Baylor track and field gained momentum at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock on Saturday, highlighted by senior sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel breaking his own school record in the 400 meters and helping the Bears win the 4×400 relay. Graduate student sprinter Alexis Brown and junior sprinter Tiriah Kelley secured two podium finishes, leading the women’s team to an enthusiastic third-place overall finish with 64 points.
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Baylor will tie a school record of seven participating athletes set during the 2020 Tokyo Games and look to win a gold medal for the eighth time in the past nine Olympic Games.
Baylor track and field finished with nine competitors earning a medal, several personal bests and junior sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel setting a new NCAA 600-yard record from the two-day Corky Classic at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center in Lubbock.
In their final home meet of the season, the Bears gave it their all as Baylor legends like Michael Johnson watched on.
The Bears took home multiple personal bests and a couple of top-three finishes at the two-day meet.
After the three-day meet, the Bears didn’t come away empty handed at the 95th Clyde Littleheart Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Lots of Bears competed over the spring break holiday. Here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears won a pair of conference titles as well as 19 Big-12 honors.
Two sprinters from Baylor track and field aim to build on success seen this season.