Tech Track Starts Two-Meet Weekend Tomorrow

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech track & field is hosting its third and fourth meets this season, starting with the first half of the Texas Tech Classic & Multis on Friday morning at 10 a.m.

Upon the conclusion of the first half of the multi-events on Friday, the Red & Black Open will take place, starting at 4 p.m. Then, on Saturday morning, the Texas Tech Classic & Multis will resume at 9 a.m.

This weekend, Tech will host: Abilene Christian, Incarnate Word, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Oklahoma, Sam Houston, Texas, UTA and UTEP for the two-day meet. For Friday's Red & Black Open, they will be hosting: Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, Garden City Community College, Lubbock Christian, Midwestern, New Mexico Junior College, South Plains College, Tarleton State, Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Lutheran, University of the Southwest, Wayland Baptist, West Texas A&M and Western Texas.

HOW TO WATCH
Fans can purchase tickets to Friday and Saturday's meets both ONLINE and at the Sports Performance Center ticket window located on the north side of the complex on meet day. Tickets will be $5 for children (2-17) and $8 for adults.

A live stream will also be available for purchase on TexasTech.tv. A pricing map for the meets can be located HERE.

Prime Time Timing will be providing live results at no cost.

TOP PERFORMERS AT THE RED RAIDER INVITATIONAL
Vincent Crisp and Divine Oduduru were the standout performers at last weekend's Red Raider Invitational, both claiming All-Time Texas Tech records. Crisp was the first to make his mark, clocking a 1:08.16 run in the 600-yard race, ultimately earning him the rights to make NCAA history as first-ranked time ever. Oduduru impressed with his first-ever indoor 200-meter performance, hitting a 20.49 mark to take first in the meet, nation, world and record book. Kaylor Harris and Kaylee Hinton also had a great meet. Both girls hit personal-best marks in both of their 60-meter hurdle performances ending with times of 8.17 and 8.38 for first and third place. Harris also had an auto-qualifying 60m dash, finishing sixth overall at 7.54. Tiffani Johnson topped Harris in the 60m, finally breaking through to create a new personal record time of 7.43. Cornelius Kiprotich made his Red Raider debut in the mile, pacing a 4:27.83 run to earn first place. Justin Hall stood out in the long jump, notching a new personal-best 7.79m/25-6.25 mark that ranks sixth in the nation.

TOPPING THE RANKS
The men have compiled 14 top-25 nationally ranked marks in their first two meets this season, ultimately earning their No. 4 spot in the USTFCCCA team rankings. Four of these entries are top-three marks, starting with the first ranked 2.33m/7-7.75 high jump bar in the United States and third-ranked in the world. Trey Culver will be looking to top this mark again this weekend as he competes against some of the top talent in the country on Saturday afternoon. Also leading with a first-place mark is Charles Brown in the men's long jump. Brown hit a No. 2 all-time distance of 8.03m/26-4.35 to claim an indoor personal best and a world lead. Brown is also ranked third nationally in the triple jump, holding this spot with a leap of 16.03m/52-2.75. Oduduru is the last top-three mark, ranking second in the nation and the world with his 20.49 200-meter record-breaking performance.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Freshman sprinter Divine Oduduru took hold of his first Big 12 weekly award from his 200m performance, making him the second Red Raider to claim these honors this year. Oduduru not only holds a No. 2 nationally and world-ranked 200m performance, but also a No. 2 all-time 60-meter dash time. This 60m run took place at the Corky Classic, where he secured a first-place 6.66 mark to ink his name in the record book for the first time this season. His 200m performance, however, broke a 20-year-old school record from Joseuphus Howard at the Rocky Mountain Cup in 1998.

ON THE DOCKET
Next up, the Red Raiders will host the Texas Tech Open bringing in: Adams State, Angelo State, Arkansas(W), Eastern New Mexico, Hardin Simmons, Huston Tillotson, LeTourneau, Lubbock Christian, McMurry, Midwestern, New Mexico Junior College, Oklahoma Christian, Oral Roberts, Sam Houston, Tarleton, Texas A&M Commerce, Trinidad State, University of Southwest, UTRGV, Wayland Baptist, Western Texas, West Texas A&M. The two-day meet will take place on February 2-3.

Texas Tech University Athletics

Tech Track Starts Two-Meet Weekend Tomorrow

Players Mentioned

Charles Brown

Vincent Crisp

Trey Culver

Justin Hall

Kaylor Harris

Kaylee Hinton

Tiffani Johnson

Divine Oduduru

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