2016 SCHEDULE INDOOR January 16 Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational Men 2nd, Women 1st 22-23 Conference Clash Power Five Invit. Men 2nd, Women 1st Cherry & Silver Collegiate Invitational February 5-6 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational New Mexico Collegiate Classic 12-13 Tyson Invitational Men’s 4x4: School Record Husky Classic Crouser: Shot Put School Record 26-27 Big 12 Championship Men 2nd, Women 1st March 11-12 NCAA Championships Women 4th, Men 5th OUTDOOR March 17-18 TCU Invitational 25-26 Cardinal & Gold Challenge March 30- April 2 Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays 2 school records April 1-2 Stanford Invitational 16 Texas Invitational Men 1st, Women 4th 23 LSU Alumni Gold Okolo: Collegiate Record 29-30 Drake Relays Women T-1st in Hy-Vee Cup 29-30 Bobcat Classic May 1 Payton Jordan Invitational 7 Longhorn Invitational Caldwell: School Record 13-15 Big 12 Championship Men 1st, Women 1st 26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds June 8-11 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. Texas Track & Field and Cross Country Contact: David Wiechmann | [email protected]| O: 512-471-6062 | C: 936-234-2711 6 NCAA Indoor Championships | 4 NCAA Outdoor Championships 15 Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships | 17 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships COACHING STAFF Director of Track & Field and Cross Country ___ Mario Sategna Associate Head Coach - Sprints _______ Tonja Buford-Bailey Assistant Coach - Distance/XC ____________Brad Herbster Assistant Coach - Sprints _______________ Seth Henson Assistant Coach - Field Events _______________ Ty Sevin Assistant Coach - Jumps _______Kareem Streete-Thompson Director of Operations ________________LaVera Morris Twitter: @UTexasTrack Instagram: utexastrackfieldxc Texas Track & Field sets its eyes on winning an NCAA Championships this week in Eugene, Oregon. Action at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships starts on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday from Hayward Field as the best of the best in collegiate track and field battle it out in what is expected to be another sellout crowd in TrackTown USA. The Longhorns enter the meet as one of the favorites to win the women’s team championship. A total of 14 entries help boost the women’s chances of bringing home the outdoor championship trophy for the first time since 2005. The Texas women enter the meet ranked No. 3 in the nation according to the latest USTFCCCA Rankings. Only Arkan- sas and Kentucky stand in front of them. The Longhorns rank fourth in total women’s entries and ninth in men’s en- tries with nine. The men’s team dropped out of the Top 25 rankings this week heading into the championship meet. “We just got to go in and approach it like we did at conference and regionals,” said Head Coach Mario Sategna. “That is, the times, the performances, all of that is out the window. Right now it’s all about beating people head to head and it doesn’t matter what the event, when you’re going into the semifinal round you’re in with the best of the best.” A total of 24 individuals and relay teams in each event are pitted against each other this week and Texas has chances to win multiple individual titles in addition to fighting for the women’s team title. Seniors Courtney Okolo and Morolake Akinosun lead the women’s team into the meet this week looking to close their collegiate careers with a team title and more individual hardware. Okolo is a three-time champ in the 400 meters and is the collegiate record holder. She owns three of the six fastest times in NCAA history. Akinosun has run on championship 4x400 relays for the Longhorns but never won an individual title. She enters the meet this week ranked No. 1 in the 100 meters. Akinosun also is attempting to make history even one of the sport’s greatest did not achieve. Akinosun has scored points for Texas in four events in back-to-back years (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m). Only she and Jackie Joyner-Kersee have done that. If Akinosun can repeat that feat in her senior year, it would make her one of the most decorated women in NCAA Championship history. This year’s NCAA Championship meet will follow the same format as last year with separate days for the men’s and women’s action to help build drama and al- low fans to more closely follow team scoring and the hunt for the championship. Men’s semifinals and some field event and distance finals will be on Wednesday with the same events for the women to be held on Thursday. Friday’s action will be the men’s championship finals and the first day of the women’s heptathlon with the women’s championship finals set for Saturday. