TCU Set To Open Outdoor Season At Home
3/14/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Outdoor Track
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU track and field teams will open the 2017 outdoor season as they host the TCU Invitational on March 17-18 at the Lowdon Track and Field Complex in Fort Worth.
The meet will span two days. Friday's throwing events kick off with the hammer throw at 11:30 a.m., while Saturday's first event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the javelin. Running events will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.
Follow The Frogs
Live results will be available through Flash Results. For updates throughout the meet, follow @TCUTrackField on Twitter.
The Field
The meet will feature nine schools. Joining the Frogs will be Abilene Christian, Baylor, North Texas, Northwestern State, SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M Commerce and UTA.
Big 12 Champion
In her first collegiate 5,000-meter race, Goertzen took home gold at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a school-record time of 16:02.80. Her time broke the previous TCU record by more than 20 seconds and beat out second place by 12 seconds. She also went on to place third in the 3K at the conference championships at 9:23.01.
Leap Frog
Junior Scotty Newton represented the Horned Frogs at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships last week in the triple jump. Newton placed 12th at the meet and leads the way in jumps on the men's side. Newton moved to No. 2 on TCU's all-time list with a personal-best distance of 53 feet 4.25 inches (16.26 meters) at Frisco during the indoor season.
Relay Staple
With the return of two First-Team All-Americans in senior Raymond Bozmans and sophomore Darrion Flowers in the 4x100, TCU will look to keep relays a Horned Frog tradition this year. The additions of junior Emeilo Ferguson and freshmen Jostyn Andrews, Derrick Mokaleng and Ryan Champlin have added solid depth to an already strong sprinting squad. The quartet of junior Kevin McClanahan, Andrews, Champlin and Mokaleng produced a season-best time of 3:06.84 in the 4x4 during the indoor season, ranking No. 8 on TCU's all-time list.
Keep `Em Coming
TCU has crowned an NCAA champion in each of the last five years:
* 2016: Ronnie Baker (60 meters)
* 2015: Ronnie Baker (60 meters)
* 2014: Lorraine Ugen (long jump)
* 2013: Charles Silmon (100 meters), Lorraine Ugen (long jump)
* 2012: Whitney Gipson (indoor long jump, outdoor long jump)
* Only one other school in the Big 12 has claimed gold in each year since 2013 (Texas).
