Tulsa Men’s Track & Field Finishes Second at American Indoor Conference Championships; TU Women Place 10th

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Tulsa Men’s Track & Field Finishes Second at American Indoor Conference Championships; TU Women Place 10th

2/29/2016 5:38:00 PM | Track and Field

By: Drake Allen

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Bryce Robinson and Marc Scott won individual championships to lead The University of Tulsa men's track and field team to a second place finish at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, which concluded Monday at the Birmingham Crossplex. The Tulsa women's team finished the conference championships in 10^th place.

The TU men collected 147 team points, finishing five points shy of Houston. The women's team totaled 32 points at the meet. The Golden Hurricane collected a total of four event titles over the weekend.

Senior Bryce Robinson won the men's 200-meter dash with a time of 20.78, and it marks his fourth time this season that he has won an event title in the 200-meter dash. Junior Marc Scott won the men's one-mile run with a time of 4:09.52. Scott was named the co-performer of the league meet after finishing runner-up in the 5,000-meter run and the 3,000-meter run, before going on to win the men's one-mile run.

The Tulsa men also recorded four top-five finishes in the 3,000-meter run as Marc Scott finished second, Tim Rackers finished third, Luke Traynor fnished fourth and Benjammin Preisner finished fifth. Tulsa also had two more athletes that finished in the top-ten in that event as Ellis Coon finished seventh, and Adam Roderique finished ninth. The Hurricane picked up 25 team points in that event alone.

Other men's athletes with notable performances were Bailey Stewart who finished runner-up in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.62, and Simon Greiner who finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.47

TU's Olivia Lopez finished runner-up in the women's 3,000-meter run, while her teammate Stacie Taylor placed sixth with a time of 9:48.53.

To view this weekend's results click here.

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Men's Team Rankings – 17 Events Scored
1.         Houston          152
2.         Tulsa              147
3.         UConn                        94
4.         Cincinnati        77
5.         Memphis        71
6.         USF                 62
7.         ECU                58

Women's Team Rankings – 17 Events Scored
1.         UConn                        110
2.         Cincinnati        98.5
3.         UCF                91.5
4.         SMU               69
5.         ECU                57
6.         Tulane             55
7.         Memphis        54
8.         Temple            44
9.         Houston          35
10.       Tulsa              32
11.       USF                 17

Day 2 Results of th American Indoor Championships:

Women's 1 Mile Run:
9.         Emma Galbraith          5:02.04
17.       Avery Culpepper       5:07.31

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

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

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

Women's 3,000-Meter Run:
2.         Olivia Lopez               9:44.01
6.         Stacie Taylor               9:48.53
21.       Avery Culpepper       10:14.00
22.       Nicole Lee                   10:14.17

Women's 4x400-Meter Relay:
5.         Tulsa                           3:44.45            (K. Jones, C. Lyons, Q. Patterson, C. Fogle)

Women's Shot Put:
21.       Cecilya Johnson          11.27m (36-11.75)

Men's Shot Put:
11.       Alex Lybarger             15.63m (51-3.50)

Men's Triple Jump:
6.         Paul Akintade             14.45m (47-5.00)

Men's 1 Mile Run:
1.         Marc Scott                  4:09.52
3.         Ellis Coon                   4:11.00
4.         Mark Middleton         4:12.09
5.         Braydon Rennie          4:12.30
6.         Elijah Silva                  4:14.27

Men's 400-Meter Dash:
2.         Bailey Stewart 47.62
15.       Austin Hostetler         49.57

Men's 60-Meter Dash:
3.         Bryce Robinson          6.65
7.         Otugo Ananaba           6.90

Men's 800-Meter Run:
3.         Simon Greiner 1:49.47
5.         Robert Tully               1:51.33
8.         Elijah Silva                  1:56.98
12.       Grey Howard              1:55.40

Men's 200-Meter Dash:
1.         Bryce Robinson          20.78

Men's 3,000-Meter Run:
2.         Marc Scott                  8:16.44
3.         Tim Rackers                8:18.95
4.         Luke Traynor              8:25.08
5.         Benjamin Preisner       8:28.13
7.         Ellis Coon                   8:31.37
9.         Adam Roderique         8:33.37
11.       Isaac Dobos                8:38.60
17.       Kirk Smith                  8:44.49
19.       Stuart McNutt 8:46.66
22.       Austin Del Rosso       8:53.69

Men's 4x400 Meter Relay:
3.         Tulsa                           3:13.89            (I. Sanders, A. Hostetler, S. Greiner, B. Stewart)