The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 7 Men's Track and Field advances 14 to NCAA Championships on Friday
05.24.2024 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorn men will send a national-best 17 entries to the NCAA Championship meet,.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – The No. 7 Texas men's track and field program sent 14 entries to the NCAA Championships on Friday at the NCAA West Prelims.
The Longhorns have 17 entries headed into the NCAA Championship meet, the most out of the either region. Florida holds 14, while USC and Arkansas have 14.
The day began with two Longhorns advancing to the NCAA championships in the discus. Both Leo Neugebauer and Jeremiah Nubbe qualified for their second event at the NCAA Championships with Neugebauer also competing in the decathlon and Nubbe in the hammer throw. Neugebauer recorded a throw of of 58.46m (191-9), while Nubbe's throw of 57.97m (190-2) advanced them both to their second event at the big meet.
Kelsey Daniel was the final Longhorn to advance to a field event after finishing with the sixth-best jump of 15.91m (52-2.50) in the triple jump.
Texas then sent 11 track entries to the final meet of the season leading off with the 4x100-meter relay. The squad of Marcellus Moore, Nolton Shelvin, Almond Small and John Rutledge ran the 10th-fastest time in UT history at 38.97 to advance to Eugene.
Later, Moore ran a wind-aided time of 9.99 and Shlevin ran a wind-aided 10.04 to advance in the 100-meter semi-finals.
Logan Popelka qualified for the 400-meter semis with the second-fastest time in UT history at 45.23 – the third-fastest time in the West. Yusuf Bizimana (1:46.19) and Cole Lindhorst (1:46.92) ran the top-two times in the 800-meter to advance to the next round. Lindhorst's time was a personal best and moved him to No. 8 on the UT All-Time performer list.
Sophomore Kody Blackwood advanced in the 400-meter hurdles with the eighth-fastest time of 50.46 for a season best. Caleb Cavanaugh also advanced finishing third in Heat 2 with a time of 51.01.
Both John Rutledge (20.28) and Shelvin (20.32) advanced in the 200-meter dash. The pair will now compete in two events at the NCAA Championships.
The men's 4x400-meter relay of Chris Brinkley, Brian Herron, Elijah Mosley and Popelka advanced to Orgeon with the second-fastest time of the day at 3:01.53. The time ranks as the fourth-fastest time of the day.
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