Lady Bison Crowned National Champions

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – (Final Results) Oklahoma Baptist was crowned champion Saturday at the NCCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field National Championship for the second straight year.
 
The Lady Bison dominated the field at the Kerr-Pegula Field House with 227 points, more than doubling the score of runner-up Dallas Baptist at 113. Bethel (Ind.) finished with 71 points in third place.
 
With the win, OBU kept alive an incredible streak of eight consecutive calendar years with a women's track and field national championship, dating back to 2010. This marks the 11th national championship for the program and eighth indoor championship, all coming with head track and field coach Ford Mastin at the helm.
 
"The championships are won in the fall when [the athletes] show tremendous work ethic. You can tell if they're going to win in the spring back in October if they do the little things at a high level," said Mastin.
 
"The girls did almost exactly what we thought they would heading into the meet. They just took care of business," said Mastin. "Every event was contested but we were in almost every event."
 
Oklahoma Baptist placed first in eight events, established six new facility records, and 18 athletes earned 27 All-America honors.
 
McKae Mitchell finished second in the 60 meters (7.86) and the 200 meters (24.78).
 
Shariah Anderson took eighth in the 60 meters with a finals time of 8.09.
 
OBU dominated the 200 meters, with Leah Molter (25.70) taking fifth place, Candis Rodgers (25.98) finishing sixth, and Anderson (26.20) claiming seventh place.
 
The 400 meters final featured five Lady Bison runners in the top six spots. Kya Barnes (56.81), Abigail Mayfield (58.37), Kysha Miller (58.81), Breanna Hurlbut (58.98), and Rodgers (1:00.76) finished second through sixth, respectively.
 
Destinee Allen set a new facility record when she was crowned champion in the 800 meters in 2:17.69. Shimoya Currie was runner-up in 2:18.13, and Sarah Gilstad crossed in seventh place in 2:22.74.
 
Three Lady Bison scored in the 3000 meters, paced by champion Sydney Lawrence in 10:13.90. Emily Sechrist took fourth in 10:26.01 and Kaylee Large was sixth in 10:34.20.
 
Kaylee Large won the 5000 meters in a facility-record 17:31.38 Friday evening. Sechrist (17:55.09) and Lawrence (17:56.04) finished fifth and six.
 
Molter was crowned champion in the 60 meter hurdles, setting a new facility record at 8.71. Lacey Herbert (9.40) finished fourth and Kimberly Mead (9.84) took seventh in the event.
 
The Lady Bison took first in three relays and finished runner-up in the distance medley relay. On Friday a team of Mitchell, Anderson, Rodgers, and Molter set a new facility record in the 4x200 meter relay at 1:41.45. Gilstad, Miller, Allen, and Tesa Potter finished second in the DMR Friday with a time of 12:30.41.
 
Mitchell, Ruth King, Mayfield, and Barnes won the 4x400 meter relay in a Kerr-Pegula Field House facility-record 3:53.11.
 
OBU took the 4x800 meter relay in 9:41.98 with a team of Currie, Potter, Gilstad, and Allen.
 
Sydney Long finished second in the high jump with a height of 1.57 meters, fourth in the long jump Friday in a distance of 5.36 meters, and sixth in the triple jump at 10.53 meters.
 
Raigan Servati was seventh in the high jump at 1.52 meters.
 
Mead was fifth in the long jump Friday at 5.32 meters.
 
Carleigh Neal took fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 10.78 meters, and was runner-up in the pentathlon Friday with 2905 points.
 
The Lady Bison had two top-four finishes in the shot put. Brittany Poe was crowned national champion with a throw of 12.25 meters, and Mead took fourth in 11.66 meters.
 
Herbert won the pentathlon Friday with a facility-record 3172 points, and Servati was fourth with 2720 points.
 
The women's track and field program is the most successful program in Oklahoma Baptist postseason history, winning 11 of the 27 total national championships claimed by teams on Bison Hill.

 

NCCAA WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-AMERICA
ATHLETE	EVENT
Destinee Allen	4x800m Relay, DMR
Shariah Anderson	4x200m Relay
Kya Barnes	400m, 4x400m Relay
Shimoya Currie	4x800m Relay
Sarah Gilstad	4x800m Relay, DMR
Lacey Herbert	Pentathlon
Ruth King	4x400m Relay
Kaylee Large	5000m
Sydney Lawrence	3000m
Sydney Long	High Jump
Abigail Mayfield	400m, 4x400m Relay
Kysha Miller	DMR
McKae Mitchell	60m, 200m, 4x200m Relay, 4x400m Relay
Leah Molter	60m Hurdle, 4x200m Relay
Carleigh Neal	Pentathlon
Brittany Poe	Shot Put
Tesa Potter	4x800m Relay, DMR
Candis Rodgers	4x200m Relay