TEXAS TECH 2017 RED RAIDER TRACK & FIELD @Techathletics | @TTU TF XC | #Wreckem 17 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 116 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 360 ALL-AMERICANS
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TEXAS TECH 2017 RED RAIDER TRACK & FIELD @TechAthletics | @TTU_TF_XC | #WreckEm 17 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 116 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 360 ALL-AMERICANS MEET INFORMATION SUN ANGEL CLASSIC/ WT CLASSIC & MULTIS First Event: Friday, Noon- Men’s Premiere Discus First Event: Friday Multis, 3 p.m. Location: Tempe, Arizona Location: Canyon, Texas Facility: Sun Angel Stadium/ Joe Selleh Track Facility: WTAMU Track & Field Complex Results:http://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/#/results Results: http://sidearmstats.com/wtamu/track/ Live Stream: FloTrack Live Stream: N/A 2017 SCHEDULE SUN ANGEL CLASSIC NOTES INDOOR • Texas Tech track & field is splitting to head to their first out-of-state meet at the JANUARY Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona, but will also stay in Texas for the WT Classic 14 Arkansas Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. & Multis in Canyon. 21 Texas A&M Invitational College Station, Texas • The Sun Angel Classic will begin Friday at noon with the men’s discus. The West 28 Adidas Classic Lincoln, Neb. Texas A&M Classic & Multis is set to start Friday at 3 p.m. with the multi events. FEBRUARY 3 N.M. Collegiate Classic Albuquerque, N.M. • Results for the Sun Angel Classic can be found on finishedresults.trackscoreboard. 9 Dunamis Collegiate Classic Dallas, Texas com and the WT Classic & Multis results can be found on sidearmstats.com. The 10 Iowa State Classic Ames, Iowa Sun Angel Classic will be a live streamed event, available for purchase on Flo- 10 Tyson Invitational Fayettevile, Ark. Track.com. 24-25 Big 12 Indoor Championship Ames, Iowa • The men’s team is ranked No. 11 in the week one USTFCCCA computer rankings. MARCH 10-11 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas • Charles Brown wrangled the Big 12 Track & Field Athlete of the Week award, owed OUTDOOR to his performance at Texas Relays with first-place long jump mark of 8.14m/26- MARCH 8.50. This mark ranks third globally and first nationally. 17-18 UTSA Invitational San Antonio, Texas • Trey Culver also had an impressive Texas Relays performance claiming the first 24-25 ACU Invitational Abilene, Texas 29-1 Texas Relays Austin, Texas place spot in the men’s high jump. His 2.24/7-4.25 clearance currently ranks first APRIL nationally and fifth globally. 7-8 Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Arizona • Zarriea Willis also had a first-place finishing high jump mark at Texas Relays. Her 15 Horned Frog Invitational Fort Worth, Texas 1.80m/5-10.75 bar was cleared in her second attempt allowing her to secure the 22 Michael Johnson Invitational Waco, Texas win. This bar also leads the conference. 28 RED RAIDER SHOOTOUT LUBBOCK, TEXAS MAY • Next up the Red Raiders will be in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Horned Frog Invita- 5-6 MASKED RIDER OPEN LUBBOCK, TEXAS tional on April 15. 12-14 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Lawrence, Kan. 25-27 NCAA West Preliminaries Austin, Texas JUNE KITTLEY’S CORNER 7-10 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. 22-25 USATF Junior & Senior Sacramento, Calif. Hometown: Rule, Texas National Championships Alma Mater: Abilene Christian SUMMER Experience: 18th Season AUGUST By The Numbers: 4-13 IAAF World Championships London, England • 21 NCAA Champions • 217 First Team All-Americans • 116 Big 12 Champions • 5 Big 12 Team Championships @TTUTFXC @TTU_TF_XC • 10 Olympians • 8 Olympic Medalists • 5 Top-5 NCAA Team Finishes /TECHTRACKANDFIELD • 12 Top-10 NCAA Team Finishes 1 2017 TEXAS TECH OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD | SUN ANGEL CLASSIC SUN ANGEL MEET SCHEDULE #JUMPSQUAD SATURDAY FIELD 10:00AM MEN’S OPEN DISCUS Charles Brown, Viershanie Latham, Trey Culver and Zarriea Willis led the jumps front last weekend at Texas 11:45AM WOMEN’S OPEN DISCUS Relays. Brown, Culver and Willis all took first place finishes while Latham was not far behind, finishing second in 12:00PM MEN’S HIGH JUMP the women’s triple jump. Texas Tech currently claims four conference leading jumps marks, two of which lead 1:30PM MEN’S PREMIERE DISCUS 2:30PM WOMEN’S PREMIERE DISCUS nationally. The number one conference spots in high jump (2.24m/7-4.25) and long jump (8.14m/26-8.50) on 2:30PM MEN’S PREMIERE POLE VAULT the men’s side are claimed by Culver and Brown. Triple jump (13.46m/44-2) and high jump (1.80m/5-10.75) are 3:00PM WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP dominated by Latham and Willis on the women’s side. Brown and Culver also have world-ranked marks sitting at 3:00PM MEN’S LONG JUMP 3:30PM MEN’S JAVELIN third and fifth respectively. 