AMES, Iowa - After the first day of competition at the 2015 Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship at the Cyclone Sports Complex, Kansas State and Oklahoma are tied atop the women’s standings, while Texas holds an edge for the men.

The Wildcats and Sooners are knotted at 25-all on the women's side, while Texas leads the men's standings with 39. The Oklahoma men are in second place with 33 points.

Kansas State’s Sarah Savatovic got the meet started with a victory in the women’s hammer throw on a toss of 66.41m (217.10) on her fifth attempt. It is the third-consecutive season that Savatovic, a junior, has won the Big 12 crown in the event. Daina Levy of Kansas took second with a throw of 65.31m.

Kaitlin Petrillose of Texas got the Longhorns in the win category by breaking her own Big 12 Outdoor Championship meet record in the pole vault. The junior went 4.43m (14-06.25) to clip Baylor’s Annie Rhodes, who topped out at 4.38m (14-04.50).

In the final women’s field event of the day, Texas Tech’s Hannah Carson won the first Big 12 women’s javelin title in school history. The junior threw 56.36m (184-11) to grab the title, edging out Elizabeth Herrs (55.96m).

Texas Tech’s Kole Weldon entered the finals of the hammer throw in second place, but launched a throw of 61.84m/202-10 on his fourth attempt to take the lead. His fifth throw was a school-record mark of 63.05m/206-10.

Reese Watson helped the Texas men get their first individual victory of the meet, as he took the pole vault title with a mark of 5.35m (17-06.50). Watson’s victory vaulted the Longhorns into a 19-18.25 lead over Kansas at the time.

Garrett Snow was a bright spot on the meet’s opening day for the Sooners, as the junior took home the men’s javelin title with a launch of 73.61m (241-06). Snow was joined on the podium by teammates Tyler Renton (4^th) and T.J. Noonan (6^th).

In the 10,000-meters race, West Virginia’s Katelyn Gillespie earned the Big 12 title. It was a career-best mark for the senior, and the second-best effort in program history.

In the final race of the day, Oklahoma State’s Kirubel Erassa and Texas’ Craig Lutz battled neck-and-neck for the majority of the race’s 10,000 meters. Erassa pulled away with a strong kick in the final 200 meters to post a career-best time of 28:50.41, while Lutz finished second with a time of 28:55.84.

Oklahoma freshman Makayla Stephens is at the top of the heptathlon standings after four events on Friday. Stephens has a combined 3,317 points after tabbing a victory in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.15 She is followed by Texas Tech’s Natalie Thompson, who trails by 55 points.

Through five events in the decathlon, another Sooner in Thomas Cheval leads the field with 3,959 points. He tallied victories in the long jump (7.10m) and the high jump (1.96m). Following Cheval is Iowa State’s Taylor Sanderson (3786) and K-State’s Adam Deterding (3763).

The second day of competition begins at 10 a.m. Saturday with the 110-meter hurdles for the decathlon. Field events begin at 12 p.m. with the men’s high jump. The preliminaries for the running events will begin at 3:30 p.m. with the women’s 1,500 meters.

DAY ONE TEAM LEADERS

WOMEN
1. Kansas State, 25 points
2. Oklahoma, 25 points
3. Kansas, 23.5 points

MEN
1. Texas, 39 points
2. Oklahoma, 33 points
3. Kansas, 24.25 points