Track and Field travels to Texas Tech and Washington

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PROVO, Utah — BYU track and field will divide its forces between two meets on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12 at the Texas Tech Shootout and Husky Classic. 

Friday Recap

Texas Tech Shootout

  • Location: Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Texas
  • Schedule: Friday events run between 3 and 8:55 p.m. CST. Saturday events run between 10 a.m. and 3:25 p.m. CST. 
  • Watch live on ESPN+
  • Live Results
  • Tickets

Husky Classic

  • Location: Dempsey Indoor Track Arena in Seattle, Washington
  • Attendance
    • General Admission: $10
    • Fans under age 12 receive free entry.
    • All fans required to wear a mask.
    • All fans age 12 and older must provide proof of vaccination.
  • Live Stream ($)
  • Live Results

Rankings and Recognition

BYU women's track and field continues to boast a top-10 spot, coming in at No. 9 in the USTFCCCA's latest ranking. The Texas Tech Shootout will provide a key opportunity for the BYU women to face top competition as they face athletes from future Big 12 counterparts No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 12 Oklahoma State and No. 19 Baylor. 

While the BYU men's team fell out of the top-25 on Monday, its distance medley relay team and All-American pole vaulter stand among the best in the country. Zach McWhorter tightened his grip on the Division I men's pole vaulter lead with his 5.85m/19-2.25 mark set at the Columbia Challenge on Feb. 4. 

Garrett Marsing, Cortez Ruiz, Austin Klingler and Aidan Troutner combined to run a 9:43.77 relay at Columbia, good for No. 12 nationally and in position for nationals qualification. 

Courtney Wayment maintains her hold on the national lead in women's 3000 and 5000m. Wayment holds the 5000m lead by nearly 12 seconds over NC State's Kelsey Chmiel. 

Claire Seymour clocked a 2:04.84 in the women's 800m at Columbia on Saturday. This ranks Seymour No. 8 in the country, ahead of Virginia Tech's Lindsey Butler and Katy-Ann McDonald of LSU. Cierra Tidwell-Allphin is tied with Wake Forest's Emma Soderstrom for the No. 12 women's high jump mark. 

McWhorter and Wayment are each featured on The Bowerman Mid-Season Watch Lists. BYU joins Florida, Arizona State and Oregon as the only programs in the country with an athlete on both the men's and women's watch lists for the highest honor in collegiate track and field. 

The Bowerman Women's Mid-Season Watch List

NameTeamEvents
Adelaide AquillaOhio StateThrows
Jasmine MooreFloridaJumps
Kemba NelsonOregonSprints
Camryn RogersCalThrows
Grace StarkFloridaSprints/Hurdles
Abby StenierKentuckySprints
Shey TaiwoOle MissThrows
Ruth UsoroTexas TechJumps
Jorinde van KlinkenArizona StateThrows
Courtney WaymentBYUMid-Distance/Distance

The Bowerman Men's Mid-Season Watch List

NameTeamEvents
Matthew BolingGeorgiaSprints/Jumps
Sean BurrellLSUHurdles
Trey CunninghamFlorida StateHurdles
Joseph FahnbullehFloridaSprints
Zach McWhorterBYUPole Vault
Brandon MillerTexas A&MMid-Distance
Ayden OwensArkansasCombined Events
Randolph RossNC A&TSprints
Turner WashingtonArizona StateThrows
Micah WilliamsOregonSprints