LAWRENCE, Kan. – Baylor track & field enters Championship Season this week at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, set from May 15-17 at Rock Chalk Park.  
 
The Bears will compete against the 15 other schools in the Big 12 Conference in Lawrence from Thursday to Saturday, with the decathlon and heptathlon kickstarting the competition on Thursday morning. BU will look to earn its first Big 12 Championship team title in program history for the men and women. The men took the Southwest title in 1963.
 
LAST TIME AT ROCK CHALK PARK
This is the first time since 2017 the Big 12 Outdoor Championships will take place in Lawrence, Kansas. At the 2017 Championships, Baylor women finished third with 123 points and the men finished fifth with 79 points.
 
Maxwell Willis won Outstanding Freshman for BU as he was the high-point scorer, earning 20.5 points with taking the 200m and the 4x400 relay titles and finishing second in the 4x100 relay and third in the 100m.
 
LEAVING A LONG LEGACY
Alexis Brown has made herself known as the top-competitor in the nation in the women's long jump event. After bringing the first ever NCAA National Long Jump Title to Baylor during the indoor season, Brown hasn't let the pressure weigh anything. During the 2025 indoor and outdoor season, Brown has won all eight long jump events she's entered. The last time Brown didn't earn gold was nearly a year ago at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships where she finished fifth.
 
During the outdoor season, Brown has jumped to remarkable records, hitting the 22-feet mark in all three meets she's competed in. At the Florida Relays at her former school, Brown became the first Baylor woman to hit 7.0 meters with her 22'11.75" (2.8 m/s) mark. Brown is the only sixth collegian all-time to break seven meters in any wind.
 
Sharpening her teammates, freshman Janae De Gannes looks to follow Brown's shoes. At the final regular season meet at Texas A&M, De Gannes leapt to a 22'0.75" mark. Baylor is now the only school in the nation to have two female long jumpers hit the 22-feet mark this season.
 
BIT BY BIT FOR NATE
Nathaniel Ezekiel looks to leave his final mark on Baylor entering his final postseason era. The Bowerman Watch List candidate has had an outstanding 2025 indoor and outdoor season thus far. Concluding the outdoor regular season, Ezekiel has finished first in every event he's competed in with the 400m, 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay.
 
At his final home meet for BU at the Michael Johnson Invitational, Ezekiel broke the BU program record in the 400 hurdles with a 48.99 mark. The Nigerian currently ranks No. 3 in the NCAA and inside the top-20 in the world in both the 400m and 400 hurdles for the 2025 season. Ezekiel will compete in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay in Lawrence this week, looking to defend Baylor's title as Demar Francis won the event in 2024.
 
AMONG THE TOP 10
The women track & field team have proved themselves to be one of the top competitors in the nation as the Baylor women enter the postseason as the No. 7 team in the nation and No. 2 in the Big 12, with the BYU women ranking fifth nationally. The ladies additionally hold four position groups in the top 10, being led at No. 1 in the long jump. Additionally, the Baylor women rank No. 3 in pole vault, No. 4 in the 100m and No. 6 in the 400m hurdles.
 
BEARS IN THE BIG 12
To earn All-Big 12 honors, a student-athlete must finish inside the top eight in their respective event. Entering the Championships, Baylor has 22 athletes that rank inside the top eight marks in the Big 12 standings. Among those 22, Alexis Brown (Long Jump), Nathaniel Ezekiel (400m & 400mH), Molly Haywood (Pole Vault) and Tiriah Kelley (200m) all rank No. 1 in the conference.
 
100 Meters (Men):
7. De'montray Callis: 10.28
 
100 Meters (Women):
6. Alexis Brown: 11.20
 
200 Meters (Women):
1. Tiriah Kelley: 22.34
 
400 Meters (Men):
1.Nathaniel Ezekiel: 44.75
 
400 Meters (Women):
7. Calisha Taylor: 52.91
 
10,000 Meters (Women):
5. Ruth Kimeli: 33.01.97
 
110 Hurdles (Men):
5. Demario Prince: 13.44
 
400 Hurdles (Men):
1. Nathaniel Ezekiel: 48.99
 
400 Hurdles (Women):
3. Calisha Taylor: 56.44
4. Jasmine Gryne: 57.24
7. Sima Lucero: 57.67
 
4x100 Relay (Women):
2. Kelley, Lowe, Brown, Francois: 42.89
 
4x400 Relay (Men):
8. Spencer, Ali, Honeyman, Ezekiel: 3:06.75
 
4x400 Relay (Women):
2. Lucero, Kelley, Taylor, Kinchen: 3:31.99
 
Pole Vault (Women):
1. Molly Haywood: 15'0.25"
2. Tenly Kuhn: 14'9.5"
 
Long Jump (Women):
1. Alexis Brown: 22'11.75"
2. Janae De Gannes: 22'0.75"
 
Triple Jump (Women):
4. Iyanna Webb: 42'11.75"
 
Shot Put (Men):
8. JL Van Rensburg: 62'0.5"
 
Hammer (Men):
2. Igor Olaru: 217'10"
 
Heptathlon (Women):
8. Logan Todorovich: 5,161 points
 
Fans looking to follow along can watch on ESPN+ or follow along with the live results on PFF Timing.