Women's 4x1 Highlights Day Two in Eugene

Thursday, June 7

Eugene, Ore.

ALL DAY

Texas Tech Athletics

NCAA Outdoor Championships

Women's 4x1 Highlights Day Two in Eugene

June 07, 2018 | Track and Field

NCAA Outdoor Championships Day 2

The 4x1 squad earns All-America honors

By: Jeremy O'Brien

EUGENE, Ore. – Texas Tech Track & Field competed in just one event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships Thursday, which was the first day of the women's competition. The Red Raider 4x100m squad recorded a 45.20 to place 24th overall. The squad closed out a tremendous season in which they were named All-America Honorable Mention.

"Three of the four have never been to a national meet in their lives, and I think it was a great experience," Head Coach Wes Kittley said. "I'm really hoping that's what they can take from this. I'm really glad that they got here, and they're all back next year, so I hope they gained a good experience."

Unlike the first two days of competition, Friday's action will include both men and women competing. Kaylee Hinton will be busy all day, representing the Red Raiders in the heptathlon. She enters the NCAA Championships ranked 12th in the nation with her season-high score of 5,793. Her first event, the 100m hurdles, is set to begin at 12:00 PT/2:00 CT.

The men's team will be seeking to improve upon their current standing, which has them tied for ninth with Michigan and South Dakota, by picking up points in the field. Jumpers Trey Culver and Odaine Lewis will be competing in the high jump and triple jump, respectively. Duke Kicinski will compete for points in the men's discus – the event in which he is the reigning Big 12 Champion.

More points may come on the track, where Divine Oduduru will run the 200m after qualifying for the finals in Wednesday's prelims. His championship race will be run at 7:07 PT/9:07 CT.