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Longhorn Invitational
Track & Field hosts final home meet of season
04.27.2017 | Track & Field / Cross Country
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track & Field hosts its final meet of the regular season as the Longhorn Invitational will serve as the team's final tune-up before the Big 12 Championship in two weeks. The Longhorn Invitational brings in a number of teams from the Power Five conferences and ranked opponents for a team scored meet that will have two days worth of action.
The Auburn Tigers highlight the ranked opponents visiting this weekend as their women are ranked No. 13 in the latest USTFCCCA Rankings. The Auburn men jumped seven spots this week to land at No. 14. Virginia Tech's men are ranked No. 25 and the Hokies are only bringing their pole vaulters. The men's pole vaulters from VT are ranked No. 7 in the nation for that event. Stanford is another top team headed to the meet with the Cardinal women ranking No. 13 on the strength of their mid-distance runners. Other teams bringing top talent are Minnesota and Michigan, whose women each boast some of the top throwers in the country.
Action starts on Friday afternoon with the hammer throw and javelin. Saturday's slate begins at 10 a.m. for field events with running events starting at 11. Admission to the meet is free both days.
Fans can keep up with the action online with live results provided by pttiming.com. A link will be available on TexasSports.com. Updates on the Longhorns will be on the team's official Twitter account @TexasTFXC.
Events to Watch
• Women's Pole Vault: This event will be full of All-Americans with junior Kally Long leading the way for the Longhorns. The field will include Indiana's Sydney Clute who ranks No. 2 this season at 4.55m. Auburn's Jessie Johnson is a 3-time All-American in her career. Tulane's Alyssa Applebee is No. 16 on the descending order list this season and was an All-American last year at Missouri. UT junior Shay Petty, who is redshirting this outdoors season, is expected to be in the field and finished 10th at NCAA Indoors this year. Former Cal star and current professional vaulter Allison Stokke also is in the field.
• Women's Throws: Michigan and Minnesota both boast some of the deepest groups in the nation in the shot put and discus this season. Stanford has the No. 2-ranked javelin thrower on the women's side and Texas junior Haley Crouser is ranked No. 17 and tops in the Big 12 at the moment. All 4 of the women's throws will feature Top 25 athletes, including 4 in the shot put and javelin. The women's javelin field is anticipated to include 3 of the top 8 throwers in the nation.
• Men's Pole Vault: Another field loaded with All-Americans and top talent fans will see a spectacular competition that includes Texas redshirt sophomore Barrett Poth. The All-American currently ranks No. 15 in the nation this season and the field is expected to have No. 2 Torben Laidig and No. 15 Deakin Volz from Virginia Tech.
Texas Track & Field Notebook
Lloyd Breaks School Record
• Sophomore Meghan Lloyd broke her first school record as she became the fastest Longhorn in the steeplechase at the Cardinal Classic, clocking in at 10:20.37.
• Lloyd bests the previous school record of 10:26.90 set by Brittany Marches in 2014, also set at a meet hosted by Stanford.
• Lloyd shattered the previous record by more than six seconds and is now the Big 12 leader in the event this season.
Gordon, Robinson Sweep Big 12 Awards
• Texas claimed both the men's and women's Big 12 Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards on Wednesday as the conference announced Chrisann Gordon and Byron Robinson as this week's winners.
• Gordon, a senior from Jamaica, threw down the fastest time in the nation last weekend to win the 400 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold. Her time of 50.64 seconds establishes her as the No. 1 runner in the NCAA with just a few weeks left in the regular season. With that time, Gordon shattered her previous personal best by nearly half a second and she is now the No. 4 performer in school history.
• Gordon's time also puts her at No. 3 on the world list so far in 2017 and she is .34 of a second ahead of No. 2 on the NCAA list.
• Robinson ran his fastest time of the season in the 400 meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking in at 49.55 seconds. He finished second behind a post-collegiate runner and now stands at No. 2 on the NCAA descending order list.
• His time was not far off his mark from a year ago when he ran the No. 1 time in the NCAA all season in 2016 at the LSU meet. Robinson also ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400m relay that finished in 3:05.59. That time puts the Longhorns at No. 12 in the NCAA so far this season.
Rogers Makes Statement in 1500m
• Sophomore Alex Rogers did not get the win in the invitational section of the 1,500 meters, but he made a big statement with his time of 3:40.85 as he went toe-to-toe with a pair of All-Americans, including Big 12 champ Craig Nowak from Oklahoma State.
• Rogers finished third with Colorado's Ben Saarel clocking 3:40.24 and Nowak at 3:40.41.
• His time puts him at No. 6 in the NCAA this season and the No. 3 performer in school history ahead of Kyle Merber.
Daniels Takes on Top Talent at LSU
• Sophomore Teahna Daniels kept her steady improvement going as she ran her fastest times in both the 100 and 200 at the LSU Alumni Gold.
• With some of the top sprinters in the nation in the field for both events, Daniels got to test herself against LSU's and Clemson's best. She took third in the 100 meters with a time of 11.18 seconds and finished sixth in the 200 at 23.05.
• Both her times were wind-aided and will not count toward record keeping, but they will stand for NCAA standings this year and move her up that descending order list.
• She is now ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in the 100 and is No. 3 in th3 200 with the conference championship meet approaching in two weeks.
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