The OU men's track and field team won the Big 12 Indoor Championship this weekend, securing the program's 18th conference title while the OU women finished fourth.

Nebraska led the Championship on Friday, but the Sooners consistently climbed the ranks Saturday when the team accumulated points in every running event.

The meet came down to the final men’s event, the 4x400-meter relay. Before the event began, only one point separated the Nebraska Huskers from the Sooners for the Championship title.

The OU team triumphed with a time of 3:08.01 compared to the Husker time of 3:12.14.

The Sooners earned 114 points total, the highest Big 12 Championship point title in OU history.

The 4x400 relay team that sealed the victory for the Sooners consisted of junior Remuro Henry, senior Jarell Warren, junior Eric Bailey and senior Zach Dawson.

On the women’s side, the indoor team finished fourth with 65 points. This score ties their highest point total in program history.

Several factors played into the Sooner victory, including numerous individual titles. Junior Ronnie Ash defended his 2009 crown as the 60-meter hurdle Champion. He ran a 7.59, beating his record of 7.63 that won him the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Sophmore Mookie Salaam took the championship crown in the 60-meter race, redshirt freshman Karen Shump captured the shot put title and red shirt junior K.P. Singh won the weight throw event.

During a tight competition, junior Scottesha Miller barely lost her Big 12 title to Gabby Mayo from Texas A&M in the 60-meter dash. Mayo beat Miller by two thousandths of a second. The Aggies continued to win the Women’s Championship.

The meet began with five conference records broken in the first day. The event was held at Iowa State University Indoor facility.

Next weekend marks the athletes’ last chance to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships.