MEET PREVIEW: Battle on the Bayou & Stanford Invitational

Friday, March 29

Palo Alto, Calif.

Texas A&M

Stanford Invitational

Mar 28, 2024 | Track and Field

By: Sam Thornton, Athletics Communications

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M track & field team splits travel this weekend between the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, and Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.

The Aggies are coming off their second week of outdoor competition after hosting the Texas A&M Invitational. The Maroon & White had another impressive outing, winning 16 events which propelled the teams in the national ranks, as the men and women land at the No. 1 and No. 8 spots, respectively.

In its first outdoor home meet since the 2022 season, Texas A&M claimed eight wins on the track and eight in the field. Sam Hankins got the day started for the men, as he secured his second win of the season in the javelin. Following suit, Ethan Sanders swept the Discus and Shotput, Jack Mann III stole the pole vault title, Pierre Goree (100m), Jevon O'Bryant (400m) and Ja'Qualon Scott (110m hurdles) won individual events on the track and the 4x100m quartet of Devante Mount, Goree, Omarion Ferguson and Connor Schulman rounded out the men's wins.

Freshman Abigail Martin opened the strong results on the women's side claiming the discus title. Carlie Weiser (shot put), Heather Abadie (pole vault) and Nissi Kabongo (high jump) made up the remaining field event wins. Similar to the men, Camryn Dickson, Jermaisha Arnold and Jaiya Covington swept the 100m, 400m and short hurdle (100m hurdles) events, respectively. The final victory of the day came from the 4x400m group consisting of Kabongo, Arnold, Dickson and Joniar Thomas.

Battle on the Bayou
The Maroon & White travelled 43 athletes to home of the Tigers to compete across 27 events. The group consists of a trio of national leaders in their respective events. Lianna Davidson continues to pace the nation in the women's javelin with a throw of 57.28m/187-11. On the men's side Carter Bajoit leads the men's high jump with his personal best clearance of 2.25m/7-4.5, while Kimar Farquharson remains at the top of the men's 800m performers with a time of 1:46.20.

A&M will face a strong field in Baton Rouge consisting of 15 other teams including the hosts LSU, Alabama, Baylor, Clemson, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi St., Ole Miss, St. Norbert, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Fans can follow the meet results live both Friday and Saturday through MileSplit.

Stanford Invitational
The Aggies travel a group of seven to the home of the Cardinal, consisting of five men and two women. The group will compete in the distance events at Cobb Track and Angell Field and are led by a pair of SEC Indoor Championship scorers in Cooper Cawthra who placed fourth in the men's mile and Eric Casarez who finish sixth in the 5K and eighth in the 3K.

A&M will square off against a field of over 25 teams across the two-day meet.

Results for the meet can be found through Stanford's website.

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