The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays conclude in Austin
03.27.2021 | Texas Relays
The 2021 edition of the Texas Relays wrapped with LSU and Texas taking home top performer honors.
AUSTIN, Texas – The 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays concluded on Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium. LSU earned Men's and Women's Team of the Meet honors, with sprinter Terrance Laird claiming Men's Performer of the Meet accolades. Texas' Tara Davis was named the Women's Performer of the Meet.
LSU had a number of impressive individual performances throughout the Texas Relays, as well as strong showings in relay competition. The Tigers topped the podium in the women's 4x100-meter relay and finished third in the 4x400-meter races, while finishing second in both competitions on the men's side. Laird, a Coatseville, Pa. native, clocked a 19.81 (+0.8) to win the men's 200-meter dash. His time was the third-fastest in NCAA history and second-fastest on LSU record.
Texas' Tara Davis earned the women's individual honor after a collegiate-record showing in the long jump on Friday. Davis shattered Jackie Joyner-Kersee's 36-year-old mark by flying. 7.14m/23-5.25 – the fifth-best effort by an American all-time. It was the second collegiate record in as many weeks for the Agoura Hills, Calif. native as she claimed the indoor long jump collegiate record with a 6.93m/22-9 effort at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 12 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Starting off relays competition on the track Saturday was the traditional Clyde Littlefield Men's 4x100-meter Relay. There, a heated race between LSU and Houston was won by the Cougars with a time of 38.49. The top-four finishers in the race all broke the 39-second mark.
After that, LSU claimed victory in the Carlette Guidry Women's 4x100-meter Relay with a time of 42.87. The Tigers were the only team to break the 43-second mark, with Texas (43.04) and Texas A&M (43.87) taking second and third place, respectively.
The Sanya Richards-Ross (women's) and Cleburne Price Jr. (men's) 4x400-meter Relays closed out the Texas Relays with Arkansas and North Carolina A&T claiming victory, respectively. The Razorbacks clocked a 3:26.33 to best Texas (3:28.10) as the only teams under the 3:30.00-mark. North Carolina A&T's winning time of 3:00.23 made the Aggies the 11th-fastest program in collegiate history and just shy of becoming only the eighth program in NCAA history to break the three-minute mark. LSU (3:01.00) and Texas (3:01.28) finished hot on the Aggies' tails in one of the fastest 4x400-meter relays seen in the month of March at the collegiate level.
