RESULTS | FRIDAY'S RECAP
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Senior
Brian Sims Jr. became the first Bobcat in school history to earn Indoor All-American honors, while also becoming the third student-athlete in school history to secure All-American status overall (previous two student-athletes garnered outdoor All-American honors) with a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships this afternoon. Sophomore
Zai Fraser closed out her indoor season by finishing 14th in the finals of the triple jump at her first-ever indoor championships.
THE BASICS
RESULT: Brian Sims Jr. – 5th in 400-meter dash (
All-American) /
Zai Fraser – 14th in triple jump
MEET: NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships
LOCATION: Pittsburg State University – Pittsburg, Kanas
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Sims Jr. raced to a career-best time of 47.28 in the finals of the 400-meter dash to place fifth overall and garner All-American honors.
- Sims Jr. joins Brian Knapp, who was named All-American in the 800-meter run in 2005, and Johnathan Arthur, who was named an All-American in the pole vault competition in 2010, who both earned All-American honors in outdoor.
- His time also broke the previous school record of 47.36, which he set in the preliminary round, by .08 seconds.
- Fraser opened the day for the Bobcats by closing out her indoor season with a mark of 12.06 meters in the finals of the women's triple jump to finish 14th overall.
- She finished with the third-longest mark of all sophomores in her event in her second appearance at the national meet (competed in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in 2021).
UP NEXT:
The Bobcats will now shift their focus to the outdoor season, which the Lees-McRae track & field teams will open on Friday, March 18 in Hickory, North Carolina
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