Lindsey, Chukwuma make strong showings in Corky/Crofoot Shootout

Texas Tech track and field coach Wes Kittley says he's come to expect special performances in the Corky/Crofoot Shootout, the Red Raiders' last home meet of the regular season and their senior day.

He got one Saturday from Courtney Lindsey, even if Lindsey's not a senior.

The Tech junior tore down the straightaway at the Fuller Track Complex in a career-best and wind-legal 10.05 seconds to win the 100 meters. Lindsey is the second Tech sprinter this season to break 10.10 — Terrence Jones ran a 10.09 two weeks ago at a meet in Florida.

"Probably the highlight of the day for me was seeing him run 10.05 in, really, just no wind at all," Kittley said. "He really set his race up better than he's set up all year, so just a really good run for him."

The Red Raiders host the Big 12 championships May 13-15, and Lindsey will go into that meet trying to defend the conference title he won last year when he ran a 10.26 at the Big 12 outdoor in Manhattan, Kansas.

On Saturday, he also anchored the Tech men's 400-meter relay to a first-place finish in 39.12. Myles Webb, Jacolby Shelton and Ashton O'Conner ran the first three legs.

Big 12 rival Kansas State and a contingent of mostly smaller area schools joined the Red Raiders for the two-day meet, during which Tech honored its seniors on Saturday.

The Red Raiders' sprinters and jumpers enjoyed a big weekend. Rosemary Chukwuma swept the women's short sprints, running the 100 in 11.28 and the 200 in 22.78, both into negative wind. O'Conner won the men's 200 in 21.10, also into a headwind.

Chukwuma's time in the 200 broke the school record of 22.89 that Cierra White set at the 2013 Big 12 championships.

"Probably on the women's side, that would be the highlight was her 200," Kittley said.

In a stiff competition in the men's high jump, two-time NCAA champion Trey Culver went 7 feet, 5 1/4 inches to beat Tejaswin Shankar, a former NCAA champion from Kansas State, who topped out at 7-3 1/4. Culver, a Coronado and Tech graduate, now competes unattached.

"Trey looked great today," Kittley said. "I think he's going to go to a pro meet next week, but he looked like his old self today."

The Tech women also got first-place showings from Kayli Johnson in the hammer throw, Sidney Sapp in the high jump, Monae' Nichols in the long jump, Chloe Wall in the pole vault, Kyra Young in the 1,500 meters and Sylvia Schulz in the 400 hurdles.

Schulz's time of 57.51 was a personal record for the sophomore from Germany and a top-20 time in NCAA Division I this season.

Wall has cleared 14 feet seven times in 2022, including four of her past five meets during the outdoor season. She topped out Saturday at 14-1 1/4.

"It's unreal how good she's jumped, just week in, week out," Kittley said. "She's very consistent, so she'll fight for the Big 12 (title), I think."

The Tech men also got first-place finishes from Garrett Wade in the javelin, Jalen Seals in the long jump, Chris Welch in the triple jump, Samuel Ashley in the 5,000 meters and Vashaun Vascianna in the 110-meter hurdles.

Tech graduate student Gabriel Oladipo also took the discus and hammer throws on Friday.

CORKY/CROFOOT SHOOTOUT

Friday-Saturday

at Fuller Track Complex

Final Results

WOMEN

Field Events

Discus: 1. Annina Brandenburg, Abilene Christian, 191 feet, 2 inches; 2. Seasons Usual, Texas Tech, 182-4; 3. Kayli Johnson, Texas Tech, 166-5; 5. Kimola Hines, South Plains College, 143-5.

Hammer: 1. Kayli Johnson, Texas Tech, 168-7; 2. Kailey Roskop, Abilene Christian, 152-8; 3. Zoe Burleson, Abilene Christian, 146-7; 5. Abigail Jones, Lubbock Christian University, 138-9.

High jump: 1. Sidney Sapp, Texas Tech, 5-11 1/4; 2. Alexis Ivy, Texas Tech, 5-7 1/4; 3. Aria Tate, Texas Tech, 5-5 1/4; 4. Amaya Brown, South Plains, 5-5 1/4; 5. (tie) Mara Hering, Texas Tech, Grace Cunningham, Texas Tech, 5-3 1/4.

Javelin: 1. Annina Brandenburg, Abilene Christian, 155-8; 2. Maria Sotomayor, Texas Tech, 138-2; 3. Skyler Guillot, North Texas, 133-8; 5. Abigail Jones, LCU, 107-1; 6. Skyler Dempsey, LCU, 105-6.

