McDonald Sets School Record, Naukot Finishes Second at Big 12 Championships

Friday, February 27

Lubbock, Texas

11:00 a.m.

West Virginia University

Big 12 Indoor Championships

McDonald Sets School Record, Naukot Finishes Second at Big 12 Championships

February 28, 2026 09:12 PM | Track & Field

Results

By: Jaret Dyer

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia was led by a school record performance from Annishka McDonald and runner-up finish from Joy Naukot at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

McDonald placed third in the high jump with a personal best clearance of 1.84 meters to set a new WVU indoor school record and earn All-Big 12 recognition.

Naukot secured All-Big 12 honors with a second place in the 5,000 meters, crossing in 15:52.13. Anastasia Chepkorir added a 10^th place finish in 16:38.87.

Olivia Cress earned All-Big 12 honors in the pentathlon finishing ninth in the pentathlon with a personal best 3,994 points, while Eva Craigie recorded a personal best 5.48 meters in the long jump.

The distance medley relay team of Mary Delaney, Mercy Kinyanjui, Kishay Rowe and Lily Haught also garnered All-Big 12 recognition with a fifth place finish in 11:24.88.

On Saturday, Kinyanjui led WVU in the 3,000 meters with a 10^th place finish (9:15.05). The Mountaineers closed the meet in the 4x400 meter relay, where Rowe, Cress, Haught and Cate Pickering ran a personal best 3:34.14, the second fastest time in program history.

Big 12 Indoor Championship Results
Pentathlon
9^th – Olivia Cress – 3994
400m
28^th – Cate Pickering – 57.90
1000m
19^th – Kishay Rowe – 2:51.62
200m
33^rd – Izayah Everett – 24.92
Long Jump
29^th – Eva Craigie – 5.48
High Jump
3^rd – Annishka McDonald – 1.84
5000m
2^nd – Joy Naukot – 15:52.13
10^th Anastasia Chepkorir – 16:38.87
DMR
5^th – Mary Delaney, Mercy Kinyanjui, Kishay Rowe, Lily Haught – 11:24.88
3000m
10^th – Mercy Kinyanjui – 9:15.05
14^th – Anastasia Chepkorir – 9:27.35
16^th – Ronis Chelangat – 9:29.89
26^th – Tecla Lokrale – 9:44.35
27^th – Alyssa Sauro – 9:46.27
39^th – Tatiana Moura – 10:07.73
4x400
14^th – Kishay Rowe, Olivia Cress, Lily Haught, Cate Pickering – 3:43.14

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