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OKLAHOMA STATE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Big 12 Indoor Championships Feb. 22-23, The Lied Recreational Center, Ames, Iowa. The Basics The Oklahoma State men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to The “Fab Five” Ames, Iowa for the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships this Friday OSU Women’s Schedule at the Raul Botezan, Tom and Saturday. Friday’s events begin at 10 a.m., and Saturday’s events get Big 12 Championships Farrell, Kirubel started at 11 a.m. Erassa, Fabian Pentathlon - Fri. - 5,000m- Fri. 7:50 Clarkson and Shane 3 p.m. p.m. Moskowitz have all Fans will be able to follow the action in Ames at cyclones.com and on Twitter, Jordan Highsmith Jackie Campos run sub-four minute using the hashtag #Big12TF Victoria Fratczak 600 Yards - Sat. Victoria Hanna miles this season, with the latter four From Head Coach Dave Smith 2:30 p.m. Erika LaCroix Clara Nichols doing it in the same Long Jump -Fri. meet on Jan. 26 On the men improving on last year’s sixth-place team finish: 800m - Sat. 3:40 4 p.m. at the Razorback “I hope so. We have a good group of guys. The hard thing is, when you have p.m. Taylor Stolt Invitational. Mihaela Bobos guys who are this good and will go on to the national meet followed by a long outdoor season, it’s about balancing how many competitions they do, and Natalja Piliusina Triple Jump - Sat. Kendra Woodson 12 p.m. No other school what is in their best interest at the same time, while putting together a good Jordan Highsmith in the country has team performance at the conference level. There’s a balance there. You have 1,000m - Sat. 3:20 Taylor Stolt had more than two to figure out where you have to scale guys back to help them out.” p.m. runners break the Adela Hofmannova Shot Put- Sat. 12 p.m. four-minute mark On how to run the people who do really well in multiple events, and could this season. impact the team score: Mile - Sat. 2:10 Chase Ealey p.m. Kate Kujawa Weight Throw - Five of the 23 “Again, it’s a balancing act. For example, Tom Farrell. Not only will he run well Fri. 3 p.m. sub-four minute in the indoor season, he will in the outdoor season as well, all the way through 3,000m - Sat. 4:20 Caitlin Way times registered on p.m. outdoor nationals. Then, the NCAA list (21.7 he will go to England Jackie Campos Victoria Fratczak percent) belong to this summer and run OSU Men’s Schedule at the Victoria Hanna these Cowboys, and his national trials, and Big 12 Championships Monika Juodeskaite all five times are also hopefully be competing at Kate Kujawa in the top 18 marks Erika LaCroix the world championships 200m - Sat. 4:10 3,000m - Sat. High Jump- ran this season. p.m. 4:45 p.m. CT Sat. 12 p.m. in August. There’s no break for guys who are Isaiah Anderson Tommy Casey Taylor Buck Fabian Clarkson that good, so we have to 400m - Sat. 3:10 Kevin Colón Weight Throw - be careful” p.m. Kirubel Erassa Fri. 6 p.m. Isaiah Anderson Tom Farrell Nick Miller Leading Lady Brian Gohlke 800m - Sat. 3:50 Shadrack Kipchirchir 4X400m - Sat. Natalja Piliusina is the nation’s No. 5 runner in the women’s 800 meters with a On having success outside mark of 2:04.35, and she’s No. 4 in the mile at 4:32.26. of distance running: p.m. Girma Mecheso 5:25 p.m. Lance Gray Taylor Monaghan Isaiah Anderson Tyler Payton Shane Moskowitz Raul Botezan Piliusina is coming off a 2012 indoor season where she captured her second- “It’s really important. We Craig Nowak Lance Gray straight Big 12 conference title in the 800m and was runner up in the same have to branch out. We’re 1,000m - Sat. David Osborn Tyler Payton event at the NCAA national meet. She also hit a new personal best in the 800 2:50 p.m. Neal Smith Austin Wright building a facility that will meters with a school-record 2:03.