LAWRENCE, Kan. – BYU’s James Corrigan left his mark at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships as the junior broke his second meet record in as many races on Saturday evening at Rock Chalk Park.
After leading after the opening two days of the meet, BYU finished second in the team standings with 100.66 points. Texas Tech took home the team title with 136 points with Houston in third, Kansas fourth and Iowa State fifth.
“We saw a phenomenal three days from our men’s and women’s programs,” Director of Track & Field Ed Eyestone said. “We had a goal coming into the championships to give Texas Tech a good run and improve on our performance from last year. Our men’s and women’s teams certainly did that. We had some great individual performances as well and couldn’t be more proud of the men and women who wore the royal blue today.”
Two days after winning his second consecutive title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in record breaking fashion, Corrigan followed that up with a victory in the 5,000-meters with another meet record. The junior ran his last two laps in 2:01 including a 55-second final lap to pull away from Texas Tech’s Ernest Cheruiyot and cross the finish line in 13:25.46, moving him up to third on BYU’s all-time performance list.
TWICE AS NICE!!
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CORRIGAN WINS HIS SECOND INDIVIDUAL TITLE OF THE MEET, HIS THIRD TITLE EVER WITH A MEET RECORD TIME OF 13:25.46!
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“Championship racing can be little frightening when guys in my events are running fast times and I haven’t run the times, but I know I have been training hard,” Corrigan said. “To go out and put together performances when it matters most and show my strength was really encouraging. It reminded me that I need to continue to trust in what my coach is asking me to do."
The junior also became just the fourth distance runner since 2010 to be the high-point scorer of the Big 12 Championship with 20 points.
BYU would pick up six more points in the event with Joey Nokes finishing sixth, 13:36.81, followed by Luke Grundvig (13:38.71) and Davin Thompson (13:38.56) finishing seventh and eighth.
Following a weather delay, Trey Jackson, Jonah Heimuli, Eli Hazlett and Josh Taylor concluded the championships with a runner-up finish in the 4x400-meter as the quartet ran the fifth-fastest time in program history, 3:03.62.
Tyler Mathews had a strong showing in his first outdoor conference meet as the freshman finished third in the 800-meters with a personal best time of 1:46.19. Sebastian Fernandez finished ninth running 1:48.52.
Logan Hubler went under 51 seconds in the 400-meters for the second time at the championships running 50.84 to finish fifth and add four points to BYU’s total.
Brayden Dahl, Dallin Draper, Riley Hunt and Logan Hubler opened the scoring for the Cougars as the quartet ran a seasonal best time of 39.78 in the 4x100-meter relay to finish fourth.
Hazlett and Jackson combined to score three points in the 400-meters finished seventh and eighth respectively. Hazlett ran 46.28 out of Lane 8 while Jackson ran 46.34 out of Lane 7.
Carter Cutting earned his first podium finish outdoors as the sophomore finished eighth in the 1,500-meters running 3:42.74 to secure another point for the Cougars.
Competing in his third event of the weekend, Danny Bryant finished 12th in the discus with a mark of 54.28m/178-1on his first attempt of the competition.
Austin Cox finished ninth in the pole vault as the senior had a seasonal best clearance of 5.21m/17-1.
Up Next
The Cougars will compete at the NCAA West Preliminary Round on May 28-31 in College Station, Texas.