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San Marcos, Texas – The Texas State men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Waco on Saturday for the Michael Johnson Dr. Pepper Classic, hosted by Baylor University. Texas State will take part in its final away meet of the pre-conference season as they host the Bobcat Classic next weekend and the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships in May.
The Bobcats will bring along 49 athletes to be among 23 other teams competing, which will feature schools such as Baylor, TCU, UT-Arlington, SFA, North Texas, George Mason and New Mexico State.
“The message this week was mental focus,” said head coach Dana Boone. “It's about their mindset and how they approach each meet. We had a mental breakdown last week. Like I've said all year, I want to see us improve from the previous week.”
Both teams were recognized this week with top-10 rankings in the South Central Region as both secured the No. 10 spot in the week 3 poll. James Johnson, Logan Cunningham, Chante'sean White, Jessica Thomas and Elena Horn represented the Bobcats in the national rankings as all five individuals were ranked in the top-35. With less than a month away from the conference meet, Johnson, White, Thomas and Horn lead the Southland Conference in their events.
Competition at Baylor's Hart-Patterson Track Complex will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the javelin. The afternoon running events are slated to start at noon while the evening session will begin at 5 p.m. Live results can be accessed through Delta Timing. Complete results from Saturday's meet will be available at www.txstatebobcats.com at the conclusion of the day's events.
School Records
The Bobcats have set five school records during the 2012 outdoor season as seven athletes have marked their names into the Texas State record books.
- The men's 4x100-meter relay team of Timothy Young, James Johnson, Reggie Reed and Brandon Thomas broke the 23-year-old school record on March 24 at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 40.23.
- Michelle Jones broke a 13-year-old school record in the 1500 meters at the Victor Lopez Classic as the sophomore timed 4:32.88.
- Danessa Lyssy took down Katherine Evans' 2011 school record in the heptathlon with 5045 points at the Texas Relays.
- The men's 4x100 team of Young, Johnson, William Murray and Thomas broke the record set from earlier in the season with a time of 40.15 at the Texas State Invitational on March 7.
- Johnson timed 20.57 in the 200 meters at the Texas State Invitational for a wind-aided school record that bettered the record from 1988 of 20.65.
