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 14 Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships | 13 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships The Texas Track and Field team will compete COACHING STAFF TEXAS INVITATIONAL in its fourth meet of the outdoor season and DATE: April 11 second at home on Saturday when the Long- LOCATION: Austin, Texas Director of Track & Field and Cross Country ___ Mario Sategna horns serve as host to the Texas Invitational, a FACILITY: Mike A. Myers Stadium Associate Head Coach - Sprints _______ Tonja Buford-Bailey one-day, team-scored meet. Air Force, Cal State TWITTER: @UTexasTrack Assistant Coach - Distance/XC ____________Brad Herbster Northridge, Houston, North Texas, Rice, Sam LIVE RESULTS: TBA Assistant Coach - Sprints _______________ Seth Henson Houston State, Stephen F. Austin and UT San Antonio are sending their men’s and women’s teams. Minnesota will be sending only its men’s Assistant Coach - Field Events _______________ Ty Sevin team. Schools are traveling a varying number of athletes and there will also be a handful of un- Assistant Coach - Jumps _______Kareem Streete-Thompson attached competitors in the field. Field events start at 10 a.m. Central and running events begin Director of Operations _______________ Dan Huskerson at 2:30 p.m. Gates to Mike A. Myers Stadium open at 8:30 a.m. and admission is free. Twitter: @UTexasTrack The Longhorns followed up a strong six-win performance at the 88th Nike Clyde Littlefield Instagram: utexastrackfieldxc Texas Relays (March 25-28) by sending a small group of distance runners to last week’s Stan- ford Invitational. The highly-competitive distance meet produced some of the top times in the nation, including a number from the Longhorns. Texas posted a total of seven marks that rank 2015 SCHEDULE among the top 10 on the school’s performance lists. INDOOR December Only Harry Green - at the 1988 and 1989 Mt. SAC Relays - has posted a quicker 10,000-meter 12 Hoosier Open Lutz: 2nd - 5000m time by a Longhorn than senior Craig Lutz did at the Stanford Invitational. Lutz crossed the finish line in 28:33.48 to finish seventh in the top section of the event. In a field loaded with January All-Americans and a handful of professionals, Lutz was third among collegians in a race that 16 Arkansas - Texas Dual Men 2nd, Women 2nd produced the top 40 times on the 2015 NCAA performance list. In the women’s 10,000 meters, 23-24 Rod McCravy Memorial 3 wins fellow senior Megan Siebert cut more than two minutes off her best time, finishing 22nd in 24 Lobo Collegiate Invitational 9 personal records section one in 33:37.88, a time that ranks No. 3 in school history and 14th on the 2015 NCAA 30-31 Howie Ryan Invitational 3 wins performance list. Sandie Raines impressed for the women’s squad in section one of the 5,000 UW Invitational 3 wins meters. The sophomore transfer from Arkansas crossed the finish line in 15:48.04 to rank as No. February 3 on the UT performance list and fifth on this year’s national list. 6-7 New Mexico Collegiate Classic 4 wins, 3 runners-up Meyo Invitational 1 win, 2 runners-up Most of UT’s squad will be in action Saturday, though some not in their traditional events. While 13-14 Tyson Invitational Bilderback: 400m School Record Kaitlin Petrillose, the 2014 NCAA indoor champion, will compete in the pole vault, the quar- Husky Classic Lutz: 5000m School Record termilers will veer off into other events. Courtney Okolo, the defending NCAA outdoor 400m 21 Alex Wilson Invitational DMR: 13th champion, is only slated to run on the 4x100-meter relay and Kendall Baisden, a two-time NCAA 27-28 Big 12 Championships Men 1st, Women 1st champion on the 4x400-meter relay, is scheduled to run the 200 meters, along with Moro- lake Akinosun, who will not run the 100m, just the 200. The freshmen women’s sprinters and March hurdlers will get a look in a number of events. Ariel Jones (100mh, 400mh, 4x400m relay) and 13-14 NCAA Championships Men 6th, Women 6th Caitland Smith (100m, 200m, 4x400m relay) are penciled in for three events apiece, while Chyna Ries (100m, long jump) and Shania Collins (4x100m relay, 4x400m relay) are scheduled for a pair OUTDOOR each. March 20-21 UTSA Invitational Men 4th, Women 3rd 25-28 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays 6 wins For the UT men, Senoj-Jay Givans is expected to make his season debut in the 100 meters Sat- urday and Johannes Hock will compete in three individual events (pole vault, shot put, 110mh) April since there will be no multi-events for either the men or women. Ryan Crouser will not take part 3-4 Stanford Invitational 7 marks in UT all-time top 10 in his specialty the shot put, but is entered in the discus. Crouser posted the top shot-put mark 11 Texas Invitational Myers Stadium in the nation - 21.11m (69-3.25) - at the Texas Relays. 