Track Wraps Up First Indoor Meet

PITTSBURG, Kan. – (Final Results) Oklahoma Baptist track and field wrapped up their first indoor meet of the season Saturday at the Crimson & Gold Invitational, hosted by Pittsburg State.
 
The Lady Bison met two provisional standards and the Bison had seven top-10 finishers at the season-opening meet.
 
Lady Bison senior Abby Hoover met the NCAA Division II provisional time in the 5000-meter run with a time of 16:54.81, winning the event by more than eight seconds.
 
A team of McKae Mitchell, Breanna Hurlbut, JoziRose Mayfield and Kya Barnes finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:50.73, meeting the provisional standard.
 
Leah Molter finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.90.
 
Barnes and Hurlbut each registered a top-10 finish in the 400-meter dash. Barnes was sixth in 57.32 and Hurlbut took ninth place at 58.86.
 
In the 600-yard run, Mayfield finished sixth with a time of 1:26.75.
 
Tesa Potter ran the 800-meter run in 2:14.21, which was fast enough for second place. Brooklynn James finished eighth with a time of 2:23.78.
 
Mitchell took seventh place in the 200-meter dash at 25.38.
 
OBU men dominated the one-mile run with three Bison finishing in the top five, including first and second place. Jacob Janzen won the event in 4:18.91 followed by Nathan Crowson in second place at 4:19.65. Garrett Elmore finished fifth with a time of 4:21.37.
 
Janzen also placed fourth in the 3000-meter run in 8:46.31. Blaine Whitson took ninth place in the event at 8:58.01.
 
Carlos James took third place in the 800-meter run in 1:53.85 and Dillon Phillips finished sixth at 1:55.09.
 
OBU returns to the track on Jan. 12 at the Shocker Prelude, hosted by Wichita State in Wichita, Kansas.