning team for next year and that is awesome. This weekend has been a testament to the hard work of everyone.”

Ed EyestoneDirector of track and field

Up next, the Cougars will prepare for the NCAA West Preliminary Round May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.