4:00PM WOMEN’S LONG JUMP 4:45PM MEN’S OPEN SHOT PUT 6:00PM WOMEN’S JAVELIN RELAYS AT RELAYS 6:00PM WOMEN’S OPEN SHOT PUT The 4x100 and 4x400 relays yielded impressive results on both the men’s and women’s side last weekend at 6:00PM WOMEN’S PREMIERE POLE VAULT Texas Relays. The men’s mile relay notched a new No. 5 Texas Tech outdoor record time of 3:03.28 to end the 7:00PM MEN’S TRIPLE JUMP 7:00PM WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP meet. Kyle Collins, Steven Champlin, Charles Jones and Vincent Crisp claimed third overall. This relay team also 7:30PM MEN’S PREMIERE SHOT PUT holds a No. 2 conference spot, No. 4 national spot and No. 6 world spot. Maygen Smith, Marika Brown, Sara Limp 8:15PM WOMEN’S PREMIERE SHOT PUT SATURDAY RUNNING and Mackenzie Frank ran in the 4x400 invitational heat claiming third-place with their time of 3:35.80. The 4x100 2:17PM MEN TIMED FINAL110H relays pushed for strong times in the final round clocking 39.76 and 44.94 runs. The men’s fourth-place finishing 2:38PM WOMEN TIMED FINAL100H relay was composed of Trevin Chambers, Steven Champlin, Kyle Collins and Andrew Hudson. I’Shunique Hamil- 2:53PM MEN 4X100 2:57PM WOMEN 4X100 ton, Marika Brown, Tiffani Johnson and Sara Limp headed the women’s relay for eighth place. 3:27PM MEN 400M 3:40PM WOMEN 400M NO. 11 RANKING 3:55PM MEN 100M The men’s team snagged the No. 11 spot in week one’s USTFCCCA computer rankings. This is an upward move- 4:09PM WOMEN 100M 4:16PM MEN 400H ment from the preseason rankings, owed to top-ranking marks made at Texas Relays. The men left Austin, Texas, 4:26PM WOMEN 400H with three world-ranked marks , two of which are top-five. The men’s 4x400 clocked a 3:03.28 to sit them sixth 4:35PM MEN 200M 4:51PM WOMEN 200M in the world, fourth in the nation and second in conference. Trey Culver clinched another high jump title at 5:10PM MEN 800M 2.24m/7-4.25 putting him fifth in the world and first in the NCAA. A long jump mark of 8.14m/26-8.50 allowed 5:23PM WOMEN 800M Charles Brown a No. 3 world ranking as well as a nation leading position. 5:35PM MEN 1500M 5:46PM WOMEN 1500M 6:22PM MEN PREMIERE 4X100 BIG 12 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 6:28PM WOMEN PREMIERE 4X100 7:01PM MEN PREMIERE 400M Charles Brown garnered Texas Tech’s second Big 12 Track & Field Athlete of the Week award this outdoor season 7:06PM WOMEN PREMIERE 400M for his standout performance at Texas Relays. Brown hit a long jump mark of 8.14m/26-8.50 ranking him No. 7:55PM MEN PREMIERE 800M 3 in the world. This jump by Brown also leads the nation by over half a foot. Brown’s mark serves not only as a 8:00PM WOMEN PREMIERE 800M 8:13PM MEN PREMIERE 200M second-place outdoor record for Texas Tech, but as his lifetime-best jump. 8:20PM WOMEN PREMIERE 200M 8:46PM MEN PREMIERE 1500M ON THE DOCKET 8:53PM WOMEN PREMIERE 1500M Next week Texas Tech will head to Fort Worth, Texas, for the Horned Frogs Invitational on April 15. 9:16PM MEN PREMIERE 4X400 9:33PM WOMEN PREMIERE 4X400 COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...........................Wes Kittley (18th season) Assoc. Head Men’s Coach ..................... James Thomas Assoc. Head Women’s Coach ....................Dana Boone Head Cross Country Coach ......................... Jon Murray Assistant Coach ...............................................Cliff Felkins Assistant Coach .....................................Calvin Robinson Head Trainer .....................................................Frank Perez Volunteer Assistant Coach ...........................Tom Slagle Director of Operations ...................................Lana Jones ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Director .................................Malley Stoddard Phone ........(O) - (806) 834-8808, (C) - (214) 681-3920 Fax .................................................................(806) 742-1970 E-mail [email protected] Website ............................................www.texastech.com Twitter ........................... @TTU_TF_XC, @TechAthletics Instagram ...........................................................@TTUTFXC Facebook .................................................... /techtrackfield Mailing Address .... 2526 6th St. /Lubbock, TX 79409 2 TEXASTECH.COM 2017 TEXAS TECH OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD | SUN ANGEL CLASSIC MEN’S ROSTER NAME EVENT CLASS HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Stephen Alvarez Distance FR El Paso, Texas/Socorro Miguel Bautista Distance JR Harbor City, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS Clark Blunt Distance SR Frisco, Texas/Heritage Werner Bouwer Javelin Throw FR Tzaneen, South Africa/Hoerskool Nelspruit Brandon Bray Pole Vault SO China Spring, Texas/China Spring Charles Brown Jumps SO Wichita Falls, Texas/Hirschi Hunter Carlton Pole Vault JR Burleson, Texas/Mansfield Legacy Ardran Carr Sprints/Hurdles FR Grand Prairie, Texas/ Arlington Bowie Trevin Chambers Sprints FR Glenn Heights, Texas/ DeSoto Steven Champlin Sprints JR Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS Kyle Collins Sprints SR DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto Vincent Crisp Middle Distance SO Huntersville, N.C./North Mecklenburg Trey Culver Jumps JR Lubbock, Texas/Coronado HS Braden Darrow Throws FR Abilene, Texas/ Wylie Steven Duran Distance FR Albuquerque, N.M./ St. Pius X Marcus Franklin Throws JR LaVergne, Tenn./ LaVergne Colten Gayle Sprints SO Cisco, Texas/Cisco Nathan Gift Distance FR Katy, Texas/ Cinco Ranch Riley Gonzales Distance SO Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine Norman Grimes Jr.