Texas Tech Athletics
David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Red Raiders travel to Boston; host Jarvis Scott meet
February 13, 2025 | Track and Field
The distance crew will head to Boston, while the rest of the team competes in Lubbock
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech track and field will be at home this weekend for the Jarvis Scott Invite, while the majority of distance runners will be in Boston for the David Hemery Valentine Invite.
Meet Coverage
·        Live results/schedule (HOME)
·        Live results/schedule (BOSTON)
·        ESPN+ Friday (HOME)
·        ESPN+ Saturday (HOME)
·        FloTrack (BOSTON)
History of Jarvis Scott
Scott was born on April 6, 1947 in Waco, Texas before she moved with her family to Los Angeles at the age of nine. She started running at David Starr Jordan High School where she became the first female to compete in in track & field. By the age of 21, Scott had qualified for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 400m and 800m, becoming the first American to accomplish such feat. She would give up her spot in the 800m to her friend Francie Kraker in an act of solidarity as Scott would go on to place sixth in the 400m finals.
Scott started her coaching career in 1977 at Cal State Los Angeles – where she is now in its Athletics Hall of Fame – and made her way to Lubbock in 1979 as the first head coach for both the men's and women's cross country programs as well as the first women's track and field head coach. Scott held both of those roles up until her retirement in 1991. She remained heavily involved in the global track community and in Lubbock, before her passing on September 29, 2017. Her legacy lives on at Texas Tech from becoming the first African American head coach for any sport, to helping develop the cross country and women's track & field programs to what they are today.
Rankings
In the week three rankings released by the USTFCCCA Tuesday morning, the women's team received their first No. 1 ranking – indoor or outdoor – for the first time in program history. Meanwhile, the men moved up four spots to No. 7.
Last Time Out
Tech spent last weekend in Albuquerque competing in the New Mexico Collegiate Invite. Naomi Krebs dipped under eight seconds for the first time in her career going 7.97 for the No. 1 60m hurdles time in the country. Success Umukoro and Shawn Brown shined in the 60m, both moving inside the top-3 in the NCAA.
Temitope Adeshina continued her winning streak (three-straight) in the high jump, as she cleared 1.92m (6-3 ½).
In The Know
Fanny Arendt, who has set a new PB and school record in the 800m each outing this season, will run in Boston as she tries to find a spot inside the NCAA top-16. Ernest Cheruiyot and Solomon Kipchoge will make their season debut in the 5000m.
This meet will be the final tune-up for multiple Red Raiders ahead of the Big 12 Indoor Championships in two weeks – Tech will be off next week.
Up Next
The Red Raiders will host the 2025 Big 12 Indoor Championships at the Sports Performance Center Feb. 28 and Mar. 1.
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