Long jump: 1. Monae' Nichols, Texas Tech, 22-1 1/4; 2. Ruth Usoro, Texas Tech, 21-3 1/2; 3. Ruta Lasmane, Texas Tech, 20-0 1/2; 4. Virginia Kerley, Texas Tech, 19-0 3/4.

Shot put: 1. Annina Brandenburg, Abilene Christian, 56-1 1/4; 2. Kayli Johnson, Texas Tech, 55-0 1/4; 3. Malin Smith, Texas Tech, 53-3; 4. Field Gatlin, Texas Tech, 50-3 1/2.

Triple jump: 1. Ruth Usoro, Texas Tech, 44-2 1/2; 2. Onaara Obamuwagun, 43-10 3/4; 3. Brya Brewer, Texas Tech, 41-9 1/4.

Pole vault: 1. Chloe Wall, Texas Tech, 14-1 1/4; 2. Tommi Hintnaus, Kansas State, 13-4 1/4; 3. Ryleigh Redding, Texas Tech, 13-0 1/4; 4. Sarah Tackitt, Texas Tech, 13-0 1/4.

Running Events

5,000 meters: 1. Eleonora Curtabbi, West Texas A&M, 17 minutes, 38.22 seconds; 2. Damaris Chewon, New Mexico Junior College, 17:46.97; 3. Aminata Kenyawani, Eastern New Mexico, 18:17.00; 5. Binta Ka, Texas Tech, 18:46.10; 6. Sydney White, Texas Tech, 18:51.05.

3,000 steeplechase: 1. Rushell Johnson, Western Texas College, 11:57.40; 2. Jaida Lyles, New Mexico JC, 12:06.88.

400 relay: 1. South Plains (Ashyiria Savage, Xazari Naylor, Joniar Thomas, Success Umukoro), 45.24; 2. New Mexico JC, 46.02; 3. North Texas, 46.81; 4. Wayland Baptist, 46.99.

1,500: 1. Kyra Young, Texas Tech, 4:46.70; 2. Madelyn Merrell, LCU, 4:46.88; 3. Dorcas Kosgei, Eastern New Mexico, 4:49.80; 6. Jeniel Jones, South Plains, 5:00.66.

100: 1. Rosemary Chukwuma, Texas Tech, 11.28 (wind: negative 0.1 mps); 2. Fatmata Awolo, unattached, 11.46; 3. Virginia Kerley, Texas Tech, 11.52; 5. Kiah Dubarry-Gay, Texas Tech, 11.71.

800: 1. Joanna Archer, Texas Tech, 2:06.39; 2. Michaela Lewis, Texas Tech, 2:06.74; 3. Jennifer Martinez, unattached, 2:08.55; 4. Shadae Finley, Western Texas, 2:14.17.

400 hurdles: 1. Sylvia Schulz, Texas Tech, 57.51; 2. Calisha Taylor, New Mexico JC, 58.80; 3. Shenell Tucker, South Plains, 1:01.19; 4. Amaya Phillips, South Plains, 1:01.61; 6. Corlasia Scott, South Plains, 1:02.91.

200: 1. Rosemary Chukwuma, Texas Tech, 22.78 (wind: negative 1.4 mps); 2. Aneesa Scott, Texas Tech, 23.26; 3. Raheema Westfall, Wayland Baptist, 23.31; 5. Demisha Roswell, 24.12.

1,600 relay: 1. Texas Tech (Nayanna Dubarry-Gay, Knowledge Omovoh, Aneesa Scott, Sylvia Schulz), 3:37.27. No other finishers.

MEN

Field Events

Discus: 1. Gabriel Oladipo, Texas Tech, 188 feet, 6 inches; 2. Bryce Spencer, Lubbock Christian University, 175-2; 3. Jacob Mechler, Texas Tech, 170-5; 4. Konner Wood, Texas Tech, 166-2; 6. Paxton Hair, South Plains College, 163-10.

Shot put: 1. Tyler Richardson, Abilene Christian, 56-8; 2. Chris Samaniego, North Texas, 54-3 3/4; 3. Athan Huelskamp, Abilene Christian, 54-1; 5. Tres Rodriguez, LCU, 48-10.

Hammer: 1. Gabriel Oladipo, Texas Tech, 193-5; 2. Chris Samaniego, North Texas, 190-6; 3. Tyler Richardson, Abilene Christian, 182-11; 4. Bryce Spencer, LCU, 182-6.

Javelin: 1. Garrett Wade, Texas Tech, 219-8; 2. Bryce Spencer, LCU, 197-11; 3. Matas Adamonis, Kansas State, 187-7; 4. Noe Tijerina, LCU, 136-9; 5. Damarcus Sneed, South Plains, 126-1.

