Isaiah Levingston

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Position:
Sprints-Hurdles
Height:
6-7
Weight:
0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Oklahoma City, Okla.
High School:
Casady School

Program Record Holder (400H, 48.49), 2021
Broke the K-State Winter Invite meet record (600Y, 1:10.88), 2021
Placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2021 Olympic Trials
2022 USATF Outdoor Championships Qualifier (400H)
2022 NCA A Outdoor Championships First Team All-American (400H)
2022 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (400H)
2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (400H, 4x400)
2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (600Y, 4x400)
2021 Big 12 Athlete of the Year Nominee
2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships First Team & Second Team All-American (400H, 4x400)
2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (4x400)
2021 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (400H, 4x400)
2021 Big 12 Outdoor Champion (400H)
2021 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (4x400)
2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (4x400, DMR)
2019 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (400-Meter Hurdles)
2019 Big 12 Outdoors Scorer (4x400-Meter Relay)
2019 Big 12 Indoors Scorer (4x400-Meter Relay)
2018 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (400-Meter Hurdles)

OU INDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS:
60-Meters: 6.93, 2021
400 Meters: 47.96, 2022
600Y: 1:08.18, 2022
60H: 7.80, 2021

OU OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS:
400 Meters: 46.21, 2021
400-Meter Hurdles: 48.49, 2021

2022
(Indoor) Ran a PR at 1:08.18 to advance to the finals and place fourth in the 600-yard run and finished third in the 4x400 with a time of 3:06.15 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Took first in the 4x400 with a time of 3:07.53 at the Arkansas Qualifier ... Finished 19th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.09 and 14th in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.11 at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Clinched first in the 4x400 run with a time of 3:09.41 and placed third in the 400-meter dash with a PR at 47.96 at the Husker invite ... Earned first in the 4x400 run with a time of 3:22.77 at J.D. Martin Invite ... Placed 4th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.15 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Broke the K-State Winter Invite meet record in the 600Y with a 1:10.88 to take first place

(Outdoor) Earned first team All-America status in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 49.20 for bronze at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 400H, clocking a 49.22 ... Scored second in the 400H with a time at 49.22 and fourth in the 4x400 with a 3:09.99 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... Claimed first place at the Arkansas Twilight in the 400H with a time at 49.24 ... Took first in the 4x400 with a 3:05.31 and eighth in the 400H, clocking a 52.79 at the Alumni Muster ... Grabbed the win in the 400H (50.97) and 4x400 (3:07.47) at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Claimed first in the 4x400 at the Sooner Invitational, running a 3:08.69 ... Took third in the 110H with a 14.23w (2.3) and fifth in the 4x100, clocking a 40.99 at the TCU Invitational.

2021
(Indoor) Placed third in the 4x400 with a 3:07.67 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Ran a 7.95 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Set a PR of 7.80 in the 60-meter hurdles and placed fourth, won the 4x400 with a 3:07.86 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational ... Finished first in both the 60-meter hurdles (7.86) and 4x400 (3:09.32) at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational ... Ran a PR of 6.93 in the 60-meters, finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a 7.92 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Opened up the season at the K-State Winter Invite, finished second in the 60H with a 8.15 and first in the 4x400 with a 3:18.84.

(Outdoor) Finished second place and set a PR in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 48.49 and 11th in the 4x400 relay with a 3:07.47 at the NCAA Championships … Grabbed gold at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 48.58 in the 400-meter hurdles and eighth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:04.68 … Clinched first in the 400 hurdles, clocking a 49.12 and second place in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:03.68 at the Big 12 Championships … Clinched first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 49.42 and 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:05.49 at the Desert Heat Classic … Took home gold in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 49.32 at the John Jacobs Invitational … Set a PR and finished first at the Sooner Invite with a time of 46.21 in the 400-meter dash … Finished first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.65 at the North Texas Classic … Came on top in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:05.26 at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays …

2020
(Indoor) Helped the 4x400 squad to a sixth-place finish at the indoor Big 12 Championships with a 3:10.18 time and seventh in the distance-medley relay … Competed in the prelim 60-meter hurdles and 4x400 at the Tyson Invitational … Took first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.98 and first in the 4x400 squad with a 3:17.13 at the J.D. Martin Invitational … Competed in the 4x400, taking seventh as a squad at the Razorback Invitational … Ran a PR 48.73 in the 400 meters, 8.09 in the 60-meter hurdles and 3:15.23 in the 4x400, taking third in all events at the Mark Colligan Memorial … Took second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.01 and fourth in the 4x400 at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Finished third int eh 60-meter hurdles at the K-State Invitational.

2019
(Indoor)Took eighth with the 4x4 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, crossing the line in 3:15.96 … Placed second in the 400 at the Sooner Challenge, clocking a 50.14 … PRed in the 600-yard run at the Corky Classic, finishing in 1:14.34 … Helped the 4x4 to a fourth-place finish at the Corky Classic, clocking in at 3:18.24.

(Outdoor)Qualified to the NCAA West Regional in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 53.60 in prelims … Took ninth in the 400 hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, clocking in at 53.41 … Helped the 4x4 relay team to a seventh-place finish at Big 12 Outdoors, finishing in 3:11.13 … Finished eighth in the 400 hurdles at the National Relay Championships in 52.13 … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the John Jacobs Invite, crossing the line in 52.05 … Finished sixth in the 400 meters at the Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite in 49.07 seconds, also helped the 4x4 team to a third-place finish.

2018
(Outdoor) Competed in the 400-meter hurdles competition at Texas Relays… Helped the men’s DMR team to an eighth-place finish at Texas Relays, finishing in 10:00.69… Took sixth at the Aztec Invite in the 400 with an outdoor PR time of 48.33… Placed ninth in the 400 meters at the TCU Invitational with a time of 48.36.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named MVP at Casady School three times ... Recepient of the 2017 Rev. Cannon James R. Harris Award and two-time awardee of the Presidential Service Hour Award (2014, 2016) ... Also participated in volleyball (most improved sophomore year, MVP as a junior and senior), basketball (most improved junior year, MVP senior year) and tennis.

PERSONAL
Son of Rick and Nina Levingston ... Has three older siblings: Rickie Jr., Elijah and Carissa ... Parents Rick and Nina ran track at Wichita State University ... Sister Carissa ran track at Stanford University ... Uncle Joe Lee Thompson played basketball at OU and was the first African-American member of the team ... Plans on majoring in biochemistry.