Baylor T&F: Nugent, Brackins Make School Hurdle History

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 11, 2022

Baylor T&F: Nugent, Brackins Make School Hurdle History
Bears recorded double-digit personal bests in Day One

For more information contact: Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1 at baylor.edu

THE RUNDOWN
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Baylor track & field team finished Day One of the Texas Tech Shootout with four gold medals overall and a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles.

Ackera Nugent stormed out in the 60-meter hurdle finals to end with a time of 7.89 seconds, which breaks her own PR and Baylor record set three weeks ago in Iowa. Kennedy Bailey finished fifth in the finals at 8.41 seconds.

Johnny Brackins won gold in the 60-meter hurdles with the third-fastest time in school history, a 7.77. Elijah Morris finished with a bronze medal in the event, recording a personal-best time of 7.82 seconds.

Kavia Francis and Imaobong Uko finished the 400 meters in first and second place, respectively. Francis finished in a new personal-best time of 52.70 seconds, and Uko finished with a personal-best 53.07 seconds. Gontse Morake finished 10th, Morgan Stewart in 13th, Cierra Wash in 18th, Lily Williams in 22nd and Jasmine Gryne in 28th.

The men swept the 400-meter podium with Trey Fields in first, Matthew Moorer in second and Dillon Bedell in third. Fields finished with a season-best 46.20, Moorer finished in a new personal-best 46.48 seconds and Bedell in 46.83, yet another new personal-best. Hasani Barr and Jayson Baldridge finished the race in seventh and ninth, respectively.

Isaiah Cunningham clocked the fastest time in both the 60-meter qualifiers and semifinals, but finished sixth in the final round, running a 6.71-second race.

Caira Pettway, Sydney Washington, Michaela Francois and Bria Bullard all qualified through to the final round of the women’s 60-meter dash. Pettway finished with a silver medal and a time of 7.28 seconds, a new personal best. Washington finished third, Francois in fifth and Bullard finished seventh.

Brackins returned to the long jump event after a week off and claimed the silver medal with a 24-3 ¾ jump.

Alex Madlock finished the long jump with a 20-7 ¾ max jump, less than an inch shy from a new personal-best. Pettway won a bronze medal in the event, finishing with 20-4 ½.

Hannah Link recorded another PR in the B section of the women’s weight throw with 56-11 ½. She ended the event in sixth place.

Briana Garcia recorded a personal best in the B section of the women’s 400 meters. Her time of 57.47 seconds landed her the sixth-place finish in the event.

Baylor gets an early start on Saturday, with the first event beginning at 10 a.m. in Lubbock.

MUSIC CITY CLASSIC

The Bears competing in Nashville matched the energy from Lubbock and cranked out a few personal bests of their own.

Ryan Day and Ryan Hodge finished the mile run in 4:11.10 and 4:15.97, respectively. Day’s 4:11 is his second-straight personal best recorded in the mile. Hodge’s 4:15 PR was earned only in the second indoor mile competition in his career. Ellie Friesen finished her mile run in 4:50.92, another new personal best. Day and Hodge are both set to compete in the 3,000 meters Saturday morning.

Aaliyah Miller won gold in the 600, finishing in 1:30.64. Miller will make her return to the indoor 800 meters Saturday for the first time since winning the national championship last winter.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Johnny Brackins and Eli Morris both recorded personal-bests in the 60-meter hurdles.
  *   Kavia Francis and Imaobong Uko finished in first and second, both recording personal bests in the 400 meters.
  *   1-2-3 finish for the men in the 400 meters with Trey Fields, Matthew Moorer and Dillon Bedell.
  *   Isaiah Cunningham got a new personal-best in the 60-meter dash in 6.70 seconds.
  *   Ackera Nugent won the gold medal in the 60-meter hurdles with a 7.89 finish.
  *   Aaliyah Miller finished first in the 600 meters in 1:30.64.

STAT OF THE MEET
7.89– Number of seconds that it took for Ackera Nugent to break her own all-time record at Baylor in the 60-meter hurdles.

TOP QUOTE
Michael Ford on the team’s performance…
“Friday went very well. I was extremely pleased with another great effort from our student-athletes. Both our men and women are just executing their races right. Again, it’s the final tune-up for conference, but I think they are running well and we just need to keep doing it. We now just have to get back tomorrow and see what we can do. We are heading the right direction going into conference, and we just have to put another good day together. For our other group at Vanderbilt, they all ran well. Coach David Barnett was very happy with how they competed. I am just overall very pleased with the group’s effort today, and we’ll get back after it tomorrow.”


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Colin Pirtle | Communications Intern (Interim-T&F/XC)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 940-564-0351

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