Malachi Snow broke a 15-year-old school record in the 110-meter hurdles, highlighting Texas Tech track and field performances in the four-day NCAA West regional meet that concluded Saturday, May 30, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Snow tore down the track in a wind-legal 13.18 seconds on Friday, May 29, breaking the old record of 13.23 set by Omo Osaghae, a Monterey graduate and 2024 inductee into the Texas Tech athletics Hall of Fame. Snow’s run came in the quarterfinal round and his third place overall earned him a trip to the NCAA outdoor championships from June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon.
In both the West regional hosted by Arkansas and the East regional hosted by Kentucky, fields of 48 competitors in each event were trimmed to 12 who advance to the national meet at Hayward Field.
Tech’s Temitope Adeshina in the women’s high jump and Jonathan Seremes in the men’s triple jump will go to Eugene looking to sweep titles after each won their event at the NCAA indoor championships in March for the second year in a row.
The high jump ended when the field was narrowed to 12, Adeshina having cleared 6 feet, 1 1/2 inches, tied for the top height. Seremes went a wind-legal 54-1 3/4, seventh in the triple jump.
The Tech men had two second-place finishers. Moroccan junior Zaid Latif went 26-5 1/2 in the long jump on Wednesday, breaking the personal record he set two weeks ago when he finished second at the Big 12 championships. Kenyan sophomore Titus Kimaru was runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday, running 8 minutes, 28.58 seconds, a John McDonnell Field record.
The Tech hurdlers made a strong showing. In addition to Snow’s performance, Symoria Adkins ran personal record 12.80 in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, the fastest time in Thursday’s first round. Then she ran 12.82 for fourth overall in Saturday’s quarterfinals.
Sixth-place finisher Tonie-Ann Forbes joined Adkins in qualifying for Eugene in the 100-meter hurdles, and Vanessa Balde and Lovina Ewusi took fourth and seventh overall in the 400-meter hurdles.
The Tech women also will be sending two each to Eugene in the triple jump, where Tamiah Washington and Grace Oshiokpu were fifth and 11th, respectively, and in the high jump with Adeshina and Evelyn Lavielle. Washington’s triple-jump mark of 45-0 1/2 was a personal record for the senior from New York. Lavielle was fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-1 1/2.
The Tech men and women both qualified their 400-meter and 1,600-meter relays. The men’s sprint relay of Braylin Byrd, Johnathan Crawford, Josiyah Taylor and Kimarlie Stewart got the baton around in 38.96. The 1,600 relay lineup of Crawford, Shaemar Uter, Brian Tinega and George Garcia ran a 3:02.44.
The women’s sprint relay of Alyssa Colbert, Olayinka Olajide, Anita Afrifa and Adriane Nwonumah clocked a 43.53. The 1,600 relay with Collinique Farrington, Mekenze Kelley, Balde and Ewusi ran 3:28.55, the second best time in the program’s history.
NCAA WEST REGIONAL
at John McDonnell Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Texas Tech results only
Note: “Q” denotes athlete advances to next round automatically based on place. A “q” denotes athlete advances to next round based on next best mark or time after automatic qualifiers.
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Wednesday’s Results
First round unless otherwise noted
Field Events
Long jump: 2. Zaid Latif, 26 feet, 5 ½ inches (+0.7)-q.
Shot put: 24. Trey Wilson, 59-2.
Javelin: 30. Isaac Woodward, 201-6.
Pole vault: 10. Jackson Bragg, 17-7 1/4-q; Sean Gribble, no height; Sam Hurley, no height.
Running Events
110 hurdles: 1. Malachi Snow, 13.24 seconds (wind: +1.3 meters per second)-Q; 19. Joel Nyatusah, 13.72 (+1.3)-Q; Daniel Clarke, DNF.
100: 2. John Sherman, 9.99 (+2.5)-Q; 20. Kimarlie Stewart, 10.25 (+0.3)-Q.
400: 8. DeSean Boyce, 45.56-Q; 18. Brian Tinega, 46.09-Q; 32. George Garcia, 46.63.
800: 4. Stephen Mutai, 1:47.16-Q; 40. Kyzer Dunbar, 1:49.86.
400 hurdles: 16. Sean Dixon, 50.76-q.
200: 16. Johnathan Crawford, 20.76 (-0.2)-Q; 17. Shaemar Uter, 20.79 (+0.3)-Q; 35. Kimarlie Stewart, 21.06 (+0.3).
10,000 semifinals: 12. Victor Kipkoech, 28:58.68-Q.
Friday’s Results
Quarterfinals unless otherwise noted
Field Events
High jump first round: 9. B.J. Jennings, 7-2 1/2-q; Sam Hurley, no height.