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS DATE: June 8-11 LOCATION: Eugene, Oregon FACILITY: Hayward Field TWITTER: @UTexasTrack | @NCAATrackField | @USTFCCCA | #NCAATF LIVE RESULTS: flashresults.com TV: ESPN2 (Wednesday & Thursday) | ESPN (Friday & Saturday) LIVE ONLINE VIDEO: espn3.com | WatchESPN app MOST NCAA ENTRIES MEN ENTRIES ARKANSAS 20 TEXAS A&M, OREGON 17 FLORIDA, ALABAMA 12 LSU, TEXAS TECH, VIRGINIA TECH 10 TEXAS, MANY OTHERS 9 WOMEN ENTRIES ARKANSAS 21 KENTUCKY 17 TEXAS A&M 16 OREGON 15 TEXAS, LSU 14 ESPN BROADCAST SCHEDULE ESPN is offering extensive coverage of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this year. The “world leader in sports” will offer live cov- erage on three of its networks as well as exclusive online content on ESPN3.com and via the WatchESPN app. The online coverage will include exclusive looks at field events and combined events to provide a more in-depth look at the drama that unfolds during those events. Wednesday: ESPN2 - 6:30-10 pm | Men’s Semifinals Thursday: ESPNU - 6:30-7:30 pm | Women’s Semifinals ESPN - 7:30-10 pm Friday: ESPN - 7:30-10 pm | Men’s Championship Saturday: ESPN - 5:30-8 pm | Women’s Championship
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2016 SCHEDULE
InDoorJanuary 16 Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational Men 2nd, Women 1st22-23 Conference Clash Power Five Invit. Men 2nd, Women 1st Cherry & Silver Collegiate Invitational
February 5-6 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational New Mexico Collegiate Classic 12-13 Tyson Invitational Men’s 4x4: School Record Husky Classic Crouser: Shot Put School Record26-27 Big 12 Championship Men 2nd, Women 1st
March 30-April 2 nike Clyde Littlefield texas relays 2 school records
April1-2 Stanford Invitational 16 texas Invitational Men 1st, Women 4th23 LSU Alumni Gold Okolo: Collegiate Record29-30 Drake Relays Women T-1st in Hy-Vee Cup29-30 Bobcat Classic
May1 Payton Jordan Invitational 7 Longhorn Invitational Caldwell: School record13-15 Big 12 Championship Men 1st, Women 1st26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds
Director of Track & Field and Cross Country ___ Mario SategnaAssociate Head Coach - Sprints _______ Tonja Buford-BaileyAssistant Coach - Distance/XC ____________Brad HerbsterAssistant Coach - Sprints _______________ Seth HensonAssistant Coach - Field Events _______________ Ty SevinAssistant Coach - Jumps _______Kareem Streete-ThompsonDirector of Operations ________________LaVera Morris
Texas Track & Field sets its eyes on winning an NCAA Championships this week in Eugene, Oregon. Action at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships starts on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday from Hayward Field as the best of the best in collegiate track and field battle it out in what is expected to be another sellout crowd in TrackTown USA. The Longhorns enter the meet as one of the favorites to win the women’s team championship. A total of 14 entries help boost the women’s chances of bringing home the outdoor championship trophy for the first time since 2005.
The Texas women enter the meet ranked No. 3 in the nation according to the latest USTFCCCA Rankings. Only Arkan-sas and Kentucky stand in front of them. The Longhorns rank fourth in total women’s entries and ninth in men’s en-tries with nine. The men’s team dropped out of the Top 25 rankings this week heading into the championship meet.
“We just got to go in and approach it like we did at conference and regionals,” said Head Coach Mario Sategna. “That is, the times, the performances, all of that is out the window. Right now it’s all about beating people head to head and it doesn’t matter what the event, when you’re going into the semifinal round you’re in with the best of the best.”
A total of 24 individuals and relay teams in each event are pitted against each other this week and Texas has chances to win multiple individual titles in addition to fighting for the women’s team title. Seniors Courtney Okolo and Morolake Akinosun lead the women’s team into the meet this week looking to close their collegiate careers with a team title and more individual hardware. Okolo is a three-time champ in the 400 meters and is the collegiate record holder. She owns three of the six fastest times in NCAA history. Akinosun has run on championship 4x400 relays for the Longhorns but never won an individual title. She enters the meet this week ranked No. 1 in the 100 meters.
