Red Raiders excel in 400 hurdles Friday evening

Friday, April 14

Gainesville, FL

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Red Raiders excel in 400 hurdles Friday evening

April 14, 2023 | Track and Field

Tom Jones Friday results

Both records in the 400 hurdles were broken in less than 20 mins

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two schools records went down in the 400 hurdles thanks to Caleb Dean and Sylvia Schulz as they capped off day one for Tech. Friday evening at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational hosted by Florida at the Percy Beard Track.

Both school records in the 400 hurdles go down today ????????

Caleb Dean ?? Sylvia Schulz#WreckEm
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 14, 2023

For Dean, Friday's 400h race was only the second of his career as a Red Raider – he debuted in the event for TTU a few weeks ago at the Texas Relays only running the semifinal. The Maryland native posted a time of 48.47 to be crowned the overall champion. On top of the school record, Dean posted a world and NCAA leading time and becomes the fourth Red Raider ever to post a sub-49 time. Norman Grimes' time of 48.68 stood atop the list since July of 2019 as he set it at the USA Championships.

Tom Jones - men's 400H

CALEB ?????? DEAN!!!

He goes 48.47 for a new school record, NCAA lead and WORLD lead!!!

His 2nd 400H race as a Red Raider!!!#WreckEm | @caleeb_d
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) April 14, 2023

Meanwhile, it was about three weeks ago that Schulz became the No. 2 all-time event performer for Tech when she posted a 57.22 at the Masked Rider Open. This time around, Schulz gutted out a 57.04 to sit atop the list. The time was 13^thoverall in a very competitive field and 10^th overall in the collegiate field. The previous school record (57.14) was set by Sandra Iwunze back in May in 2008 at the Big 12 Championships.

Florida Notes

Zach Bradford claimed the men's pole vault win at 5.60m (18- 4 ½). Warren Miller secured a SB mark of 5.13m (16-10).
Serena Clark (23.38/0.3w) and Le-Taija Jackson (23.82/-0.7w) each secured outdoor PB marks.

It was a full slate for the Red Raiders Friday as groups were also in California and Oklahoma.

California Notes

Matthew Maki started off the day out west on a rainy day in Azusa with PB time of 30:15.75 in the 10k.
Hannah Spears ran her first collegiate outdoor 5k going 17:50.89, while Emeline Mangham posted a PB time of 18:21.49.
Samuel Ashley clocked in at 14:40.65 (PB) in the 5k.
Adele Clarke ran her collegiate best time in the 800 going 2:15.47.

Oklahoma Notes

Chris Samaniego joined the 60m club in the men's hammer as he launched it exactly 61m (200-1) to take 3^rd place.

Up Next
Tech concludes its weekend tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. CT at the Tom Jones with the women's pole vault kicking off the meet. Distance will continue in California while the jumps group gets going over at Long Beach State.