Track & Field 1/17/2025 6:30:00 PM Chris Brannick

Bronchos Pick Up Wins In Norman

Central Oklahoma Sophomores Treasure Vallerie and Deriayah Lee Win At OU Meet

NORMAN, Okla. – Central Oklahoma continued Indoor track & field season Friday with the Owen Hewett Invitational at OU's Mosier Indoor Track & Field Facility.

"Today was a pretty good day for us," UCO head women's track & field coach Gus Schmader said. "We performed pretty well against good competition and we learned some things too. To have a couple of wins is always good."

Treasure Vallerie and Deriayah Lee both raced to first-place finishes on the track at OU Friday. Vallerie took the 200 before Lee wrapped up the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.

Sai Brookins-Fleming finished second in the 200 behind Vallerie by a marginal 0.29 seconds. Brookins-Fleming ran a 25.82. She also finished second in the 60 with a time of 7.84, which was 0.01 second behind Angelo State's Shackelia Green's 7.83.

Below is a complete roundup of the action. Friday is the second of four straight weeks of Indoor meets for the Bronchos. UCO will head to Pittsburg State next Friday for PSU's annual Rumble in the Jungle at the Robert W. Plaster Center.

MILE: Asia Williams was the first one up Friday morning with the 1-mile race. The senior distance runner finished 14th with a time of 5:52.46. It's the second-best mark of her Indoor career.

400: Central Oklahoma had four sprinters in the 400m and Vallerie led the way with a time of 1:00.29, marginally in front of Kerrigan Huynh, who finished in 1:00.43. Vallerie finished third and Huynh fourth. Genevieve Young made it three in the top six with a 1:02.14 time. Faith Millner (1:03.62) and Reta Ojene (1:04.15) finished 15th and 17th respectively.

POLE VAULT: Talyn Been and Mattison Thetford teamed up for the pole vault as usual and the duo finished second and third respectively. Angelo State's Jillian Halfmann earned first place, clearing 3.15 meters on her first attempt. Been cleared it on her second attempt and Thetford on her third attempt. None of the three could get over 3.30 meters.

200: Central Oklahoma had eight Bronchos gather for the 200-meter race and Vallerie led the way again, this time with a first-place finish. Vallerie finished in 25.53, again marginally in front of her teammates. This time it was Brookins-Fleming finishing second at 25.82 seconds. Huynh took sixth with a time of 26.49. Lee also finished in the top 15, crossing the finish line in 27.33 seconds for a 14th-place finish. Ojene (27.49), Young (27.74), Mikayla Stephenson (27.92), Millner (28.62), and Karly Clemons (29.86) also competed.

3000: Ariane Williams and Katlin Foster teamed up to take on the 3,000 meters. Williams finished seventh with a new PR 12:02.67. Foster finished ninth at 12:17.72.

60: Brookins-Fleming led the way for the trio of Bronchos competing in the 60-meters. In the first heat of the prelims, Brookins-Fleming raced to a first-place finish with a time of 7.80 seconds. Stephenson (8.27) and Clemons (8.70) also competed in the race.

60H: Lee was Central Oklahoma's only contestant in the 60-meter hurdles Friday. The sophomore qualified for the finals with a 9.17 in the first heat and then won the event an hour later with a 9.10 first-place finish.

SHOT PUT: Abigail Kelly represented Central Oklahoma in throws and finished seventh in the shot put. The sophomore hit 11.43 meters.

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Players Mentioned

Talyn Been: Pole Vault; Junior

Sai Brookins-Fleming: Sprints; Sophomore

Karly Clemons: Sprints; Sophomore

Kerrigan Huynh: Sprints; Sophomore

Abigail Kelly: Throws; Sophomore

Deriayah Lee: Hurdles; 5' 3"; Sophomore

Reta Ojene: Sprints; Junior

Mikayla Stephenson: Sprints; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Mattison Thetford: Pole Vault; Junior

Treasure Vallerie: Sprints; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Talyn Been
: Junior
: Pole Vault

Sai Brookins-Fleming
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Karly Clemons
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Kerrigan Huynh
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Abigail Kelly
: Sophomore
: Throws

Deriayah Lee
: 5' 3"; Sophomore
: Hurdles

Reta Ojene
: Junior
: Sprints

Mikayla Stephenson
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Sprints

Mattison Thetford
: Junior
: Pole Vault

Treasure Vallerie
: Sophomore
: Sprints