TEXAS TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY TEXAS TRACK & FIELD/XC 6 NCAA Indoor Championships | 4 NCAA Outdoor Championships | 1 NCAA XC Championship 17 Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships | 18 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships Contact: David Wiechmann | [email protected] | O: 512-471-6062 | C: 936-234-2711 COACHING STAFF 91ST TEXAS RELAYS Interim Head Coach - Sprints/Hurdles ___ Tonja Buford-Bailey BUILT BY THE HOME DEPOT Associate Head Coach - Field Events ___________ Ty Sevin DATE: March 28-31 LOCATION: Austin, Texas Assistant Coach - Distance/XC ____________Brad Herbster FACILITY: Mike A. Myers Stadium Assistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps _____ Zach Glavash TWITTER: @TexasTFXC | #HookEm | #TXRelays18 Assistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps ______ Ben Dalton LIVE RESULTS: TexasSports.com Assistant Coach - Sprints ___________ Morolake Akinosun TV: Longhorn Network | Check local listings for daily coverage LIVE STREAM: ESPN3.com | ESPN app Director of Operations _________________ Ashley Reid 6 PM THURS | 9:30 AM FRI | 7 PM FRI | 1:30 PM SAT Volunteer Assistant Coach - Distance/XC ______ James Croft TICKETS: $40 Reserved, $20 GA (walk-up prices) 2017-18 SCHEDULE This week marks the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Built By The FOLLOW THE MEET INDOOR Home Depot where more than 7,000 athletes will again converge at December Mike A. Myers Stadium for four days of action at one of the most elite LIVE RESULTS 9 Clemson Opener 4 wins Keep up with the action at the 91st Clyde Littlefield track meets in the nation. This year’s meet will welcome athletes from Texas Relays Built By The Home Depot live at January 35 states and 21 countries with 712 teams competing in the high school relays.TexasSports.com 13 Texas Tech Corky Classic 8 wins portion of the meet and 195 colleges and universities represented. 20 Texas A&M Quadrangular 12 wins: Men & Women 2nd LIVE STREAMS 26-27 Texas Tech Classic & Multis 1 win Action is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with Day 1 of the The meet will be streamed on ESPN3.com and through the ESPN app on mobile devices. February decathlon and heptathlon. Thursday’s action will highlight several of 2-3 New Mexico Collegiate Classic 4 wins, the distance disciplines, including the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters, TV Lauryn Caldwell: SCHOOL RECORD and the steeplechase events across both the High School and University/ LHN will provide 10.5 hours of live coverage. 9-10 Tyson Invitational 4 wins College divisions. Check your local listings for times. Husky Classic Sam Worley: SCHOOL RECORD 16-18 USATF Indoor Championships Daniels: Bronze 60m SOCIAL MEDIA 17 Alex Wilson Invitational DMR: 6th The Friday evening session will showcase some of the non-traditional • Updates on the Longhorns will be made on the 23-24 Big 12 Championship Women: 1st; Men: 2nd outdoor relay events with the sprint medley and distance medley for team’s official Twitter account: @TexasTFXC 8 wins the High School and University/College levels. Several other premier • Follow & use the hashtag: #TXRelays18 Ashtin Zamzow: SCHOOL RECORD High School events will be featured on Friday night, including the 1,600 • Look for more content on the team’s official meters and 300m hurdles along with 4x400-meter relay prelims. Instagram feed @UTexasTrackFieldXC March 9-10 NCAA Championships Men: t-12th; Women: t-54th O’Brien Wasome: Triple Jump Champion & SCHOOL RECORD Saturday will kick off at 8:15 a.m. with the High School 3,200-meter races. The Saturday portion of the High School Alan Zapalac: SCHOOL RECORD 4x100-meter relay events will lead into an exciting, action-packed day. The Men’s Elite Pole Vault competition is set for 1:45 p.m. and will feature five Olympians, including world indoor record holder and 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist OUTDOOR Renaud Lavillenie. That Elite Men’s Pole Vault competition is anticipated to be the highlight of the meet on Saturday March 16-17 UTSA Invitational 2 wins, 2 meet records after a world junior record was set last year during the meet. 23-24 Roadrunners Invitational San Antonio 28-31 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Myers Stadium Most of the Longhorns will open their outdoor season this week with only three having competed at a meet so far. Built By The Home Depot Texas enters the outdoor season with the women ranked No. 5 in the USTFCCCA Preseason Rankings. The men’s team checks in at No. 19 as the outdoor season kicks off for the Longhorns. April 13-14 Texas Invitational Myers Stadium 21 Michael Johnson Invitational Waco, Texas LHN BROADCAST SCHEDULE 27-28 National Relays Championship Fayetteville, Ark. This year LHN is offering 13.5 hours of coverage with 10.5 being live, of the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Built By The Home Depot. May 11-13 Big 12 Championship Waco, Texas Wednesday: 6-7:30 p.m. (tape delay of multi-events) 24-26 NCAA West Preliminary Rds Sacramento, Calif. Thursday: 4:30-6 p.m. (tape delay of multi-events) June 6-8 p.m. (LIVE) 6-9 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. Friday: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (LIVE) 