OSU Opens Indoor Season at K-State

December 12, 2015 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The 2015 Oklahoma State indoor track and field campaign kicked off Saturday at the Kansas State Winter Invitational.

The day-long event featured mostly newcomers for Dave Smith's teams, as seven Cowgirls and 12 Cowboys made their competitive debuts for OSU.

Miles Yapp and Bradley Johnson started the season off strong, winning their respective races. Yapp, a freshman from Georgia, won a competitive 1,000-meter race in 2:32.77, edging out the second-place finisher by a tenth-of-a-second.

The transfer from Minnesota, Johnson, put up a 1:11.88 in his debut 600-yard run for the Pokes, which was under two-tenths of a second off the 10th fastest time in OSU history, and bested the fastest time from the 2014-15 OSU indoor season.

Senior Sharod Selph led the way for the Cowboy sprinters, taking third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.85. True freshman Malik Givens finished fifth, and All-Americans Arlando Brewer-Johnson and Tyler Jackson took sixth and eighth, respectively.

In the men's 4X400-meter relay, OSU finished second, behind fellow Big 12 member Kansas State. The Cowboys sent out a team of newcomers and recorded what would have been the team's second fastest time from a season ago. Johnson, Tanner Green, Chance Galloway and Anthony Grogan ran a 3:22.75 to start off the season.

The Cowgirls also had impressive results from newcomers. Freshman Kaytlyn Larson got a win in her first collegiate race, and Megan Harris finished second, but was the fastest finisher among attached athletes. Both Cowgirls helped the 4X400-meter relay team to a second place finish.

The frosh from Minnesota, Larson, cruised to a five-second win in the 1,000-meter run, putting up a time of 2:57.82. Harris won her heat in the 60-meter dash with a 7.81, but took second overall behind the unattached Marjorie Thompson. The time would have been the second fastest from a Cowgirl last season. The 4X400-meter relay team, which also included Danielle Coleman and true freshman Amira Coleman, finished in 3:54.72 in between two K-State quartets.

All-American and two-time school record-holder Chase Ealey took third in the shot put and second in the weight throw to open the season, and Katie Kehl finished just behind her in both events taking fourth and third.

As Oklahoma State heads into winter break, so does the track and field program. The Cowboys and Cowgirls next scheduled competition is the Texas A&M Team Invitational, held in College Station, Texas, on the other side of the New Year.

*NOTE*

Craig Nowak was the lone Cowboy competitor at the Hoosier Open in Bloomington, Indiana, Saturday. He finished 15th in the 5,000-meter run's fast section with a time of 14:42.93.

Kansas State Winter Invitational | Manhattan, Kan. | Dec. 12, 2015

Men's

1,000 Meter Run
1. Miles Yapp - 2:32.77

60 Meter Dash
3. Sharod Selph – 6.85
5. Malik Givens - 6.91
6. Arlando Brewer-Johnson – 6.92
8. Tyler Jackson – 7.08
10. Anthony Grogan - 7.21
13. Cole Verble – 7.67

60 Meter Hurdles
2. Cole Verble – 9.49

600 Yard Run
1. Bradley Johnson- 1:11.88
3. Chance Galloway - 1:13.18
4. Tanner Green - 1:13.81
6. Brayden Brock - 1:14.67

300 Meter Dash
3. Tyler Jackson – 35.45
5. Malik Givens – 36.31
7. Anthony Grogan – 36.86

4X400 Meter Relay
2. Oklahoma State Team A – 3:22.75
(T. Green, B. Johnson,
C. Galloway, A. Grogan)

High Jump
5. Reid Joyner - 2.00m

Pole Vault
--. Cole Verble - NH

Long Jump
3. J. Fincham-Dukes - 7.02m

Women's

1,000 Meter Run
1. Kaytlyn Larson - 2:57.82
6. Anna Hurlbut – 3:23.19
7. Elizabeth Long - 3:29.01

60 Meter Dash
2. Megan Harris - 7.81
4. Brittany Stallings – 8.01
6. Summor Fields – 8.08
7. Stephanie Ferrante – 8.15

600 Yard Run
1. Danielle Coleman 1:29.89
2. Jillian Hagen - 1:32.19

300 Meter Dash
3. Summor Fields – 40.85
4. Stephanie Ferrante – 41.01
5. Brittany Stallings – 41.23
7. Amira Coleman - 42.33
8. Cydney Crook – 42.50

4X400 Meter Relay
2. Oklahoma State Team A – 3:54.72
(M. Harris, D. Coleman
A. Coleman, K. Larson)

Long Jump
5. Maddie Lorant - 5.01m

Triple Jump
1. Victoriia Sadokhina – 11.27m

Shot Put
3. Chase Ealey – 15.63m
4. Katie Kehl – 14.22m

Weight Throw
2. Chase Ealey – 17.81m
3. Katie Kehl – 14.69
4. Aina Maartensson - 14.58m