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Texas Tech Invitational
Track and Field concludes Texas Tech Invitational
01.30.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Sophomore Leo Neugebauer took the NCAA lead in the heptathlon with his Saturday performance.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Track and Field sophomore Leo Neugebauer's heptathlon victory highlighted a trio of strong performance by Longhorns in multi-event competition at the Texas Tech Invitational on Saturday.
Neugebauer shined in the final three events of the heptathlon on Saturday. He clocked his collegiate-best in the 60-meter hurdles, placing third at 8.37. Neugebauer followed it up by clearing 5.00m/16-8.75 to win the pole vault competition, and then completed the 1,000-meter run in 3:03.00. The German international finished with a score of 5,960 – more than 350 points clear of his closest competitor. Neugebauer's mark moves him up to No. 3 on UT's top performers list, is the No. 3 mark in the world this year and gives the Longhorn possession of the NCAA lead this season.
Behind Neugebauer, Philip Frank and Alex Loving finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the heptathlon. Frank recorded his collegiate-best in the competition, scoring 5,385 points. He capped his effort by winning the 1,000-meter run in 2:48.51. Loving tallied 5,184 points this weekend in Lubbock, highlighted by his fourth-place run in the 60-meter dash on Friday.
The Longhorns have two meets remaining on their schedule prior to the Big 12 Indoor Championships. The first is a trip to College Station, Texas for the Charlie Thomas Invitational next Saturday, Feb. 6. Following that meet, UT will return to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 12-13.
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