Cutting crowned 1500-meter Big 12 Champion

Carter Cutting won the 1500-meter on the final day of the Big 12 Outdoor Championships Saturday evening.

Author Ethan Tanner
Cutting crowned 1500-meter Big 12 ChampionCutting crowned 1500-meter Big 12 Champion

TUCSON, Arizona – Carter Cutting took the 1500-meter title on the third and final day of Big 12 Champions at Drachman Stadium Saturday evening.

Cutting captured the title behind a 3:58.63 performance that featured a final lap where the junior overtook seven opponents to crown himself the champion. With 200-meters left Cutting was forced to move to the third lane to overtake his opponents around the final bend where a strong finish allowed him to close the distance to capture his second big 12 title this year.

Cutting also podiumed in the 800-meter final taking fifth overall in a time of 1:47.88. The Wilsonville, Oregon product was joined by Caleb Johnson in the 1500m race with Johnson taking 6th overall in 3:59.98. Johnson similarly was able to break out of the pack late to close the distance and overtake a couple runners in the final stretch. 

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The 4x400-meter relay squad featuring Josh Taylor, Jonah Heimuli, Ben Barton and Ty Oustrich took second at the meet in 3:03.71. BYU also competed in the 4x100-meter relay with a team that was composed of Taylor, Barton, Treyton Anderson and Jayden Jessee taking fifth while crossing the line in 30.01 seconds. 

Garrett Copelin finished on the podium in seventh in the 110-meter hurdles, coming across the line in a 13.75. A time that, if not for the 3.7 m/s tailwind, would have counted for the second fastest time by a BYU athlete ever in the event. 

Logan Hubler took sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with a 50.87 second performance to claim a spot on the podium.

Mark Bryant captured second in the discus with a throw of 58.08m/190-7 competing alongside his teammate Tyler Poole who finished 16th with a mark of 50.94m/167-1. Bryant’s second place performance marks a career personal record in the event, an improvement of over four meters from his previous best.

Barton made it on the podium in the high jump taking eighth with a height of 2.07m/6-9.5 joined in the event by Hayden Gribble and Connor Saunders who tied with each other for 12th with a height of 2.02m/6-7.5.

Tayvon Kitchen headlined the 5000-meter for the Cougars finishing fourth in a time of 13:52.52 with teammate Isaac Hedengren just behind him in sixth with a 13:54.77 finish. Noah Jenkins finished 16th in the event with Max Davis taking 18th and Dalton Mortensen taking 22nd.

The Cougars finished the meet with 82.33 points to take sixth as a team behind Iowa State, Kansas State, Houston, host Arizona and Big 12 team champions Texas Tech.

 

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