Track & Field ready to host 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, presented by Spectrum

2017 Texas Relays Headquarters
Competitors
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High School: Boys | Girls

Heat Sheets: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track & Field has an exciting week of action ahead as the Longhorns host the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, presented by Spectrum. This year's meet is the biggest in its stories history with more than 7,700 athletes entered to compete at Mike A. Myers Stadium over the four days.

Olympic medalists, NCAA champions, current, former and future Longhorns will face athletes from across the nation in what will be another spectacular week of track and field.

Action starts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when athletes competing in the heptathlon and decathlon begin their two days of battle. The field includes Olympic silver medalist and Lifetime Longhorn Trey Hardee. Thursday's action will feature the conclusion of the multi-events along with a few field events, mid-distance races and the steeplechase. Friday will see more than 12 hours of action with field events starting at 9 a.m. and running events still going at 10 p.m. The running events will include prelims for many events and some finals for the non-traditional relay races. Saturday will see another full day of excitement and the close of the meet with the Sanya Richards Ross 4x400 Meter Relay and the Cleburne Price, Jr. 4x400 Meter Relay events.

The Longhorn Network will again provide 14 hours of coverage for fans to watch on television, with 11 hours of live coverage. Fans can also watch the meet live online this year at espn3.com or through the WatchESPN app for their smartphone or tablet with a subscription to an affiliated TV provider.

Tickets are on sale now through the Texas Ticket Office with reserved seats for Friday and Saturday going for $20 and general admission for $10. All-Session tickets are $40 and $20, respectively. If you purchase online, there is a $5 discount. Admission is free on Wednesday and Thursday.

Live results from the meet will be provided online via BranchSportsTech.com. Fans can also get updates on the events through social media by following the team's official Twitter feed @TexasTFXC. Fans can interact and follow the meet by using the official meet hashtag #TXRelays17.

Texas Track & Field will recognize its seniors on Saturday and BEVO will be at the meet that day as well. The Red Bull sky diving team will drop in on Saturday. Freshman Elena Bruckner will sing the National Anthem on Friday, and Saturday will see Dynamic Soul perform the anthem on Saturday in conjunction with the Urban Music Festival. This year marks the 12th year of the Urban Music Festival held downtown at Auditorium Shores.

Events to Watch
• Jerry Thomas Men's Invitational Mile: It's the Texas past, present and future in this race. Olympic silver medalist Leo Manzano is slated to run with a handful of current Longhorns also in the race. Future Longhorn Sam Worley is entered as he attempts to become the 10th American high school runner to clock a sub-4 minute mile.
• Men's Elite Pole Vault: The field will include 2 Olympians, highlighted by Canadian and NCAA record holder Shawn Barber. He broke his own Canadian record last year at Texas Relays.
• Women's 4x40m Relay: Texas will be up against some of the top teams in the nation with Olympic silver medalist Chrisann Gordon leading the way for Texas. A team of former Longhorns also will be in action. The 2015 NCAA championship squad of Morolake Akinosun, Kendall Baisden, Courtney Okolo and Ashley Spencer will run.
• Women's 100m Hurdles: Texas will put its depth on display for the home crowd with 4 Longhorns in action. Freshman Rushelle Burton is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA this season after clocking 13.12 seconds last week at the Victor Lopez Classic.
• Men's 400m Hurdles: Olympian Byron Robinson will make his outdoor season debut in his primary event as he looks to grab a win his first time in the 400m hurdles since finishing 9th in Rio this summer.
• The Relays: What would Texas Relays without some amazing relay action? From the traditional 4x100 and 4x400 to the Sprint Medley Relay, 4x200, 4x800 and Distance Medley this year's meet will have top collegiate teams and even a handful of Team USA representatives and international teams.

Texas Track & Field Notebook

Standard Bearers
• No school holds more current collegiate records than the Texas Longhorns. The men and women combine to hold a total of 8 collegiate records heading into the end of the 2017 indoor season. The nearest competitors are Oregon, Arkansas and Texas A&M each with 5 records. Colorado and LSU have 4, and all of Colorado's records are held by a single athlete.
• Two of UT's records were set during the 2016 campaign. Ryan Crouser tied the indoor collegiate record in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. Courtney Okolo already owned the collegiate record in the outdoor 400 meters, but she cut .32 off her time running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold in April.

Hurdlers Roll at Victor Lopez Classic
• Texas hurdlers put on a show for the fans in Houston last week with the Longhorns winning the women's 100 meter hurdles, men's 110 meter hurdles and women's 400 meter hurdles. All with some of the top times in the nation.
• Freshman Rushelle Burton showed why she was one of the top high school runners in the world last year, clocking 13.12 seconds to win and post the No. 3 time in the NCAA so far this season in the 100 meter hurdles.
• Redshirt junior Spencer Dunkerley-Offor followed suit by winning the men's 110 hurdles with a blazing time of 13.86 seconds. That time puts him No. 2 in the NCAA list.
• Junior Ariel Jones ran her first 400 meter hurdle race of the season and got a win in her hometown. Jones clocked 58.29 to rank No. 5 in the NCAA so far this season.
• Sophomore Mariam Abdul-Rashid ran right with Jones in second place and a time of 58.41 to stand No. 7 on the national descending order list.

Golden Shines in Houston
• Sophomore Zola Golden grabbed 3 wins at the Victor Lopez Classic besting the field in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
• Golden clocked a new personal best time 11.71 seconds despite slowing down early in the 100.
• She finished the 200 in 23.26 seconds, which ranks her 15th in the NCAA this season.
• Golden also ran the 3rd leg of the victorious 4x100 relay, which clocked 44.64 to rank No. 15.

Bruckner Sweeps Throws Events
• Freshman Elena Bruckner continued her early success as a Longhorn with a pair of victories at the Victor Lopez Classic. She posted a new season best mark in the shot put at 16.53m (54-4.25).
• Her shot put mark ranks her No. 5 in the NCAA so far this season and No. 5 in school history.
• She was not even scheduled to compete in the shot put until minutes before warmups started.
• Bruckner won the discus with a distance of 50.70m (166-4).

The University of Texas at Austin Athletics

Track & Field ready to host 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, presented by Spectrum

Players Mentioned

Mariam Abdul-Rashid

Morolake Akinosun

Elena Bruckner

Rushelle Burton

Ryan Crouser

Spencer Dunkerley-Offor

Zola Golden

Chrisann Gordon

Ariel Jones

Courtney Okolo

Byron Robinson