Baylor Track & Field Qualifies Nine for NCAA Indoor Championships

[Coleman, Kellen]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 4, 2021


Baylor Track & Field Qualifies Nine for NCAA Indoor Championships
The national meet will take place March 11-13 in Fayetteville, Ark.


WACO, Texas – Baylor track & field will send nine student-athletes to the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., it was officially announced by the NCAA.

KC Lightfoot, Tuesdi Tidwell, Ackera Nugent, Aaliyah Miller, Arria Minor, Kavia Francis, Lily Williams, Mariah Ayers and Sydney Washington will represent the Bears on March 11-13 at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.

Lightfoot is the No. 1-ranked men’s pole vaulter in the NCAA with a collegiate-record mark of 19-8.25 (6.00m) and is No. 3 in the world. The junior from Lee’s Summit, Mo., is the three-time reigning Big 12 Champion and a two-time indoor All-American.

Tidwell returns to the NCAA meet after being named an All-American in last year’s shortened season. The senior from Early, Texas, holds the No. 2 women’s pole vault in the NCAA with a mark of 14-7.5 (4.46m).

Nugent is the No. 2-ranked women’s 60-meter hurdler in the country after running an adjusted time of 7.93 en route to finishing as the runner-up at the Big 12 Championships. The freshman from Kingston, Jamaica, is the school record holder in the 60-meter hurdles and equaled the best U20 in world history with her 7.91 time in Lubbock.

Miller is ranked No. 5 in the NCAA in the women’s 800 meters with a school-record time of 2:02.35, set at the Iowa State Classic. The senior from McKinney, Texas, will also represent the Bears on the 4x400-meter relay.

Minor holds the No. 9 spot in the women’s 200 meters with an adjusted time of 23.10 set at the Big 12 Championships, where she placed third. The sophomore from Denver, Colo, will run on the Baylor 4x400-meter relay, as well.

Miller, Minor, Williams, Francis, Ayers and Washington comprise the Bears’ 4x400-meter relay team, which cruised to the Big 12 Championship in a season and Big 12-best adjusted time of 3:32.34. Baylor is ranked No. 8 amongst teams competing at nationals.

The 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships will be streamed live on ESPN3. Live results from the championships can be found here<https://dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.net/Indoor/2021/index.htm>.

For continued updates on the Baylor Track & Field team, follow the team's social media accounts all season long: @BaylorTrack.


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Kellen Coleman | Associate Director of Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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