LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech claimed the 2025 Big 12 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field title after two days of action at its home facility, Sports Performance Center.
The Red Raider men became the second program in Big 12 history to three-peat (Nebraska 2000-05) after TTU tallied 124 points in 19 events. The Red Raider women registered 113.5 points to secure its first Big 12 title. Both teams were the only men’s or women’s teams to register more than 100 points.
TCU’s Indya Mayberry was named the Women’s High Point Scorer after earning 20 points, while the Men’s High Point Scorer award was shared by Arizona’s Zach Landa and TTU’s Malachi Snow, who tallied 18 points.
On the men’s side, Oklahoma State finished as runner-up with 87 points, BYU in third with 84 points, Iowa State placed fourth with 82 points and Houston rounded out the top 5 with 71 points.
The women’s standings finished with BYU placing second with 72 points, Baylor third with 64 points, West Virginia fourth with 56 points and Iowa State and TCU tying for fifth with 55 points.
From the men’s winning team, TTU’s Malachi Snow earned the gold medal in the men’s 60-meter hurdles, tying the meet-record mark of 7.52 seconds. He would later place second in the 60-meter dash to share the Men’s High Point Scorer award.
During their winning performance, the TTU women scored 98.5 points Saturday and four event titles after finishing Friday’s schedule with 15 points. Naomi Krebs kicked off the women’s competition on Saturday when she took the 60-meter hurdles title with a mark of 7.96 seconds before Tamiah Washington claimed the women’s triple jump with a mark of 13.50 meters. Fanny Arendt later won TTU’s first 800-meter title since 2010 with a time of 2:02.34, while Temitope Adeshina defended her high jump title in a jump-off battle after matching her winning height of 1.90 meters from a season ago.
The TCU women picked up four titles as freshman Indya Mayberry claimed the program’s second 60-meter dash title with a time of 7.18 seconds before she bested her season-high mark in the 200 meters to 22.42 seconds. Mayberry earned 20 points in both events to win the Women’s High Point Scorer Award. Sophomore Amelliah Birdow ran a time of 1:19.02 in the 600 yards to secure the Horned Frogs’ second title in the event. Tabitha Ngao recorded a first for the TCU program as she won the gold in the 1,000 meters, clocking a mark of 2:46.31.
Lloyd Frilot claimed the TCU men’s first 800-meter Big 12 title as a late kick pushed him across the finish line at 1:47.52.
Saturday’s action began with Houston’s Grant Levesque defending his heptathlon title with an overall score of 5,971 points during the seven-event athletic contest. UH’s John Adesola ran a career-best time of 6.59 seconds in the men’s 60-meter dash to claim his first Big 12 title as KeAyla Dove, the 2025 NCAA women’s shot put leader, threw a distance of 18.29 meters to win her first Big 12 title. Antrea Mita collected the men’s high jump title with a clearance of 2.22 meters to round out Saturday’s title winners from the Cougars.
On the men’s mile side, Oklahoma State sophomore Laban Kipkemboi won gold with a time of 4:08.63. The Cowboys also kept the men’s 3,000-meter title in the program for the fourth-consecutive year as Brian Musau, the 2024 Big 12 Cross Country Men’s Runner of the Year, claimed his first Big 12 title with a meet record mark of 7:45.79.
Iowa State’s Dugion Blackman claimed the men’s 600-yard title, running a time of 1:07.79 during the event’s second heat, while his teammate Emanuel Galdino won the men’s 1,000 meters, running the event in 2:20.36. In the 400-meter run, ISU’s Rachel Joseph became the first Cyclone to win the event with a mark of 50.88.
Baylor’s Nathaniel Ezekiel set a meet record and bested his NCAA-leading mark this season to 44.74 seconds. Ezekiel would later anchor the men’s 4x400 relay team to its 17
th overall Big 12 title, finishing with a time of 3:04.78.
Leading the nation in the women’s mile this season, BYU’s Riley Chamberlain ran away with the Big 12 title in the event with a mark of 4:31.78.
After running on the winning women’s distance medley relay team, West Virginia’s Ceili McCabe earned her second 3,000-meter title with a time of 9:07.56, which bested her winning time (9:21.21) in 2023.
Three programs earned their first Big 12 titles as UCF claimed the women’s 4x400 relay with a time of 3:32.95, and Cincinnati’s Astley Davis secured the men’s triple jump with a leap of 15.79 meters. Arizona’s Trayvion White-Austin won the men’s 200 meters with a mark of 20.50 seconds before Co-Men's High Point Scorer Zach Landa claimed the men’s shot put with a throw of 19.49 meters. The Knights and the Bearcats joined the league last season, while the 2024-25 academic year is the debut season for the Wildcats.
