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Texas Track & Field and Cross Country Contact: David Wiechmann | [email protected] | O: 512-471-6062 | C: 936-234-2711 6 NCAA Indoor Championships | 4 NCAA Outdoor Championships 15 Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships | 15 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships COachiNG STAFF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS daTE: March 11-12 LOcaTION: Birmingham, Ala. Director of Track & Field and Cross Country ___ Mario Sategna faciliTY: Birmingham CrossPlex Associate Head Coach - Sprints _______ Tonja Buford-Bailey TwiTTER: @UTexasTrack | @NCAATrackField Assistant Coach - Distance/XC ____________Brad Herbster LIVE RESULTS: FlashResults.com LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3.com: Friday 5:25 pm | Saturday 3:55 pm Assistant Coach - Sprints _______________ Seth Henson Assistant Coach - Field Events _______________ Ty Sevin Texas Track & Field heads to Birmingham, Alabama, this weekend as the Longhorns will face the best the nation Assistant Coach - Jumps _______Kareem Streete-Thompson has to offer at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Action gets underway on Friday from the Birmingham Director of Operations ________________LaVera Morris CrossPlex with Texas looking for a handful of individual titles and a team championship to go with them. Twitter: @UTexasTrack The women’s team enters the meet ranked No. 5 in the latest USTFCCCA Rankings. MOST NCAA ENTRIES Instagram: utexastrackfieldxc The men stand in at seventh. Both teams finished sixth at last year’s champion- MEN ENTRIES ship meet and return a number of veterans who could make a big impact on the Arkansas 12 2016 SCHEDULE team standings. OREGON, Texas A&M 10 Florida 8 Senior Courtney Okolo is the defending champion in the 400 meters and juco LSU 7 INDOOR champion Chrisann Gordon joins her in the mix for Texas this year. They along TEXAS, TENNESSEE, Washington 6 January with Morolake Akinosun and Ariel Jones hope to make it back-to-back titles SIX Schools 5 16 Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational Men 2nd, Women 1st 22-23 Conference Clash Power Five Invit. Men 2nd, Women 1st for Texas in the women’s 4x400 meter relay. WOMEN ENTRIES Cherry & Silver Collegiate Invitational Oregon 16 The men’s 400 meters is loaded with Burnt Orange as Texas leads the way with Arkansas 12 February three entires in the event. Zack Bilderback enters ranked No. 1 in the field. He, Florida, Georgia 10 5-6 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational AJ Bailey Jr. and Byron Robinson look to make noise in the event and then TEXAS, Tennessee 8 New Mexico Collegiate Classic team up with Chris Irvin in the men’s relay as well where Texas is among the LSU, Notre Dame 7 12-13 Tyson Invitational Men’s 4x4: School Record favorites to win its first men’s 4x400 title in school history. BAYlor, Miami 6 Husky Classic Crouser: Shot Put School Record 26-27 Big 12 Championships Men 2nd, Women 1st Senior Ryan Crouser recently tied the collegiate record in the shot put. His mark of 21.73 meters (71-3.50) makes him the heavy favorite to win and claim his fourth NCAA crown in the event. March 11-12 NCAA Championships Birmingham, Ala. The women have won a total of six NCAA indoor team championships with their last coming in 2006. The men have OUTDOOR never won a team NCAA title and look to be the first team from the Big 12 Conference to win since its inception. March 17-18 TCU Invitational Fort Worth, Texas Action begins at noon Friday from the Birmingham CrossPlex with the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 25-26 Cardinal & Gold Challenge Los Angeles, Calif. pentathlon and first day of heptathlon. Field events start at 5 p.m. with TEXAS FINISHES LAST 5 YEARS MEN YeaR WOMEN UTSA Invitational San Antonio, Texas preliminary heats of running events starting at 5:30 p.m. along with finals for 6TH (25) 2015 6TH (33) the 5,000 meters and distance medley relay. Day 2 of action also starts at noon T-20TH (11) 2014 2ND (43.5) March 30- and team champions will be crowned after the conclusion of the 17 events at April 2 Nike Clyde LittlefieldT exas Relays Myers Stadium T-23RD (9) 2013 18TH (12) approximately 6:40 p.m. 7TH (22.5) 2012 4TH (25) April 10TH (17) 2011 2ND (38) 1 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif. This year’s NCAA Championships will be live streamed via ESPN3.com or on 9 Baylor Invitational Waco, Texas mobile devices with the ESPN app. Live results can be found online at FlashResults.com with up-to-date info after 16 Texas Invitational Myers Stadium each running event heat and attempt in field events. 