Red Raiders to Enter NCAA Championships No. 9
June 03, 2014 | Track and Field
The Red Raiders will enter the NCAA Championships (June 11-14) at No. 9 in the USTFCCCA computer rankings
June 3, 2014
USTFCCCA Pre-Championships Computer Rankings
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Red Raider track and field team will officially enter the NCAA Championships next week at Hayward Field with a top-10 national ranking as announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association today.
The Red Raiders, Champions of the Big 12, received a No. 9 computer ranking marking the squad's ninth consecutive week inside the top-10. Tech is one of just six programs nationally to boast a men's team inside the top-10 of the national rankings for nine or more consecutive weeks this season.
The Lady Raiders, meanwhile, remained steady at No. 15 marking their third consecutive week inside the top-15.
Texas Tech, after competition at the NCAA West Preliminaries last week, will be represented by 12 qualifiers at the NCAA Championships. The national meet is scheduled for June 11-14 at Historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.
The Red Raiders finished 24th at the 2013 NCAA Championships - their fourth consecutive top-25 finish at the national meet.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (EUGENE, ORE. JUNE 11-14)
#9 RED RAIDERS
Kennedy Kithuka - Men's 5,000m
Kennedy Kithuka - Men's 10,000m
Bradley Adkins - Men's High Jump
JaCorian Duffield -Men's High Jump
Kole Weldon - Men's Shot Put
Kole Weldon - Men's Discus
#15 LADY RAIDERS
Cierra White - Women's 100m
Cierra White - Women's 200m
Le'Tristan Pledger - Women's 100H
Hannah Carson - Women's Javelin
Shanice Stewart - HeptathlonWomen's 4x400 Relay
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