Akinosun also is attempting to make history even one of the sport’s greatest did not achieve. Akinosun has scored points for Texas in four events in back-to-back years (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m). Only she and Jackie Joyner-Kersee have done that. If Akinosun can repeat that feat in her senior year, it would make her one of the most decorated women in NCAA Championship history.
This year’s NCAA Championship meet will follow the same format as last year with separate days for the men’s and women’s action to help build drama and al-low fans to more closely follow team scoring and the hunt for the championship.
Men’s semifinals and some field event and distance finals will be on Wednesday with the same events for the women to be held on Thursday. Friday’s action will be the men’s championship finals and the first day of the women’s heptathlon with the women’s championship finals set for Saturday.
MoSt nCAA EntrIES MEn EntrIESARKANSAS 20TEXAS A&M, OREGON 17FLORIDA, ALABAMA 12LSU, TEXAS TECH, VIRGINIA TECH 10tExAS, MANy OTHERS 9
WoMEn EntrIESARKANSAS 21KENTUCKy 17TEXAS A&M 16OREGON 15tExAS, LSU 14
ESpn BroADCASt SCHEDULE
ESPN is offering extensive coverage of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this year. The “world leader in sports” will offer live cov-erage on three of its networks as well as exclusive online content on ESPN3.com and via the WatchESPN app. The online coverage will include exclusive looks at field events and combined events to provide a more in-depth look at the drama that unfolds during those events.
Friday, June 10 -- Texas events in bold -- Times listed as PacificHeptathlon Day 112:30 p.m. ___________________ 100m Hurdles (hept)1:30 p.m. ______________________ High Jump (hept)3:30 p.m. ________________________ Shot put (hept)7:13 p.m. __________________________ 200m (hept)Men’s Field Events5:00 p.m. _____________________________ High Jump 5:05 p.m. _______________________________ Discus5:30 p.m. ____________________________ Triple JumpMen’s running Events - Finals5:32 p.m. _________________________4x100m relay5:42 p.m. ______________________________1500m5:54 p.m. _______________________3000m Steeplechase6:12 p.m. _________________________ 110m Hurdles6:22 p.m. ______________________________ 100m6:32 p.m. ______________________________ 400m6:47 p.m. ______________________________ 800m6:57 p.m. ___________________________ 400m Hurdles7:07 p.m. ________________________________ 200m7:25 p.m. _______________________________ 5000m7:51 p.m. ___________________________4x400m Relay
Saturday, June 11 -- Texas events in bold -- Times listed as PacificHeptathlon Day 211:30 a.m. _____________________ Long Jump (hept)12:45 p.m. ________________________ Javelin (hept)5:13 p.m. __________________________ 800m (hept)Women’s Field Events3:00 p.m. _____________________________ High Jump 3:05 p.m. _______________________________ Discus3:30 p.m. __________________________ triple JumpWomen’s running Events - Finals3:32 p.m. _________________________4x100m relay3:42 p.m. _______________________________ 1500m3:54 p.m. _______________________3000m Steeplechase4:12 p.m. _________________________ 100m Hurdles4:22 p.m. ______________________________ 100m4:32 p.m. ______________________________ 400m4:47 p.m. ______________________________ 800m4:57 p.m. _________________________ 400m Hurdles5:07 p.m. ______________________________ 200m5:25 p.m. ______________________________5000m5:51 p.m. _________________________4x400m relay
Events to WatchnCAA CHAMpIonSHIpS• Women’s 100m & 200m Senior Morolake Akinosun is one of only two women to ever score in 4 events in back-to-back years at the NCAA Championships.
