First Meet of the 2023 Season for Track & Field - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

FAYETTEVILLE, AR – The UT Arlington men's and women's indoor track and field season is set to begin this Friday, Jan. 13, when the Mavericks participate in the Arkansas Invitational.

Field events are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. from the Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center before concluding with the high jump (men) at 6:45 p.m., with the running events slated to begin at 1 p.m. and wrap up with the 4x400 relay at 8:25 p.m. (women).

FOLLOW ALONG
Fans can follow all the action with real-time results by clicking the link attached to this release. There will also be a live broadcast on ESPN+, starting at 1 p.m.

COMPETING TEAMS
Along with UTA and host Arkansas, the following teams are scheduled to compete: Texas A&M, TCU, SFA, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma City University, Tulsa, Oral Roberts, Central Arkansas, Arkansas – Little Rock, Arkansas – Pine Bluff, Louisiana Tech, Drury, Harding, Texas A&M – Texarkana and Coffeyville Community College.

STORYLINES
This meet will be the first meet of the 2023 indoor season for the Mavs and their first trip to the Arkansas Invitational in over a decade.

Current 60-meter hurdle UTA record holder, Joel Bengtsson, will look to best his 7.78 time.
Jade Bontke will look to best her 1.79m high jump from last season, which has her currently in 2nd in the UTA record books.
Shelby West and Adeyemi Talabi are looking to improve their PR's in the 200-meters.
Jackson Chichon and Alfredo Reina Corona look to improve on their times from last season in the 1 mile run.
Calyha Brown will look to improve her 14.30m throw from last season in the shot put, which currently has her tied for 5^th all-time in the UTA record books.
Krystal Igbo looks to improve her 60-meter hurdles time of 8.80, which has her sitting in 5^th in the UTA record books.
Freshman to look out for are Malaiya Jedkins (Triple Jump) and Randon Gray (Pole Vault).
The complete list of UTA entries is attached to this release.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH
"We're looking to see where we stand and get a good gauge on what we need to work on and what we excel at," said Head Coach John Sauerhage. "This will be a good testament for us to prepare for conference."

NEXT UP
UTA will be back in action the following Saturday, Jan. 21, as they travel to Norman, OK for the JD Martin Invitational hosted by Oklahoma.

FOLLOW ALONG
Follow the UTA track and field and cross country teams on Twitter (@UTAMavsTFXC), Instagram (@UTAMavsTFXC) and Facebook (/UTAMavsTFXC).

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Players Mentioned

Joel Bengtsson

Jade Bontke

Calyha Brown

Randon Gray

Krystal Igbo

Malaiya Jedkins

Alfredo Reina Corona

Adeyemi Talabi

Shelby West

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