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Track and Field preview: Longhorn Invitational
03.05.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns open their outdoor season by hosting the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday, March 6.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Track and Field program, fresh off sweeping the 2021 Big 12 Indoor conference titles last weekend in Lubbock, opens its Outdoor slate by hosting the Longhorn Invitational this Saturday, March 6, at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Saturday's meet will mark UT's first Outdoor Track and Field competition since the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, an event Texas also hosted at Myers Stadium. That meet concluded on June 8, 2019 and this weekend's Longhorn Invitational is set to snap a 637-day absence from Outdoor competition for the Longhorns.
This weekend's field will include a number of fresh and familiar faces to the Texas faithful. Among those best known to Longhorn fans will be former All-Americans Elena Brucker (Shot Put, Discus), Serenity Douglas (200m), Kathryn Gillespie (1500m, 5000m), Steffin McCarter (Long Jump), John Rice (1500m/5000m) and O'Brien Wasome (Triple Jump), all of whom are still competing in the Burnt Orange and White.
In addition, several Longhorn alums will be in the field this weekend, including 2019 NCAA Outdoor heptathlon national champion Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler, who will be competing in the 100-meter hurdles and women's long jump. Wolf Mahler, a fellow former multis All-American at Texas, will be competing in the 110-meter hurdles and the men's long jump this weekend. Melissa Gonzalez, an All-American hurdler at UT and World Championships qualifier, will be racing in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday. Aldrich Bailey, an All-American sprinter at UT, will be competing in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Texas volunteer coaches Sha'Keela Saunders (200m, Long Jump) and Kori Carter (800m) will also be in action.
The 2021 Longhorn Invitational gets underway Saturday at 10 a.m. with action in the women's hammer throw, and concludes with the men's 5,000-meter run that is currently slated to start at 9:20 p.m. Fans will be allowed to attend in limited capacity.
Texas Track and Field Entries – Longhorn Invitational (March 6)
Women's 200m – Serenity Douglas, Aasia Laurencin
Women's 400m – Sanique Walker
Women's 800m – Caroline Morris, Jennelle Jaeger-Darakjy, MiKenna Robinson, Valery Tobias
Women's 1500m – Kathryn Gillespie, Grace Johnson, Gracie Morris, Halena Rahmaan
Women's 5000m – Claudine Blancaflor, Aaliya Fazel, Kathryn Gillespie, Halena Rahmaan, Kelsie Vicknair
Women's 100m Hurdles – Aasia Laurencin
Women's High Jump – Chloe Davis, Marleen Guerrero, Trinity Tomlinson
Women's Pole Vault – Olivia Buntin, Madison Gawthorp
Women's Triple Jump – Sophia Falco, Michelle Graham
Women's Shot Put – Elena Bruckner, Kiana Lowery, Marilyn Nwora, Zoe Shanklin
Women's Discus – Bekah Alcozer, Elena Bruckner
Women's Javelin – Bekah Alcozer, Rhiley Fritz, Kaitlyn Ream
Women's Hammer Throw – Kiana Lowery
Men's 200m – Jathan Belaire, Charles Brockman III, Nathan Franco, Caleb Hulbin, Willington Wright
Men's 400m – Terry Brown, Jr., Paramveer Chohan, Daniel Garland, Alex Loving, Matt Nortje, Moyo Oyebamiji
Men's 800m – Liam Walsh
Men's 1500m – Yaseen Abdalla, Graydon Morris, John Rice, Liam Walsh
Men's 5000m – Yaseen Abdalla, Abraham Avila-Martinez, Sam Bass, Haftu Knight, John Rice, Rodger Rivera, Liam Walsh
Men's 110m Hurdles – Charles Brockman III, Nathan Franco, Alex Loving
Men's High Jump – Ethan Dougherty, Riley Foreman
Men's Pole Vault – Reid Foster, Grahm Gonzalez, Warren Miller
Men's Long Jump – Jathan Belaire, Stacy Brown Jr., Steffin McCarter
Men's Triple Jump – Blake Harris, Kevin McMillan, O'Brien Wasome
Men's Shot Put – Patrick Piperi, Sean Stavinoha
Men's Discus – Patrick Piperi, Sean Stavinoha
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