OU Track: Oklahoma Lands National Champion, Two Silver Medalists at NCAA Meet

The Sooners brought home gold in heptathlon from Pippi Lotta Enok while Vernon Turner and Kennedy Blackmon also won first-team All-America accolades.

By OU Media Relations

AUSTIN, TX — Pippi Lotta Enok wrapped up a dominating season as the heptathlon national champion Saturday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Lotta Enok finished with 6,165 points, tallying a new school record. She locked in four new personal records in high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash and 800-meter run. With the win, she becomes the first Sooner to win a multis national title.

Senior Kennedy Blackmon took silver and first team All-America honors in the 100-meter dash to claim a season-best time at 10.87. She returned to the track to run in the 200-meter dash and crossed the line at 22.53 for second team All-America honors.

Vernon Turner opened day three by finishing his OU career with a second-place finish, making him a four-time first team NCAA Outdoor All-American. He leaves his time as a Sooner with five Big 12 titles, a national title and as a school-record holder. He cleared 7-5.25 (2.27m) to take silver.

On the other side of a career, freshman Brandon Green Jr. added second team All-American to his resume after leaping 52-8.25 (16.06m) in triple jump and moved to the No. 7 distance in OU history.

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Previously at the meet, OU women won three All-America accolades and set a school record to round out day two.

Kassidy Gallagher got the day going for the women, marking 198-1 (60.38m) in the hammer throw for honorable mention in her first year as a Sooner.

The women's 4x100 relay squad of Eva Kubickova, Mikayla Hayes, Amanda Obijiaku and Kennedy Blackmon broke the school record and earned second team All-America status after clocking a season-best 43.52.

Blackmon returned to the track for the 100-meter dash semifinals and automatically qualified for Saturday's final after clocking an 11.07 and taking second in her heat. She followed it up by qualifying in the 200-meter dash, crossing the line at 22.69.

Ashonti Warner and Daneesha Davidson represented the Sooners in the 400-meter hurdles. Warner became a second team All-American with a 57.01 and Davidson earned honorable mention with a 57.56.

Olivia Lueking finished her season as a second-team All-American in pole vault, clearing 13-7.25 (4.15m). Symone Washington earned honorable mention in long jump after marking 19-3.25 (5.87m).

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Kristo Simulask ended his OU career with 7,410 points for 17th place in the decathlon and honorable mention All-America.

On day one, Simulask clocked a season-best time at 10.85 in the 100-meter dash. He followed it up by marking a 23-2 (7.06m) in long jump, throwing for 43-4.25 (13.21m) in shot put and clearing 6-1.25 (1.86m) in high jump. Simulask ended his first day in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.43.

Sophomore Nikaoli Williams took first team All-America status and sixth place after leaping 25-11 (7.90m) in long jump.

Richard Johnson became a second team All-American with a 45.40 and Zarik Brown earned honorable mention after clocking a 46.01 in the 400-meter dash. Sophomore Josh Bour ran a 20.80 in the 200-meter dash to land honorable mention.

Closing out the first day, the 4x400-meter relay squad of Brown, Bour, Johnson and Mattar clocked the No. 2 time in OU history with a 3:01.85 to become second-team All-Americans.