SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State track and field returns to action Thursday and Friday when it heads to Austin, Texas, to compete in the Texas Invitational. The two-day meet will take place at Mike A. Myers Stadium and will begin at 3:30 p.m. CT on Thursday and 9:30 a.m. CT on Friday.
Texas State track and field will have 48 athletes competing in 27 events at the meet.
Heading into the Texas Invitational, the men's team is ranked No. 26 in the country, and the women's team is ranked No. 46. The Bobcats also have four event squads—women's shot put, men's 100m, men's high jump, and men's javelin—ranked in the top 25 of the NCAA.
Heading into the Texas Invitational, three Bobcats—
Lara Roberts,
Chris Preddie, and
Kason O'Riley—are ranked inside the top 10 of their events.
Roberts leads the NCAA in the women's hammer throw after recording a mark of 70.97m/232-10 at the Mt. SAC Relays last Saturday and is the only athlete to record multiple marks over 70 meters this season.
On the men's side, Preddie is one of eight athletes in the NCAA ranked in two individual events. He is ranked seventh in the triple jump (16.50m/52-8) and 10th in the long jump (7.87m/25-10).
The third athlete ranked in the top 10 of the NCAA is fellow jumps squad member O'Riley. O'Riley moved up to sixth in the NCAA for the high jump after recording a mark of 2.20m/7-2.5 to win the Mt. SAC Relays.
Fans can follow the action at the Texas Invitational via live results linked here.
Bobcats Competing in the Texas Relays
Day One
Men's discus
Edward Ta'amilo
Danie Strooh
Michael Hermes
Benjamin Blomqvist
Easton Hammond
Men's pole vault
Simon Thor
Women's high jump
Chinenye Uzoh
Raegan Stephenson
Kendall Lemm
Men's high jump
Kason O'riley
Aiden Hayes
Easton Hammond
Giovonni Walker
Women's long jump
Precious Okougbodu
Sydney Magennis
Men's long jump
Damacio Hooks
Christian Soungie
Giovonni Walker
Lamine Sall
Women's discus
Charlize Goody
Lesedi Khunou
Women's 200m
Taejha Badal
Kerris Roberts
Kaylee Lewis
Men's 200m
Drew Donley
Shedrack Akpeki
Daniel Garland
Ethan Moffett
Men's 400m hurdles
Mihajlo Katanic
Shawn Snipes
Victor Petrov
Women's 3000m steeplechase
Destiney Rose
Alexia Tiscareno Macias
Men's 3000m steeplechase
Elias Palmer
Eyan Calico
Women's Pole Vault
Matilde Poli
Breanna Brandes
Women's 1500m
Kimberly Gloria
Haley Hall
Men's 1500m
David Mendez-Serrato
Koket Jimata
Jack Deelman
Men's 5000m
Anthony Sandoval
Day Two
Women's hammer throw
Lara Roberts
Madison Sloan
Men's hammer throw
Alberto Archundia
Manfred Mannamaa
Women's triple jump
Precious Okougbodu
Sydney Magennis
Men's triple jump
Christian Soungie
Damacio Hooks
Men's javelin
Simon Thor
Michael Hermes
Easton Hammond
Chase Leatherwood
Benjamin Blomqvist
Women's 4x100
Lewis, Okougbodu, Roberts, Badal
Men's 4x100
Akpeki, Donley, Harrold, Garland
Men's 110m hurdles
Daniel Harrold
Easton Hammond
Michael Hermes
Benjamin Blomqvist
Women's 400m
Kila Rodas
Men's 400m
Ethan Moffett
Ka'Bren Mitchell
Women's 100m
Taejha Badal
Kerris Roberts
Kaylee Lewis
Men's 100m
Drew Donley
Shedrack Akpeki
Daniel Garland
Daniel Harrold
Men's 4x400m relay
Hammond, Petrov, Hermes, Blomqvist
