WAXAHACHIE, Texas – For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma City women missed the Sooner Athletic Conference Track and Field Championship by a single point.
 
Nelson's fourth-place finish in the final event, the 4x400, was enough to hold off the Stars, who finished second in the event and second as a team overall with 130 points. The OCU men placed third at 107.
 
The Stars won four events on Saturday, two by each team.
 
Erika Pena won the women's 800 meters in 2:17.20 as the Stars scored in the top three places in the event. Isabella Gutierrez was second at 2:20.02 and Isabelle Spiller was third at 2:21.68.
 
In a happy result for the Readnour twins, Kenzi Readnour placed first in the women's 5000 meters, edging out her sister, Keira Readnour at second in 18:54.90. The side-by-side finish was a mirror image of Thursday's 10K, when Keira edged her sister by five/100ths of a second.
 
Demarion Dean and Ayenew Devany were men's winners on Saturday. Dean won the 800 in 1:53.43 to lead a four-pronged scoring finish in the event. Alexander Daly was second at 1:54.92, Devany was seventh at 2:01.16 and Cooper Phillips was eighth at 2:02.10.
 
Devany won the men's 5000 in 15:20.72 and the Stars also scored in the event from fifth place as Jackson Fowler finished in 15:45.72.
 
Also for the women, Pena, Spiller, Vanessa Perez and Gutierrez scored in that women's 4x400 runner-up finish in 3:57.37. Perez scored in the women's 200 meters at 25.38 for seventh.
 
Tabytha Roy scored in the 400 hurdles in sixth at 1:08.92. Alexandria Horn was sixth in the women's javelin at 27.87.
 
Also scoring for the men on Saturday were Daly, Phillips, Fowler and Dean in the men's 4x400 relay, taking fifth at 3:29.19. Daly scored from seventh place in the men's 400 hurdles in 1:08.17.
 
The Stars won six events on Friday.
 
Isaiah Smith won the men's high jump at 6-5.5 and Horn scored in the women's discus from sixth at 34.44 for OCU's field event entries.
 
On the track, Pena and Spiller had a pair of victories each. They teamed up with Kenzi Readnour and Gutierrez to win the 4x800 relay in 9:17.23. Pena also won the women's 1500 in 4:43.36, with Gutierrez also scoring in that event with a second-place 4:44.28. The relay team met the NAIA B standard for nationals.
 
Spiller captured the 3000 steeplechase in 11:55.69.
 
Perez picked up points in the 400 meters with a second-place finish at 56.01 while meeting the NAIA B standard. Tabytha Roy scored in the 100 hurdles, placing fourth at 15.58.
 
Devany led the men's team with two SAC titles on Friday, winning the 1500 in 3:59.97 and working with Riley Randall, Daly and Dean to win the 4x800 in 7:34.32, meeting the automatic standard.
 
Dean and Alexander also scored in the 400 meters. Dean was second at 47.13.6, meeting the NAIA automatic qualifying standard, and Daly was sixth at 48.44.
 
Fowler and Phillips scored points in the 1500. Fowler was second at 4:00.54 and Cooper took fifth in 4:03.97.
 
 
OCU Results
Thursday
Women's 10K: 1. Keira Readnour, 41:08.49, 2. Kenzi Readnour, 41:08.53
Men's 10K 4. Jack Reed, 33:50.42; 5 Halen Biggs, 34:28.16; 6. Ryan McLaughlin, 35:21.05
 
OCU Schedule
Friday
Men's High Jump: 1. Isaiah Smith. 1.97 (6-5.5)
Women's 4x800 Relay: 1. Erika Pena, Kenzi Readnour,  Isabelle Spiller,  Isabella Gutierrez, 9:17.23 (NAIA B standard)
Men's 4x800 Relay: 1. Riley Randall, Alexander Daly, Ayenew Devany,  Demarion Dean, 7:34.32 (NAIA A standard)
Women's Discus: 6. Alexandria Horn, 34.44
Women's 3000 Steeplechase: 1. Isabelle Spiller, 11:55.69
Women's 100 Hurdles: 4. Tabytha Roy, 15.58
Women's 400M: 2. Vanessa Perez, 56.01 (NAIA B standard)
Men's 400M: 2. Demarion Dean, 47.13; (NAIA A standard) 6. Alexander Daly, 48.44
Women's 1500M: 1. Erika Pena, 4:43.36; 2. Isabella Gutierrez, 4:44.28; 12. Makenzi DeHart, 5:25.91
Men's 1500M: 1. Ayenew Devany, 3:59.97; 2. Jackson Fowler, 4:00.54; 5. Cooper Phillips, 4:03.97; 9. Braydon Witthorne,  4:07.69; 12. Carson Patten, 4:09.69; 14. Ryan McLaughlin, 4:11.10; 15. Riley Randall,  4:12.69; 17. Halen Biggs,  4:14.91; 18. Jack Reed, 4:16.31; 22. Javier Medina, 4:22.77
 
Saturday
Men's Javelin: 17. Omari Smith, 32.16
Men's Shot: 17. Omari Smtih, 10.20
Women's Javelin: 6. Alexandria Horn, 27.87
Women's 800M: 1. Erika Pena, 2:17.70; 2. Isabella Gutierrez, 2:20.02; 3. Isabelle Spiller, 21:21.60; 14. Emily Schneider, 2:38
Men's 800M: 1. Demarion Dean, 1:53.43; 2. Alexander Daly, 1:54.92; 7. Ayenew Devany, 2:01.16; 8. Cooper Phillips, 2:02.10
Women's 400 Hurdles: 6. Tabytha Roy, 1:08.92
Men's 400 Hurdles: 11. Alexander Daly, 1:08.17
Women's 200M: 7. Vanessa Perez, 25.38
Men's 200M: 11. Demarion Dean, 22.20
Women's 5000M: 1. Kenzi Readnour, 18:54.79; 2. Keira Readnour, 18:54.90; 9. Makenzi DeHart, 21:01.24
3:55 p.m. – Men's 5000M: 1. Ayenew Devany, 15:20.72; 5. Jackson Fowler, 15:45.72; 9. Braydon Witthorne, 16:03.75; 11. Riley Randall, 16:10.26; 12. Halen Biggs, 16:26.05; 13. Ryan McLaughlin,  16:35.49;  14. Carson Patten, 16:43.09; 19. Javier Medina,  17:28.63; 21. Jack Reed, 17:56.91; 22. Jacoby Nance, 18:054.04
Women's 4x400 Relay: 2. Erika Pena, Isabelle Spiller,  Kenzi Readnour, Isabella Gutierrez, 3:57.37
4:25 p.m. – Men's 4x400 Relay:5. Alexander Daly, Cooper Phillips,  Jackson Fowler, Demarion Dean, 3:29.19