COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Baylor track & field wrapped the 2025 outdoor regular season in style with two program records and seven meet records at the Alumni Muster at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station on Saturday.
 
Both running and field events caught new program records with freshman phenom Igor Olaru shattering the record twice and earning gold with his 217-10 mark in the hammer throw while junior Tiriah Kelley ran a collegiate wind legal time of 22.34 (3.5 m/s) in the 200m.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Beginning in the field events, the Bears took over with Olaru kickstarting the day with success in the hammer throw. The women's long jump proved on the No. 1 ranking in the nation as Alexis Brown and Janae De Gannes jumped to a one-three finish with Brown at 22-7.25, a new meet record, and De Gannes at 22-0.75, a new PR and the becoming just the second Bear in program history to jump to the 22-feet mark, the first ever freshman.
 
JL Van Rensburg set a new meet record in the men's shot put at 60-9.5 to earn gold. In the pole vault, Tenly Kuhn continued her impressive season with a 14-9.5 mark to earn gold and set both a new PR and meet record. In the men's pole vault, Nate Buter earned a season-best mark of 15-11. In the women's high jump, Sydney Smith earned a new PR of 5-8. In the triple jump, Iyanna Webb jumped to a bronze finish at 42-7.5.
 
Going into the running events, the 4x100 relay team of Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Brown and Michaela Francois won gold at 43.82 to grab a meet record. The next medal of the day came from Mason Dossett with a 13.79 mark in the 110m hurdles at 13.79. In the 400m, Nathaniel Ezekiel went for gold as the reigning Big 12 Athlete of the Week set a new meet record at 45.09.
 
In the 200m, Kelley's program-record performance led to finish second and Mariah Ayers grabbed an eighth place finish. On the men's side, De'montray Callis ran for a fifth place finish at 20.89 (1.0 m/s) for a season-best mark.
 
Rickeisha Simms represented the distance Bears with a 2:11.70 time in the 800m to earn silver and a new PR.
 
The men's and women's 4x400 relay teams finished the day off strong with two silver medals at 3:08.20 and 3:39.54 times respectively.
 
MIKE ON THE MIC
"We had a good meet. No one got any injuries, so definitely blessed to get back to Waco in one piece and get ready for Big 12 Championships and the West Prelim. Had some good performances, two school records with Igor breaking his school record again and Tiriah breaking the 200 record with the college wind time, so she did well. We also had seven meet records, which I don't think we've ever had seven meet records. Tenly had another PR. She's having a phenomenal season. JL had a great meet getting back to the throws. You had both Alexis and Janae both going over 22-feet which is impressive. Coach Smith is doing a great job. We had a lot of PRs today, a lot of season's best, so very pleased with the team going into Big 12s. We need to get a few kids healthy, and I think we'll be ready to go, but I think overall we had a good meet. A&M did a great job at hosting and the weather was great."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return to Waco to prepare for the postseason, beginning with the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in Lawrence, Kansas from May 15-17 at Rock Chalk Park.