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Texas Tech Men Up To No. 9 In USTFCCCA Rankings
April 25, 2016 | Track and Field
The men's team is also one of two programs to have been featured in all five top 25 polls this season without dropping in the rankings during that stretch.
April 25, 2016
LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Texas Tech men's track & field team made another jump to No. 9 in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) computer rankings.
The men's team moved up again this week in the @USTFCCCA rankings to No. 9! https://t.co/CUdX49kT1b #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/KQvStmKaLN
- TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) April 25, 2016
The Red Raiders picked up six first-place finishes on the men's side last weekend at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco. The men's 4x100 relay team of Nigel Bethel, Andrew Hudson, Kareem McBride and Kyle Collins pieced together the sixth-fastest time in school history behind a mark of 39.50 seconds. The time moved them up to No. 8 in the region. Collins also ran the open 400 meters to a second-place finish at 45.33, giving him the eighth-fastest time in Texas Tech history and put him at No. 5 in the NCAA this season.
In the 800-meter run, C.J. Jones took down the stadium record after notching a personal-best 1:47.34 to grab the win. He now leads the Big 12 in the event and sits at 10th in the region in the event.
Another stadium record that fell at the feet of a Red Raider came in the long jump thanks to Charles Brown. With his last jump of the day, Brown traveled a distance of 7.79m/25-6.75 to grab his third win in the event this outdoor season.
JW Smith paced to his second 400-meter hurdles win of 2016, crossing the finish line with a time of 50.74 seconds. Also earning victories on Saturday were Chris Caldwell (110-meter hurdles) and Bradley Adkins (high jump).
The Red Raiders travel to Des Moines, Iowa, for the Drake Relays from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30.
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