Track and Field grabs early points at Big 12 Championships

Published by Texas SID on May 13th, 2016

Big 12 Championships: May 13-15 | Fort Worth, Texas | Lowdon Track & Field Complex
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Day One of the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship saw the Texas Longhorns score some valuable points in the men's field events and in the women's 10,000 meters. Texas grabbed a handful of points in the men's pole vault while junior Sandie Raines continued to grind and show up big for the women in the distance events.

Texas had three men stand on the podium following the pole vault as Barrett Poth, Reese Watson and Nick Meaders combined for 12 points.

Raines finished second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 35:04.51 to tack on eight points for the women's tally on Day One. It adds to Raines' impressive Big 12 résumé after she won the 5,000 and finished second in the 1,500 last year.

"You can't say enough about her at the conference meets. She just steps up and helps," said Head Coach Mario Sategna. "Those are going to be huge points going into, not just Day Two, but some of the things we will be able to do with our national qualifiers it gives us a lot of leeway on the women's side with a performance like that."

Texas scored four points in men's throwing events on Friday with Alan Zapalac and Conrad Ramquist finishing second in their respective events.

The combined events got underway as well with the Longhorns looking to win another title in the decathlon and its first ever Big 12 title in the heptathlon. Both Reese Thompson and Ashtin Zamzow have positioned themselves well heading into the final day of their events.