Red Raider Track Set for TCU Invite
April 19, 2006 | Track and Field
April 19, 2006
Lubbock, Texas - Texas Tech track and field will compete at the TCU Invite, Sat., April 22, at the Lowdon Track and Field Complex, on the campus of TCU. Field events are set to begin at 10 a.m. with the running starting at 12 p.m. Joining the Red Raiders on the track will be SMU, Arkansas (men and women) and Oklahoma.
In the current USTFCCCA poll, the men's squad is No. 12. In the Trackwire 25, the men's squad is also seated at No. 12 in the Nation. Individually, in the Dandy Dozen, Andrae Williams is ninth in the 400M, Zach Glavash is No. 6 in the 800M, Marlon Odom and Daryl Burgess are sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 110M hurdles and Shawon Harris is third in the 400M hurdles.
The men's 4x400M is seated at No. 2, behind LSU, and is the highest ranked Big 12 relay.
On the women's side, Lacy Wilson is seated at No. 11 in the high jump.
Last weekend, at the UTEP Invite, Tech recorded numerous regional qualifying marks and broke three school records.
Lacy Wilson won the high jump with a school record mark of 6'-1.25", also a regional qualifying mark, her second of the season. Wilson replaced her previous record of 6'-0.75" set April 23, 2005.
D'Andra Carter set a school record in the discus with her fourth regional qualifying mark of the season, 178'-7". Carter replaces her previous school record of 171'-5" set on March 24, 2006.
Tia Barginear won the 400M hurdles with a school record clocking of 1:01.00, also a new person best. She narrowly missed the regional qualifying mark of 1:00.71.
Also in the discus, Patience Knight finish fourth with a 166'-10", a new personal best and her second regional qualifying mark in the event on the season. On the men's side, Brad Kring threw the disc 179'-6.5", a new personal best and his third regional qualifying mark of the season in the event.
In the shot put, Knight tossed a personal best 48'-7.5", good for a third-place finish and her first regional qualifying mark of the season in the event. On the men's side, Harrison Benjamin won the event with a regional qualifying throw of 57'-8.75" and Kring finished third with another regional qualifying mark of 55'-4.25".
In the women's long jump, Sabrina Taylor finished second with her third regional mark of the season, 19'-11.5".
In the triple jump, Bobby Evers marked a 50'-6.5", a personal best and his first regional qualifying mark in the event on the season.
In the pole vault, Bobby Most won the event with a regional clearance of 17'-0.75", his first of the season. Sage Thames finished second with a 16'-6.75", his second regional qualifying mark of the season. On the women's side, Amanda Alley finished fourth with a regional clearance of 12'-5.5", her first of the season.
The women's 4x100M relay (Barginear, Branch, Cox, Taylor) combined for a season-best regional qualifying time of 45.51.
In the 400M, Andrae Williams clocked a 46.14, a regional qualifying mark and the current Big 12 event leading time.
Live results for the event can be found at www.gofrogs.com.
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