PREVIEW: Track and Field Splits Squads for Mt. SAC Relays, J. Fred Duckett Twilight

HOUSTON and WALNUT, Calif.– The University of Houston Track and Field program will send student-athletes to California for the 64^th Mt. SAC Relays, Thursday through Saturday, while a portion of the team will compete at Rice's J. Fred Duckett Twilight meet on Saturday.

MT. SAC RELAYS
Date \| Events	Thursday, April 18 Women: Javelin Men: Javelin Friday, April 19 Women: 100m, 200m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, long jump, shot put; Men: 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus. Saturday, April 20 Women: 100m hurdles, triple jump, hammer throw Men: 110m hurdles, hammer throw, pole vault, triple jump, 4x400 relay
Watch	RunnerSpace
Location	Hilmer Lodge Stadium \| Walnut, Calif.
Live Stats	Results
Meet Information	Meet Information and Links
Social Media	X: @uhcougartf \| Instagram: @uhcougartf \| Facebook: H-Town Speed City Track and Field \| #GoCoogs \| #HTownSpeedCity

J. FRED DUCKETT TWILIGHT
Date \| Time	Saturday, April 20 Field Events: 10 a.m. Running Events- Afternoon Session: 1:30 p.m. Running events – Evening Session: 6 p.m.
Location	Wendel D. Ley Track \| Houston, Texas
Live Stats	Coming soon
Meet Information	Meet Information and Links
Social Media	X: @uhcougartf \| Instagram: @uhcougartf \| Facebook: H-Town Speed City Track and Field \| #GoCoogs \| #HTownSpeedCity

LAST TIME OUT
Houston Track and Field competed in three meets at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Leopard Distance Carnival and Tom Jones Memorial Invitational last weekend. At the Bryan Clay Invitational, graduate distance runner Claire Meyer ran a Top-Three school time in the 10,000-meter run with 34:00.11, a personal best.

Seniors Ayomide Ogunbunmi and Charlie O'Block competed in their first decathlon, each setting four personal bests across all events. Ogunbunmi finished on the podium with 6,785 points for third, while O'Block finished with 5,791 points.

At the Leopard Distance Carnival, senior Branch Cox ran a personal-best time of 14:48.89 in the 5,000-meter run to finish 32^nd among 113 finishers.

In Gainesville, Fla., for the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, graduate Kelly-Ann Beckford ran to a school record-breaking time in the 800-meter with her finish of 2:00.70. Beckford's personal best time earned her second among collegiate competitors and the No. 3 time in the nation.

Senior sprinter Shaun Maswanganyi won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.12 on the men's side.

The women's 4x400-meter relay of graduate Sydni Townsend, Beckford, senior Iman Babineaux and freshman Michaela Mouton finished second among collegiate competitors at 3:28.36.

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