Track & Field Travel to Oklahoma for JD Martin Invitational - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

NORMAN, OK – The UT Arlington men's and women's indoor track and field teams prep for their second indoor meet of the season, the 21st annual J.D. Martin Invitational hosted by Oklahoma on Saturday, Jan. 21.

Field events are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. from the Mosier Indoor Facility before concluding with the triple jump (men) at 5:15 p.m., with the running events kicking off at noon and wrap up with the 4x400 relay at 6:10 p.m. (men).

FOLLOW ALONG
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COMPETING TEAMS
Along with UTA and host Oklahoma, the following teams are scheduled to compete: Angelo State, Arkansas – Pine Bluff, Cameron, Central Oklahoma, Langston, Midwestern State, Oklahoma Baptist, Oklahoma State, Southern Nazarene, Texas A&M – Commerce, Texas A&M – Texarkana, UNT – Dallas and Wiley.

STORYLINES
The Mavs return to the J.D. Martin Invitational for the second year in a row, where last season the Mavs had some very notable performances and are looking to repeat those successes and more.

Reigning WAC Male Track Athlete of the Week, Joel Bengtsson is looking to improve on his 7.86 time in the 60m hurdles, which is currently the fastest time in the WAC and the second fastest in school history.
Reigning WAC Female Field Athlete of the Week, Jade Bontke is looking to repeat.
Jackson Cichon looks to follow up his first-place finish in the 800m from last Friday at the Arkansas Invitational, with another top finish and remain atop the WAC leaderboards.
Malaiya Jedkins looks to maintain her WAC leading triple jump distance and move up within the top 10 WAC leaderboards in the long jump.
Abigail Flores looks to move up the WAC leaderboards in the weight throw where she currently resides in the top 10.
Simona Cabella looks to improve on her 3.63m pole vault, which currently has her tied for second in the WAC standings.
McKinley Novacek looks to move up the WAC leaderboards in the high jump, where she currently sits in 7th with a mark of 1.60m.
Randon Gray looks to improve his 4.95m pole vault, which currently has him in second in the WAC standings.
The complete list of UTA entries is attached to this release.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH
"We're looking to improve on last week's performances," said Head Coach John Sauerhage.

NEXT UP
UTA will be back in action next week as they travel to Lubbock to participate in the Texas Tech Open & Multis on Jan. 26 through Jan. 28.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Bengtsson

Jade Bontke

Simona Cabella

Jackson Cichon

Abigail Flores

Randon Gray

Malaiya Jedkins

McKinley Novacek

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