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Next stop for the Texas A&M freshman: the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Next stop for the Texas A&M freshman: the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Texas A&M, No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Southern California and No. 5 Texas for the second-straight week. All five teams add to their haul of nationally ranked marks. The Razorbacks continued to show why they are the top-ranked team by adding seven top-5 marks nationally: Krissy Gear in the mile (No. 2, 4:31.83); Katie Izzo in the 3000 (No. 3, 8:57.78) and mile (No. 5, 4:34.39); Lauren Gregory in the mile (No. 4, 4:34.39) and 3000 (No. 5, 8:58.36); Rosey Effiong in the 400 (No. 5, 52.27). The aforementioned Gear was also part of the Razorback DMR that ran the No. 1 time of 10:53.77 at the Tyso...
Cooper Teare in action at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville (© University of Oregon) KC Lightfoot topped 6.00m on the second day of the Texas Tech Shootout in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday (13), to become the first US collegiate athlete to join the six-metre club. Lightfoot, 21, who had improved to 5.95m on 30 January, sailed clear on his third attempt to become just the 13th man to top the still formidable barrier indoors and the 25th to do so in any conditions. Lightfoot then retired after three tries at 6.02m. "There's really nothing more to say than it was magical, for sure." Lightfoo...
Shawn Price January 30, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Another day of spectacular performances led Arkansas to a dominant victory in the Razorback Invitational this weekend at the Randal Tyson Track Center. A world-leading effort was generated in the 4×400 relay while collegiate-leading marks were established in the 400m and mile. Arkansas produced its third team win of the season, totaling 133 points to thwart the challenge from Georgia (93) and Oregon (92). USC (70) placed fourth while the rest of the field included Mississippi State (35), Colorado ...
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It also makes collegiate track & field athletes go bigger in early season meets after not competing for more than 10 months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This indoor collegiate season will see many more bigger marks earlier than usual. A sense of urgency and people getting to their main event earlier, because never know when you could be quarantined or shut down and miss a few meets. Happy to return to competing.— Todd Lane (@LSUtoddlane) January 17, 2021 This past weekend saw a slew of all-time performances added to the collegiate record book. ...