Texas Tech Indoor Track And Field Jumped To No. 6
By: Britton Drown
Updated: February 12, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas - On
the
heels of a historic performance at the Tyson Invitational last weekend,
the Red Raider track and field team officially jumped into the Top-10
of the national indoor track and field rankings.
In
Week 4 of the United States Track
and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer poll, the Red
Raiders made the largest leap of any team in the country appearing at
No. 6.
"I'm excited for our team," Texas Tech
head track and field coach Wes Kittley said.
"We
gained a lot of momentum with a great meet this weekend and are now
looking for an even better performance at the Big 12 Indoor
Championships next week."
The Red Raiders enter the week with five
athletes in the Top-20 of the national indoor qualifying list including senior Kennedy
Kithuka who holds the No. 1 time nationally in the men's 5,000-meter run.
The Red Raiders broke two school records
in the full weekend of action at the Randal-Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus.
The
Lady Raiders also made a jump in the
national rankings and appear just outside the Top-25 at No. 26. Tech
moved up 27 spots in the national rankings and up to the No. 1 slot in
the Mountain Region following last week's action.
The Lady Raiders currently have two athletes
in the Top-20 of the national indoor rankings along with the No. 8 4x400 relay team.
The Texas Tech track and field program
will now look towards the Big 12 Indoor Championships scheduled for Feb. 22-23 in Ames, Iowa.
