The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
03.21.2019 | Texas Relays, Track & Field / Cross Country
More than 7,000 athletes are headed to Austin and Mike A. Myers Stadium next week.
HIGH SCHOOL: BOYS | GIRLS
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY: MEN | WOMEN
AUSTIN, Texas - The 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and Meet Director James Barr released the list of initial qualifiers for next week's meet on Thursday. The meet begins on Wednesday, March 27 and runs through Saturday, March 30 at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
92ND CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS BY THE NUMBERS
University/College Teams – 210
University/College Athletes – 2,424
High School Teams – 715
High School Athletes – 4,312
Invitational Teams – 25
Invitational Athletes – 465
Total Teams Entered= 950
Total Athletes Entered= 7,201
States Represented (37) – Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia + (District of Columbia)
Countries Represented (23) – United States, France, Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Qatar, Kenya, Latvia, Panama, Haiti, Grenada
Action gets underway on Wednesday, March 27 with the collegiate decathlon and heptathlon.
Thursday's action will highlight several of the distance disciplines, including the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters, and the steeplechase events across both the High School and University/College divisions.
The Friday evening session will showcase some of the non-traditional outdoor relay events with the sprint medley and distance medley for the High School and University/College levels.
Several other premier High School events will be featured on Friday night, including the 1,600 meters and 300m hurdles along with 4x400-meter relay prelims.
Saturday will kick off at 8:15 a.m. with the High School 3,200-meter races. The Saturday portion of the High School 4x100-meter relay events will lead into an exciting, action-packed day.
Notables
• Kori Carter (200m) - World & NCAA Champion in the 400m Hurdles who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Keni Harrison (200m) - 100m Hurdles World Record Holder (12.20) & NCAA champion in 60mH and 100mH who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Pedrya Seymour (100m Hurdles) 2016 Olympian, Bahamian record holder in 100m Hurdles and former Longhorn who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Sha'Keela Saunders (Long Jump) Two-time SEC champion and 2017 Indoor National Champion in long jump who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (100m, 200m) 2016 Olympian who won 2016 National Championship in event who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Jenna Prandini (200m) Two-time National Champion and 2016 Olympian who trains under Coach Floréal in Austin
• Camilla Pirelli (Heptathlon) Paraguayan record holder
• Crayton Carrozza (800m Invite) Longhorn signee
• Kendra Chambers (800m invite) Lifetime Longhorn & 8x All-American
• Jenn Suhr (Women's Elite Pole Vault) 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, World Indoor Record Holder
• Melissa Gonzalez (400m Hurdles Invite) 2x All-American while at UT
The collegiate competitions of the meet will be broadcast by Longhorn Network with times to be announced by the network at a later date.
