Track and Field | 6/7/2016 10:59:00 PM
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Chelsie Decoud,
Mylana Hearn,
Anthony Johnson,
Dexter Lee,
De'Marcus Porter and
Lincoln Warren will be representing the Texas State track and field program June 8-11 at the NCAA Championships at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Decoud will be competing the high jump, Hearn in the triple jump and the four men will race in 4x400-meter relay.
"We're excited to be here and are continuing to work towards our goal of the weekend, which is to gain All-American honors," said
Jody Stewart, Director of Track and Field/Cross Country.
Kicking off the meet for the Bobcat will be the men's 4x400m relay on Wednesday at 9:48 p.m. in the semifinal race. The foursome will run in lane 8 in the second of three heats against teams from Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, North Carolina and Texas A&M. The top two finishers in the each heat plus the best two best times will advance to the finals to be held Friday night at 9:51 p.m.
Texas State will run the athletes in the same order as they did at the NCAA West Preliminary Round meet. Beginning the race is Porter, followed by Warren, Lee and then Johnson, the lone senior making the trip, on the anchor leg.
The men's 4x400m relay semifinal race will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2, dependent on a potential Women's College World Series game 3, and online via ESPN3. The finals on Friday are slated to be shown on ESPN.
Both Decoud and Hearn wait until Saturday afternoon to compete. The high jump competition begins at 5 p.m. CT and the triple jump starts 30 minutes later. Both events can be watched live online via ESPN3.
Decoud is slated to be the 16th of 24 jumpers to go at the opening height of 1.73m (5-8). She was one of five in both preliminary meets to clear all four contested heights. The sophomore enters the championships with a career best clearance of 1.80m (5-10.75) that she set at the Baylor Invitational on April 3, 2015 and matched twice this year at the Ricardo Romo Invitational and NCAA West Preliminary meet.
In 11 meets between the indoor and outdoor seasons, Decoud has finished in the top 10 every time with her lowest finish being seventh at the Texas Relays. Seven times she was first including at both the indoor and outdoor Sun Belt Conference Championships.
The triple jump is split into two flights based on regional placing with the top nine distances advancing to the finals. Hearn will be the first leaper in the first flight and enters coming off the best jump of her career of 12.85m (42-2) at the NCAA West Prelims. The sophomore was the runner-up in the triple jump at both the indoor and outdoor SBC championships this year.
Links to live results and ESPN3 broadcast can be found on the Bobcats' schedule page and the meet championship central page.