23 LSU Alumni Gold Baton Rouge, La. 28-30 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa In addition to the live streaming from ESPN, fans can follow the action from the meet with the team’s official Twitter feed @UTexasTrack. The NCAA will be tweeting from @NCAATrackField. Fans can interact and keep up with the meet May by also following and using the hashtag #NCAATF. 7 Longhorn Invitational Myers Stadium 13-15 Big 12 Championships Fort Worth, Texas TEXAS TRacK & FIELD NOTEBOOK 26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Lawrence, Kan. Longhorns Both in Top 10 Nationally June • Texas is among the favorites to win NCAA Championships in 2016 on both sides. The Longhorns ranked No. 5 for the 8-11 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. women and No. 7 for the men in the latest USTFCCCA Rankings. • The men were ranked No. 2 in the preseason rankings, the highest ranking ever for the men’s team, who has never won a team NCAA crown. Meet Schedule • The women were No. 3 in the preseason and are seeking their first team NCAA title since 2006. NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS • Last year the both teams finished 6th indoors at the national meet. Texas events in bold • The Big 12 Conference has three men’s teams and five women’s ranked in the Top 25 heading into NCAA Champion- ships. All three men’s teams are in the Top 20: Texas Tech (12), Oklahoma State (16). Kansas State (6) joins the women Friday, March 11 in the Top 10. Oklahoma State (13), Baylor 22) and Iowa State (23) complete the Big 12 women’s rankings. Combined Events Pentathlon Standard Bearers 12:15 p.m. ______________________ 60m Hurdles • After Ryan Crouser tied the collegiate record in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships, Texas now currently holds 1:00 p.m. ___________________ High Jump (2 pits) eight collegiate records combined among the men and women. The nearest competitor is Arizona and Colorado with 3:00 p.m. ____________________Shot Put (2 rings) five apiece. All of Colorado’s records are held by one athlete. 4:00 p.m. ________________________ Long Jump 5:10 p.m. ___________________________ 800m Events to Watch NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Heptathlon Day 1 • Men’s 400m 12:00 p.m. ___________________________ 60m Senior Zack Bilderback won his third straight Big 12 title in this event with a time of 45.27 to set a new school and Big 12 12:40 p.m. _______________________ Long Jump Conference meet record. He leads the NCAA with that time and is joined by teammates AJ Bailey Jr. and Byron Robinson in 1:50 p.m. ____________________ Shot Put (2 rings) the field. Texas is the only school with 3 entries in the men’s 400 as a potential point grab for the Longhorns is possible. 3:00 p.m. ___________________ High Jump (2 pits) • Women’s 400m Senior Courtney Okolo looks to repeat as champion and has the world-leading time of 51.06 seconds. Junior Chrisann Field Events Gordon looks to make an impact in her first NCAA meet after winning multiple titles at NJCAA last year. 5:00 p.m. ____________________Weight Throw (m) • Women’s 60m 5:20 p.m. _____________________ Long Jump (m) Senior Morolake Akinosun eyes her first individual NCAA title after just missing the final last year. Freshman Teahna 5:30 p.m. ____________________ Pole Vault (m) Daniels helps give Texas a 1-2 punch in the event. Daniels is ranked No. 5 at 7.23 seconds and Akinosun is No. 7 at 7.24. 7:10 p.m. _____________________ Long Jump (w) • Men’s 4x400m Relay 7:20 p.m. ____________________Weight Throw (w) Texas has broken the school record twice this year. Its time of 3:04.41 at Tyson Invitational shattered the mark by nearly 2 7:55 p.m. _____________________ High Jump (m) seconds. The Longhorns are ranked No. 3. In total 5 teams have broken 3:05.00 in what will be an exciting finish to the meet. • Women’s 4x400m Relay Running Events Texas looks to repeat as champion in this event. Its time of 3:27.94 leads the nation by nearly a full second. That time ranks 4th 5:30 p.m. ___________________ Mile Prelims (m/w) in collegiate history. Texas has now run 3 of the top 6 times since 2014. 6:10 p.m. ______________60m Hurdles Prelims (m/w) • Men’s Shot Put 6:30 p.m. _________________60m Prelims (m/w) Senior Ryan Crouser tied the collegiate record of 21.73m (71-3.50) at Big 12’s. He is favored to win his 4th NCAA crown. 6:55 p.m. ________________400m Prelims (m/w) • Women’s Pole Vault 7:25 p.m. __________________ 800m Prelims (m/w) Senior Kaitlin Petrillose won the 2014 title and looks to close her career with her second crown after breaking her own Big 12 7:45 p.m. ________________ 200m Prelims (m/w) meet record of 4.41 meters. Sophomore Kally Long makes her NCAA Championship debut in the event and is ranked No.