NORMAN, Okla. – The Texas women claimed their fourth-straight Big 12 Outdoor Championship while the Texas Tech men dominated Sunday afternoon to win the men’s team title. The 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship was hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the John Jacobs Track and Field Complex.
Texas garnered six first-place finishes on Sunday to lead the women’s standings with 197 points, the second-highest team score recorded in women’s Big 12 history, while Oklahoma followed with 127 points. Iowa State rounded out the top three with 107.5 points.
Texas Tech dominated on the men’s side taking the gold medal in eight of Sunday’s 13 events, registering a Big 12 record-high 179 points to sweep both men’s Big 12 Track and Field Championships in 2023. It marked the third time the Red Raiders have taken the indoor and outdoor championships in the same year. Texas (125 points) and Kansas (117 points) placed within the top three on the men’s side.
UT’s Julien Alfred and TTU’s Courtney Lindsey captured the High Point Award as both amassed 22.5 points, winning the 200-meters and 100-meters as well as being members of the 4x100 Big 12 champion relays.
In the finals on Sunday, six Big 12 records were rewritten. The Longhorn women ran the 4x100 meter relay in 41.89 seconds which replaces the NCAA’s best all-time mark (42.00) set by the team a month ago. Oklahoma State’s Fouad Messaoudi reset the 1,500-meter record by clocking a 3:36.59 in his second-straight Big 12 title in the event. The Baylor 4x400 men’s team broke its 25-year-old record (3:01.98) when the Bears crossed the finish line at 3:00.73.
Texas Tech claimed three new additions to the Big 12 record book as Zach Bradford cleared 5.87 meters in the pole vault, Caleb Dean finished first in the 400-meter hurdles with a 48.39 mark and the 4x100-meter relay team clocked this season’s best time of 38.24.
UT’s Alfred broke the 100-meter (10.74) and the 200-meter (22.09) records during the preliminary stage on Saturday.
Malin Smith (discus throw, 56.41), Demisha Roswell (100-meter hurdles, 13.02) and Sylvia Schulz (400-meter hurdles, 56.32) claimed individual conference championships for the Red Raider women. Kansas’ Rylee Anderson won her second Big 12 title in the high jump (1.83 meters) while Iowa State’s Cailie Logue won her second championship of the weekend in the 5,000-meter run (15:54.60). Oklahoma State’s Billah Jepkirui (1,500-meters, 4:15.74) and Gabija Galvydyte (800-meters, 2:03.66) were Cowgirls who garnered Big 12 titles on Sunday.
In addition to Alfred’s titles in the 100-meters (10.84) and the 200-meters (22.28), the Longhorn women had team wins in the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay while Ackelia Smith (triple jump, 13.75m) and Rhasidat Adeleke (400-meters, 50.58) rounded out Texas’ individual champions.
On the men’s side, TTU’s Devin Roberson won his second consecutive championship in the discus throw (59.24m) while teammate Keyshawn King finished first in the triple jump (15.95). They were joined by teammates Zach Bradford (pole vault, 5.87), Courtney Lindsey’s wins in the 100-meters (10.08) and the 200-meters (20.12) and Caleb Dean’s 110-meter hurdles (13.44) and 400-meter hurdles (48.39) victories.
OU’s Zarik Brown was crowned the 400-meter champion (44.61) while UT’s Yusuf Bizimana won the 800-meter run with this season’s national leading time of 1:45.82. KU’s Chandler Gibbens won his second career Big 12 outdoor title in the 5,000-meter run (13:48.39).
Big 12 teams will find out their postseason fate when selections for the preliminary meets will be announced by the NCAA on Thursday, May 18. The 2023 NCAA preliminary meets will be held May 24-27 in Jacksonville, Florida and Sacramento, California.
Team Standings
| Men’s |
Women’s |
| Texas Tech – 179 |
Texas – 197 |
| Texas – 125.5 |
Oklahoma – 127 |
| Kansas – 117 |
Iowa State – 107.5 |
| Oklahoma – 93 |
Texas Tech – 93.5 |
| Iowa State – 85 |
Oklahoma State – 80 |
| Oklahoma State – 82 |
Baylor – 54.5 |
| Baylor – 70 |
K-State – 48 |
| K-State – 39 |
Kansas – 46 |
| TCU – 25.5 |
TCU – 43 |
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West Virginia – 21.5 |
Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Individual Champions – Day Three
Women’s High Point Award: Julien Alfred, Texas – 22.5 points
Men’s High Point Award: Courtney Lindsey, Texas Tech – 22.5 points
Women:
High Jump: Rylee Anderson, Kansas – 1.83m
Discus Throw: Malin Smith, Texas Tech – 56.41m
Triple Jump: Ackelia Smith, Texas – 13.75m
4x100 Meter Relay: Texas (J. Alfred, E. Abba, R. Adeleke and K. Davis) – 41.89*
1,500 Meters: Billah Jepkirui, Oklahoma State – 4:15.74
100 Meter Hurdles: Demisha Roswell, Texas Tech – 13.02
400 Meters: Rhasidat Adeleke, Texas – 50.58
100 Meters: Julien Alfred, Texas – 10.84
800 Meters: Gabija Galvydyte, Oklahoma State – 2:03.66
400 Meter Hurdles: Sylvia Schulz, Texas Tech – 56.32
200 Meters: Julien Alfred, Texas – 22.28
5,000 Meters: Cailie Logue, Iowa State – 15:54.60
4x400 Meter Relay: Texas (K. Simon, R. Hebling, D. Oakley and E. Chatfield) – 3:30.38
Men:
Discus Throw: Devin Roberson, Texas Tech – 59.24m
Triple Jump: Keyshawn King, Texas Tech – 15.95m
4x100 Meter Relay: Texas Tech (A. Clayton, C. Lindsey, D. Swint and T. Jones) – 38.24* (D1 qualifier)
1,500 Meters: Fouad Messaoudi, Oklahoma State – 3:36.59*
110 Meter Hurdles: Caleb Dean, Texas Tech – 13.44
Pole Vault: Zach Bradford, Texas Tech – 5.87m*
400 Meters: Zarik Brown, Oklahoma – 44.61
100 Meters: Courtney Lindsey, Texas Tech – 10.08
800 Meters: Yusuf Bizimana, Texas – 1:45.82 (D1 leader/PR)
400 Meter Hurdles: Caleb Dean, Texas Tech – 48.39*
200 Meters: Courtney Lindsey, Texas Tech – 20.12
5,000 Meters: Chandler Gibbens, Kansas – 13:48.39
4x400 Meter Relay: Baylor (M. Moorer, H. Barr, N. Ezekiel and D. Bedell) – 3:00.73* (set by Baylor in 1997)
* Big 12 Outdoor Championship Record