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No. 10/3 Track and Field preview: NCAA Indoor Championships
03.10.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns close out the 2021 Indoor season with a shot at two national titles this week.
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 10/3 Texas Track and Field program closes out its 2021 Indoor campaign this week at the NCAA Championships, which are being held in Fayetteville, Ark. beginning Thursday, March 11, through Saturday, March 13.
Texas will be seeking its 13th women's national title (7th Indoor) this week, while the UT men are in pursuit of their first NCAA Championship crown. The Longhorns' last title on the women's side came at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships, which was also held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.
This week, Texas boasts 18 total entries (12 women/6 men) at the NCAA Championships. UT's 12 entries into the women's field is tied for the second-most by any program in the country. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year's NCAA Indoor Championships will be held over three days and split into men's and women's sessions on both Friday and Saturday.
The 2021 NCAA Championships get underway at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday with action in the men's heptathlon. Live coverage of the meet will be available throughout the week on NCAA.com or on WatchESPN.
2021 NCAA Indoor Championships Entries (March 11-13)
Women's 60m – Julien Alfred, Kevona Davis, Kynnedy Flannel
Women's 200m – Kevona Davis, Kynnedy Flannel
Women's 400m – Kennedy Simon, Stacey Ann Williams
Women's 60m Hurdles – Chanel Brissett, Emelia Chatfield
Women's 4x400m – Adeleke/Patterson/Williams/Simon/Tobias
Women's Long Jump – Tara Davis
Women's Pentathlon – Kristine Blazevica
Men's 200m – Micaiah Harris
Men's 800m – Yusuf Bizimana
Men's 4x400m – Maas/Harris/Brockman III/Wright/Jones/Nortje
Men's DMR – Bizimana/Chohan/Hebert/Carrozza/Gomez/Jones
Men's Shot Put – Tripp Piperi
Men's Heptathlon – Leo Neugebauer
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