SAN MARCOS, Texas – After a week off, the Texas State track and field team will return to competition with a trip to Florida as the Bobcats will compete in the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Fla.
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Texas State will send 38 athletes to the two-day meet that will feature 39 schools. Friday's action gets underway with the men's hammer throw at 1 pm ET while the running events will commence at 5 pm ET. On Saturday, the women's discus kicks off the day at 9 am ET while the running events are slated for 12 pm ET to 6 pm ET.
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The meet will be broadcast on SEC Network+ while
live results will also be available.
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Bobcats in the USTFCCCA National Rankings
Team Rankings
Men's: #38
Women's: #54
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Both the Texas State men's and women's teams are the highest ranked Sun Belt teams in the National TFRI this week.
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#EventSquad Rankings – Texas State in the Top-10
Men's 200 Meters: #2
Men's Shot Put: #8
Men's 400 Meters: #10
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Women's Shot Put: #2
Women's Hammer: #4
Women's Discus: #8
Women's Long Jump: #10
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Dominick Yancy has a top-10 national mark in the men's 200 as he is currently seventh in the nation with a time of 20.38. Freshman
Chris Preddie and junior
Simon Thor also have national top-10 marks in the men's long jump and decathlon, respectively.
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Bobcats in the Sun Belt
Overall, the Texas State women currently have 12 times or marks that rank in the Sun Belt's top-three in those respective events. On the men's side, there are 13 top-three entries in the conference.
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Bobcats Leading the Sun Belt
Women's
Sedrickia Wynn: 100 meters, 200 meters
Katherine Stuckly: High jump
Anayah Washington: Long jump
Melanie Duron: Shot put
Elisabet Runarsdottir: Hammer throw
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Men's
Dominick Yancy: 200 meters
4x100 Relay: Pierre, Callahan, Harrold, Yancy
4x400 Relay: West, Kelly, Pierre, Yancy
Chris Preddie: Long jump
Grady Leonard: Shot put
Simon Thor: Decathlon
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