She will look to make it three straight if she can advance to the finals in these 2 events.• Women’s 400m Senior Courtney okolo already broke her own collegiate record this year. She eyes her fourth individual title in this event and
hopes to see teammate Chrisann gordon on the podium for Texas as well. • Men’s 400m After winning the NCAA title indoors, Zack Bilderback goes for the sweep. His indoor title was the first in school history for the
men. Eddie Southern won the 440 yards for Texas back in 1959.• Women’s 4x400m Relay Texas has dominated this event as the Longhorns seek their 10th outdoor title. The Longhorns ran the No. 9 time in collegiate
history at NCAA West Prelims as Arkansas ran No. 7. How fast will the final be this year?• Women’s Heptathlon Ashtin Zamzow ranks No. 10 in the NCAA after shattering the school record in heptathlon at Texas Relays. Texas has never had a top
eight finish in the heptathlon.• Men’s 100m Senoj-Jay givans ranks No. 4 in this event with a stacked field. Last year’s NCAA Championships featured 9 different men who ran
sub-10’s during the season. This year only a pair of runners have clocked sub-10’s, but many of those from last year are also back.• Men’s & Women’s Pole Vault Texas is the only school to have multiple pole vaulters for the men and women advance to Eugene for the NCAA Champion-
ships. A total of 4 schools have multiple vaulters for either the men or the women. Sophomore Kally Long ranks 11th heading into the meet and redshirt sophomore Ali Uhle is tied for 21st. For the Texas men, Barrett poth and reese Watson are tied for No. 17 in the field of 24 athletes vying for the title.
The meet will be aired on the ESPN family of networks and also available online via espn3.com and the WatchESPN app on your smartphone or tablet device. Check your local listings for time and channel.
Fans are also encouraged to follow the meet online with live results provided by FlashResults.com. Updates for the Longhorns can be found on social media by following the team’s official Twitter account @UTexasTrack. The NCAA will be updating throughout the meet on @NCAATrackField and another Twitter account to keep an eye on is @USTFCCCA. The coaches association will be active throughout the meet as well with historical updates and major accomplish-ments by the student-athletes. Fans can also interact with the meet by using the hashtag #NCAATF.
Last year, the Texas men finished seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships while the women finished in a tie for ninth and both will look for top 10 finishes again in 2016.
UStFCCCA outdoor rankingsWEEK 9 (5/29/16) nCAA CHAMpIonSHIpS | BIG 12 CONFERENCE TEAMS IN BoLD
Menrk team points Conference Last Week1 Texas A&M 337.55 SEC 12 Florida 258.88 SEC 33 Oregon 256.90 Pac-12 44 LSU 228.88 SEC 25 Arkansas 222.16 SEC 56 Georgia 171.02 SEC 67 Virginia Tech 138.58 ACC 138 Tennessee 136.10 SEC 129 Missouri 117.38 SEC 1810 texas tech 116.84 Big 12 1011 Alabama 109.31 SEC 812 Houston 105.26 American 913 Washington 104.25 Pac-12 2214 UCLA 104.17 Pac-12 2415 Virginia 103.42 ACC 1116 Mississippi State 102.46 SEC 2117 Syracuse 99.82 ACC 1718 Ole Miss 94.62 SEC 3119 Akron 89.58 MAC 4120 Northern Arizona 88.91 Big West 2021 Clemson 88.37 ACC 3422 Air Force 87.94 Mountain West 5123 Purdue 87.07 Big Ten 1524 Nebraska 86.10 Big Ten 2325 ByU 85.21 Independent 27
Womenrk team points Conference Last Week1 Arkansas 384.54 SEC 22 Kentucky 302.01 SEC 13 texas 230.78 Big 12 44 LSU 229.20 SEC 85 Texas A&M 224.62 SEC 56 Oregon 220.86 Pac-12 37 Southern California 196.54 Pac-12 68 Stanford 186.06 Pac-12 79 Florida 176.77 SEC 910 Tennessee 173.49 SEC 1111 Georgia 158.95 SEC 1012 Mississippi State 155.25 SEC 1313 Harvard 148.41 Ivy League 1714 Miami 147.09 ACC 1515 Kansas State 143.46 Big 12 1216 New Mexico 143.22 Mountain West 1617 Florida State 115.34 ACC 2018 oklahoma 104.07 Big 12 1419 Wisconsin 102.20 Big Ten 1820 Nebraska 93.47 Big Ten 2321 Michigan 86.37 Big Ten 2522 texas tech 80.49 Big 12 1923 San Diego State 78.12 Mountain West 2624 Duke 75.70 ACC 3125 Notre Dame 70.89 ACC 35
