BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M men's and women's track & field teams claimed four event titles and set one meet record to complete day one of the Ted Nelson Invitational Friday night at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium. Â
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The men's distance medley relay highlighted the day clocking a meet record time of 10:01.52. Cooper Cawthra started the relay hot running the 1200m leg at 2:59.44, before Colby Zamzow received the baton to clock a 49.36 400m second leg. Gavin Hoffpauir ran the 800m third leg distance at 1:54.05, while Jonathan Chung brought it home with a mile time of 4:18.67. The Aggie quartet bested the previous record by nearly four seconds.
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Prior to the record breaking relay, Kennedy Smith, Zhane Smith and Kennedy Wade each recorded individual event titles. Zhane Smith won the women's 60m final with a time of 7.45, while Kennedy Smith won the women's 60m hurdles final at 8.55.
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Wade won her collegiate 400m debut stopping the clock at 54.26, an indoor personal best time.
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Other notable performances include, Deborah Acquah running 7.63 in the women's 60m prelims and Katelyn Buckley finishing second in the women's 5000m at 18:01.87. Catalina Cerda led the Aggies in the women's mile with a second place finish at 5:15.24, followed by Mary Grace Rodriguez in third with a time of 5:16.79.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Pat Henry
on Day one of the Ted Nelson Invitational...
"It was a good first day. We had some good things happen with the athletes that competed. Some of these kids have never been in a collegiate meet, so for them to get their feet wet and to understand more about indoor track is really good. I think Kennedy Wade looked really good. It's tremendous for her to PR by almost a second. She works very hard and I think she's going to be very successful."
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on Kennedy Smith...
"I'm really pleased with Kennedy Smith. She had knee re-constructive surgery, so it was great for her to come back and do what she did today. Kennedy is going to get better. She's a great competitor and I think today was a mental deal, thinking "I gotta get through this."
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on the men's DMR team…
"The DMR ran pretty well today and to run 10:01.52 is pretty good. I think Cooper Cawthra looked very good on the 1200 meter start. Today gave us a better understanding of our DMR ability."
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The men's distance medley relay highlighted the day clocking a meet record time of 10:01.52. Cooper Cawthra started the relay hot running the 1200m leg at 2:59.44, before Colby Zamzow received the baton to clock a 49.36 400m second leg. Gavin Hoffpauir ran the 800m third leg distance at 1:54.05, while Jonathan Chung brought it home with a mile time of 4:18.67. The Aggie quartet bested the previous record by nearly four seconds.
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Prior to the record breaking relay, Kennedy Smith, Zhane Smith and Kennedy Wade each recorded individual event titles. Zhane Smith won the women's 60m final with a time of 7.45, while Kennedy Smith won the women's 60m hurdles final at 8.55.
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Wade won her collegiate 400m debut stopping the clock at 54.26, an indoor personal best time.
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Other notable performances include, Deborah Acquah running 7.63 in the women's 60m prelims and Katelyn Buckley finishing second in the women's 5000m at 18:01.87. Catalina Cerda led the Aggies in the women's mile with a second place finish at 5:15.24, followed by Mary Grace Rodriguez in third with a time of 5:16.79.
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Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Pat Henry
on Day one of the Ted Nelson Invitational...
"It was a good first day. We had some good things happen with the athletes that competed. Some of these kids have never been in a collegiate meet, so for them to get their feet wet and to understand more about indoor track is really good. I think Kennedy Wade looked really good. It's tremendous for her to PR by almost a second. She works very hard and I think she's going to be very successful."
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on Kennedy Smith...
"I'm really pleased with Kennedy Smith. She had knee re-constructive surgery, so it was great for her to come back and do what she did today. Kennedy is going to get better. She's a great competitor and I think today was a mental deal, thinking "I gotta get through this."
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on the men's DMR team…
"The DMR ran pretty well today and to run 10:01.52 is pretty good. I think Cooper Cawthra looked very good on the 1200 meter start. Today gave us a better understanding of our DMR ability."