Baylor T&F Back in Albuquerque for NCAA Indoor Championships

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 9, 2023

Baylor T&F Back in Albuquerque for NCAA Indoor Championships
Bears take six entries to compete for a title
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Baylor track and field is in the Land of Enchantment for the second time this season to compete at the NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.



Demar Francis, Mariah Ayers, Matthew Moorer, Hasani Barr and Nathaniel Ezekiel all qualified individually for the meet, while Barr, Ezekiel, Moorer and Dillon Bedell qualify with the men’s 4x400-meter relay.



The meet begins Friday for the Bears at 6:25 p.m. CT with Ayers in the national semifinal round of the 200 meters. Moorer, Bar and Ezekiel are set to run at 8:25 p.m. CT in the 400-meter semifinal, followed by Francis at 9:25 in the 200 meters.



The Bears that finish in the eight-fastest times will advance to the finals on Saturday, while the men’s 4x400-meter relay runs at 9:20 CT Saturday night.



Francis will be making his first appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships after winning the silver medal at the Big 12 Indoor meet with a new Jamaican indoor national record of 20.46 seconds. The junior enters ranked 10th nationally with an altitude-adjusted 20.53.



Ayers returns to the national 200 semifinals for the second-straight year, taking 10th place in the 2022 edition of the championship. At the conference meet, she finished with All-Big 12 honors while running two sub-23 second races, only the second and third recorded in Baylor history.



The quartermile trio of Moorer, Barr and Ezekiel swept the podium at the Big 12 Championships and qualified to the national meet in spots No. 9, No. 12 and No. 14, respectively. All three enter for the first time in individual events and join with Bedell for the 4x400 relay with their time of 3:02.89, a Baylor program record.



The meet will be streaming live on ESPN+<https://www.espn.com/espnplus/catalog/edb3a386-604c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/track-and-field#bucketId=29794&sourceCollection=Browse_By_Sport_New> and will be re-aired Sunday and Monday night on ESPNU. Tickets are still available through the New Mexico ticket office<https://golobos.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=NCAA&linkID=unm-athletics&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=&_ga=2.66520558.1122874384.1678378315-184639791.1672934234>.



To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor track and field, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorTrack.



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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 940-564-0351

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