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Men's Track and Field wins three events at Big 12-SEC-C-USA Challenge
02.13.2010 | Track & Field / Cross Country m, Track & Field / Cross Country
Feb. 13, 2010
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Texas men's track and field team won three events to help the Big 12 defeat the SEC and Conference USA at the three-conference challenge on Saturday. The Big 12 scored 309.5 points to easily outdistance the SEC, which scored 143.5 points, and C-USA (116 points).
Sophomore Jacob Thormaehlen led a group of three Texas shot putters that posted marks over 60 feet. Thormaehlen won the event after improving his personal best by almost a foot with a throw of 61-11. He now stands eighth on UT's all-time performers list. Freshman Hayden Baillio placed second with a put of 61-8.50. Baillio's personal best of 62-7.25, set earlier this season, ranks him fifth on UT's all-time performers list. Junior Brandon Drenon claimed third with a personal-best 60-3, an improvement of two feet. He now ranks 10th on UT's all-time performers list.
In the middle distances, both senior Tevas Everett and junior Brian Rhodes-Devey picked up victories. Everett clocked a season-best and provisional 1:49.79 to take the 800 meters, while Rhodes-Devey notched a personal best of 4:09.44 to win the mile.
Freshman Trevante Rhodes placed fourth in the 60 meters after posting two personal bests. Rhodes qualified second in the prelims with a PR of 6.83. He improved on that in the finals, clocking a 6.82. Junior Andre Thomas claimed seventh in the 400 meters with a personal-best 47.66.
The Longhorns will take next weekend off and then travel to Ames, Iowa for the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27.
BIG 12-SEC-C-USA CHALLENGE RESULTS
60 Meters (Finals)
4. Trevante Rhodes, 6.82 (PR)
60 Meters (Prelims)
p2. Trevante Rhodes, 6.83
400 Meters
7. Andre Thomas, 47.66 (PR)
800 Meters
1. Tevas Everett, 1:49.79 (Prov.)
14. Kirk Wilkinson, 1:54.60 (PR)
20. Jonathan Collins, 1:57.71
23. Dereck Dreyer, 1:59.73
Mile
1. Brian Rhodes-Devey, 4:09.44
11. Raymond Joseph, 4:22.00
3,000 Meters
10. Habben Berhane, 8:30.49 (PR)
12. Rob Wetzel, 8:32.11 (PR)
60-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
16. Kenny Greaves, 8.82
Pole Vault
2. Maston Wallace, 5.02m (16-5.50)
3. Hayden Clark, 4.88m (16-0)
6. Kenny Greaves, 4.88m (16-0)
8. Isaac Murphy, 4.88m (16-0)
Long Jump
6. Doug Moppert, 7.28m (23-10.75)
11. Emerson Sanders, 6.87m (22-6.50)
18. Jarard Bruner, 6.32m (20-9)
Shot Put
1. Jacob Thormaehlen, 18.87m (61-11) (PR) (Prov.)
2. Hayden Baillio, 18.81m (61-8.50) (Prov.)
3. Brandon Drenon, 18.36m (60-3) (PR) (Prov.)
14. John Osborn, 13.26m (43-6)
HUSKY CLASSIC RESULTS
Mile
23. Leon Dean, 4:13.45 (PR)
Mile (Invitational)
20. Patrick Todd, 4:02.84 (PR) (Prov.)
26. Logan Gonzales, 4:04.36 (PR)