7-8:30 p.m. (LIVE) Saturday: 1:30-5:30 p.m. (LIVE) MEET SCHEDULE EVENTS TO WATCH 91ST CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS 91ST CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS BUILT BY THE HOME DEPOT BUILT BY THE HOME DEPOT • MEN’S ELITE POLE VAULT Only collegiate and invitational events listed WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 An amazing field with 5 Olympians will jump, highlighted by 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist and indoor world record holder HEPTATHLON DAY 1 Renaud Lavillenie of France and 2015 world champion Shawn Barber from Canada. Barber has broken his own Canadian 10:30 a.m. __________________________100m Hurdles record multiple times at Myers Stadium. Also competing are Olympians: Stanley Joseph and Kevin Menaldo of France and ___________________________________High Jump ____________________________________ Shot Put Latvia’s Puals Pujats. ______________________________________200m • JERRY THOMPSON INVITATIONAL MILE DECATHLON DAY 1 Last year, Sam Worley attempted to become the 10th American high school runner to clock a sub-4 minute mile. He ran 11:00 a.m. _______________________________100m ___________________________________Long Jump 4:00.61 to win as a senior in high school with a special invite to the race. This year, Worley will wear Burnt Orange and race ____________________________________ Shot Put with teammate Alex Rogers against Lifetime Longhorn Leo Manzano in what will be another exciting moment on the track. ___________________________________High Jump • WOMEN’S 400M HURDLES ______________________________________400m Lifetime Longhorn and 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist Ashley Spencer will open her 2018 outdoor season in her signature THURSDAY, MARCH 29 race. Also 3x Big 12 Champion Ariel Jones in the field. Jones is attempting to become the first woman to win 4 Big 12 titles in DECATHLON DAY 2 this event. 10:00 a.m. __________________________110m Hurdles _____________________________________ Discus • THE RELAYS ___________________________________ Pole Vault What would Texas Relays be without some amazing relay action? From the traditional 4x100 and 4x400 to the Sprint Medley _____________________________________ Javelin Relay, 4x200, 4x800 and Distance Medley this year’s meet will have top collegiate teams and even a handful of Team USA _____________________________________ 1500m HEPTATHLON DAY 2 representatives and international teams. 11:00 a.m. ____________________________Long Jump • WOMEN’S 100M HURDLES _____________________________________ Javelin ______________________________________800m Texas puts its depth on display in the hurdles with All-Americans Pedrya Seymour and Rushelle Burton leading the charge. FIELD EVENTS Last year, Burton clocked 12.65 at the NCAA Championships to become the fastest freshman in NCAA history. Seymour has 11:00 a.m. ______________________ Hammer Throw (w) had international success finishing 6th at the 2016 Olympic Games for The Bahamas. Senior Ariel Jones and junior Mariam 2:00 p.m. _______________________ Hammer Throw (m) 2:15 p.m. _______________________Javelin Section B (m) Abdul-Rashid also are regular contributors at the Big 12 Champion in this event where Texas can score big points. 2:30 p.m. ________________ Pole Vault Section Pit 1 & 2 (m) • WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON 5:15 p.m. _______________________Javelin Section B (w) After combining for a 1-5-6 finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship in the pentathlon, the Texas trio of Ashtin Zamzow, RUNNING EVENTS 4:30 p.m. ______ 400m Hurdles Prelims University/College (w/m) Georgia Wahl and Virginia Preiss will join forces in their first outdoor multi. Zamzow won the first Big 12 title in school 7:00 p.m. ____________________ 800m Invitational (m/w) history in the pentathlon and broke the school record in the process. She returns after missing the 2017 outdoor season. At the 7:10 p.m. __________ 1500m University/College Section (w/m) 2016 Texas Relays, Zamzow broke the school record in the heptathlon and qualified for the NCAA Championships. The field is 7:40 p.m. _______ 3000m Steeplechase University/College (w/m) 9:00 p.m. _______________ 5000m University/College (w/m) loaded with some of the nation’s top multi-athletes, including NCAA Indoor champion Tayliah Brooks of Arkansas. • STEEPLECHASE FRIDAY, MARCH 30 The men’s and women’s 3000m steeplechase will be races to keep an eye on this weekend. Junior Meghan Lloyd broke the FIELD EVENTS 9:00 a.m. ___________ Discus University/College Section B (m) school record last year at the Cardinal Classic but originally made her push at Texas Relays a few weeks earlier when she was 10:00 a.m. ______Long Jump University/College Section B (w/m) just 3.27 seconds shy. Sophomore Abby Guidry will be making her debut in the event as well for the women. On the men’s _______________High Jump University/College Section B (w) side John Rice is motivated after finishing in 13th at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds and missing a spot at the national _____________________ Pole Vault University/College (w) ______________ Shot Put University/College Section B (w/m) championship by one place.