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Men’s 4x400 sends senior class out in style
WACO, Texas – On its final day of competition, Baylor track & field completed its final home meet of the season on Saturday, Senior Day, at the Michael Johnson Invitational at Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium.
The Bears captured two events won in the men's 110-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay. Baylor also recognized its 25 seniors for the class of 2025 on Saturday morning.
THE RUNDOWN
Starting out in the running events, the preliminary round of the men's 110mH began with Demario Prince competing in his outdoor debut and winning the first heat to advance to the finals. In the finals, Prince put up the No. 2 time in Baylor history and earned a first place finish with a 13.44 mark.
Following up, the women's 4x100 relay squad of Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Alexis Brown and Michaela Francois showed out with a 42.89 mark, holding a stadium record, the No. 2 all-time Baylor mark and the No. 3 mark in the NCAA this season.
In the 400-meter races, both men and women earned season-best times. In the women, Baylor earned two top-10 finishes among nine heats with Mariah Ayers running for a season-best 54.36 time and Summer Sergeant running 54.42 on her senior day. For the men, Aren Spencer led in 13th place at 47.62 with Jack Jackson right behind with a person best 47.95 time.
The 100-meter sprints proved to be a strong suit for the Baylor woman as they took over the top marks finishing second, third, fourth, and sixth. Alexis Brown put up a season-best 11.23 (0.3 m/s) mark in second place while Tiriah Kelley, competing in only her second 100m event in her collegiate career, ran 11.31 (3.0 m/s) in third place. Both marks rank inside the top-20 in the NCAA this season. Freshman Hannah Lowe grabbed a PR of 11.38 (1.6 m/s) to take fourth place. Senior Michaela Francois ran her final race at Baylor with an 11.45 (0.3 m/s) time to finish sixth.
In the men's 100-meter sprint, seniors De'montray Callis and Laurenz Colbert put up a two-three finish with 10.28 and 10.41 (1.9 m/s) marks, respectively.
In the 800m, freshman Rickeisha Simms ran for a PR of 2:12.91 to lead for the women in seventh place. On the men's side, Amon Malakwen grabbed a top-five finish in fourth at 1:52.04. Additionally, Jack Sterrett (1:55.57) and Aiden Ramshaw (1:55.86) both earned PRs.
The men's 4x400 rounded the event in style with the squad of Aren Spencer, Abbas Ali, Tyler Honeyman and Nathaniel Ezekiel earning gold at 3:06.75, including an impressive 44.791 final leg from Ezekiel.
In the field events, Iyanna Webb earned her fourth straight top-five finish in the triple jump with a 42-2.75 mark. In the men's triple jump, William Sistruck jumped for a season-best mark of 46-0.75 (2.8 m/s).
In the men's shot put, freshman JL Van Rensburg grabbed his first top-10 finish of his career with a 58-8.50 to put him inside the Baylor top-10 program performers.
Competing unattached, Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi threw for first place at 253-01 in the men's javelin.
MIKE ON THE MIC
"Day two of MJ," said head coach Michael Ford. "Great, great second day. The weather held off and the rain didn't come so I was very happy with that. We had a great crowd, a lot of fans came to support the Bears in our last home meet. Just wanted to give a big thank you to our 25 seniors. They meant the world to me on and off the track, so I'm definitely going to miss them, but I was glad that we got to honor them like we did.
Overall, the track meet went well. The ladies started off with the 4x100 with a season best, No. 2 all time in school history. Those young ladies did a great job getting the stick around. I think we still got some room to improve.
Then I also look at the Demario Prince in his first race back in almost two years. He didn't run last year in the outdoor due to an injury and surgery so him to run two races, run a PB and then 42 high hurdles was a great, great meet for Demario. Laurenz Colbert had a great relay. Nate had a great relay on 4x400. The men did well on a 4x400.
I thought the ladies with Alexis, Tiriah and Hannah put together and even Michaela put together some good times in the 100m. I think a lot of PRs were raised and then overall the distance group did another fantastic job getting 800s today. Iyann Webb had a good performance today in triple jump.
Overall, we had had a solid meet. Got to get some kids healthy getting ready to go to UCF and Texas A&M before we get ready for championship weekend, but overall very happy with how the meet went. Looking forward to next year hosting maybe two to three meets next year, but overall very pleased with the group and the effort and hope everybody has a happy Easter."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor continues its outdoor season at the Knights Invite in Orlando, Florida from April 25-26.
