March 12, 2015 WACO, Texas - Baylor will travel a total of nine student-athletes to Fayetteville, Ark., for the 2015 NCAA?Indoor Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center. The Bears will have one athlete in two events on the men's side and nine entries in eight women's events.
COMPETITORS
MEN | EVENT | NCAA RANK?- MARK
Trayvon Bromell (SO) | 60 Meters | 2nd - 6.54
Trayvon Bromell (SO) | 200 Meters | 4th - 20.69
WOMEN | EVENT | NCAA RANK?- MARK
Distance Medley Relay | 3rd - 10:58.52
Mariah Kelly (SR) | Mile | 10th - 4:38.00
Rachel Johnson (SR) | 3,000 Meters | 11th - 9:06.42
Rachel Johnson (SR) | 5,000 Meters | 4th - 15:40.45
Maggie Montoya (SO) | 3,000 Meters | 16th - 9:08.91
Annie Rhodes (SO) | Pole Vault | 13th - 14-0.75 [4.29m]
Raena Rhone (SR) | 400 Meters | 15th - 52.72
Brianna Richardson (JR) | Triple Jump | 9th - 42-11.75 [13.10m]
Olicia Williams (JR) | 800 Meters | 3rd - 2:03.21
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Mile Semifinal:?6 p.m. CT
400-Meter Semifinal: 6:55 p.m. CT
60-Meter Semifinal: 7:35 p.m. CT
800-Meter Semifinal: 7:45 p.m. CT
200-Meter Semifinal:?8:15 p.m. CT
5,000-Meter Final:?8:25 p.m. CT
DMR Final:?9:05 p.m. CT
SATURDAY
Pole Vault: 5:30 p.m. CT
Triple Jump: 6 p.m. CT
Mile Final:?6 p.m. CT
400-Meter Final: 6:40 p.m. CT
60-Meter Final: 7:10 p.m. CT
800-Meter Final: 7:20 p.m. CT
200-Meter Final:?7:50 p.m. CT
3,000-Meter Final: 8 p.m. CT
STORYLINES
Baylor returns three athletes that competed in NCAA?Indoor Championships, including 2014 3,000-meter All-American Rachel Johnson. The women enter ranked No. 9, while the men are 18th.
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After winning both the 3,000 and 5,000-meter races at the Big 12 Championships, Johnson will run both at nationals. The Big 12 Indoor Performer of the Year currently has owns the 11th-fastest 3,000-meter time (9:06.42) and the fourth-best 5,000-meter race (15:40.45).
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On the men's side, sophomore sprinter Trayvon Bromell has a chance to become the first BU male athlete to tally All-American indoor honors in two individual events in the same year. Bromell currently holds the country's second-fastest 60-meter time (6.54) and the fourth-best 200-meter mark (20.69). He won the 200-meter race at the Big 12 Championships
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Baylor's final returnee, triple jumper Brianna Richardson, won the Big 12 title in the event with a season-best jump of 42-11.75 [13.10m]. The junior's mark currently is ninth-best nationally.
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Among the first-time NCAA?Indoor participants, Olicia Williams boasts the highest-ranking mark. The junior has the third-fastest 800-meter time with a school-record performance of 2:03.21.
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The highlight of Baylor's season has been its women's middle distance crew, which has broken five school records. The Lady Bears took down a seven-year old school-record in the distance medley relay to log the nation's third-best (10:58.52).
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The BU men have scored points at the NCAA?Indoor Championships every year since 1981, 34 straight years. The women have tallied points at the national indoor meet in four straight seasons and in 10 of the last 11 years.
COACH'S QUOTE
"Trayvon (Bromell) has had a great season and we are looking forward to seeing what he can do. Our ladies are in eight events, so we have a really good chance to finish strong and that what we are looking to do." - head coach Todd Harbour
RESULTS
Live results for the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships will be provided by Flash Results. Access the live results through a link on BaylorBears.com. Complete meet recaps with results can be found at the end of each day of competition at BaylorBears.com.
VIDEO COVERAGE
ESPN3.com will have coverage of the event starting at 5:50 p.m. Friday Saturday. The event will be broadcast on tape delay on ESPNU March 23 at 6 p.m.
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