SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA men's and women's track & field teams will open the indoor season on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 11-12, at the Ted Nelson Invitational in College Station, Texas.
Hosted by Texas A&M and named in honor of the Aggies' former head coach, the two-day meet will be held at Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Stadium at McFerrin Athletic Center. Under the tutelage of Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox, who is in his 11th season leading both programs and his 20th year overall at UTSA, the Roadrunners will compete against Abilene Christian, Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, and UT Arlington.
The meet will get underway with the women's distance medley relay at 4:57 p.m. Friday followed by the men's race 15 minutes later. The first-day schedule also includes the 4x400-meter relay and 5,000m.
Saturday's action will start at noon with the women's high jump and long jump and men's long jump and pole vault. The running events will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the 60m prelims.
Live results can be found online at http://flashresults.com. Portions of Saturday's events will air live on SEC Network+ at http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3466672/ted-nelson-invitational.
Last year, the UTSA men scored 67 points to finish fourth behind a victory in the long jump from All-American Adrian Riley and a runner-up showing in the 60m hurdles (8.05) by All-American and defending Conference USA champion Patrick Prince. Luca Chatham also turned in a second-place effort with a 1:52.04 clocking in the 800m, and he stands second in school history with a career-best 1.50.72.
The women placed seventh with 33 points on the strength of bronze-medal showings by Victoria Rausch in the 60m hurdles (8.59) and from Lacee Barnes in the shot put (14.20m/46-7 ¼). Rausch ranks third on UTSA's all-time 60m hurdles list with a personal-best 8.53, while Barnes is fourth (14.20m) on the shot put chart.
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