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Texas Tech has had a great Track & Field program in recent years, and this year shows no signs of slowing down. After the NCAA West Preliminaries in Kansas, the Red Raiders are sending 14 total athletes to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Here are some of the highlights.
The men's 4x400 relay team auto-qualifies for the NCAA Championships after registering a time of 3:04.87! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/7n0BFjIpku
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 28, 2016
UPDATE: After a DQ in the third heat, the men's 4x100 relay team has qualified for the NCAA Championships! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/DnujRTTiZC
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 28, 2016
The Men's sprint teams preformed extraordinarily well, sending the 4x400 and 4x100 teams to Oregon. The 4x100 team also includes Nigel Bethel, the Texas Tech DB who has announced his intent to transfer schools.
Chris Caldwell is headed to the NCAA Championships in the 110m hurdles! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/4KhE8xLQGH
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 28, 2016
Chris Caldwell qualified for the 110 meter hurdles race.
No. 1 in field, No. 2 all-time at Tech, facility record => Hannah Carson qualifies for NCAA Championships! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/A8KNRID19R
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 28, 2016
Hannah Carson continued her dominance in the field, qualifying for both the javelin and the discus, and placing herself at #2 in Texas Tech's all-time record book in discus.
No. 1 in field, No. 2 all-time at Tech, facility record => Hannah Carson qualifies for NCAA Championships! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/A8KNRID19R
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 28, 2016
Charles Brown heads to Oregon after qualifying for two events, the long and the triple jump. Brown is only a freshman, and is already #8 in Texas Tech's all-time record book for the triple jump.
Trey Culver also returns to the NCAA Championships in the men's high jump! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/3NZmpSFHH3
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 27, 2016
The jump-off has been good to #TexasTech & sends Bradley Adkins to the NCAA Championships in the high jump! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/mn6weDVnRE
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 27, 2016
Adkins wins the jump-off by clearing 2.16m/7-1 on his first attempt!! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/ChzyXgUJhm
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) May 27, 2016
Both Trey Culver and Bradley Adkins qualified in the high jump.
Texastech.com has the full breakdown and news release. You can read Friday's here and Saturday's here. The Red Raiders will compete on June 8-11 in Eugene, Oregon for the national crown in the aforementioned events.