Michael Ford

Director of Men’s and Women’s Track & Field at Baylor University.

[Baylor Track & Field @BaylorTrack]

GOT HER HANDS FULL

Senior All-American Tiriah Kelley is already booked in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay and still has the 4x400 left in the final event tonight at the NCAA West Prelims.

In the 200, won her heat and posted the second-fastest time overall and also the second-fastest in program history, missing her own record by .02.

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EUGENE, HERE SHE COMES!

Making it to the NCAA Championship for the first time, Serafima Lucero wins her heat and posts the fifth-fastest time in program history in the 400-meter hurdles at 56.28.

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Joined by freshman Jada Edwards and sophomores Hannah Lowe and Royaltee Brown, senior All-American Tiriah Kelley helps the Bears' 4x100 relay advance to the NCAA Championship with a time of 43.47.

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2⃣ TICKETS PUNCHED

After running the leadoff leg on the 4x100 relay that advanced to the NCAA Championship, senior All-American Tiriah Kelley makes it two-for-two, running a career PR of 11.07 in the 100 meters, just .01 off the school record.

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Royaltee Brown on the anchor leg for the Bears' 4x100 relay, bringing the Bears home with a 43.47 time that got them through to the NCAA Championship in Eugene with the sixth-best time overall and their second-best of the year.

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[Michael Ford @MichaelFordBU]

Happy Birthday @BUMoore 💚💛🎂

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🎉 Join us in wishing Coach @BUMoore a big happy birthday! 🥳

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Demario Prince cranks out one of the best times in program history, winning his heat in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Prelims in 13.22 seconds to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row.

He now owns four of the five-fastest recorded times in the event in school history.

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THIS IS A TEAM

A group with no individual qualifiers making it to the NCAA Championship, Aren Spencer, Malik Franklin, Bailey Hashmi and Tyler Honeman ran a season-best 3:02.70 in the 4x400-meter relay to punch their tickets to Eugene.

For those of you who are scoring at home, that gives Baylor seven entries and 10 individuals (including the relay members).

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2⃣ MORE TICKETS PUNCHED

Demario Prince earned a return trip to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore., clocking the fifth-fastest time in program history in the 110-meter hurdles (13.22).

The Bears' 4x400 relay also advanced, recording their season-best time (3:02.70) and the sixth-fastest overall at the NCAA West Prelims in Fayetteville.

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FAST FRESHMAN

Still in her first semester of college, freshman Success Oyibu posted the sixth-fastest time in the 200 meters at the NCAA West Prelims (22.96) and her second-fastest in advancing to Saturday's quarterfinals.

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GET 'EM HYPED!

Sophomore Janae De Gannes gets the crowd into it before her 21-foot jump that earned her ticket to the NCAA Championship in Eugene.

Saturday, she goes for the double in the 100-meter quarterfinals.

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BOOK IT

Janae De Gannes (long jump), Ruth Kimeli (10,000 meters) and Tenly Kuhn (pole vault) punched their tickets to the NCAA Championship Thursday night, joining pole vaulter Molly Haywood and heptathlete Logan Todorovich.

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HE'S IN

In a matchup of two of the premier 110-meter hurdlers in the NCAA ranks, Demario Prince outleans Texas A&Ms Ja’Qualon Scott at the finish to win his heat in 13.22 seconds and punch his ticket back to the NCAA Championship in Eugene.

Demario has had back-to-back podium finishes in national meets, placing fifth at last year's NCAA Outdoor and picking up a bronze medal in the 60-meter hurdles at this year's NCAA Indoor.

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Countries with the most athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships after Day two of four of regionals.

🇺🇸 USA [159]
🇰🇪 Kenya [24]
🇿🇦 South Africa [10]
🇯🇲 Jamaica [8]
🇬🇧 Great Britain [6]
🇨🇦 Canada [6]
🇩🇪 Germany [6]
🇫🇮 Finland [5]
🇳🇬 Nigeria [4]
🇬🇷 Greece [4]
🇦🇺 Australia [4]

[Michael Ford @MichaelFordBU]

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AND TENLY MAKES 5⃣

Joining Molly Haywood in the pole vault with a mark of 14-6.25, Tenly Kuhn gives the Bears five entries for the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore.

An indoor All-American last year, Tenly is making a return trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championship.

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BACK TO NATTYS

Molly Haywood made it 6-for-6 in making it to the NCAA Championships, punching her ticket by clearing the bar at 14-6.25 on her first attempt at the NCAA West Prelims.

Already a two-time outdoor All-American and coming off a fourth-place finish indoors, Molly's goal is to make it to the top three.

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With two of the four heats in the long jump already finished, Janae De Gannes moves into 5th place at the NCAA West Prelims with a first jump of 20-4.5. Top 12 punch their tickets to Eugene for the NCAA Championship.

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ADVANCED

Tiriah Kelley (11.36), Royaltee Brown (11.43) and Janae De Gannes (11.43) all advance to Saturday's quarterfinals in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Prelims.

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[Baylor Track & Field @BaylorTrack]

In the first of her double tonight, senior Tiriah Kelley finishes second in her heat of the 100 meters and advances to Saturday's quarterfinals with a time of 11.36.

TK has her main event, the 200 meters, coming up at 8:45 p.m.

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