Golden Breaks Heptathlon School Record and Sets Third-Best Mark in NCAA

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Golden Breaks Heptathlon School Record and Sets Third-Best Mark in NCAA

April 07, 2024 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track

TUCSON, Ariz. – Oklahoma State outdoor track & field continued an already impressive season with more record-setting marks at the Jim Click Shootout in Arizona and Arkansas Spring Invitational in Fayetteville.

After a dominant start to the Heptathlon competition in Arizona, Cowgirl Bailey Golden continued the momentum Saturday, breaking the school record in the Heptathlon with her score of 5,887 points. Her mark cleared her previous personal best by 82 points and puts her third in the NCAA currently as she won four of the seven events overall at the Jim Click Shootout.

For Golden, this is the second consecutive season she's won the Heptathlon at the Shootout, earning Big 12 Athlete of the Week honors for her school record performance last season.

Overall, the Cowgirls took gold in six of the seven events in the Heptathlon, with Kessiah Bemis (200 Meters) and Olivija Vaitaityte (800 Meters) winning their respective individual events in the Heptathlon. Vaitaityte took third in the Heptathlon with her score of 5,490 points and Annie Molenhouse rounded out the top 5 with a fifth-place finish.

"Bailey had a great couple of days and will come out of this meet with a solid national qualifying mark," Associate Head Coach Josh Langley said. "Annie and Katie put together a fantastic couple of days… I think everyone is walking away a little disappointed with one or two events, but that's just how the multi's go… It's never a perfect meet, which is why we'll get back to work on Monday."

Over in Fayetteville for the Arkansas Spring Invitational, several Cowboys and Cowgirls earned gold in the respective events. Isis Grant kicked things off with a victory in the open 800 Meters, followed by first-place finishes by Blair Anderson (Long Jump), Caio Almeida (400 Meter Hurdles) and the women's 4x400 Meter Relay squad of Grant, Ansley Scott, Tamara Woodley and Madi Surber.

The Cowboys and Cowgirls continue the outdoor campaign next weekend at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Pomona, Calif., and the KT Woodman Classic in Wichita, Kan.

For more information on the Cowboys and Cowgirls, continue to check back with okstate.com.

Men's Individual Results

Jim Click Shootout

Decathlon Final Standings
7. Phillip Frank - 7,270 Points
15. Crayton Shaw - 6,717 Points
19. Will Quintana - 5,051 Points

110 Meter Hurdles (Decathlon)
4. Phillip Frank - 14.96
12. Will Quintana - 15.48
13. Crayton Shaw - 15.55

Discus Throw (Decathlon)
11. Phillip Frank - 35.69m/117'1"
12. Crayton Shaw - 34.23m/112'3"
17. Will Quintana - 30.81m/101'1"

Pole Vault (Decathlon)
5. Crayton Shaw - 4.55m/14'11"
12. Phillip Frank - 4.25m/13'11.25"

Javelin Throw (Decathlon)
9. Crayton Shaw - 48.99m/160'8"
17. Phillip Frank - 39.61m/129'11"

1,500 Meters (Decathlon)
11. Phillip Frank - 4:50.85
14. Crayton Shaw - 4:55.01

Arkansas Spring Invitational

1,500 Meters
2. Ben Calusinski - 4:01.02
4. Wyatt Landis - 4:07.18
5. Grant Wilcox - 4:07.77

100 Meters
5. Carter Wikerson - 10.26

Long Jump
1. Blair Anderson - 7.66m/25'1.75"
3. Blake Wynne - 7.26m/23'10"

800 Meters
14. James Edmond - 1:59.70

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Caio Almeida - 51.56

High Jump
5. Kade Benjamin - 1.96m/6'5"

800 Meter Invite
2. Triston Read - 1:53.77

1,500 Meter Invite
3. Tate Barr - 3:57.16

Women's Individual Results

Jim Click Shootout

Heptathlon Final Standings
1. Bailey Golden - 5,887 Points
3. Olivija Vaitaityte - 5,490 Points
5. Annie Molenhouse - 5,368 Points
9. Katie Chapman - 5,289 Points
14. Kessiah Bemis - 4,932 Points

Long Jump (Heptathlon)
1. Bailey Golden – 6.02m/19'9"
7. Olivija Vaitaityte – 5.64m/18'6"
11. Kessiah Bemis – 5.58m/18'3.75"
12. Katie Chapman – 5.53m/18'1.75"
14. Annie Molenhouse – 5.44m/17'10.25"

Javelin Throw (Heptathlon)
1. Bailey Golden - 42.92m/140'9"
4. Olivija Vaitaityte - 37.93m/124'5"
8. Katie Chapman - 33.53m/110'0"
9. Annie Molenhouse - 33.47m/109'9"
12. Kessiah Bemis - 28.62m/93'10"

800 Meters (Heptathlon)
1. Olivija Vaitaityte - 2:15.13
4. Annie Molenhouse - 2:18.73
8. Kessiah Bemis - 2:21.82
9. Bailey Golden - 2:22.91
14. Katie Chapman - 2:31.56

Arkansas Spring Invitational

Steeplechase
2. Molly Humes - 11:23.53
3. Katie Armstrong - 11:31.19
4. Emma Lindsey - 12:02.78

High Jump
2. Saara Hakanen - 1.76m/5'9.25"
4. Kileigh Mixon - 1.66m/5'5.25"

Long Jump
4. Kinidi Taylor - 5.59m/18'4.25"

800 Meters
1. Isis Grant - 2:12.47
13. Jinah Mickens-Malik - 2:21.32

400 Meters
6. Ansley Scott - 56.78
16. Brilee Payne - 59.55
18. Miranda Smith - 1:01.35

800 Meter Invite
7. Madi Surber- 2:14.52

3,000 Meters
7. Abby Pickett - 10:25.37

1,500 Meter Invite
11. Krystal Rodriguez - 4:44.95

4x400 Meter Relay
1. Isis Grant, Madi Surber, Tamara Woodley, Ansley Scott - 3:46.47