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Aggie Team Invitational
Aggies hosts pair of team scored meets this weekend at Gilliam Indoor
Jan 12, 2017 | Track and Field
COLLEGE STATION – A pair of collegiate team scored meets will be held inside Gilliam Indoor Stadium this weekend as 21 schools compete over the weekend. On Friday there will be 13 squads in action and eight more square off on Saturday.
Field events begin at noon on both days with running finals starting a 1:30 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Live results will be available at www.flashresults.com.
The Aggies are involved in the team scoring on Saturday in the Texas A&M Team Invitational with a field that includes Abilene Christian, Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas State, UT Arlington and UTSA. Preseason national team rankings released by USTFCCCA this week include Texas (men No. 7, women No. 5), Texas A&M (men No. 11, women No. 35) and Baylor (men No. 27, women No. 13).
"As we host two meets this weekend the majority of our team competes in the scored meet on Saturday," noted Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry. "We will also have a few athletes in Friday's meet."
Two events contested on Friday afternoon, the distance medley relay and 5,000 meters, will include teams from both meets.
Friday's field in the Aggie Team Invitational includes Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Prairie View A&M, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Texas A&M – Kingsville, Texas Southern, UL-Lafayette, UL-Monroe, and UT Rio Grande Valley.
Texas A&M enters the weekend with a crew of collegiate leaders in the early portion of the indoor season from the meet they hosted in December. A couple of those efforts are current world leaders as well.
In the women's 4x400 relay the Aggies currently lead the world and collegiate indoor list in 2017 with a time of 3:36.10 while a second Texas A&M group is the U.S. leader at 3:40.06. Running on the winning Aggie squad were Jaevin Reed, Kadecia Baird, Danyel White and Glorilisha Carter. The runner-up foursome included Amber Ivy, Briyahna Desrosiers, Diamond Spaulding and Jarra Owens.
Fred Kerley is the current world leader in the 200m with a time of 20.85 while Diamond Spaulding tops the collegiate ranks in the women's 200m with her 23.37. Jazmine Fray is the collegiate leader in the 1,000m with her Aggie school record of 2:43.15.
Another world-leading mark from the Reveille Invitational in December was established in the men's 4x400 relay (3:09.73) by a post-collegiate crew called Track Station, in which the foursome includes Texas A&M alums Carlyle Roudette, Donavan Brazier and Bralon Taplin.
Saturday's edition of the Texas A&M Team Invitational features nine returning winners from last season, including three Aggies in Aaliyah Brown (200m), Alison Ondrusek (weight throw), and Jacob Wooten (pole vault) as well as Austin Cook, who set a meet record in the men's weight throw during the 2015 meet.
Other returning winners include 2016 NCAA Indoor 60m champion Teahna Daniels of Texas, Baylor's Maggie Montoya (mile), Texas women's 4x400 relay, Baylor men's 4x400 relay, Annie Rhodes of Baylor (pole vault), and Alan Zapalac of Texas (weight).
A dozen meet records were broken or tied in the Texas A&M Team Invitational last season. Half of those records were set by individuals who went on to claim NCAA titles in 2016 while a pair of athletes also achieved Olympic gold medals.
Joining Daniels as an NCAA champion in 2016 after setting a meet record at the Texas A&M Invitational were American Junior and collegiate record holder Donavan Brazier (NCAA Outdoor 800m), Bowerman winner Courtney Okolo of Texas (NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 400m, 4x400 relay), Oklahoma State's Kaela Edwards (NCAA Indoor mile), Aggie Latario Collie (NCAA Outdoor triple jump) and Ryan Crouser of Texas (NCAA Indoor shot put).
Later in the season Okolo (4x400) and Crouser (shot put) each earned Olympic gold in Rio with Crouser also establishing an Olympic record.
Field events begin at noon on both days with running finals starting a 1:30 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Live results will be available at www.flashresults.com.
The Aggies are involved in the team scoring on Saturday in the Texas A&M Team Invitational with a field that includes Abilene Christian, Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas State, UT Arlington and UTSA. Preseason national team rankings released by USTFCCCA this week include Texas (men No. 7, women No. 5), Texas A&M (men No. 11, women No. 35) and Baylor (men No. 27, women No. 13).
"As we host two meets this weekend the majority of our team competes in the scored meet on Saturday," noted Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry. "We will also have a few athletes in Friday's meet."
Two events contested on Friday afternoon, the distance medley relay and 5,000 meters, will include teams from both meets.
Friday's field in the Aggie Team Invitational includes Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Prairie View A&M, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Texas A&M – Kingsville, Texas Southern, UL-Lafayette, UL-Monroe, and UT Rio Grande Valley.
Texas A&M enters the weekend with a crew of collegiate leaders in the early portion of the indoor season from the meet they hosted in December. A couple of those efforts are current world leaders as well.
In the women's 4x400 relay the Aggies currently lead the world and collegiate indoor list in 2017 with a time of 3:36.10 while a second Texas A&M group is the U.S. leader at 3:40.06. Running on the winning Aggie squad were Jaevin Reed, Kadecia Baird, Danyel White and Glorilisha Carter. The runner-up foursome included Amber Ivy, Briyahna Desrosiers, Diamond Spaulding and Jarra Owens.
Fred Kerley is the current world leader in the 200m with a time of 20.85 while Diamond Spaulding tops the collegiate ranks in the women's 200m with her 23.37. Jazmine Fray is the collegiate leader in the 1,000m with her Aggie school record of 2:43.15.
Another world-leading mark from the Reveille Invitational in December was established in the men's 4x400 relay (3:09.73) by a post-collegiate crew called Track Station, in which the foursome includes Texas A&M alums Carlyle Roudette, Donavan Brazier and Bralon Taplin.
Saturday's edition of the Texas A&M Team Invitational features nine returning winners from last season, including three Aggies in Aaliyah Brown (200m), Alison Ondrusek (weight throw), and Jacob Wooten (pole vault) as well as Austin Cook, who set a meet record in the men's weight throw during the 2015 meet.
Other returning winners include 2016 NCAA Indoor 60m champion Teahna Daniels of Texas, Baylor's Maggie Montoya (mile), Texas women's 4x400 relay, Baylor men's 4x400 relay, Annie Rhodes of Baylor (pole vault), and Alan Zapalac of Texas (weight).
A dozen meet records were broken or tied in the Texas A&M Team Invitational last season. Half of those records were set by individuals who went on to claim NCAA titles in 2016 while a pair of athletes also achieved Olympic gold medals.
Joining Daniels as an NCAA champion in 2016 after setting a meet record at the Texas A&M Invitational were American Junior and collegiate record holder Donavan Brazier (NCAA Outdoor 800m), Bowerman winner Courtney Okolo of Texas (NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 400m, 4x400 relay), Oklahoma State's Kaela Edwards (NCAA Indoor mile), Aggie Latario Collie (NCAA Outdoor triple jump) and Ryan Crouser of Texas (NCAA Indoor shot put).
Later in the season Okolo (4x400) and Crouser (shot put) each earned Olympic gold in Rio with Crouser also establishing an Olympic record.
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