name (yr) Men Event Women name (yr) givans (15) 10.03 100m 10.94 Guidry (91) Jones (87) 20.28 200m 22.52 Akinosun (15) Ladejo (92) 45.25 400m 49.71 # okolo (16) Hernandez (08) 1:45.31 800m 2:01.50 Davidson (87) Manzano (07) 3:35.29 1500m 4:15.68 Natale (86) Cannada (89) 13:44.34 5000m 15:12.79 Hall (14) Green (89) 28:19.50 10,000m 33:30.73 Blakeslee (87) Sang (84) 8:22.45 3000 SC 10:26.90 Marches (14) Stewart (11) 13.44 110h/100h 12.62 Denby (04) Graham (88) 48.04 400H 54.16 McIntosh (04) 2003 39.08 4x100 42.76 1998 2016 3:02.18 4x400 3:23.75 # 2004 Boswell (99) 2.35m/7-8.50 HJ 1.95m/6-4.75 D. Hooker (09) Davis (98) 5.90m/19-4.25 PV 4.50m/14-9.00 Petrillose (14) Metcalf (88) 8.44m/27-8.25 LJ 6.70m/21-11.75 M. Hooker (06) Scott (88) 17.03m/55-10.50 TJ 13.66m/44-9.75 Turner (86) Crouser (14) 21.39m/70-2.25 SP 18.85m/61-10.25 Carter (08) Crouser (14) 63.90m/209-8 DS 54.13m/177-7 Messner (81) Armstrong (01) 69.46m/227-11 Ht 53.94m/177-0 Caldwell (16) Bolden (90) 89.10m/292-4 # JV 55.63m/182-6 Nye (88) Hardee (06) 8465 pts # Dec/Hept 5829 pts Zamzow (16)
# - denotes collegiate record | bold - denotes current athlete
texas outdoor School records
Texas TRack & Field NoTebookLonghorns Women Among nCAA Favorites• Texas is among the elite programs in the NCAA again in 2016 and the women are eyeing their first NCAA outdoor title since 2005 as they stand at No. 3 in the latest USTFCCCA Outdoor Rankings heading into the meet.• Texas is currently projected to score points with six of its 14 women’s entries based on the USTFCCCA Rankings., includ-ing ranking No. 1 in the 100m and 400m. The 4x400m relay is No. 2 but ran the No. 9 time in collegiate history this year.• The Big 12 Conference has three other women’s ranked in the Top 25: Kansas State (15), Oklahoma (18) and Texas Tech (22). Only Texas Tech (10) is ranked on the men’s side heading into the NCAA Championships.• Last year at NCAA Outdoors the men finished seventh with 26 points and the women were ninth with 28 points.• The men finished the indoor season in fifth place at the NCAA Championships with 25 points.• The women finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a total of 44 points.
2016 Bowerman Watch ListThe most prestigious award in collegiate track and field, The Bowerman, is awarded by the USTFCCCA annually to the top male and female track and field star annually. Since its inception in 2009, the winners combined to win three Olympic medals in 2012. One Longhorn is on the Pre-NCAA Preliminaries Watch List among those up for the award.• 2014 Bowerman Finalist Courtney okolo won her third overall NCAA title in the 400 meters and second indoors. > Okolo ran her first outdoor 400 of the year at the LSU Alumni Gold in April and shattered her own collegiate record with a time of 49.71 seconds. She is just the third woman to ever run sub-50 in the month of April. > Okolo won her third straight Big 12 Conference title outdoors in the 400m. > At NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, Okolo ran anchor on the 4x400 that finished second with the No. 9 time in collegiate history. Okolo has now run on three 4x400 relays that rank in the Top 10. > Okolo was named the USTFCCCA South Central Women’s Track Athlete of the year for her efforts leading into the NCAA Championships. She swept that award this year also earning it during indoors. > Indoors Okolo ran a world-leading time of 50.69 seconds to defend her NCAA title. That time ranks No. 3 in collegiate history and is a new school record. > Texas defended its NCAA indoor title in the 4x400 and ran the No. 6 time in NCAA history. > Okolo has run 4x400 splits of 50.59 and 50.77 along with an 800m split in the DMR of 2:07. > Texas’ 4x400 relay time of 3:27.94 at Tyson Invitational this year ranks fourth in collegiate history. > She has been named USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week twice this season. > Okolo also ran the third leg of Team USA’s 4x400 that won gold at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Standard Bearers• After ryan Crouser tied the indoor collegiate record in the shot put this year at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, Texas now currently holds eight collegiate records combined among the men and women. The nearest competitor is Arizona and Colorado with five apiece. All of Colorado’s records are held by one athlete.• Courtney okolo already owned the collegiate record in the outdoor 400 meters, but she cut .32 off her time running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold in April.
