LUBBOCK – Baylor senior Tuesdi Tidwell, a 2017 Early High School graduate, captured the women’s pole vault championship Friday at the 2021 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships.

According to BaylorBears.com. Tidwell gave Baylor its first win of the day, recording a pole vault of 14-4 (4.37m) to take home the title. Tidwell battled back from two misses at 13-6.25 (4.12m) to outlast the field and win her first-ever conference championship.

Tidwell’s list of accomplishments at Baylor also includes:

• BU Indoor School Record Holder (pole vault)
• 2020 Indoor All-American (pole vault)
• 2020 All-Big 12 Indoors (pole vault)
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (track)
• 2020 University of Iowa Larry “Wiz” Wieczorek Invitational Outstanding Female Field Event Athlete
• 2019 All-Big 12 Outdoors (pole vault)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Indoors (pole vault)
• 2019 Indoor Second-Team All-American (pole vault)
• 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (track)
• 2018 All-Big 12 Outdoors (pole vault)
• 2018 All-Big 12 Indoors (pole vault)
• 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team