18 Michael Johnson Classic Waco, Texas 23-24 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. TEXAS TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK Longhorns Both in Top 10 Nationally May • This week the men and women both hold spots in the top 10 of the USTFCCCA Rankings. The 2 Longhorn Invitational Myers Stadium women are No. 4 and the men stand at No. 6. 15-17 Big 12 Championships Ames, Iowa • Texas is among six schools that have their men and women ranked in the top 10. 28-30 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Myers Stadium • The Big 12 Conference is well represented in the top 25 with five women’s teams and four June men’s teams ranked this week. All nine men’s and women’s teams are among the top 15 with 10-13 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. the Longhorns leading the way among Big 12 squads in both. 24-28 USATF Championships TBD Standard Bearers MEET SCHEDULE • Texas currently holds seven collegiate records combined among the men and women. The TEXAS INVITATIONAL nearest competitor is Arizona and Colorado with five. Field Events 10:00 a.m. __________________Hammer Throw (w) 2015 The Bowerman Watch List The most prestigious award in collegiate track and field, The Bowerman, is awarded by the 10:30 a.m. _______________________ Javelin (m) USTFCCCA annually to the top male and female track and field star annually. Since its inception 11:00 a.m. _______________ Pole Vault (w) - East Pit in 2009, the winners combined to win three Olympic medals in 2012. ______________________ Pole Vault (m) - West Pit • 3-time NCAA champion Ryan Crouser is on the men’s Post-Indoor watch list. 11:30 a.m. __________________Hammer Throw (m) • NCAA outdoor 400m champ Courtney Okolo is on the women’s Post-Indoor watch list. 12:00 p.m. _______________________ Javelin (w) 12:30 p.m. ____________Long Jump (w) - East Runway Akinosun Wins Three Events __________________ Long Jump (m) - West Runway Morolake Akinosun put on a show at the Texas Relays as a Longhorn by winning three events. For her efforts the junior was named the Texas Relays Most Outstanding Performer and received 1:00 p.m. ______________________High Jump (w) her first Big 12 Athlete of the Week Award on March 30. ______________________ Shot Put (w) - East Ring • Ran anchor leg of the 4x100m relay to win with a time of 43.70 seconds ______________________Shot Put (m) - West Ring • Won 100m in wind-aided 10.94 seconds. That time would be fast enough to tie the school 2:30 p.m. ________________________ Discus (w) record but it cannot count toward records because it was wind-aided 3:30 p.m. _____________________ High Jump (m) • Ran opening leg of 4x400m relay, winning in 3:29.65 __________________ Triple Jump (w) - East Runway • Ran opening leg of 4x200m relay, finishing second in 1:32.53 __________________Triple Jump (m) - West Runway Freshmen Showing Talent 4:00 p.m. ________________________ Discus (m) • Freshmen sprinters Caitland Smith and Shania Collins finished second and third in the 200 meter invitational at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Smith crossed the line in 23.35 sec- Running Events onds with Collins right behind her in 23.47. 2:30 p.m. __________________4x100m Relay (w/m) 2:40 p.m. ______________________ 1500m (w/m) Crouser Repeats 3:10 p.m. ____________________100m Hurdles (w) • Ryan Crouser also shined in his final Texas Relays wearing Burnt Orange. The NCAA champion won the men’s shot put for a third consecutive year with his toss of 21.11 meters (69-3.25). 3:20 p.m. ____________________ 110m Hudles (m) 3:35 p.m. _______________________ 400m (w/m) Dohmann Opens Season with Win 4:05 p.m. _______________________ 100m (w/m) • Defending Big 12 Conference champion Fabian Dohmann opened his outdoor season at the 4:25 p.m. _______________________ 800m (w/m) Texas Relays with a victory in the javelin, throwing 70.86 meters (232-6) on his fifth attempt. 4:50 p.m. __________________ 400m Hurdles (w/m) • Dohmann was standing in seventh heading into the final three throws. Evan Karakolis of Rice 5:15 p.m. _______________________ 200m (w/m) and Missouri’s MaCauley Garton also threw over 230 feet. 5:35 p.m. ______________3000m Steeplechase (w/m) 6:05 p.m. __________________4x400m Relay (w/m) USTFCCCA Outdoor Rankings WEEK ONE - (4/6/15) | BIG 12 CONFERENCE TEAMS IN BOLD Men Women Rk Team Points Conference Last Week Rk Team Points Conference Last Week 1 Texas A&M 414.59 SEC 1 1 Texas A&M 326.01 SEC 1 2 Florida 372.32 SEC 2 2 Florida 312.12 SEC 2 3 Oregon 310.24 Pac-12 3 3 Arkansas 301.33 SEC 7 4 LSU 223.87 SEC 4 4 Texas 292.12 Big 12 3 5 USC 219.07 Pac-12 7 5 Kentucky 267.23 SEC 5 6 Texas 207.47 Big 12 5 6 Oregon 251.25 Pac-12 4 7 Arkansas 174.48 SEC 6 7 Southern California