Tulsa Track Claims Event Two Titles on Sunday at American Indoor Championships

2/28/2016 9:40:00 PM | Track and Field

By: Drake Allen

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After Sunday's first day of competition at the American Atheltic Conference Indoor Championships, the Tulsa men picked up two event titles and leads the men's team rankings with 48 team points. The Tulsa women finished the first day of competition in seventh place with 17 points.

Senior long distance runner Tim Rackers won his first event title of the season in the men's 5,000-meter run with a time of 4:21.38. The Hurricane also claimed victory in the men's distance medley team as Elijah Silva, Charles Johnson, Isaac Sanders and Simon Greiner combined to turn in a winning time of 9:56.46. Paul Akintade jumped 7.02m for fifth palce in the men's long jump, while Alex Lybarger placed ninth in the men's weight throw at 17.30m.

Senior sprinter Bryce Robinson had first-place time in qualifying runs for the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.64, and the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.73. Robinson's 20.73 mark in the 200-meter dash is a new meet record at the American Indoor Championships.

Stacie Taylor had a second place finish in the women's 5,000 meter run with a time of 16:49.59 to pace the Hurricane women on the first day of competition, while Nicole Lee finished in sixth place in the 5,000m with a time of 17:17.55

The American Indoor Championships are set to conclude Monday night.

For the women's Monday meet program click here.

For the men's Monday meet program click here.

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Men's Team Rankings – 5 Events Scored:
1.         Tulsa               48
2.         Cincinnati        47
3.         USF                 34
4.         UConn 27
5.         Houston          13
5.         ECU                13
7.         Memphis         12

Women's Team Rankings – 6 Events Scored:
1.         Cincinnati        38
2.         UConn 36
3.         Memphis         32
4.         ECU                29
5.         UCF                23
6.         Temple            20
7.         Tulsa               17
8.         SMU               16
9.         Tulane             11
10.       Houston          10
11.       USF                 3

Day 1 Results of the American Indoor Championships:

Men's 60-Meter Dash:
1^st        Bryce Robinson          6.64q
7^th        Otugo Ananaba           6.84q

Men's 200-Meter Dash:
1^st        Bryce Robinson          20.73q

Men's 400-Meter Dash:
3^rd        Bailey Stewart            48.23q
15^th      Austin Hostetler          49.57

Men's 800-Meter Run:
4^th        Simon Greiner             1:50.71q
5^th        Elijah Silva                  1:49.58q
7^th        Robert Tully                1:51.46q
12^th      Grey Howard              1:55.40

Men's 1 Mile Run:
2^nd        Marc Scott                  4:13.67q
3^rd        Mark Middleton          4:12.46q
4^th        Ellis Coon                   4:13.80q
6^th        Braydon Rennie          4:14.10q

Men's 5,000-Meter Run:
1^st        Tim Rackers 14:31.28
2^nd        Marc Scott 14:33.51
3^rd        Benjamin Preisner 14:34.01
4^th        Luke Traynor 14:34.72
6^th        Isaac Dobos 14:52.40
7^th        Adam Roderique 14:55.92
9^th        Austin Del Rosso 15:10.85
11^th      Stuart McNutt 15:20.48
15^th      Kirk Smith 15:37.17

Men's Distance Medley:
1^st        Tulsa                            9:56.46 (E. Silva, C. Johnson, I. Sanders, S. Greiner)

Men's Long Jump:
5^th        Paul Akintade             7.02m

Men's Weight Throw:
9^th        Alex Lybarger             17.30m

Women's 60-Meter Dash:
20^th      Christina Holmes        7.94

Women's 200-Meter Dash:
17^th      Candalyn Lyons          24.87
22^nd      Quin Patterson          25.09

Women's 400-Meter Dash:
19^th      Cydney Fogle             57.38
20^th      Kiara Jones                  57.48
25^th      Emily Waggener         1:00.42

Women's 1 Mile Run:
11^th      Emma Galbraith          5:02.21q
17^th      Avery Culpepper         5:07.31

Women's 5,000-Meter Run:
2^nd        Stacie Taylor               16:49.59
6^thNicole Lee                   17:17.55
12^th      Alyssa Belliger            17:50.53

Women's Weight Throw:
23^rd      Cecilya Johnson          14.87m
27^th      Baylor Reese               11.79m