Cougars Win Four Conference Titles on Final Day of Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship

LUBBOCK, Texas – Senior John Adesola, graduate KeAyla Dove, senior Grant Levesque and sophomore Antrea Mita won Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Conference titles inside Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center on Saturday.

In addition to the four individual conference titles, the University of Houston Track & Field program earned one second-place finish and took home a bronze medal.

Adesola won the first title of the day with a time of 6.59 in the 60-meter dash. Adesola's victory marked Houston's first 60-meter title as a member of the Big 12 Conference and 12^th title in program history. Graduate Shaun Maswanganyi placed fifth in the event with a time of 6.68.

Entering the second day of competition in fifth place, Levesque successfully defended his heptathlon title with an overall score of 5,971 points. The El Paso, Texas, native recorded strong performances on Saturday taking second in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.86 (1,017 points) and winning the pole vault with his mark of 5.41m (1,039 points). Levesque's eighth-place finish in the 1000m (2:47.83, 788 points) was good enough to earn Houston's second title of the day.

Dove continued her successful season with her win in the women's shot put with a mark of 18.29m (60-0.25). The thrower was the only competitor to throw over 17.00m. Dove's victory marked her third indoor shot put title across three different conferences after winning the 2022 WAC Indoor title and the 2024 AAC Indoor title.

Mita earned the final title of the day as he cleared 2.22m (7-3.25) to win the men's high jump. The sophomore's victory marked Houston's first indoor conference men's high jump title since D'Korian Ford's Conference USA title in 2009.

Houston had two additional scorers in the high jump as junior Turey Stoudemire finished sixth with a mark of 2.08m (6-9.75) and senior My'Kell Beck tied for seventh place at 2.03m (6-7.75).

Senior Adam Mason earned silver in the men's 600-yard final with a personal best time of 1:08.05.

Senior Jamar Marshall Jr. earned a bronze medal in the men's 60-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 7.56 while junior Anthony Trucks helped the Cougars earn points with his sixth place finish at 7.75.

Junior Kaycee McCoy placed fourth in the women's 60-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 8.14.

After breaking the women's 600-yard school record on Friday, freshman Invida Maurina placed fourth to extend her school record time to 1:20.31.

Senior Brice Chabot took seventh in the men's 200m with a time of 21.10.

Graduate Caleb Malbrough and junior Christopher Johnson had a strong showing in the triple jump as Malbrough placed fourth with his mark of 15.10m (49-6.50) while Johnson posted a personal best of 14.80m (48-6.75) for sixth place.

Houston's all-freshman men's 4x400-meter relay team of Damarien Jacobs, Prentice Sanders II, Elijah Hernandez and Sahfi Reed posted a time of 3:07.83 for eighth place in the final event of the evening. This time gave the group the sixth fastest time in program history.

Houston's men's side concluded the meet in fifth place with 72 points and the women's side placed 14^th with 20 points. Texas Tech's men's and women's teams were crowned team champions.

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