SAN MARCOS, Texas – With one final tune up prior to the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships, the Texas State track and field teams will participate in the Jaguar Invitational on Feb. 3 at the Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala.  
 
The Bobcats will travel a full team for both the men and the women in what will be their fourth indoor meet of the season with the conference championships lurking just two weeks away and the NCAA Indoor Championships roughly a month out.
 
How to Follow
Live stats will be available provided by Xpress Timing. The meet will begin with the women's high jump at 12:10 p.m. and all throwing events will be on a rolling schedule. The first track event, the women's mile, is slated for a 12:30 p.m. start. You can view Sunday's heat sheets here.
 
The Field
Six conferences will be represented across 13 schools in the Jaguar Invitational including Conference USA, the Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt Conference, SWAC, and The American Conference. Of the 13 schools, eight are nationally ranked including Louisiana Tech (men), Memphis (men/women), Samford (women), Texas State (men), South Alabama (men), and Southeastern Louisiana (men/women).

At The Top
Entering the weekend, the Bobcats own eight top marks in the Sun Belt Conference. Senior Tramesha Hardy leads the way on the women's side holding the top slot in both the 60-meter (7.44s) and 200-meter dash (23.71s), and is a part of the women's 4x400-meter relay team who stopped the clock at 3:47.82 at the Ted Nelson Invitational on Jan. 12. Other leading performers from Texas State consist of senior Kylah Smith (women's 60m hurdles – 8.38s), junior Devina Schneider (women's mile -4:58.54), junior Leslie Romero (women's 3000m – 9:51.31), senior T'Mond Johnson (men's shot put – 18.79m; 61-7.75), and sophomore Brandon Busby (men's weight throw – 18.52m; 60-9.25).
 
Last Time Out
At the 2019 Mark Colligan Memorial hosted by Nebraska, the Bobcats tallied 26 marks that rank in the top 10 of the Sun Belt Conference with 18 of those results falling in the top six. Hardin (women's 60-meter dash 7.44s, 200-meter dash 23.71s), Smith (women's 60-meter hurdles 8.38s) and Busby (men's weight throw 18.52m, 60-9.25) headline the list as their marks are now the standard in the league. The other top performances were as followed:

Kaylee Krenek – women's 60-meter hurdles – 8.61s (second in Sun Belt)
Devina Schneider – women's 3000-meter run – 9:51.61 (second in Sun Belt)
Pedro Osorio Lopez – men's mile – 4:14.72 (third in Sun Belt)
Javlyn Cameron – women's 60-meter hurdles – 8.64s (third in Sun Belt)
Sadi Giles – women's 60-meter dash – 7.60s (fourth in Sun Belt)
Leslie Romero – women's mile – 5:02.15 (fourth in Sun Belt)
Naomi Ferdinand – women's long jump – 5.68m, 18-7.75 (fourth in Sun Belt)
Lashonda Tate – women's triple jump – 11.80m, 38-8.75 (tied fourth in Sun Belt)
Myles Anders – men's 60-meter dash – 6.84s (fifth in Sun Belt)
Sadi Giles – women's 200-meter dash – 24.83s (fifth in Sun Belt)
Tina Sierra – women's mile – 5:02.21 (fifth in Sun Belt)
Akinshe Calica-Hill – men's triple jump – 14.52m, 47-7.75 (fifth in Sun Belt)
Jaylon Jorge – men's shot put – 15.93m, 52-3.25 (sixth in Sun Belt)
T'Mond Johnson – men's weight throw – 17.66m, 57-11.25 (sixth in Sun Belt)