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational. field a complete team. Raul Botezan Justin Vilhauer Taylor Monaghan Zach Wills Guys like Nick Miller, Cody Austin Wright DMR - Fri. 9 Kenny and Taylor Buck 5,000 meters- p.m. will help us out. Isaiah Mile - Sat. 2:20 Fri. 8:15 p.m. Raul Botezan Record Breakers Anderson is coming over p.m. Kevin Colón Fabian Clarkson Tommy Casey Brian Gohlke Lance Gray Natalja Piliusina and Shadrack Kipchirchir are rewriting the indoor track and now that he’s done with field record books at Oklahoma State. football, and sprinting Kirubel Erassa Girma Mecheso Tyler Payton Tom Farrell David Osborn Justin Vilhauer for us. We’re branching Korey Krotzer Neal Smith Piliusina already had the school records in the 800m and 1,000m when she out a bit and I’m excited Shane Moskowitz Zach Wills went to Seattle for the Husky Classic. In the mile, which isn’t her main event, about it.” Craig Nowak she broke the school record, running a 4:32.26, giving her three OSU indoor records. OSU MEDIA RELATIONS Track & Field [email protected] CONTACT BLAKE ZIMMERMAN | Graduate Assistant O: 405-744-3654 | C: 918-406-6419 Big 12 Indoor Championships 1 OKLAHOMA STATE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD She brought the team back from eight seconds down to finish in 11:19.42. In the same meet, Kipchirchir ran the 5,000 meters in 13:38.57, destroying the Caileigh Glenn, Mihaela Bobos and Kate Kujawa were the other members of previous school record by more than six seconds. He is now ranked No. 3 in the the team. nation in the 5,000m. Miller also had an impressive outing, scoring a runner-up finish in the weight World Ranking throw, with a distance of 19.01m/62- Nick Miller is ranked 13th in the world in the 6kg under-20 hammer throw, 4.50. according to the IAAF 2012 top list. OSU Men on the NCAA List Mile Miller recorded a throw of 67.56m/221-08 in Livingston, Scotland, last June at Piliusina won her second straight conference title in the 800 meters, 7. Raul Botezan - 3:57.79 the Hammerama meet to earn a spot among the world’s best. 10. Tom Farrell- 3:58.20 finshing in 2:07.43. 11. Kirubel Erassa-3:58.24 Miller is coming off an impressive freshman year that was highlighted by 17. Fabian Clarkson- 3:59.47 a Big 12 championship in the hammer throw. He became the first Cowboy The men placed sixth in the meet with a 18. Shane Moskowitz- 3:59.48 athlete to win an outdoor conference title in the hammer throw since Wallace team score of 52 points, just one point Thornberry in 1901. Miller also set an Oklahoma State school record when he shy of fifth-place Baylor’s 53. The sixth- 3,000m 6. Kirubel Erassa - 7.50:92 launched a 7.26 kilogram hammer 67.56m/221-08 at the Hammerama meet in place finish is the highest OSU has placed 9. Tom Farrell - 7:51.77 Scotland. at the indoor conference meet since 15. Fabian Clarkson - 7:53.92 1989 when it placed sixth at the Big 8 28. Shadrack Kipchirchir - 8:00.41 Last Time Out - Men Indoor Championship. At the Husky Classic, Shadrack Kipchirchir blew past the indoor school record in 43. Justin Vilhauer - 8:04.39 the 5000 meters by more than six seconds, finishing in 13:38.57. The run was The men were led by Farrell and Erassa, 5,000m also a personal best for Kipchirchir. who each earned all-Big 12 recognition in 3. Shadrack Kipchirchir - 13:38.57 the mile and 3,000 meters. Farrell placed Raul Botezan became the fifth OSU male to achieve a sub-four minute mile this second in the mile with a time of 4:06.47 Weight Throw 9. Nick Miller - 20.97m/ 68-09.75 season, running it in 3:57.79. That mark was a personal best for Botezan, and and sixth in the 3,000 meters with a time the second-fastest mile in OSU history. He finished in fifth place. of 8:04.14, while Erassa ran a 4:07.35 to place eighth in the mile and came in The Cowboys set seven personal bests in the 3000 meters. In the 3000m invite, second in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:02.98. Kirubel Erassa (7:50.92), Tom Farrell (7:51.77) and Fabian Clarkson (7:53.92) registered the second, third and seventh-fastest 3000m times in OSU history. Botezan also earned all-Big 12 honors for his third-place performance in the They placed fourth, fifth and eleventh in the event, respectively. 1,000-meter race. His time of 2:24.60 ranks as the third-best 1K time in OSU history. In the 3000m run, Justin Vilhauer, Brian Gohlke, Neal Smith and David Osborn all set personal records. Vilhauer’s time of 8:04.39 was good enough to win the event. At the Tyson Invitational, in the Men’s 800 meter Olympic division, junior Tyler OSU Women on the Big 12 Performance List Payton finished in fifth, with a time of 1:51.07.