The Texas Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams won the Big 12 outdoor titles for a second consecutive season, according to a May 17 announcement. Both teams also completed season sweeps by winning both the indoor and outdoor championships under head coach Wes Kittley, bringing their total to 20 overall Big 12 team titles.
The achievement is significant as it demonstrates Texas Tech’s ongoing dominance in collegiate track and field competition. The men’s team secured their title before the final event with a commanding lead of 24 points, while the women’s team faced a closer contest, holding just a 1.5-point advantage over BYU going into the last race.
In the women’s decisive event, Collinique Farrington, Mekenze Kelley, Vanessa Balde, and Lovina Ewusi set a new school record in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:28.05 to take first place; BYU finished ninth. Across both programs, Texas Tech athletes topped the podium five times during the meet. Notable performances included Malchi Snow’s win in the men’s 110m hurdles at 13.08 seconds (3.8 wind), Tonie-Ann Forbes’ victory in the women’s 100m hurdles at 12.75 seconds (2.6w), Temitope Adeshina’s fifth straight high jump title clearing 1.94 meters (6-4¼), and Tamiah Washington’s leading triple jump of 13.53 meters (44-4¾) on her fifth attempt.
Field events played an important role for Texas Tech women late in the meet as McKenzie Davis placed third in discus with a throw of 54.17 meters (177-8). Olga Szlachta finished fifth and Grace Oshiokpu seventh in triple jump with marks of 13.36 meters (43-10) and 13.22 meters (43-4½), respectively.
Other notable results included Fanny Arendt finishing fourth in the women’s 800m at two minutes six point four six seconds; Brian Tinega placing second in men’s 400m at forty-five point two five seconds; Farrington and Kelley finishing fourth and fifth respectively in women’s four hundred meter dash; Kyzer Dunbar placing third in men’s eight hundred meter run; Claire Lowrey taking fifth place and Evelyn Lavielle sixth place in high jump; Titus Kimaru finishing third overall for men’s five thousand meter race.
