Track and Field set for Texas Relays, Victor Lopez Invite

Wednesday, March 23

Austin, TX

University of Houston

Texas Relays

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Track and Field set for Texas Relays, Victor Lopez Invite

3/22/2022 2:20:00 PM | Track and Field

Cougars split for second week of outdoor season

HOUSTON – The Houston track and field team's will split as half of the team will travel to the 94^thClyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas and the other half will attend the 39^th annual Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University.

TEXAS RELAYS - University of Texas
Wednesday, March 23 - Saturday, March 26
Field Start on Thursday: 11 am CT (W Hammer Throw)
Austin, Texas
Mike A. Myers Track & Soccer Stadium
Longhorn Network
TAPE-DELAY: Wednesday, March 23rd from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
LIVE: Thursday, March 24th from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LIVE: Friday, March 25th from 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
LIVE: Friday, March 25th from 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
LIVE: Saturday, March 26th from Noon - 4:00 PM
Meet Headquarters
Live Results
Schedule

VICTOR LOPEZ CLASSIC - Rice University
Thursday, March 24 - Saturday, March 26
Field Start Time: 5 p.m. CT (Shot Put)
Houston, Texas
Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field
Meet Information
Live Results
Schedule

Athletes To Watch
Shaun Maswanganyi

2022 American Indoor 60-meter champion
2022 American Indoor Most Valuable Performer and Freshman of the Year
Competed for South Africa in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
Part of the men's team that won the American Conference Championship title for the seventh year in a row
Four-time First Team All-American (Outdoor: 100, 200, 4x100 Relay; Indoor: 60)
2021 NCAA Runner up in the 100-Meter
2021 Third-place finisher at NCAA Championships in the 200-Meter

Priscilla Adejokun

Ranked No. 8 in the nation in the Hammer Throw
Career-best in the Hamnmer Throw at the Houston Spring Break Invitational
Set a new field house record at the Howie Ryan Invitational in the Shot Put
Won all four American Women's Field Athlete of the Week awards she was nominated for (one week she did not compete)
Recorded first place finishes in all four weeks she competed in the weighted throw

Quivell Jordan

2020 American ITF Champion - 4x400-meter Relay
2019 NCAA All-American (400-meter hurdles)
Personal best in the 110 Meter Hurdles at the Houston Spring Break Invite

Camille Rutherford

2021 First Team All-American (Outdoor: 4x100 Relay)
2021 Second Team All-American (Outdoor: 100)

Christyan Sampy

Two-time Second Team All-American (Outdoor: Pole Vault; Indoor: Pole Vault)
Competed at the 2022 Indoor NCAA Championships finishes No. 13th overall
Second place finish at the Indoor American Conference Championships
Part of the men's team that won the American Conference Championship title for the seventh year in a row

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