To close out its home schedule for the 2026 outdoor season, Baylor track and field recorded seven wins and nine PRs at the Michael Johnson Invitational this weekend. The Bears capped off the meet with a 4×400 meter sweep.
Browsing: Tiriah Kelley
Tiriah Kelley delivered a top-10 national time in her outdoor 200 debut, while Molly Haywood reclaimed the pole vault podium. Baylor backed it up with relay improvements and personal bests across a loaded field at the Tom Jones Memorial meet.
Men’s and women’s basketball each landed their first transfer of the offseason, a Baylor alum competed at the Masters and tennis wrapped up its regular season.
Under the Texas sun and in front of a home crowd, Baylor turned its home meet into a showcase of PRs, podium sweeps and national rankings. With the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational on deck, the Bears looked every bit ready on the road to nationals.
What began as unintentional speed at a middle‑school track meet has become a decorated collegiate career. With her final months ahead, Kelley is sprinting toward an ending she’d never imagined.
Baylor men’s basketball falls in the Crown semifinals, acrobatics and tumbling finishes undefeated and baseball racks up strikeouts galore.
Fresh off multiple All-American finishes at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, Baylor begins the outdoor season with momentum and high expectations. With speed across the sprints and proven veterans leading the way, the Bears look poised to make another run this spring.
With the indoor conference season coming to a close in Lubbock, Baylor track and field earned 12 All-Big 12 honors and key qualifying marks as select Bears now turn their focus toward the final test, the NCAA Championships.
After months of stacking performances and rewriting records, Baylor track and field enters championship weekend positioned to contend. Now the Bears are looking to transform preparation into podium finishes at the Big 12 Indoor Championship.
After a record-setting first month of indoor competition, the Bears have stacked event titles and program marks across multiple events. With the Big 12 Indoor Championships approaching, early-season performances now shift from benchmarks to potential conference points.
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.
Plano junior Tiriah Kelley currently holds the fastest women’s 200-meter time in the Big 12 with the third-fastest mark recorded by a female athlete in 2025.
While outdoor conditions fluctuate around chilly temperatures, Baylor Athletics stayed warm during winter break with a busy schedule. From bowl games to the first meet of the season, now that school is back in session, it’s time to catch up on everything you may have missed since finals.
“I think we’re working toward [placing] No. 1,” Francois said. “I think it’s always a goal for everybody to be No. 1, but wherever we end up is where we end up, but it’d be nice to be No. 1.”
“I think for us right now, it’s being consistent,” Ford said. “And it’ll be a different Big 12, of course, because we’ve been adding more teams. And even next year, it’ll be different too. … But I think if we give our good effort, we’ll perform well.”
