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Big 12 Indoor Championships
Distance Medley Relay sets school record on day one of Big 12 Indoor Championships
02.25.2011 | Track & Field / Cross Country w, Track & Field / Cross Country
Feb. 25, 2011
Results |
| Results 
LINCOLN, Neb. - Texas' distance medley relay broke the school record en route to a second place finish Friday night to highlight action on day one of the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Lincoln, Neb. The Longhorns sit in fifth with 17 points heading into the final day of action.
The DMR group of junior Julie Amthor, junior Stacey-Ann Smith, freshman Marielle Hall and senior Betzy Jimenez clocked an 11:14.53, breaking the previous record of 11:19.53 set in 2008 by exactly five seconds.
Senior Chantel Malone, the defending Big 12 Indoor Long Jump Champion, just missed winning for the second-straight year with her mark of 20-10 (6.35m). The jump tied the leader but her second-best leap was two centimeters shorter. Malone, who currently leads the nation in the event and has already qualified for the NCAA Championship, will compete on Saturday in the triple jump and as part of Texas' mile-relay.
Freshman Briana Nelson led a trio of Horns to advance to the 400m finals with her personal-best time of 53.04 while also qualifying for the 200m finals in a PR of 23.75 for eighth. Junior Angele Cooper won her 400m heat finishing in 53.52, followed by Stacey-Ann Smith in 53.86 to both move on to the next round. Freshman Danielle Dowie just missed qualifying for the final, finishing ninth in 54.62.
In her first time running the 600y, junior Kendra Chambers posted the fastest time of the preliminaries, clocking a 1:20.41 to move on to Saturday's 3:45 p.m. final. Freshman Marielle Hall, also running in an event for the first time of her career, posted a 2:51.28 in the 1,000m to finish fourth and earn a spot in the final.
Also earning a spot in one of Saturday's finals was Amthor in the mile. The junior won her heat in 5:03.00.
Also scoring points for the Longhorns on the first day were juniors Mia Behm and Beverly Owoyele. Behm finished seventh in the 5,000m with her time of 16:33.14 while Owoyele placed eighth in the pentathlon. Owoyele recorded 3,511 points to score in the event for the second-straight year.
Nebraska currently leads the standings with 38 points, followed by Texas Tech (36 points), Iowa State (33 points), Kansas State (19 points) and Texas.
Day two action of the Big 12 Championship begins at 1:30 p.m. with the women's triple jump.
TEXAS' RESULTS (!-personal best, q-qualified for next round, sr-school record)
Distance Medley Relay
2. Texas (J. Amthor, S. Smith, M. Hall, B. Jimenez), 11:14.53sr
Long Jump Final
2. Chantel Malone, 20-10
5,000m
7. Mia Behm, 16:33.14
Mile final
2. Julie Amthor, 5:03.00q
400m semifinals
2. Briana Nelson, 53.04!
3. Angele Cooper, 53.52
6. Stacey-Ann Smith, 52.42
9. Danielle Dowie, 54.62
11. Alicia Peterson, 55.42
200m semifinals
8. Briana Nelson, 23.75!q
9. Angele Cooper, 23.80
13. Christy Udoh, 24.03
14. Allison Peter, 24.04
18. Chantel Malone, 24.58
600y semifinals
1. Kendra Chambers, 1:20.41!q
1,000m semifinals
4. Marielle Hall, 2:51.28!q
Weight Throw final
21. Okwukwe Okolie, 51-4.5 (15.66m)!
60m semifinals
10. Christy Udoh, 7.46
11. Chalonda Goodman, 7.49
16. Allison Peter, 7.57
60m hurdles semifinal
10. Danielle Dowie, 8.72!
Pentathlon
8. Beverly Owoyele, 3,511 points
60m hurdles (pentathlon)
14. Beverly Owoyele, 9.54
High Jump (pentathlon)
T2nd. Beverly Owoyele, 5-7 (1.70m)
Shot Put (pentathlon)
15. Beverly Owoyele, 30-6.50 (9.31m)
Long Jump (pentathlon)
10. Beverly Owoyele, 17-6 (5.33m)
800m (pentathlon)
6. Beverly Owoyele, 2:27.80
