Tech set for Corky Classic

Friday, January 19

Lubbock, TX

5:00 P.M.

Texas Tech Athletics

Corky Classic

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January 18, 2024 | Track and Field

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The two-meet begins Friday evening with three field events

LUBBOCK, Texas – The seventh-annual Corky Classic is slated for this Friday and Saturday inside the Sports Performance Center as the Texas Tech track and field team competes in its second meet of the indoor season.

Friday's portion of the two-day meet will begin at 5:00 p.m. starting with the weight throw and followed by the men's pole vault and high jump at 6:00 p.m. Spectators will not need a ticket for Friday's events.

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Corky Classic
Named after Tech legend Corky Oglesby, the "Corky Classic" recognizes Oglesby's nearly 50 years of service to the university, including 20 (1975-1995) spent as the head men's track and field coach. His list of successful athletes included 32 All-Americans, 11 Southwest Conference outdoor champions and seven SWC indoor individual champions.

After stepping down as the head track coach in 1995, Oglesby remained active in the sport as he attended top events throughout the world each year as either a spectator or as a meet official. He later transitioned to a special projects coordinator in the Red Raider Club, a position he remained active in up until his passing in November of 2017. The inaugural Corky Classic would start the following season.

Last Time Out
TTU opened the 2024 season last Saturday hosting the Stan Scott Memorial winning 11 individual events and a pair of 4x400 relays. On the sprints side, Alyssa Colbert claimed the 60m finals with a time of 7.19 as she was named the Big 12 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week Wednesday afternoon. Her time is tied for second in the country and tied for third in the world rankings.

Meet 1 ? pic.twitter.com/0nmbzuGzjK
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) January 18, 2024

On The Lookout
Friday a pair of top-15 freshmen high jumpers in the country in Claire Lowrey and Temitope Adeshina will look to reach higher heights as they both cleared 1.83m (6-0) last week. Omamuyovwi Erhire will look to make his high jump debut after competing in the triple jump last week.

The top-2 freshmen high jumpers in the country ??

Claire Lowrey (@clairelowreyy) & Temitope Adeshina both cleared 1.83m (6-0) to open the '24 season, in the process tying the No. 8 all-time mark for Tech.

The only freshmen inside the top-15 currently in D-1. pic.twitter.com/XxMs9CUusK
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) January 16, 2024

Hurdles All-American Caleb Dean is posed to make his season-debut running in the 60m hurdles. Meanwhile, a pair of cross country standouts this past season in Vincent Koech and Gideon Kiplimo will also debut. Koech is slated for the 1000m, while Kiplimo – NCAA Cross Country Championships participant – will run the mile.

Up Next
Texas Tech is back in action this weekend hosting the seventh-annual Corky Classic Friday and Saturday.