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NCAA Outdoor Championships
No. 4/7 Track and Field preview: NCAA Outdoor Championships
06.08.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns head to historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. In pursuit of national championship glory.
EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 4/7 Texas Track and Field program heads back to historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon for the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Longhorns have won 12 team titles, all on the women's side, in the program's illustrious history. Texas' last national title came during the 2006 Indoor season, and last won the national crown outdoors in 2005.
Head coach Edrick Floréal and staff have helped Texas earn 24 total entries into this year's NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Longhorns feature 12 entries for both the men and women's field, tied for the seventh and fifth-most entries by a school nationally this year.
The 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships begin on Wednesday, June 9, with men's competition. The women will take center stage on Thursday before the field alternates men's and women's action again on Friday and Saturday. The men's decathlon will be contested on Wednesday, with the women's heptathlon to be held on Friday and Saturday. Live coverage of the entire NCAA Outdoor Championships will be available on the ESPN family of networks and WatchESPN.com.
2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers
Women's 200m: Rhasidat Adeleke, Kevona Davis, Kynnedy Flannel
Women's 400m: Kennedy Simon, Stacey Ann Williams
Women's 100m Hurdles: Aasia Laurencin
Women's 4x100m: Brissett-K.Davis-Adeleke-Flannel
Women's 4x400m: Douglas-Simon-Jaworski-Williams
Women's Long Jump: Tara Davis
Women's Triple Jump: Sophia Falco
Women's Shot Put: Elena Bruckner
Women's Heptathlon: Kristine Blazevica*
Men's 200m: Micaiah Harris
Men's 400m: Jonathan Jones
Men's 800m: Yusuf Bizimana, Crayton Carrozza
Men's 400m Hurdles: Charles Brockman III
Men's 4x100m: Garland-McCarter-Hulbin-Harris
Men's 4x400m: Nortje-Wright-Maas-Jones
Men's Long Jump: Steffin McCarter, O'Brien Wasome
Men's Triple Jump: O'Brien Wasome
Men's Shot Put: Tripp Piperi
Men's Decathlon: Leo Neugebauer*
*Multi-event qualifiers are selected based on top scores this season. Multi-events are not contested at the East or West Preliminaries
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