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TEXAS TECH 2018 RED RAIDER TRACK & FIELD @TechAthletics | @TTU_TF_XC | #WreckEm 21 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 163 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 376 ALL-AMERICANS MEET INFORMATION COACHING STAFF Head Coach .....................................................Wes Kittley Assoc. Head Men’s Coach............. James Thomas NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Assoc. Head Women’s Coach ............. Dana Boone First Event: Friday- Noon Head Cross Country Coach ..................Jon Murray Assistant Coach ..........................................Cliff Felkins Location: College Station, Texas Assistant Coach ............................... Calvin Robinson Facility: Gilliam Indoor Stadium Head Trainer ................................................. Frank Perez Results: FlashResults.com Volunteer Assistant Coach ....................Tom Slagle Live Stream: WatchESPN Director of Operations ............................. Lana Jones 2018 SCHEDULE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES INDOOR • 11 Red Raiders are set to perform on that national stage in College Sta- tion, Texas, for the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this JANUARY 13 CORKY CLASSIC LUBBOCK, TEXAS weekend. 19 RED RAIDER INVITATIONAL LUBBOCK, TEXAS • Brandon Bray, Charles Brown, Steven Champlin, Vincent Crisp, Trey Cul- 26 RED & BLACK OPEN LUBBOCK, TEXAS 27 TEXAS TECH CLASSIC & MULTIS LUBBOCK, TEXAS ver, Andrew Hudson, C.J. Jones, Tyreek Mathis, Drew McMichael, Divine FEBRUARY Oduduru and Zarriea Willis make up the qualifying candidates, with 3 TEXAS TECH OPEN LUBBOCK, TEXAS 9-10 TEXAS TECH SHOOTOUT LUBBOCK, TEXAS Sean Hooper traveling as an alternate for the 4x400-meter relay. 16 MATADOR QUALIFIER LUBBOCK, TEXAS • The Texas Tech men enter the meet as the top-ranked team, favored to 23-24 Big 12 Indoor Championship Ames, Iowa MARCH win a title. Two Red Raiders enter the meet ranked first in the nation in 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas their respective events, and one ranked second. OUTDOOR • Divine Oduduru and Trey Culver are the two event leaders, both earn- ing marks in the All-Time NCAA record book for the performances in the MARCH 200-meter race (20.18) and high jump (2.33m/7-7.75) competition. 12-18 UTSA Invitational San Antonio, Texas 23-24 ACU Invitational Abilene, Texas • Nine of the 11 competitors are returning All-Americans, with six of the 28-31 Texas Relays Austin, Texas nine competing in last year’s indoor national meet. APRIL 6-7 Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Arizona • Next weekend, the outdoor season will start at the UTSA Invitational in 13-14 Open San Antonio, Texas, on March 17-18. 21 Baylor Invitational Waco, Texas 21 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, California 27 RED RAIDER SHOOTOUT LUBBOCK, TEXAS KITTLEY’S CORNER MAY Hometown: Rule, Texas 5 MASKED RIDER OPEN LUBBOCK, TEXAS Alma Mater: Abilene Christian 10-13 Big 12 Championship Waco, Texas Experience: 19th Season 24-26 NCAA West Preliminaries Sacramento, Calif. JUNE By The Numbers: 6-10 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. • 21 NCAA Champions • 225 First Team All-Americans • 163 Big 12 Champions @TTU_TF_XC @TTUTFXC • 6 Big 12 Team Championships • 13 Olympians • 8 Olympic Medalists /TECHTRACKANDFIELD • 5 Top-5 NCAA Team Finishes • 12 Top-10 NCAA Team Finishes 1 2018 TEXAS TECH INDOOR TRACK & FIELD | NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS REGION LEADERS Five Red Raiders claimed regional Athlete and Coach of the Year awards. Three of these honors were wrangled by coaches, while the other two were student-athletes honored for their high jump performances. Head coach Wes Kittley hailed the Men’s Coach of the Year award, marking back-to-back years that he has earned the honor. Kittley led the men’s team to their first-ever Big 12 Indoor Championship win, notching the most points scored in program history. This year’s national meet has the most Red Raider qualifiers in program history, sitting at a total of 11 male entries. Assistant Calvin Robinson was named the men’s assistant of the year for his coaching efforts in the men’s sprints group. Robinson led two of his athletes to claim Big 12 individual titles, allowing them to both clinch a share of the high point scorer award. At the national meet, Robinson will have a total of five entries. James Thomas was awarded the women’s assistant coach of the year, attributed mainly to his two athletes who have claimed top-10 Tex- as Tech records in all of their high jump and pentathlon performances this year. One of these athletes is the sole female qualifier for the Red Raiders. Zarriea Willis is heading back to College Station for the national meet for the second year in a row with her Field Athlete of the Year honor in hand. Willis claimed the school and facility record height of 1.89m/6-2.25, ranking her second in the nation. Trey Culver joins