Complete Results

The BU junior, who finished second last season and third in her freshman campaign in the event, finally got to stand on the top step of the podium for the first time in her career by clearing 14-5.25 [4.41m].

However, Rhodes' run to be the first BU female athlete to ever win a conference pole vault crown was not without drama. She entered the competition at 13-7.5 [4.06m] and cleared that and the next bar on her first attempts.

With three competitors remaining in the event, the Waco, Texas, native missed on her first two attempts at 14-1.75 [4.31m], but cleared the bar on her last attempt to be just one of two athletes to make it to the 14-3.5 [4.36m] height. After Texas' Kally Long missed on her first attempt at that bar, Rhodes cleared it to put the pressure on Long. The UT sophomore passed to the next height of 14-5.5 [4.41m] and missed her next two attempts, while Rhodes cleared that title-winning bar on her third try.

The Bears also had four other competitors claim All-Big 12 honors on the second day of the meet. In the shot put, Cion Hicks placed fifth with a personal-best throw of 56-1 [17.09m]. The BU junior opened the competition with a then-PR of 54-10.75 [16.73m] and then promptly uncorked the second-best throw in school history on her second attempt. The Copperas Cove, Texas, product fouled on her next four attempts, but still claimed the third-straight All-Big 12 shot put honor of her career.

To open the day, Hunter Powell and Chase Hood both recorded points for the Bears in the decathlon. Powell, who entered the day in sixth, moved up to finish fifth with 6,636 points. The sophomore Bear recorded personal-bests in all five events Saturday, highlighted by the third-best discus throw at 117-0 [35.67m]. Meanwhile, Hood had the top pole vault (16-0.75 [4.90m]) and javelin marks in the competition (173-2 [52.79m)] to hold his eight-place standing and tally 6,563 points.

On the final day of the heptathlon competition, Carly Grandcolas entered the day in ninth-place and worked her way up to seventh to earn the second-straight all-conference accolade of her career. Grandcolas recorded the third-best long jump of the day (17-10.75 [5.45m] and also set a PR in the javelin (89-10 [27.38m], which allowed her to finish with a 4,016 point total for the two days of competition.

In the preliminary round of the running events, the Bears had 11 athletes earn 12 entries in to Sunday finals.

Kiana Horton was the lone Bear to qualify in two events as she had the second-fastest qualifying time in the 100 meters with a time of 11.45 and then closed out the night by finishing second in her heat of the 200-meter dash in 23.39.

On the men's side, Baylor had two events in which two athletes qualified. In the 400 meters, freshman Wil London won his heat and recorded the second-fastest qualifying time in 46.18, while junior George Caddick qualified on time with a mark of 46.44 in his first quarter mile race of the 2016 outdoor season. Meanwhile, Antwuan Musgrove (53.69) and Robert Dutton (54.21) each will be in the 400-meter hurdle final on Sunday. On the women's side in that event, Kiana Hawn placed second in her heat to make the final with a mark of 1:00.21.

In the women's middle distances, Olicia Williams ran her first outdoor 800 meters of the season and auto-advanced by placing second in her heat with a time of 2:06.25. Maggie Montoya opened BU's running on day two by auto-advancing in the 1,500 meters with a third-place finish in her heat with a time of 4:22.36.

The Bears also had two athletes that just slipped into the finals. First in the 100-meter dash, Malik Wilson recovered from a slow start and ran a personal-best time of 10.41, which tied him with two other runners for the final qualify spot. When each athlete's time was expanded to the thousandths of a second, Wilson advanced by .002 (10.401 to 10.403).

Meanwhile in the 800 meters, Brandon Moore has a chance to go for a third-straight All-Big 12 honor Sunday after he had the eighth-best time in that race at 1:50.53.

Rhys Phillips got an automatic entry into the finals of the 110-meter hurdles, after only eight competitors entered the event.

OTHER NOTABLES
- With the bulk of Baylor's point projected to come on Sunday, the Baylor women are currently seventh with 16 points, while the men are ninth with five points.
- By comparison, Baylor's 11 athletes, who qualified on Saturday are one less than last year.
- Chelsea Orr was one spot out of qualifying in the 1,500 meters. Her time of 4:29.99 was just over a second out of the finals (4:23.98).

TOP QUOTE #1
"Overall, it was a good day for all of those that competed. We had some outstanding performances highlighted by Annie Rhodes. It was great watching her battle in the pole vault and to see her win a Big 12 title I couldn't be happier for her. Earlier in the day, our multis battled hard. Cion (Hicks) had a great day in the shot put. This is one of the toughest shot put conferences in the country right now and it was an outstanding competition. We also had a lot of folks qualify today and do what they needed to do." - head coach Todd Harbour on the second day of the Big 12 Championship

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor athletes will be back on Sunday for the final day of the Big 12 Track and Field Championships. Field events start at 11 a.m. and running events get underway at 4:30 p.m.

To stay current on all things Baylor Track, follow the team on Twitter: @BaylorTrack.

