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NCAA Outdoor Championships
No. 13 Men's Track & Field advances four events to NCAA Championships finals
06.11.2025 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Smallwood highlights Wednesday's performances with the second-fastest time in the 110-meter hurdles.
EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 13 Texas Men's Track and Field team advanced four events to the finals on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field, hosted by the University of Oregon. The advancing men will compete in Friday's finals along with Kelsey Daniel in the triple jump and Osawese Agbonkonkon in the high jump.
The men's 4x100-meter relay featuring Kendrick Smallwood, John Rutledge, Almond Small and Xavier Butler qualified for Friday's final based on time, finishing eighth overall with a time of 38.70. The quartet finished third in Heat 3 and posted the fourth-fastest time in UT history.
Smallwood later advanced to the 110-meter hurdles final by winning Heat 3 with a time of 13.26. It ties his fourth-fastest time in UT history, and Smallwood now owns the top eight times in school history.
Junior Kody Blackwood qualified for his first 400-meter hurdles final at the NCAA meet after posting the third-fastest qualifying time of 49.09. The time ranks as the 19th fastest in UT history.
Butler returned to the track in the 200-meter dash and earned a spot in the final in his first-ever NCAA Championship appearance. Butler finished with a time of 20.12, the third-best time in Texas history.
The Longhorns ended the day in the 4x400-meter relay with Blackwood, Logan Popelka, Chris Brinkley Jr., and Rutledge posting a time of 3:04.15. The quartet finished 12th overall and earned USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America honors.
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