Sprints, hurdles highlight final day for Tech men

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Sprints, hurdles highlight final day for Tech men

May 27, 2023 | Track and Field

Results

It took Caleb Dean less than two hours to qualify in both the 110 and 400 hurdles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Texas Tech had three student-athletes double in three individual events as the men wrapped up their week competing in the NCAA West First Round preliminaries Friday evening at Hornet Stadium.

Courtney Lindsey and Terrence Jones qualified in the 100m and 200m, while Caleb Dean qualified in the 110m and 400m hurdles.

Beginning with the 100m, Jones and Lindsey finished 2^nd and 3^rd, respectively, overall. Jones clocked in at 9.93 (1.4w) only to be edged out in the same heat to Stanford's Udodi Onwuzurike's time of 9.92. Meanwhile, Lindsey won his heat with a new PB time of 10.02 (1.8w). Both those time land in Tech's all-time top-10 as Jones moves to No. 3 and Lindsey to No. 7.

There gooooooes Terry!!!

2. 9.93 (1.4) ?? pic.twitter.com/y2RV3EoTxC
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) May 27, 2023

Over in the 200m, Lindsey came away as the top man in the west with his time of 19.92 (2.3w), a season-best all-conditions mark. Jones would go on to finish 5^th overall with a time of 20.21 (1.6w), also winning his heat.

?????? https://t.co/IaG35gvTAx pic.twitter.com/J1tu5y40xH
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) May 27, 2023

Dean started his evening qualifying in the 110 hurdles taking 3^rd in his heat with a PB time of 13.47 (1.7w). Just under two hours later, Dean completed his end of the double with the second-best time overall clocking in at 48.43. Only Arkansas' Ayden Owens-Delerme, who was in his heat, edged him out with a time of 48.39.

All in just under two hours, Caleb Dean qualifies in the 110 hurdles and then 400 hurdles ????

Amazing effort ?? pic.twitter.com/uKeWgca4Y8
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) May 27, 2023

Devin Roberson was the first Red Raider to punch his ticket to Austin. Roberson placed 10^th in the discus with a heave of 57.55m (188-9). The 4x100 team of Nylo Clarke, Lindsey, Adam Clayton and Jones combined for a time of 39.16 for a trip to the semifinals in two weeks.

See y'all boys in Austin?????? #WreckEm https://t.co/jsNNFhwbso
— Devin Roberson ?? (@robeyyoo) May 26, 2023

Keyshawn King punched his ticket in the triple jump bounding 16.15m (2.2w) (53-0), placing 3^rd overall. Freshman sensation Antoine Andrews kept his season alive qualifying in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.74 (1.7) as he finished 3^rdin his heat for the auto-qualifier. Oskar Edlund snagged the final spot in the 400 hurdles running a time of 50.58.

Notes

Roberson, Andrews, Clarke and Edlund will all be attending their first NCAA Outdoor Championships meet.
Clayton finished 16^th overall in the 100m securing a new PB time of 10.27 (1.9w). He finished 15^th in the 200m with a time of 20.85 (0.4w).

Up Next
The women wrap up their final day of the week competing tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. with Malin Smith in the discus.