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.
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.
The meet will be broadcast on SEC Network+ while
live results will also be available.
Bobcats in the USTFCCCA National Rankings
Team Rankings
Men's: #38
Women's: #54
Both the Texas State men's and women's teams are the highest ranked Sun Belt teams in the National TFRI this week.
#EventSquad Rankings – Texas State in the Top-10
Men's 200 Meters: #2
Men's Shot Put: #8
Men's 400 Meters: #10
Women's Shot Put: #2
Women's Hammer: #4
Women's Discus: #8
Women's Long Jump: #10
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.
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.
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
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