Sooner Men's and Women's T & F Perform Well in Windy City Meet

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The Oklahoma Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams performed well in the Windy City Invite on Friday and Saturday. The two-day meet saw five Sooners earn first-place honors, podium finishes and 10 register personal bests performers.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the meet in Chicago.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/2/10 ... ive-titles

The five 1st Place finishers were:

• In the men's 400m Higginbottom Invitational, Richard Johnson took first place with a 46.70 time.

• Junior Nikaoli Williams closed out day one with the men's long jump title. Williams leaped to 7.64 (25-0.75).

• Freshman Kyren Washington led the men's high jump with a first-place 2.09 (6-10.25) mark.

• Junior Olivia Lueking dominated the women's pole vault invitational field for the second week in a row, earning first place with a season-best 4.44 (14-6.75) mark. Lueking's vault advanced her to No. 3 in the NCAA and is 0.01 meters away from cruising past her personal best and her own school indoor record.

• A first-place finish for senior Paige Low highlighted the women's shot put group. Low's personal-best 17.17 (56-4) mark landed her in the NCAA's top 15 and at No. 4 on OU's all-time performance list.

Additional Podium Finishers were;

• Sophomore BJ Green grabbed third place in the men's long jump with a 7.00 (22-11.75) mark.

• Also in the 400M Higginbottom Inv, Zarik Brown clocked 46.71 for silver.

• Freshman Hilton Green grabbed bronze in the men's pole vault invitational with a 5.21 (17-1) mark.

Congratulations to all the Sooners doing so well on the Track & Field Teams.

Boomer Sooner!