Teeters, Edwards Run NCAA Top Times

January 30, 2016 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – All-Americans John Teeters and Kaela Edwards put up NCAA-leading marks during day two of the Razorback Invitational, Saturday, with Edwards breaking a three-year-old school record in the process.

Teeters dominated his heat in the 60-meter preliminary round by running a 6.58 and automatically qualifying for the final with the top-time in the prelim by more than two-tenths of a second. In the final, Teeters cruised to the win, running the fastest time in the NCAA this season.

His 6.54 came within two-hundredths of a second of matching his personal best that he set during his historic 2015 season. His mark also puts him into a tie for the second fastest time in the world this season with former Baylor star and Big 12 Champion Trayvon Bromell.

"The Big 12 is a tough conference," coach Dave Smith said. "It's very deep in the sprints and John knows that, but he appears to be on a mission this year and looks as good as anyone else in the country."

Malik Givens was barely nudged out of a spot in the final by a sprinter in the last heat of the prelims who bested Givens' personal best 6.81 by two-hundredths of a second. He finished ninth overall and second in heat four.

"The sprinters executed well," sprints coach Diego Flaquer said. "Teeters is continuing to gain confidence meet by meet, which is always important. To run a 6.58 and an hour and-a-half later run a 6.54 shows he's moving in the right direction."

After a record-breaking performance in the distance medley relay Friday night, Kaela Edwards made history again, Saturday, with a school record 4:32.14 in the mile invitational. Edwards controlled the race from the gun and ended up trouncing the second place runner by four seconds. With her incredible performance, she secured a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championships and staked claim to the No. 1 time in the NCAA this season by more than two seconds.

"She ran the No. 15 time in NCAA history a day after running an even faster mile in the DMR," Smith said. "Kaela has just been really impressive and has looked great all year."

All-American Chase Ealey capped off her big weekend with a second place finish in the shot put. With her last throw of the competition, Ealey secured the No. 2 finish and broke her own school record with a 16.92m/55-6.25 mark, just a little more than an inch shy of the winning throw. The mark brought her from 18th nationally into seventh, and in the highly competitive Big 12, her mark is good enough for third.

Anna Boyert entered the Cowgirl history book with her third-place performance in the 3,000-meter invitational. By finishing the race in 9:26.10, she managed to claim the No. 6 spot on the Cowgirl top-10 list. In the Big 12, her time is the fastest this season by nearly five seconds. Nationally, she sits a half-second out of a top-10 place.

Cowboy senior Craig Nowak's 4:04.75 was good enough for a second place finish in the open mile, and Vegard Oelstad finished fourth in the mile invitational in 4:04.15.

Christian Liddell made his indoor debut and finished fifth in the 3,000-meter open run in 8:29.99. Senior Brian Gohlke finished one spot ahead of Liddell in the race with an 8:25.31.

Three Cowgirls earned top-five finishes in the 800-meter invitational, led by All-American Savannah Camacho who won the event in 2:06.67. Clara Nichols (2:06.77) and Molly Sughroue (2:07.86) finished second and fourth, respectively, with Sughroue surpassing her personal best by a second.

Cole Verble broke his personal best by more than 400 points in the two-day long heptathlon.

"He competed extremely well," Flaquer said. "Especially considering it was his first heptathlon since Big 12s in 2015."

Over the seven events, Verble ended with 4,600 points and took 14th place.

"It was a good meet overall," Smith said. "We had some bright spots and some areas where we need improvement. It's still early in the season, but we'd like to be a little more ahead. Any time you get two NCAA-leading times, though, it's usually a good weekend."

In the team competition, the Cowboys finished 11th with 20 points and the Cowgirls took fifth with 57. Host Arkansas swept the meet outscoring the second place finishers by double digits on both sides.

OSU has a weekend off before what is shaping up to be the busiest week for coach Smith and Co., as the Pokes are slated to travel to four different meets February 12-13.

Razorback Invitational | Randal Tyson Track | Jan. 30, 2016

Women

400 Meter Dash
16. Amira Coleman – 57.76
17. Danielle Coleman – 58.07
18. Stephanie Ferrante – 58.35

60 Meter Prelim
30. Megan Harris – 7.94
31. Brittany Stallings – 7.98

800 Meter Run
5. Jennifer Celis – 2:11.95
10. Kaytlyn Larson – 2:13.47

Mile
4. Aurora Dybedokken – 4:54.87
8. Natalie Baker – 4:58.89
13. Katie Spencer - 5:05.98

3000 Meter Invitational
3. Anna Boyert – 9:26.10
9. Ingeborg Loevnes – 9:32.88

800 Meter Invitational
1. Savannah Camacho – 2:06.67
2. Clara Nichols – 2:06.77
4. Molly Sughroue – 2:07.86

Mile Invitational
1. Kaela Edwards – 4:32.14
--. Jennifer Celis - DNF

Shot Put
2. Chase Ealey – 16.92m/55-6.25
11. Ieva Zarankaite – 14.09m/46-2.75
12. Katie Kehl – 13.91m/45-7.75

4X400 Meter Relay
9. Oklahoma State Team A – 3:50.99
    (A. Coleman, M. Harris,
     D. Coleman, S. Ferrante)

Men

3000 Meter Run
4. Brian Gohlke – 8:25.31
5. Christian Liddell – 8:29.99

400 Meter Dash
12. Brandon Singleton – 48.95
18. Tyler Jackson – 49.78
21. Tanner Green – 49.94
25. Chance Galloway – 50.60
26. Brayden Brock – 50.85

60 Meter Prelim
1. John Teeters – 6.58
9. Malik Givens – 6.81
14. Sharod Selph – 6.86
19. Arlando Brewer-Johnson – 6.92
26. Anthony Grogan – 7.04

60 Meter Final
1. John Teeters – 6.54

800 Meter Run
9. Tre'Tez Kinnaird – 1:50.87
15. Matthew Fayers – 1:52.01
16. Bradley Johnson – 1:52.14
23. Trenton Daniels – 1:53.15
30. Ryan Wheatley – 1:53.91

Mile
2. Craig Nowak – 4:04.75
8. Cerake Geberkidane - 4:09.41
15. Bryce Balenseifen – 4:13.87
19. Josh Thompson – 4:15.73
21. Miles Yapp – 4:45.64
--. Brigham Hedges - DNF

3000 Meter Invitational
--. Chad Noelle - DNF

Mile Invitational
4. Vegard Oelstad – 4:04.15

4X400 Meter Relay
12. Oklahoma State Team A – 3:20.67
     (B. Singleton, T. Jackson
      T. Green, A. Grogan)
13. Oklahoma State Team B – 3:22.29
      (R. Wheatley, C. Galloway,
        B. Brock, T. Daniels)

Heptathlon
14. Cole Verble – 4600
60 Meters – 7.49
Long Jump – 6.16m/20-2.50
Shot Put – 11.29m/37-0.50
High Jump – 1.84m/6-0.50
60 Meter Hurdles – 9.24
Pole Vault – 4.20m/13-9.25
1000 Meters – 2:59.20