Total Qualifiers (11 individuals/12 entries)
Women (4 individuals/5 entries)
Kiana Hawn (400 Hurdles), Kiana Horton (100m, 200m), Maggie Montoya (1,500m), Olicia Williams (800m)

Men (7 individuals, 7 entries)
George Caddick (400m), Robert Dutton (400 Hurdles), Wil London (400m), Brandon Moore (800m), Antwuan Musgrove (400 Hurdles), Rhys Phillips (110 Hurdles), Malik Wilson (100m)

COMPLETE BAYLOR RESULTS
(Q=qualified by heat finish or q = qualified by time for finals)
Note: preliminary places are based on way qualified, not necessarily on time.

100 Meters
Women's Prelims
2. Kiana Horton (FR) - 11:45Q
11. Justise Dayries (SR) - 11.74
16. Juanita Mainoo (SO) - 11.98

Men's Prelims
8. Malik Wilson (SO) - 10.41q (career best)
21. Cody Cunningham (FR) - 11.05

200 Meters
Women's Prelims
6. Kiana Horton (FR) - 23.39Q
14. Juanita Mainoo (SO) - 24.20
15. Ashley Fields (JR) - 24.40 (season best)
-- Justise Dayries (SR) - DNS

Men's Prelims
11. Malik Wilson (SO) - 21.44
19. Cody Cunningham (FR) - 22.49

400 Meters
Women's Prelims
12. Ashley Fields (JR) - 55.84 (season best)
23. Kaitlynn Lindsey (SO) - 59.01

Men's Prelims
2. Wil London (FR) - 46.18Q
5. George Caddick (JR) - 46.44q (season best)
12. Caleb Dickson (FR) - 47.57
15. Isaiah Duke (SR) - 48.06

800 Meters
Women's Prelims
4. Olicia Williams (SR) - 2:06.25Q (season best)
11. Jessica Purtell (JR) - 2:09.51
15. Charlotte Myers (SR) - 2:10.78 (season best)
19. Amanda Dillon (FR) - 2:14.07

Men's Prelims
8. Brandon Moore (JR) - 1:50.53q
19. Danny Leland (FR) - 1:56.32

1,500 Meters
Women's Prelims
5. Maggie Montoya (JR) - 4:22.36Q
9. Chelsea Orr (SR) - 4:24.99

Men's Prelims
17. Matt Parham (SO) - 3:57.07 (career best)
19. Chris McElroy (SR) - 3:57.56
20. Greg Bostick (SR) - 3:58.24
23. Eric Anderson (SO) - 4:05.77

100 Hurdles
Women's Prelims
12. Taije Jordan (SR) - 14.26 (season best)

400 Hurdles
Women's Prelims
4. Kiana Hawn (SO) - 1:00.21Q
14. Taylor Houston (JR) - 1:06.83

Men's Prelims
5. Antwuan Musgrove (FR) - 53.69Q
7. Robert Dutton (SO) - 54.21q
11. Nick Ucherek (SR) - 57.28

Long Jump
Women
14. Danylle Kurywchak (SR) - 18-0.25 [5.49m]

Pole Vault
Men
1. Annie Rhodes (JR) - 14-5.5 [4.41m] (second best in school history)

Shot Put
Women
5. Cion Hicks (JR) - 56-1 [17.09m] (personal-best, second best in school history)

Men
-- Desmine Hilliard (SR) - Foul

COMBINED EVENTS
Heptathlon #5 - Long Jump
3. Carly Grandcolas (JR) - 17-10.75 [5.45m]

Heptathlon #6 - Javelin Throw
8. Carly Grandcolas (JR) - 89-10 [27.38m] (personal best)


Heptathlon #7 - 800 Meters
7. Carly Grandcolas (JR) - 2:26.47

Heptathlon Final Standings
7. Carly Grandcolas (JR) - 4,016 pts. (second-straight All-Big 12 honor)

Decathlon #6 - 110m Hurdles
8. Hunter Powell (SO) - 16.29 (career best)
9. Chase Hood (SO) - 16.49 (career best)

Decathlon #7 - Discus Throw
3. Hunter Powell (SO) - 117-0 [35.67m] (career best)
9. Chase Hood (SO) - 95-5 [29.08m] (career best)

Decathlon #8 - Pole Vault
1. Chase Hood (SO) - 16-0.75 [4.90m]
5. Hunter Powell (SO) - 14-1.25 [4.30m] (career best)

Decathlon #9 - Javelin Throw
1. Chase Hood (SO) - 173-2 [52.79m]
3. Hunter Powell (SO) - 165-9 [50.52m] (career best)

Decathlon #10 - 1500m
5. Hunter Powell (SO) - 4:51.78 (career best)
10. Chase Hood (SO) - 5:29.14 (career best)

Decathlon Final Standings
5. Hunter Powell (SO) - 6,636 pts. (career best)
8. Chase Hood (SO) - 6,463 pts. (career best)