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SEC Indoor Championships
The Alabama Track and Field Teams Earns Seven Medals at 2022 SEC Indoor Championships
2/26/2022 9:46:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide men finished third with 71 points, while the women took eight place with 28 points in the team standings
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Alabama track and field teams earned two more medals on the final day of the 2022 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships Saturday at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium in College Station, Texas, bumping their two day total to seven.
The Crimson Tide's two-day medal tally included three gold, one silver and three bronze. Alabama's men finished third with 71 points, while the women were eighth with 28 points in the final team standings.
Isaac Odugbesan got the Crimson Tide started on Saturday by bettering his own school record for the second time this season to win his second SEC indoor title in the shot put. He posted a toss of 20.71 meters on his third turn to secure his third consecutive SEC shot put title, adding Saturday's gold to his 2021 indoor and outdoor championships.
Hillary Cheruiyot earned a silver medal in the men's 3,000 meters to close out individual competition on the meet's final day. The Tide rookie ran a 7:49.00 to take home second place.
Alabama Head Coach Dan Waters Said
"I'm really proud of the way our kids fought to the very end today. We had some things not go our way this weekend and instead of getting down, this team went out there and got after it, working to make the most of every opportunity we had. Now we need to take the lessons we learned at this meet and use them to make us better as we head into the NCAA Championships in a couple of weeks."
More from Day Two
- Eliud Kipsang went 3:58.39 to take fourth place in the men's mile
- Mercy Chelangat, the SEC champion in the women's 5,000 meters on Friday, took fourth in the 3,000 meters on Saturday with a time of 9:02.23
- Isaac Odugbesan's title made him one of four Alabama throwers to score in the shot put, all of which posted a career-best effort during the day
- Chago Basso (19.43 meters) took fourth, Jerimiah Evans (18.93 meters) was sixth and Alan de Falchi (18.85 meters) was eighth
- Khaleb McRae crossed the line with a PR of 46.10 to take fifth in the men's 400 meters
- Christian Edwards scored in the men's triple jump, taking sixth place with a leap of 15.92 meters
- Jacob Lamb turned in a 1:49.43, just .01 off his career-best time from earlier this season, to take sixth in the men's 800 meters
- Flomena Asekol (4:40.14) and Jami Reed (4:42.41) scored in the women's mile, taking seventh and eighth, respectively
- Gabe Serrano, Leander Forbes, Corde Long and McRae went 3:05.70 to take seventh place in the men's 4x400-meter relay
- The Tide took eighth in the women's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:37.64
Up Next
- Alabama closes out the 2022 indoor season March 11-12 at the NCAA Championships
- The 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships will be held at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala.
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