Triple jump first round: 7. Jonathan Seremes, 54-1 ¾ (+0.7)-q; 15. Soumaila Sabo, 52-0 ¾ (+0.2).
Running Events
400 relay: 6. Texas Tech (Braylin Byrd, Johnathan Crawford, Josiyah Taylor, Kimarlie Stewart), 38.96-Q.
3,000 steeplechase: 2. Titus Kimaru, 8:28.68-Q.
110 hurdles: 3. Malachi Snow, 13.18 (+0.2)-Q; 19. Joel Nyatusah, 13.71 (+0.2).
100: 7. John Sherman, 10.14 (+1.2)-Q; 23. Kimarlie Stewart, 10.35 (+1.2).
400: 15. Brian Tinega, 45.68; DeSean Boyce, did not finish.
800: 6. Stephen Mutai, 1:45.80-Q.
400 hurdles: 21. Sean Dixon, 51.19.
200: 9. Johnathan Crawford, 20.56 (+0.1)-Q; 15. Shaemar Uter, 20.73 (+0.1).
1,600 relay: 4. Texas Tech (Johnathan Crawford, Shaemar Uter, Brian Tinega, George Garcia), 3:02.44-Q.
WOMEN
Thursday’s Results
First round unless otherwise noted
Field Events
Javelin: 27. Leah Howard, 152 feet, 5 inches.
Long jump: 13. Tamiah Washington, 20-9 ¼ (wind: +1.6 meters per second).
Pole vault: 12. (tie) Kashlee Dickinson, 14-2 1/2.
Shot put: 25. Amorie Pierson, 50-6 1/4.
Running Events
100-meter hurdles: 1. Symoria Adkins, 12.80 (wind: +1.8 meters per second)-Q; 11. Tonie-Ann Forbes, 13.23 (+1.2)-Q; 19. Auceane Bouijoux, 13.39 (+0.7)-q; 26. Siiri Siirtola, 13.47 (+0.7).
100: 8. Alyssa Colbert, 11.23 (+0.0)-Q; 33. Olayinka Olajide, 11.57 (+1.2); 35. Brianna Howard, 11.58 (+1.3).
400: 15. Collinique Farrington, 52.30-Q; 26. Mekenze Kelley, 52.69.
800: 6. Fanny Arendt, 2:03.44-Q; 19. Lovina Ewusi, 57.61-Q.
400 hurdles: 7. Vanessa Balde, 56.52-Q.
200: 21. Mekenze Kelley, 23.36 (-0.3)-q; 23. Anita Afrifa, 23.44 (+0.2)-q; 25. Olayinka Olajide, 23.50 (+0.4); 26. Brianna Howard, 23.56 (+0.3).
Saturday’s Results
Quarterfinals unless otherwise noted
Field Events
Discus first round: 10. McKenzie Davis, 179 feet, 6 inches-q; Amori Pierson, no legal mark.
High jump first round: 1. (tie) Temitope Adeshina, 6-1 1/2-q; 4. Evelyn Lavielle, 6-1 1/2-q; 20. (tie) Claire Lowrey, 5-11 1/4.
Triple jump first round: 5. Tamiah Washington, 45-0 ½ (wind: +1.2 meters per second)-q; 11. Grace Oshiokpu, 43-9 ¾ (+1.3)-q; Olga Szlachta, no legal mark.
Running Events
400-meter relay: 7. Texas Tech (Alyssa Colbert, Olayinka Olajide, Anita Afrifa, Adriane Nwonumah), 43.53 seconds-Q.
3,000 steeplechase: 16. Lily Mather, 10 minutes, 19.01 seconds-Q.
400 hurdles: 4. Symoria Adkins, 12.82 (wind: +2.7 meters per second)-Q; 6. Tonie-Ann Forbes, 12.92 (+1.8)-Q; 24. Auceane Bouijoux, 13.86 (+1.8).
100: 9. Alyssa Colbert, 11.07 (+1.5)-q.
400: 10. Collinique Farrington, 51.89-Q.
800: 6. Fanny Arendt, 2:01.42-Q.
400 hurdles: 4. Vannesa Balde, 55.77-Q; 7. Lovina Ewusi, 55.98-q.
200: 15. Anita Afrifa, 23.03 (+1.7); 16. Mekenze Kelley, 23.06 (+2.0).
1,600 relay: 6. Texas Tech (Collinique Farrington, Mekenze Kelley, Vanessa Balde and Lovina Ewusi), 3:28.55-Q.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Malachi Snow breaks Texas Tech track and field record; regional recap
Reporting by Don Williams, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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