The Bears captured two events won in the men's 110-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay. Baylor also recognized its 25 seniors for the class of 2025 on Saturday morning.
THE RUNDOWN
Starting out in the running events, the preliminary round of the men's 110mH began with Demario Prince competing in his outdoor debut and winning the first heat to advance to the finals. In the finals, Prince put up the No. 2 time in Baylor history and earned a first place finish with a 13.44 mark.
Following up, the women's 4x100 relay squad of Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Alexis Brown and Michaela Francois showed out with a 42.89 mark, holding a stadium record, the No. 2 all-time Baylor mark and the No. 3 mark in the NCAA this season.
In the 400-meter races, both men and women earned season-best times. In the women, Baylor earned two top-10 finishes among nine heats with Mariah Ayers running for a season-best 54.36 time and Summer Sergeant running 54.42 on her senior day. For the men, Aren Spencer led in 13th place at 47.62 with Jack Jackson right behind with a person best 47.95 time.
The 100-meter sprints proved to be a strong suit for the Baylor woman as they took over the top marks finishing second, third, fourth, and sixth. Alexis Brown put up a season-best 11.23 (0.3 m/s) mark in second place while Tiriah Kelley, competing in only her second 100m event in her collegiate career, ran 11.31 (3.0 m/s) in third place. Both marks rank inside the top-20 in the NCAA this season. Freshman Hannah Lowe grabbed a PR of 11.38 (1.6 m/s) to take fourth place. Senior Michaela Francois ran her final race at Baylor with an 11.45 (0.3 m/s) time to finish sixth.
In the men's 100-meter sprint, seniors De'montray Callis and Laurenz Colbert put up a two-three finish with 10.28 and 10.41 (1.9 m/s) marks, respectively.
In the 800m, freshman Rickeisha Simms ran for a PR of 2:12.91 to lead for the women in seventh place. On the men's side, Amon Malakwen grabbed a top-five finish in fourth at 1:52.04. Additionally, Jack Sterrett (1:55.57) and Aiden Ramshaw (1:55.86) both earned PRs.
The men's 4x400 rounded the event in style with the squad of Aren Spencer, Abbas Ali, Tyler Honeyman and Nathaniel Ezekiel earning gold at 3:06.75, including an impressive 44.791 final leg from Ezekiel.
In the field events, Iyanna Webb earned her fourth straight top-five finish in the triple jump with a 42-2.75 mark. In the men's triple jump, William Sistruck jumped for a season-best mark of 46-0.75 (2.8 m/s).
In the men's shot put, freshman JL Van Rensburg grabbed his first top-10 finish of his career with a 58-8.50 to put him inside the Baylor top-10 program performers.
Competing unattached, Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi threw for first place at 253-01 in the men's javelin.
MIKE ON THE MIC
"Day two of MJ," said head coach Michael Ford. "Great, great second day. The weather held off and the rain didn't come so I was very happy with that. We had a great crowd, a lot of fans came to support the Bears in our last home meet. Just wanted to give a big thank you to our 25 seniors. They meant the world to me on and off the track, so I'm definitely going to miss them, but I was glad that we got to honor them like we did.
Overall, the track meet went well. The ladies started off with the 4x100 with a season best, No. 2 all time in school history. Those young ladies did a great job getting the stick around. I think we still got some room to improve.
Then I also look at the Demario Prince in his first race back in almost two years. He didn't run last year in the outdoor due to an injury and surgery so him to run two races, run a PB and then 42 high hurdles was a great, great meet for Demario. Laurenz Colbert had a great relay. Nate had a great relay on 4x400. The men did well on a 4x400.
I thought the ladies with Alexis, Tiriah and Hannah put together and even Michaela put together some good times in the 100m. I think a lot of PRs were raised and then overall the distance group did another fantastic job getting 800s today. Iyann Webb had a good performance today in triple jump.
Overall, we had had a solid meet. Got to get some kids healthy getting ready to go to UCF and Texas A&M before we get ready for championship weekend, but overall very happy with how the meet went. Looking forward to next year hosting maybe two to three meets next year, but overall very pleased with the group and the effort and hope everybody has a happy Easter."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor continues its outdoor season at the Knights Invite in Orlando, Florida from April 25-26.
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