The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Men's Track and Field's Blackwood wins 400mH bronze at NCAA Outdoor Championships
06.13.2025 | Track & Field / Cross Country
The Longhorns finish 34th in the team standings with nine points.
EUGENE, Ore. – The Texas Men's Track and Field team was led by Kody Blackwood's third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles on Friday night at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field. The Longhorns finished in 34th place in the team standings by scoring nine points.
Blackwood scored six team points with his third-place finish in the 400mH and finished with a personal-best time of 48.66. The junior's time is the 12th-fastest time in school history and improved his spot to No. 3 on the school's all-time performer list.
Sophomore Xavier Butler was seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.39 and scored two team points. Butler finished the season as the program record holder with his time of 20.02.
The 4x100-meter relay of Kendrick Smallwood, John Rutledge, Almond Small and Butler were eighth finishing in 39.10. The quartet earned USTFCCCA First-Team All-America honors. It marked back-to-back seasons that the 4x100 relay earned first-team honors.
Sophomore Osawese Agbonkonkon reached his first NCAA Championships in the high jump and tied for 19th after clearing 2.10m (6-10.75) on his second attempt. Kelsey Daniel competed in the triple jump and finished 12th with a jump of 15.53m (50-11.50).
Texas Scorers:
Nina Ndubuisi – Shot Put – 3rd (6 pts)
Kody Blackwood – 400mH – 3rd (6 pts)
Aaliyah Foster – Long Jump – 7th (2 pts)
Xavier Butler – 200m – 7th (2 pts)
Kendrick Smallwood, John Rutledge, Almond Small, Xavier Butler – 4x100 – 8th (1 pt)
All-America Honors:
Nina Ndubuisi – Shot Put – 3rd – First Team
Aaliyah Foster – Long Jump – 7th – First Team
Xavier Butler – 200m – 7th – First Team
Kendrick Smallwood, John Rutledge, Almond Small, Xavier Butler – 4x100 – 8th – First Team
Chrystal Herpin – Shot Put – 11th – Second Team
Kelsey Daniel – Triple Jump – 12th – Second Team
Mackenzie Collins – 400mH – 17th – Honorable Mention
Osawese Agbonkonkon – High Jump – T-19th – Honorable Mention
Holly Okuku – 200m – 21st – Honorable Mention
Players Mentioned
