After a bye week, the Baylor track and field teams are refueled and ready to compete in the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational.
For the second time this season, the Bears will travel to College Station to run the lanes of the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium. The Texas A&M Aggie Invitational began this morning and will conclude Saturday evening.
The women led the day for Baylor track and field, bringing home eight of the 10 wins for the Bears at the Michael Johnson Dr Pepper Classic on Saturday in Waco.
For many people, simply having the opportunity to meet professional athletes is a dream come true.
During their second meet of the outdoor season, the Bears made a huge impression on a pretty big stage.
The Baylor basketball team isn’t the only Baylor team competing in a championship game this week.
Baylor didn’t bring home the Big 12 Team Indoor Championship title last weekend — the women finished fourth, and the men fifth — but was supported by great individual performances.
In times of joy, people are often described as “glowing.” A better word could not be used to describe the Baylor track and field team on Wednesday for the media.
Head coach Todd Harbour said he gave his athletes an A- for their performances over the weekend.
The rainy conditions the No. 16 Lady Bears and No. 28 Bears’ track team endured during practice on Wednesday are a far cry from the conditions they will be competing in this weekend.
Last weekend, Baylor track headed to College Station in hopes of continuing Baylor’s athletic success.
At 5 feet, 91 pounds, freshman hurdler and sprinter Tiffani McReynolds and her tiny frame reel in curious glances at every track meet. But the back of her extra-small jersey burns in the minds of her opponents as she shoots out of the block past the rest of the pack.
Baylor’s most outstanding runners from past and present were featured on the home track last weekend at the Michael Johnson Dr Pepper Classic. World-class competitors watched as Baylor athletes and 18 other schools competed at the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex.
At 5 feet, 91 pounds, freshman hurdler and sprinter Tiffani McReynolds and her tiny frame reel in curious glances at every track meet. But the back of her extra-small size jersey burns in the minds of her opponents as she shoots out of the block past the rest of the pack.
The track and field squad dove into the record books again last weekend at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. Seniors Tiffany Townsend and Nick Lyons and junior Woodrow Randall set three university records Saturday.
Through only the second outdoor meet, Baylor’s track and field squad has claimed 13 events, broken two school records and had 19 performances in the top 15 in the NCAA. At the Bobby Lane Invitational at the University of Texas-Arlington last weekend, Baylor grabbed nine titles.
Baseball, men’s and women’s tennis, track and field and equestrian all competed over the weekend.
The track and field squad split into two groups to compete for the second weekend in outdoors fashion. The distance runners headed to Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., while the rest of the crew took Tempe, Ariz., by storm.
Concluding the indoor season with a bang, Baylor’s track and field team hit College Station last weekend to compete in the Indoor Championships. The NCAA meet was at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium, and nine Baylor field members attended.
Baylor’s squad battled the rest of the conference at the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 25-26 in Lincoln, Neb. Starting the weekend with a victory was sophomore Gavyn Nero, as he led a Baylor comeback to win the men’s distance medley relay title.
The Baylor track and field team ventured back to College Station on Saturday for the A&M Challenge. The Bears joined forces with Texas A&M and Nebraska to take on three teams each from the SEC, Pac-10 and Conference USA for the A&M Conference Challenge.
The track and field earned several medals last weekend at the New Balance Invite at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York.
After both the men and women’s track teams received Top 25 spots for this week, Baylor prepares to travel to participate in the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 28 and 29 at the University of Arkansas Randal Tyson Track Center.
