Baylor T&F Back in Lubbock for Big 12 Indoor Championships

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 22, 2024

Baylor T&F Back in Lubbock for Big 12 Indoor Championships
Bears compete in conference championships at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center for second-straight season
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


LUBBOCK, Texas – Baylor track and field is set to open the 2024 indoor championship season at the Big 12 Conference Championships, held at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center. Bears begin competition at 3 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.



Big 12 Now on ESPN+<https://www.espn.com/espnplus/catalog/4f080ef0-4cf0-4e0f-9c60-b43a982d5cc8/big-12-conference#bucketId=29461&sourceCollection=Browse_by_Conference> will carry the stream with James Westling and John Nownes on the call during each day’s evening session. Results will be live online through PrimeTime Timing<https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=7071>.



Fans in Lubbock can purchase a two-day $20 option or a single-day $10 option at the Texas Tech Ticket Office, near the entrance of the indoor track.



WELCOME TO CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

BU kicks off the two-meet championship stretch for the 2024 indoor track and field season with this weekend’s conference meet. The indoor season officially closes at the NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston, Mass., at the TRACK at new balance on March 8-9. Qualifiers for nationals will be announced by the NCAA on Feb. 28.



LAST TIME OUT

Before the week off, Baylor closed out the regular season in South Carolina at Clemon’s Tiger Paw Invitational. At that meet, Alexis Brown bettered her long jump program record to 21-6.25, a mark that has her at No. 3 in the NCAA this year. Nathaniel Ezekiel and Demar Francis also recorded indoor personal-best marks in the men’s quarter mile to take top-10 finishes in the jam-packed field of 80 runners.



FAMILIAR TERRITORY

No strangers to the Texas Tech indoor track, the Bears will compete in their 15th meet in the seventh season of the facility this weekend. There have been eight program records broken at the Sports Performance Center and both Nathaniel Ezekiel (2024) and KC Lightfoot (2021) set collegiate records. In its three conference meets, 11 Baylor Bears have stood atop the conference championship podium.



RECORD BREAKERS

Gary Moore Jr. (weight throw) and Alexis Brown (long jump) set program records on the first day of competition in the season-opening McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational in College Station, Texas. In the final meet of the regular season, Brown improved her PB and put another new long jump record in the books.  Junior Nathaniel Ezekiel also broke the collegiate 600-yard record in 1:04.44 at the Corky Classic, the first Bear in just under three years (KC Lightfoot, 2021, pole vault) to break a national record.



BEARS TO BOSTON

With the top 16 marks headed to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in two weeks, Baylor currently has five entries temporarily qualified to the championship meet. Freshman pole vault duo of Molly Haywood and Alencia Lentz are tied at No. 9 with their 14-5 ¼ performance at the Corky Classic. Brown is third in the long jump, Koi Johnson is 15th in the triple jump and Nathaniel Ezekiel is sixth in the 400.



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



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

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