Sooners Open T&F Season at KSU

Saturday, December 5

Manhattan, KS

University of Oklahoma

Kansas State Winter Invitational

December 04, 2020 | Track and Field

Live Results Heat Sheets

NORMAN - The Oklahoma track and field teams kick off their 2020-21 indoor campaign on Saturday at the Kansas State Winter Invitational in Manhattan, Kan.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. CT with the field events before the track events get going at 1 p.m. The meet will be on a rolling schedule throughout Saturday. A total of 38 Sooners are slated to compete in the season opener.

"I expect that they will show us what we've worked on all fall," said OU head coach Tim Langford. "Besides them just being happy to be in competition again, I think they're focused on having success. For some of them, it'll be just knocking the rust off. For some that are coming out of high school or transferring in, they'll get a chance to see development under new coaches and a new system which is positive because it provides momentum and excitement.

"For our returners, it's if they can pick up where they left off. I'll leave it in an open-ended question because for so many it's a different answer, but I think everyone has positive expectations for this weekend."

The Sooners return three student-athletes that qualified to the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Current sophomore Mikeisha Welcome, junior Kristo Simulask and senior Essence Thomas were set to compete at nationals prior to the cancellation of the meet due to COVID-19.

Throughout the 2019-20 indoor season, three Sooners downed three indoor school records. Mikeisha Welcome dropped the women's triple jump record at the first indoor meet of the season, leaping 43-9.75 (13.35m). Essence Thomas broke Welcome's record in the event later in the season, jumping 43-10.5 (13.37m) at the Tyson Invitational. Kristo Simulask set the new school record in the men's heptathlon, claiming 5,691 points at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

At the 2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships, two Sooners walked away with individual conference titles. Senior Jackson Webb claimed the men's 60-meter dash event after clocking in at 6.69. Lavinja Jurgens earned the women's high jump title, clearing 5-11.5 (1.82m).

Throughout the 2019-20 indoor season, the Sooners claimed a combined 49 event titles throughout the course of seven meets.

Live results from the KSU Winter Invite will be available through Heartland Timing.

KSU WINTER INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
Saturday, Dec. 5
Live Results: Heartland Timing
Venue: Ahearn Field House; Manhattan, Kan.

UP NEXT
The Sooners take the rest of December off before getting back on the track Jan. 15 in Fayetteville, Ark. at the Arkansas Invitational.

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Kansas State Winter Invitational Schedule (Rolling Schedule Format)
Saturday, Dec. 5
Time (CT)	Event - Sooners
9:30 a.m.	Women's Weight Throw - Lauren Jones, Bailey Tilley
	Men's Weight Throw - Bayley Campbell
11 a.m.	Women's Long Jump - Helena McLeod, Symone Washington, Mikeisha Welcome
	Men's Long Jump - Rayvon Allen
	Women's Shot Put - Faith Ette, Lauren Jones, Payden Montana
	Men's Shot Put - Cooper Campbell
	Women's Triple Jump - Allanah Lee, Symone Washington, Mikeisha Welcome
	Men's Triple Jump - Kunle Akinlosotu, Jelaani Davis, Tyler Hanks
1 p.m.	Women's 60 Meters - Kennedy Blackmon, Deborah Giffard, Ja'Leesa Giles, Lilan Henderson, Helena McLeod, Grace Posey
	Men's 60 Meters - Quoi Ellis, Jared Hayes, Alajuwan Robinson, Demarius Smith
	Women's 60-meter Hurdles - Camri Austin, Destini Jeter, Allanah Lee
	Men's 60-meter Hurdles - Jasher Foster, Isaiah Levingston
	Women's 300 Meters - Kennedy Blackmon
	Men's 300 Meters - Salim Epps
	Women's 600 Yards - Levi Gladd, Hannah Turner, Erin Weigel
	Men's 600 Yards - Sorre Bah, Johnelle Joe, Zac Tucker
	Women's 1,000 Meters - Jordyn Kaplan
	Men's 1,000 Meters - Derek King, Fernando Morales, Graham Santilli
	Men's 4x400-meter Relay - Rayvon Allen, Sorre Bah, Salim Epps, Jasher Foster, Jared Hayes, Isaiah Levingston, Demarius Smith, Zac Tucker