Saturday, March 16
Fort Worth, Texas
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TCU Invitational
Preview: TCU Invitational
3/14/2019 1:09:00 PM | Men's Outdoor Track, Women's Outdoor Track
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU track and field will open the 2019 outdoor season at home as the program hosts the TCU Invitational on Saturday, March 16.
MEET INFO
The meet will start at 9:30 a.m. with the discus throw and the running events will start at 2 p.m. with the men's 3000-steeplechase. TCU will host Big 12 schools Kansas State and Oklahoma, as well as UT-Arlington, Northwestern State, and Barton County.
Live results will be available via Flash Results. Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.
INDOOR RECAP
The Horned Frogs qualified four entries to the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend in Birmingham, Ala., with all four leaving the meet as First-Team All-Americans. In the men's triple jump, Chengetayi Mapaya earned his second NCAA bronze medal of his career, while Derrick Mokaleng finished with his second-consecutive 400-meter First-Team honor. TCU's 4x400 relay, consisting of Mokaleng, Darrion Flowers, Tinotenda Matiyenga, and Emmanuel Ogwo, also finished with back-to-back indoor First-Team honors with a seventh-place finish in Birmingham. In her first season as a Horned Frog, San Jose State transfer Destiny Longmire finished fourth at the NCAA meet in the long jump.
At the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock, TCU had a trio of conference champions, as well as a pair of runner-ups. All-Americans Mapaya and Longmire won the triple jump and long jump respectively, while newcomer Lily Beckford won the 600-yard. In the men's 600-yard, Mokaleng finished second with the second-fastest time in collegiate history. TCU's 4x400 relay also placed second.
LAST YEAR'S OUTDOOR SEASON
TCU sent five entries in four events to the NCAA Outdoor Championships: Mokaleng in the 400m, Mapaya and Scotty Newton in the triple jump, and both the 4x100 and the 4x400 relays. Newton and Mapaya left the meet as First-Team All-Americans with fourth and fifth-place finishes. The program also sent 19 entries in 13 events to the NCAA West Regional meet and at the conference meet, TCU had a pair of conference champions in the triple jump (Newton) and 4x400 relay.
MEET INFO
The meet will start at 9:30 a.m. with the discus throw and the running events will start at 2 p.m. with the men's 3000-steeplechase. TCU will host Big 12 schools Kansas State and Oklahoma, as well as UT-Arlington, Northwestern State, and Barton County.
Live results will be available via Flash Results. Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.
INDOOR RECAP
The Horned Frogs qualified four entries to the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend in Birmingham, Ala., with all four leaving the meet as First-Team All-Americans. In the men's triple jump, Chengetayi Mapaya earned his second NCAA bronze medal of his career, while Derrick Mokaleng finished with his second-consecutive 400-meter First-Team honor. TCU's 4x400 relay, consisting of Mokaleng, Darrion Flowers, Tinotenda Matiyenga, and Emmanuel Ogwo, also finished with back-to-back indoor First-Team honors with a seventh-place finish in Birmingham. In her first season as a Horned Frog, San Jose State transfer Destiny Longmire finished fourth at the NCAA meet in the long jump.
At the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock, TCU had a trio of conference champions, as well as a pair of runner-ups. All-Americans Mapaya and Longmire won the triple jump and long jump respectively, while newcomer Lily Beckford won the 600-yard. In the men's 600-yard, Mokaleng finished second with the second-fastest time in collegiate history. TCU's 4x400 relay also placed second.
LAST YEAR'S OUTDOOR SEASON
TCU sent five entries in four events to the NCAA Outdoor Championships: Mokaleng in the 400m, Mapaya and Scotty Newton in the triple jump, and both the 4x100 and the 4x400 relays. Newton and Mapaya left the meet as First-Team All-Americans with fourth and fifth-place finishes. The program also sent 19 entries in 13 events to the NCAA West Regional meet and at the conference meet, TCU had a pair of conference champions in the triple jump (Newton) and 4x400 relay.
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