STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Track and Field returns for the second-straight meet at Texas Tech this weekend heading to Lubbock for the Stan Scott Invite and Multis at the Texas Tech Peromance Center. The first day of competition ill open on Thursday for the multis events, followed by the rest of the meet on Friday and Saturday.
The three-day event will only be streamed on ESPN+ on Friday and Saturday with separate links for each day. Live Results will be provided by PT Timing. Both links can be found on tarletonsports.com. Follow @tarletonxctrack on Instagram and X for the latest updates and highlights.
In the first USTFCCCA rankings, the men and women squads both made national and regional appearances. On the men's side, Tarleton State ranked 71st nationally, the highest ranked WAC squad and 11th in the South Central region. On the women's side, the Texans came in at 60th nationally to top the WAC and 10th in the region.
Head coach
Bobby Carter is in his first season at the helm of the Texan program. Coach Carter previously served as an assistant coach for the University of Arizona. Carter was an elite athlete himself, starring in jump at Nebraska. During his time competing from 2009-14 he earned a pair of All-American honors.
The Texans return to Texas Tech for the second consecutive meet and the second of three times this year. Tarleton State will make its final trek to Lubbock in outdoor season for the Corky/Crofoot Classic.
Last week at the Corky Classic, three school records fell, with a pair being broke twice hours apart of each other. First,
Malak Rashwan broke the school record she set in December in the prelims, before breaking it again in the semifinal heat. She crossed in 8.52 seconds to set a new program record, for the third time this season. The Cairo, Egypt, native, also broke the Egypt national record with the fastest ever time in the 60-meter hurdles by an Egypt-born athlete.
Victoria Cameron also broke a school record twice shattering the record in the 60-meter dash in the qualifying round and then once again in the semifinals. Her semifinal run of 7.19 seconds qualified second for finals, but she chose not to run. Cameron's mark ranks fifth in the NCAA and eighth among all women in the world this calendar year.
Aidan Matthews was the final school record breaker on the weekend. Competing in a field full of SEC athletes, Matthews finished 10
th in the 200-meter run in 21.21 setting a new school record. The former D3 All-American posted the fastest time in program history succeeding current Texan
David Mvundura's 21.28 mark.
In total, three school records and nine top 10 performances were set just two weeks ago in Lubbock.
In its first week of the season on December 5-7, the Texans set seven school records. In addition, 16 individuals posted 17 total program top 10 performances during the first weekend.
Tarleton State will travel outside the state for their third indoor contest of the winter. The Texans will head to Kansas State for the Steve Miller Invitational on Friday, Feb. 7.