Based on season best marks on tFrrS - as of 6/5/16
Women (will be updated June 7)name yr School EventsFelicia Brown SR Tennessee SprintsAkela Jones SR Kansas State Combined EventsShamier Little SO Texas A&M HurdlesCindy Ofili SR Michigan HurdlesCourtney okolo Sr texas SprintsKeturah Orji SO Georgia JumpsDeAnna Price SR Southern Illinois ThrowsRaevyn Rogers SO Oregon Mid-DistanceRaven Saunders SO Ole Miss ThrowsKendell Williams JR Georgia Combined Events
Also Receiving Votes: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Kentucky); Courtney Frerichs (New Mexico); Taylor Ellis-Watson (Arkansas); Lexi Weeks (Arkansas)
Menname yr School EventsDevon Allen SO Oregon HurdlesRonnie Baker JR TCU SprintsEdward Cheserek JR Oregon DistanceJarrion Lawson SR Arkansas Sprints/JumpsSam Mattis SR Penn ThrowsBrandon McBride SO Mississppi State Mid-DistanceNick Miller SR Oklahoma State ThrowsNethaneel Mitchell-Blake JR LSU SprintsLindon Victor JR Texas A&M Combined EventsIzaic yorks SR Washington Mid-Distance
Also Receiving Votes: Jake Blakenship (Tennessee); Avion Jones (East Carolina)
The Bowerman Award is given to the most outstanding male and female collegiate student-athlete in track & field annually by The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Past winners from the previous five years since its inception have won two Olympic Medals, two IAAF World Championships and six World Championship medals.
The award is named after Bill Bowerman, former legendary coach of the Oregon Ducks and co-founder of NIKE, who make significant contributions to the sport of track & field.
Longhorns Sweep Big 12 titles• Texas successfully defended its men’s and women’s Big 12 Conference titles earlier this month. Both squads domi-nated the meet and had the titles secured before the final event. The women scored 167.7 points over the 21 events and won by 30.2 over Oklahoma. The men tallied 134 points and bested Kansas by 28 points.• This marks the first time in Big 12 Conference history a school has swept the Big 12 Outdoor Championship in back-to-back years.
Akinosun Sets Standard at Big 12 Championship• Senior Morolake Akinosun will close her career having never lost an outdoor conference championship. The sprinter claimed the women’s 100 meters and 200 meters titles for a third straight year to become the only woman in Big 12 history to win either event three times. Akinosun also ran the anchor leg of the victorious 4x100 meter relay.• Akinosun also won the 100 and 200 titles at the Big Ten Championships during her freshman year at Illinois, mak-ing her undefeated at outdoor conference championships all four years of her collegiate career.• Akinosun is slated to run both the 100 and 200 this week at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Should she advance through to the NCAA Championship site along with both relays, she will attempt to become the first woman to score points at the NCAA Championship in four events in three consecutive years.
raines Wins Again• Junior Sandie Raines made it back-to-back for the Texas woman in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship. Raines defended her title, winning 16:17.52 and leading throughout much of the race. The win helped secure the team title for the Longhorns giving Texas more than a 20-point lead heading into the final event.
Men’s 4x100 Back on top• With the team of Charles Anumnu, Senoj-Jay Givans, Zack Bilderback and Aldrich Bailey, Jr. the Texas men stormed around the track in 39.24 seconds to win the 4x100 meter relay at the Big 12 Championship.• The victory marked the first time Texas has won the men’s 4x100 at the conference meet since 2002.• The Longhorns pulled away from TCU on the final stretch as the Horned Frogs’ anchor leg was even with Bailey before Bailey kicked and left his competitor behind for the win.
