Texas Tech Track & Field Set For Arkansas Invitational

Friday, January 13

Fayetteville, Ark.

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Arkansas Invitational

Texas Tech Track & Field Set For Arkansas Invitational

January 12, 2017 | Track and Field

Live Results Arkansas Invitational Meet Notes

The Red Raiders make their season debut in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech is set to begin the 2017 indoor track & field season tomorrow Friday, January 13th at the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville starting with the men's shot put at 1 p.m.

The Red Raiders will compete against the University of Arkansas, Arkansas Baptist, Coffeyville Community College, Missouri Southern, Oral Roberts and Tulsa.

The event will be livestreamed on SEC+ and live results will be available on www.FlashResults.com.

NUMBER 12
Attributing to this No. 12 preseason ranking are seven individuals including: Brandon Bray, Steven Champlin, Kyle Collins, Trey Culver, C.J. Jones, Benard Keter and Darien Tennon. As for the track athletes, Champlin's and Collins' contributions come from both their 400m and 4x400 performances, Jones from the 800m, Keter from the 5000m and Tennon from the 60H. On the field side is pole vaulter Bray and last but certainly not least Culver in the high jump.

WATCH OUT
Three-time All-American junior Trey Culver will be returning for the Red Raiders in hopes to clinch another national title in the high jump. Last year Culver secured the 15th NCAA title in program history in Birmingham, Alabama clearning a personal-best of 2.23m/7-3.75. Culver is also receiving votes on this season's Bowerman Award Preseason Watch List. Culver is one of four Red Raiders to be considered for this prestigious award.

SETTING THE RANDAL TYSON STAGE
The Randal Tyson Track Center seems to be a facility in which many Red Raiders have achieved some of their top indoor marks. Nine first place finishes took place last year at the Arkansas Invitational, six of which were claimed by returners on this year's team. Charles Brown, Brandon Bray, Trey Culver, C.J. Jones and Viershanie Latham secured the individual first-place finishes while C.J. Jones, and Darien Tennon were part of the first-place finishing 4x400 men's relay. The lone indoor All-Time Big 12 Champion Red Raider returner is jumper Viershanie Latham, who holds the triple jump school record of 13.31/43'-8" secured last year in Fayetteville at the Tyson Invitational. Latham also took the No. 1 triple jump spot at the Arkansas Invitational the same year. Charles Brown holds his indoor triple jump (15.38m/50-5.5) and long jump (7.55m/24-9.25) personal records at the Randal Tyson Track Center, both of which he will push to break during the 2017 indoor season. Todd Mickey recorded a personal-best indoor 1000m run with a time of 2:29.93 at last year's Arkansas Invitational. Vincent Crisp wrangled an indoor personal-record 2:27.07 1000m run. Erin Lopez pulled in his top-two indoor marks in the 60H (8.84) and the long jump (6.95m/22-9.75). Kyle Collins ran the 600m in an indoor personal-record time of 1:19.24. Darien Tennon pushed for a personal-best time of 7.94 in the indoor 60H. Andrew Hudson also holds his top indoor performances in the 60m (6.76) and 200m (21.23) in Fayetteville.

After the Arkansas Invitational, the Red Raiders will head back to their home state for a meet in College Station, Texas to compete in the A&M Invitational set to begin Saturday, January 21.