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No. 4/2 Track and Field preview: No. 2/6 Texas A&M
04.01.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns host a dual meet against Texas A&M at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday.
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 4/2 Texas Track and Field program is slated to host No. 2/6 Texas A&M in a dual meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday. The dual meet was originally scheduled to be contested last April in Austin, but did not occur after the outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19.
The dual will be scored under NCAA guidelines for meets with less than four teams competing. In individual events, the top four finishers will score for their teams with first place receiving five points, second place earning three points, third place gaining two points and fourth place claiming one point. In relays action, the fastest team will score five points with the second-place team earning three points. Only two individual entries per institution shall score, and only one relay entry per institution shall score.
This weekend's meet will begin at 11 a.m. CT with action in the women's hammer and men's discus throws, and will conclude in the evening with men's and women's 4x400-meter relay competition.
Entering Saturday's dual with the Aggies, the second-ranked UT women currently hold 12 top-10 nationally ranked performances following the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays this past weekend. Tara Davis headlines that group with a collegiate-record long jump of 7.14m/23-5.25 that shattered Jackie Joyner-Kersee's 36-year-old mark. Kristine Blazevica also boasts the nation's leading score in the heptathlon after tallying 5,813 points in Austin last week. In addition, the Longhorns are ranked second nationally in the 4x100 (43.04) and 4x400-meter (3:28.10) relays. Kevona Davis (200m – 22.93) and Madeline Vondra (10,000m – 33:55.72) both rank fourth nationally to date, while Elena Bruckner is slotted at No. 5 in the shot put (17.19m/56-4.75).
Texas' men opened the year at No. 4 – their best ranking to start an outdoor campaign since 2016 – and hold five national top-10 marks at this juncture, three are national leaders. Charles Brockman III was the most recent addition to this list, clocking a 49.78 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays last Thursday. In addition, Steffin McCarter (long jump – 8.27m/27-1.75) and O'Brien Wasome (triple jump – 17.06m/55-11.75) round out the trio of national-leading Longhorns. The other top-10 marks for UT to date are the third-ranked 4x400-meter relay (3:01.28) that set a school record at the Relays on Saturday, and eighth-ranked Cruz Gomez in the 1,500-meter run.
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