Long jump: 1. Jalen Seals, Texas Tech, 24-4 1/4 (wind: 1.6 meters per second); 2. Abraham Seaneke, Ghana Athletics Association, 23-9; 3. Zachary Johnson, Wayland Baptist, 22-9 3/4; 5. Nathan Karseno, LCU, 21-8 3/4.

High jump: 1. Trey Culver, unattached, 7-5 1/4; 2. Tejaswin Shankar, Kansas State, 7-3 1/4; 3. Kudakwashe Chadenga, South Plains, 7-1 1/2; 6. Jack Scarborough, 6-9 1/2.

Triple jump: 1. Chris Welch, Texas Tech, 53-2 1/4 (wind: 0.0 mps); 2. Kevin Washington, LCU, 47-7. No other starters.

Pole vault: 1. Thomas Nieto, South Plains, 17-6 1/2; 2. Gary Haasbroek, Texas Tech, 16-6; 3. Rory Maguire, Texas Tech, 16-6; 4. Colton Naffziger, Texas Tech, 16-6; 5. Logan Fraley, Texas Tech, 16-0.

Running Events

5,000 meters: 1. Samuel Ashley, Texas Tech, 14 minutes, 59.06 seconds; 2. Chris Korir, New Mexico Junior College, 15:06.35; 3. Bryce Boggs, Texas Tech, 15:13.01; 4. Zachary McPhee, South Plains, 15:22.70; 5. Luke Estes, Texas Tech, 15:29.84; 6. Walker Hendricks, Texas Tech, 16:22.00.

1,500: 1. Butare Rugenerwa, West Texas A&M, 3:49.87; 2. Paul Sherrill, Texas Tech, 3:51.05; 3. Timothy Gregg, Texas Tech, 3:52.53; 4. Kirk Zuber, Texas Tech, 3:56.20; 5. Jaden Tumale, unattached (Texas Tech), 3:56.65; 6. Noah Villarreal, LCU, 3:57.12.

400 relay: 1. Texas Tech (Myles Webb, Jacolby Shelton, Ashton O'Conner, Courtney Lindsey), 39.12; 2. Kansas State, 40.70; 3. New Mexico JC, 41.76.

110 hurdles: 1. Vashaun Vascianna, Texas Tech, 13.73 (wind: negative 0.7 mps); 2. Maliek Kendall, Texas Tech, 13.87; 3. Taylor Rooney, Texas Tech, 13.98; 4. Chris Robinson, South Plains, 14.14; 5. Justin Guy, South Plains, 14.19; 6. Denim Rogers, Texas Tech, 14.23.

400: 1. Jeremy Bembridge, South Plains, 45.55; 2. Kyle Gale, Kansas State, 45.99; 3. Antonio Hanson, Kansas State, 46.24; 4. Shevoie Reid, South Plains, 46.59; 5. Hossam Hatib, South Plains, 47.00; 6. Miguel Nicholas, Western Texas, 47.22.

100: 1. Courtney Lindsey, Texas Tech, 10.05 (wind: 0.1 mps); 2. Chaunzavia Lewis, South Plains, 10.34; 3. Samir Williams, North Texas, 10.44.

800: 1. Aron Tanui, South Plains, 1:48.14; 2. Mehdi Yanouri, South Plains, 1:49.95; 3. Owen Likins, Texas Tech, 1:49.98; 4. Reymond Bueno, Wayland Baptist, 1:51.03; 5. Dwight Mason, South Plains, 1:51.81; 6. Dennis Kiptoo, Wayland Baptist, 1:53.89.

400 hurdles: 1. Chris Robinson, South Plains, 49.18; 2. Malik Metivier, Texas Tech, 49.56; 3. Noah Burton, Texas Tech, 52.77; 5. Nelvin Appiah-Konadu, South Plains, 54.72.

200: 1. Ashton O'Conner, Texas Tech, 21.10 (wind: negative 0.6 mps); 2. Davonye Jones, North Texas, 21.20; 3. Karlington Anunagba, North Texas, 21.26; 5. Brenden Strickland, Wayland Baptist, 21.69.

1,600 relay: 1. Kansas State (Sean Wilson, Kyle Gale, Tim Lambert, Antonio Hanson), 3:06.19; 2. South Plains (Evaldo Whitehouse, Chaunzavia Lewis, Kimar Farquharson, Shevoie Reid), 3:06.63; 3. Wayland Baptist (Reymond Bueno, Reggie Mouton, Case Drum, Che' Lara, 3:14.46.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Track and field: Lindsey, Chukwuma make strong showings in Corky/Crofoot Shootout