Track and Field hosts final home indoor meet, sets sights on Nationals

Anna Hart warms up at 2022 MPSF Championships

PROVO, Utah — Fresh off an MPSF Championship weekend, BYU men's and women's track and field will conclude its indoor home season with the BYU Indoor Invitational II at the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26.

While some BYU athletes will rest this weekend in preparation for NCAA Indoor National Championships (Mar. 11-12), others will compete in hopes of shoring-up their national qualifying mark or time.

Meet Information

Events Schedule (subject to change)
- Friday events begin at 11:15 a.m. MST in the Smith Fieldhouse with discus and weight throw in the Indoor Practice Facility.
- Saturday events begin at 11 a.m. with all events in the Smith Fieldhouse.
Limited public seating will be available in the west annex of the Smith Fieldhouse. This is a non-ticketed event.
Live Results

BYU athletes with national qualifying marks/times (Feb. 22)

Event	Name	National Rank	Time/Mark	Date Set
Men's Pole Vault	Zach McWhorter	No. 1	5.85m/19-2.25	Feb. 4
Women's 5000m	Courtney Wayment	No. 1	15:15.46	Dec. 4
Women's 3000m	Courtney Wayment	No. 2	8:50.05	Jan. 29
Women's High Jump	Cierra Tidwell	No. 5	1.86m/6-1.25	Feb. 11
Women's 800m	Meghan Hunter	No. 6	2:04.08	Feb. 18
Women's 3000m	Lexy Halladay	No. 10	9:02.32	Dec. 4
Pentathlon	Halley Folsom	No. 11	4,118	Jan. 20
Men's Pole Vault	Caleb Witsken	No. 13	5.45m/17-10.5	Dec. 10
Women's 800m	Claire Seymour	No. 15	2:04.84	Feb. 4
Women's Shot Put	Gretchen Hoekstre	No. 15	17.10m/56-1.25	Jan. 13

Tabugbo, Eyestone earn annual MPSF honors
BYU continued receiving conference honors on Wednesday as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation awarded two of its three post-championship meet honors to sprinter Adaobi Tabugbo and director of track and field Ed Eyestone.

Tabugbo earned MPSF Women's Athlete of the Meet honors after winning individual conference titles in both the 60 meter dash and 60 meter hurdles, contributing a total of 23 points to the Cougars' first women's MPSF team title.

The freshman from Laurel, Maryland, set personal bests in both the 60 meter hurdles (8.39) and 200 meter dash (24.92) during the weekend. Tabugbo is also the first indoor track and field freshman since 2011 to receive to the MPSF's top award.

Eyestone coached the Cougars to their third consecutive men’s MPSF title and the women’s first at the league’s championship meet on Feb. 19. Saturday marked the BYU women’s first indoor conference title since winning the Mountain West in 2011. The men won the meet with a team total of 190, 50 points ahead of runner-up Long Beach State. Meanwhile, the BYU women came in over 100 points in front of the 49ers.

Between the men’s and women’s teams, the Cougars collected 15 individual titles and three squad titles by the women’s 4x400 team and the men’s distance medley relay and 4x400 teams. BYU track and field has never won as many individual titles in Eyestone’s near decade-long tenure as head coach.

Alumni Watch
BYU track and field alumni will be among the competitors at the USATF Indoor National Championships at The Podium in Spokane, Washington on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27.

USATF events will also include current BYU athletes Zach McWhorter in the men's pole vault and Claire Seymour in the women's 800m. Former Cougar distance runner Conner Mantz will compete professionally for Nike Running in the men's 3000m, while current BYU athlete Courtney Wayment and recent BYU alum Anna Camp-Bennett will compete in the women's 3000m. The event can be viewed with live coverage beginning both days on CNBC at 2 p.m. PST.