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Tyson Invitational
No. 9/4 Track and Field closes out Tyson Invitational
02.13.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns won the men’s team title behind strong efforts across the board on Saturday.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 9/4 Texas Track and Field program posted several impressive marks in both men's and women's competition at the Tyson Invitational on Saturday. The Longhorns put together an 82-point effort to win the men's team title, while the women took fifth with 51 points.
For the Texas men, Tripp Piperi continued to be the anchor for the Longhorns as a team with his dominance in the shot put. Piperi threw the shot 21.20m/69-6.75 on his first attempt to best the field by more than two meters. It was his seventh-straight win in shot put competition, and fourth in four tries this season. Piperi's throw on Saturday was the seventh-best by a Longhorn in the event, and he now owns five of the top 10 throws on Texas record.
Yusuf Bizimana and Crayton Carrozza provided another chunk of points for the Longhorns in the men's mile, with the pair finishing second and third, respectively. Bizimana, making his collegiate mile debut, completed the race in 3:57.81 to break the Texas school record. He is the seventh Longhorn to break the four-minute barrier indoors, and moved up to No. 8 on the NCAA leaderboard this year. Carrozza finished right behind him, improving his personal-best time to 3:59.78. His mark ranks him as the No. 6 performer in UT history, and he joins Sam Worley (twice), Alex Rogers (three times) and Leo Manzano (five times) as the only Longhorns to break the four-minute mark multiple times indoors.
In the men's 200-meter dash, Micaiah Harris made his season debut in his signature event and wasted no time posting a qualifying mark. Harris ran a 20.71, the fourth-fastest time in school history, and climbed to No. 8 on the NCAA leaderboard this season. With his time on Saturday, Harris now owns the four fastest indoor 200-meter times in school history, five of the top six and eight of the top 15 overall.
Back in the distance domain, Graydon Morris and Haftu Knight posted the best 5,000-meter times of their indoor careers to date with Morris finishing in 13:48.73 and Knight in 14:02.28 to finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. Morris' time made him the No. 3 performer in Texas history, and Knight's pushed him to 11th on UT record.
The Texas men capped their team-title effort with a victory in the 4x400-meter relay in the final event of the day. The team, made up by Jon Maas, Micaiah Harris, Charles Brockman III and Willington Wright, clocked 3:06.99 to move to No. 8 on the NCAA leaderboard this season. The time also ranked as the 11th-fastest in school history.
For the Texas women, Valery Tobias started off the Saturday scoring with a third-place finish in the 800-meter run. She clocked 2:05.65 to move up to No. 3 in Texas history, and climbed to 10th on the NCAA leaderboard this season.
Kynnedy Flannel, a four-time All-American sprinter, blazed to victory behind a personal-best time in the 200-meter dash. She clocked 22.73 to move to No. 2 on the NCAA leaderboard this year, and No. 5 in the world this season. Flannel's mark also helped her climb to No. 3 on Texas' top performers list in the event.
The Longhorns are slated to return to competition in two weeks at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. The conference meet is currently scheduled to be held on Feb. 26-27 (Fri-Sat) in Lubbock, Texas.
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