Longhorns Sweep High point Awards at Big 12 Championship• With the men and women both winning conference titles each team was assisted heavily by a veteran leader to hoist the championship trophies. Morolake Akinosun and Aldrich Bailey Jr. were each recognized as the Big 12 Championship High Point Scorers.• Akinosun earned the honor for a second straight year. This time around she scored 22.5 points to help Texas win the team title. She crossed the finish line first in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay.• Bailey was victorious in the 200 meters, winning in 20.57 seconds to score 10 points. His total was 20.5 as he also finished second in the 400 meters and ran on the winning 4x100 relay. This is the first time Texas has won the men’s high point scorer award since 2006.• Akinosun also was voted the Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year for her efforts at the championship meet.
vaulters Score Big at Big 12’s• The men’s and women’s pole vault proved to be important field events for the Longhorns at the Big 12 Champion-ship as Texas scored big in each.• Redshirt freshman Barrett poth and senior reese Watson helped set the tone on Day 1 of the meet along with redshirt freshman nick Meaders by finishing in the top eight and scoring points.• Poth posted a new personal best mark of 5.35 meters (17-6.50) to finish third and score six points. Watson cleared the same mark for a season-high and to finish fourth for five points. Meaders finished eighth to score one and bring the group’s total to 12 for the event.• Sophomore Kally Long had her most impressive performance as a Longhorn to finish second in the women’s pole vault. Long cleared 4.31 meters (14-1.75), which was a centimeter off her personal best, and battled with one of the nation’s top vaulters in the process. Long had first-attempt clearances four heights before her first miss and getting into the chess match of passing with Baylor’s Annie Rhodes.• Redshirt freshman Ali Uhle tied for sixth place with her clearance of 4.06m (13-3.75).
okolo Wins UStFCCCA national Athlete of the Week• Senior Courtney okolo blazed around the track in 49.71 seconds to break her own collegiate record in the 400 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold. She shattered her previous record of 50.03 seconds set in 2014.• It was Okolo’s first 400 meters of the outdoor season, making her time even more impressive.• Okolo now owns 3 of the 6 fastest times in collegiate history. It also is the fastest time ever run by a collegian regardless of calendar date. The USTFCCCA only considers times run during the collegiate season for its records and in 2007 Natasha Hastings ran 49.84 at the USATF Championships.• Okolo’s time breaks the school record previously held by track legend Sanya Richards-Ross. The previous Texas record was 49.89 seconds set at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.• The date of the run also has significance as only Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas and USA’s Marion Jones have run faster than Okolo during the month of April.
Distance runners grab Key points• In addition to Sandie raines defending her Big 12 title in the 5,000 meters, the Texas distance crew came up big in other events to score valuable points to allow the Longhorns to defend their team titles.• Raines finished second in the 10,000 meters on the first night of the Big 12 Championship and held the lead through much of the raise before falling back.• Mary Beth Hamilton grabbed five points in the 800 meters, crossing the finish line in fourth place. She clocked in at 2:06.58, just off her PR pace and battled a group of five Oklahoma State Cowgirls in the final.• The top men’s finish in the distance events came from freshman Alex rogers. He crossed third in the 1,500 meters to earn six points. He was in a tight battle the whole way with the just .80 separating him from the winner and .25 from second place. Texas grabbed 10 points total in the event with senior Brady turnbull finishing fifth.• Texas got four points in the men’s steeplechase as nate Moore finished in fifth place. Hannah grubb added one point for the women with her eighth-place finish. • Robert Uhr finished in sixth place in the men’s 800 meters to score three points.
Akinosun Makes History at texas relays• Senior Morolake Akinosun became the first woman to ever win the 100 meters at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays three straight years. Her time of 11.07 seconds also leads the NCAA so far this year and is nearly .25 faster than her best non-wind-aided time from last year.• Akinosun is only the second woman to win the 100m at the Texas Relays three times total.• She also ran on the victorious 4x400m relay squad and helped Texas finish second in the 4x200 and eighth in the 4x100. • For her efforts at the Texas Relays she was named Big 12 Athlete of the Week, making it three consecutive awards for the women’s team to open the outdoor season.
