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Texas A&M totals 15 entries for NCAA Indoor Championships
Feb 27, 2019 | Track and Field
BIRMINGHAM – Texas A&M will have 15 entries in 12 events during the NCAA Indoor Championships, which take place March 8-9 in the CrossPlex facility, with seven entries in six events for the No. 3 men's team and eight entries in six events for the No. 11 women's squad.
The Aggies head into the national championship meet with a world-leading women's 4x400 relay along with collegiate leaders in the men's 800m with Devin Dixon and men's triple jump with Tahar Triki.
Three members of the A&M women's 4x400 relay, which has posted world-leading times of 3:29.96 and 3:29.15 in their last two races, qualified for the 400m field in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Leading that trio is Syaira Richardson, who posted career best times of 52.55 and 52.09 in the SEC Championships. Richardson, who currently ranks third among collegians, is joined by Tierra Robinson-Jones and Julia Madubuike, who each clocked indoor career best times of 52.52 and 52.75, respectively, in the conference meet.
Dixon produced a collegiate-leading time of 1:45.27 earlier this season and broke the 800m American collegiate record as well as the Aggie school record. He also anchored the Texas A&M 4x400 relay to the second fastest time in the world this indoor season with an all-time world-best indoor split of 44.24 seconds.
The Aggie men's 4x400 relay, which posted a season best time of 3:01.56, also includes Bryce Deadmon, Ilolo Izu and Kyree Johnson. Deadmon is also an individual qualifier in the 400m.
Triki became just the fourth triple jumper to win an SEC Indoor title with a distance over 56 feet. His 56-2 (17.12) leap improved his Aggie school record as well as the Algerian national record. He leads the collegiate list this season and ranks fifth on the 2019 world list.
Jacob Wooten qualified for the NCAA Indoor meet in the pole vault for the third time over the past four seasons while Nathan Hite will represent Texas A&M in the heptathlon. Carlton Orange joins Dixon in the 800m.
After winning a second SEC Indoor 800m title, Jazmine Fray qualified for her third consecutive NCAA Indoor meet with her winning time of 2:05.42 from the conference meet. Brenessa Thompson, who improved her Guyana national record with a 23.02 earlier this season, qualified in the 200m.
Newcomer Deborah Acquah, a junior college silver medalist in the triple jump, advanced in the long jump with her 20-8 ½ (6.18) silver medal performance in the SEC Indoor meet. Ciynamon Stevenson will represent the Aggies in the triple jump after getting a season best mark of 43-8 (13.31) during the conference meet.
ESPN3 will stream the championships live starting at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, March 8 and starting at 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 9. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 9 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 10 on ESPN2 and again Monday, March 11 starting at 9 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
NCAA Indoor Championships – Texas A&M entries
MEN (7 entries, 8 individuals, 6 events)
400 – Bryce Deadmon
800 – Devin Dixon, Carlton Orange
4x400 – Bryce Deadmon, Ilolo Izu, Kyree Johnson, Devin Dixon
PV – Jacob Wooten
TJ – Tahar Triki
Hept – Nathan Hite
WOMEN (8 entries, 8 individuals, 6 events)
200 – Brenessa Thompson
400 – Syaira Richardson, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Julia Madubuike
800 – Jazmine Fray
4x400 – Julia Madubuike, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Jaevin Reed, Syaira Richardson
LJ – Deborah Acquah
TJ – Ciynamon Stevenson
The Aggies head into the national championship meet with a world-leading women's 4x400 relay along with collegiate leaders in the men's 800m with Devin Dixon and men's triple jump with Tahar Triki.
Three members of the A&M women's 4x400 relay, which has posted world-leading times of 3:29.96 and 3:29.15 in their last two races, qualified for the 400m field in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Leading that trio is Syaira Richardson, who posted career best times of 52.55 and 52.09 in the SEC Championships. Richardson, who currently ranks third among collegians, is joined by Tierra Robinson-Jones and Julia Madubuike, who each clocked indoor career best times of 52.52 and 52.75, respectively, in the conference meet.
Dixon produced a collegiate-leading time of 1:45.27 earlier this season and broke the 800m American collegiate record as well as the Aggie school record. He also anchored the Texas A&M 4x400 relay to the second fastest time in the world this indoor season with an all-time world-best indoor split of 44.24 seconds.
The Aggie men's 4x400 relay, which posted a season best time of 3:01.56, also includes Bryce Deadmon, Ilolo Izu and Kyree Johnson. Deadmon is also an individual qualifier in the 400m.
Triki became just the fourth triple jumper to win an SEC Indoor title with a distance over 56 feet. His 56-2 (17.12) leap improved his Aggie school record as well as the Algerian national record. He leads the collegiate list this season and ranks fifth on the 2019 world list.
Jacob Wooten qualified for the NCAA Indoor meet in the pole vault for the third time over the past four seasons while Nathan Hite will represent Texas A&M in the heptathlon. Carlton Orange joins Dixon in the 800m.
After winning a second SEC Indoor 800m title, Jazmine Fray qualified for her third consecutive NCAA Indoor meet with her winning time of 2:05.42 from the conference meet. Brenessa Thompson, who improved her Guyana national record with a 23.02 earlier this season, qualified in the 200m.
Newcomer Deborah Acquah, a junior college silver medalist in the triple jump, advanced in the long jump with her 20-8 ½ (6.18) silver medal performance in the SEC Indoor meet. Ciynamon Stevenson will represent the Aggies in the triple jump after getting a season best mark of 43-8 (13.31) during the conference meet.
ESPN3 will stream the championships live starting at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, March 8 and starting at 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 9. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 9 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 10 on ESPN2 and again Monday, March 11 starting at 9 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
NCAA Indoor Championships – Texas A&M entries
MEN (7 entries, 8 individuals, 6 events)
400 – Bryce Deadmon
800 – Devin Dixon, Carlton Orange
4x400 – Bryce Deadmon, Ilolo Izu, Kyree Johnson, Devin Dixon
PV – Jacob Wooten
TJ – Tahar Triki
Hept – Nathan Hite
WOMEN (8 entries, 8 individuals, 6 events)
200 – Brenessa Thompson
400 – Syaira Richardson, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Julia Madubuike
800 – Jazmine Fray
4x400 – Julia Madubuike, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Jaevin Reed, Syaira Richardson
LJ – Deborah Acquah
TJ – Ciynamon Stevenson
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