Willis, hailing the Men’s Field Athlete of the Year award for the first time ever. Culver won the Big 12 indoor high jump competition to take his first indoor conference crown. He also leapt an impressive 2.33m/7-7.75 bar to claim the No. 4 all-time NCAA record and school record. RETURNING INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS Six student-athletes are returning to College Station for the second year in a row, four of which are individual qualifiers and two are relay contributers. Trey Culver looks to take his third indoor high jump national title, which would make an NCAA first-ever back-to-back-to-back national champion. Culver wrangled last year’s title in College Station from a 2.26m/7-5 personal-best leap. This year, Culver will enter with a new No. 1 nationally-ranked best of 2.33m/7-7.75, in hopes to push the bar even higher. Zarriea Willis will also be returning in the women’s high jump, making her second indoor nationals appearance. Willis wrangled first- team honors last year with an eighth-place finishing height of 1.81m/5-11.25. Willis enters the competition with a second-place nationally ranked 1.89m/6-2.25 bar. Charles Brown is the third jumps squad returner, exiting last year’s national meet with three second-team honors in the long jump, triple jump and high jump competitions. This year, Brown is quailified in the long jump (8.03m/26-4.25) and triple jump (16.30m/53-5.75) with No. 2 and No. 9 ranked marks. Andrew Hudson is the fourth individual returner, bringing second team 200m All-America honors back to Lubbock after last year’s competition. This season, Hudson is ranked No. 4 and No. 13 nationally with his 200m and 60m marks of 20.49@ and 6.62. Steven Champlin and C.J. Jones are the two senior legs of the 4x400-meter relay, both taking part in the No. 3 all-time Texas Tech relay run of 3:05.18 to qualify for their last indoor national meet. The two contributed to last year’s sixth-place finishing 3:05.63 relay, sealing the Red Raiders’ 14th-place team finish. TOPPING THE RANKS The men’s team notched a first-place national ranking for the fourth-consecutive week in the USTFCCCA computer rankings. This is the longest nation-leading streak held by a Texas Tech program. Of the 11 male entries in the national meet, four athletes will be competing with individual entiries for their first time at the indoor meet. Freshman sprinter Divine Oduduru is the leader of those entries with his national and world leading 200m mark of 20.18 (20.25@), accompanied by his 6.58 (6.60@) 60m time. Oduduru has reworked the Texas Tech indoor record book, inking his name on the top-10 all-time list in every single performance this season. Oduduru has also stamped his name in the national records, as the third-fastest 200m time in indoor collegiate history at 20.18. Oduduru went on to sweep the conference title in the 200m and take a second-place finish in the 60m to share the high point scorer award with teammate Andrew Hudson. In the men’s pole vault, Brandon Bray and Drew McMichael will be battling for new personal-best marks. Both enter the national meet with their No. 11 ranked 5.50m/18-0.50 marks from the season. These heights notched No. 2 all-time Texas Tech marks. Vincent Crisp qualified for his first-ever indoor 800m race with a 1:48.01 run, calculated to 1:47.70 at altitude, that ranks ninth heading into the meet. ON THE DOCKET Next up, the Red Raiders will open up their outdoor slate in San Antonio, Texas, at the UTSA Invitational on March 16-17. 2 TEXASTECH.COM NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 2018 TEXAS TECH INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEN’S ROSTER Name Event Class Hometown/High School Stephen Alvarez Distance SO El Paso, Texas/Socorro Miguel Bautista Distance SR Harbor City, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS Jake Benninghoff Jumps FR Rogers, Arkansas/ Rogers Michael Benoit Distance SO Abilene, Texas/ Cooper Clark Blunt Distance SR Frisco, Texas/Heritage Werner Bouwer Javelin SO Tzaneen, South Africa/ Hoerskool Nelspruit Brandon Bray Pole Vault JR China Spring, Texas/China Spring Charles Brown Jumps JR Wichita Falls, Texas/Hirschi Jett Buchanan Middle Distance FR Lubbock, Texas/ Trinity Christian Hunter Carlton Pole Vault SR Burleson, Texas/Mansfield Legacy Ardran Carr Sprints/Hurdles SO Grand Prairie, Texas/ Arlington Bowie Steven Champlin Sprints SR Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS Vincent Crisp Middle Distance JR Huntersville, N.C./North Mecklenburg Trey Culver Jumps SR Lubbock, Texas/Coronado HS Braden Darrow Throws SO Abilene, Texas/ Wylie Steven Duran Distance SO Albuquerque, N.M./ St. Pius X Colten Gayle Sprints JR Cisco, Texas/Cisco Nathan Gift Distance SO Katy, Texas/ Cinco Ranch Riley Gonzales Distance JR Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine Phillip Green III Sprints JR Dallas, Texas/ Richardson/ Texas State Clark Griffith Combined Events SO Taylor, Texas/ Taylor Norman Grimes Jr.

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