Zamzow Debuts Atop record Book• Sophomore transfer Ashtin Zamzow broke the school record in her first opportunity as a Longhorn. The heptathlete, and former Texas A&M Aggie, shattered the school record in the heptathlon with a total of 5,829 points over the seven events to finish in fourth place at the Texas Relays. • Zamzow finished behind a trio of All-Americans from Arkansas and her score almost guarantees her a spot at the NCAA Championships with the top 24 heptathlon scores qualifying.• Zamzow posted personal records in all three events held on Day 2 as she dominated the field in the javelin. Those three PR’s helped her destroy the previous school record of 5,576 points set back in 1989 by Natalie Lew.• The score ranks Zamzow at No. 6 in the NCAA so far this season and is almost a lock to qualify for the NCAA Champion-ships. Last year her score would have ranked 10th heading into the NCAA meet.• The heptathlon also is a family business for Zamzow. Her sister Avery is a redshirt sophomore at Sam Houston State. Avery Zamzow finished 21st at Texas Relays with a score of 4,895. Their mother Kalleen was an All-American in the heptathlon at Texas A&M and posted a career-best score of 5,642 points at the 1993 SWC Championship. Father Stacy was a national champion in the 4x400 meter relay for the Aggies as well.
Longhorns Hitting the Books• Texas Track & Field saw 30 of its student-athletes recognized by the conference office as members of the Academic All-Big 12 team. That total tied Texas with Kansas for the most combined men and women to receive the honor.• Texas landed 11 men on the first team and three on the second team. The women’s team had 13 make the first team and three named to the second team.• The 11 men on the first team, was tops in the conference for a second straight year. It also is the most first team honors in Texas history, surpassing last year’s 10. The total of 14 on the men’s side also is the best in program history, defeating the 2003 mark of 13.• Only Oklahoma and Oklahoma State had more women named Academic All-Big 12 this year, each with 17. With 16 total honorees the Texas women posted the second-best in school history behind 19 from 2010 and 2012. The 13 first-teamers also is second in the women’s program trailing 16 from 2010 and 2012.
Big 12 Athlete of the Week
2016 conference Track & Field Athlete of the Week
outdoorMenDate name School EventsMarch 23 Ronnie Baker TCU SprintsMarch 30 Charles Brown Texas Tech JumpsApril 6 Ronnie Baker TCU SprintsApril 13 Wil London Baylor SprintsApril 20 Aldrich Bailey Jr. texas SprintsApril 27 Byron robinson texas 400m HurdlesMay 4 Trey Culver Texas Tech High JumpMay 11 Christoff Bryan Kansas State High Jump
WomenDate name School EventsMarch 23 Julia Reedy Oklahoma Hammer Throw Asa garcia texas triple JumpMarch 30 Ariel Jones texas 400m HurdlesApril 6 Morolake Akinosun texas SprintsApril 13 Taylor Bennett Baylor SprintsApril 20 Akela Jones Kansas State HeptathlonApril 27 Courtney okolo texas 400mMay 4 Daina Levy Kansas Hammer ThrowMay 11 Hannah Carson Texas Tech Throws
IndoorMenDate name School EventsJan. 20 ryan Crouser texas Shot put Chris Caldwell Texas Tech 60m HurdlesJan. 27 George Caddick Baylor 400m, 4x400mFeb. 3 Ronnie Backer TCU SprintsFeb. 10 Bradley Adkins Texas Tech High JumpFeb. 17 ryan Crouser texas Shot putFeb. 24 Kye Thompson Texas Tech Pole Vault
WomenDate name School EventsJan. 20 Daina Levy Kansas Weight ThrowJan. 27 Akela Jones Kansas State PentathlonFeb. 3 Sharon Lokedi Kansas 3000mFeb. 10 Courtney okolo texas 400m, 4x400mFeb. 17 gordon, Akinosun, texas 4x400m relay Jones, okoloFeb. 24 Taylor Bennett Baylor Sprints
This year the Longhorns have been letting fans know where they pull inspiration from with our weekly #MondayMotivation. Each Monday during the indoor season, a new motivational quote submitted by a student-athlete or coach was chosen to give everyone a reason to keep pushing and start their week off with an inspirational message.
#MondayMotivation with Texas Track & Field
Jan. 18: Assistant Coach Brad Herbster Feb. 15: robert Uhr | Jr. | Mid-Distance
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