Up next for Big 12 programs is the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships held March 14-15 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The list of meet participants will be announced Tuesday, March 4 on NCAA.com.
2025 Big 12 Award Winners
Men:
Men’s High Point Scorers: Zach Landa, Arizona and Malachi Snow, Texas Tech – 18 points
Pentathlon: Grant Levesque, Houston – 5,971 points
60 Meter Hurdles: Malachi Snow, Texas Tech – 7:52 seconds*
60 Meter Dash: John Adesola, Houston – 6.59 seconds
Mile: Laban Kipkemboi, Oklahoma State 4:08.63
600 Yards: Dugion Blackman, Iowa State – 1:07.79
400 Meters: Nathaniel Ezekiel, Baylor – 44.74 seconds*
1,000 Meters: Emanuel Galdino, Iowa State – 2:20.36
800 Meters: Lloyd Frilot, TCU – 1:47.52
200 Meters: Trayvion White-Austin, Arizona – 20.50 seconds
3,000 Meters: Brian Musau, Oklahoma State – 7:45.79*
4x400 Meter Relay: Baylor (T. Honeyman, D. Francis, D. Bedell, N. Ezekiel) - 3:04.78
Shot Put: Zach Landa, Arizona – 19.49 meters
Triple Jump: Astley Davis, Cincinnati – 15.79 meters
High Jump: Antrea Mita, Houston – 2.22 meters
Weight Throw: Gary Moore Jr., K-State – 22.67 meters
Long Jump: Blair Anderson, Oklahoma State – 7.62 meters
Pole Vault: Clayton Simms, Kansas – 5.61 meters
5,000 Meters: Casey Clinger, BYU – 13:29.61*
Distance Medley Relay: Oklahoma State (A. Stitt, J. Smith, L. Kipkemboi and F. Messaoudi) – 9:30.88
Women:
High Point Winner: Indya Mayberry, TCU – 20 points
60 Meter Hurdles: Naomi Krebs, Texas Tech – 7.96 seconds
60 Meter Dash: Indya Mayberry, TCU – 7.18 seconds
Mile: Riley Chamberlain, BYU – 4:31.78
600 Yards: Amelliah Birdow, TCU - 1:19.02
400 Meters: Rachel Joseph, Iowa State – 50.88 seconds
1,000 Meters: Tabitha Ngao, TCU – 2:46.31
800 Meters: Fanny Arendt, Texas Tech – 2:02.34
200 Meters: Indya Mayberry, TCU – 22.42 seconds
3,000 Meters: Ceili McCabe, West Virginia – 9:07.56
4x400 Meter Relay: UCF (T. Johnson, J. Newberry, K. Williams and D. Shaw-Huckaby) - 3:32.95
Shot Put: KeAyla Dove, Houston – 18.29 meters
Triple Jump: Tamiah Washington, Texas Tech – 13.50 meters
High Jump:
Pentathlon: Juliette Laracuente-Huebner, Cincinnati – 4,182 points
Weight Throw: Shelby Frank, Texas Tech – 23.32 meters*
Long Jump: Alexis Brown, Baylor – 6.71 meters
Pole Vault: Molly Haywood, Baylor – 4.56 meters*
5,000 Meters: Lexy Halladay-Lowry, BYU -15:32.52
Distance Medley Relay: West Virginia (S. Tait, C. Temple, K. Rowe and C. McCabe) – 11:09.42*
*meet record
Bold denotes Saturday title winners
Final Team Standings:
Men’s
| 1. |
Texas Tech |
130 |
| 2. |
Oklahoma State |
90 |
| 3. |
BYU |
89 |
| 4. |
Iowa State |
82 |
| 5. |
Houston |
72 |
| 6. |
Kansas |
55 |
| 7. |
Arizona |
51.5 |
| 8. |
TCU |
45 |
| 9. |
Baylor |
42 |
| 10. |
Cincinnati |
27 |
| 11 |
Arizona State |
26 |
| 12 |
Colorado |
16 |
| 13 |
K-State |
14.5 |
Women’s
| 1. |
Texas Tech |
113.5 |
| 2. |
BYU |
72 |
| 3. |
Baylor |
64 |
| 4 |
West Virginia |
56 |
| 5. |
Iowa State |
55 |
|
TCU |
55 |
| 7. |
Arizona |
52 |
| 8. |
K-State |
43.5 |
| 9. |
Cincinnati |
40 |
|
Oklahoma State |
40 |
| 11. |
Kansas |
38 |
|
UCF |
38 |
| 13. |
Arizona State |
31 |
| 14. |
Houston |
20 |
| 15. |
Utah |
13 |
| 16. |
Colorado |
10 |