Mavs Begin Chase For Nationals On Wednesday - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Wednesday, May 24

Sacramento, CA

University of Texas Arlington

NCAA West Preliminary (Day 1)

5/23/2023 4:57:00 PM | Track & Field

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By: Todd Cruff

SACRAMENTO, California – Six UT Arlington track and field athletes are in California with aspirations to push through the NCAA West Regional this week and head back to Texas for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The entire meet will be streamed on ESPN+ and you can follow along with live results that are attached to this release.

To make the final cut, the Mavericks must finish in the top 12 in their respective events in the West Regional.

The men's events in Sacramento are on Wednesday and Friday while the women's events fall on Thursday and Saturday.

Khalid Mendez represents the UTA men with Tatyana Terrell, Mikeya Washington, Adeyemi Talabi, Madison Pippins and Malaiya Jedkins represent the women's team.

"Girls are fired up and ready to compete," said UTA Head Track and Field Coach John Sauerhage. "Khalid is ready to set another PR."

Mendez gets things started for the Mavs in the men's 200-meter dash set for 10:45 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, May 24. Mendez's top time this season is 20.83 which has him as the 37th seed coming in. Mendez would compete in the quarterfinals on Friday, May 26, at 9:50 p.m. (CT) if he qualifies.

Thursday, May 25, will be a busy day for the Mavs as Pippins and Terrell kick things off for the women. Pippins kicks things off in the women's 100-meter dash at 9 p.m. (CT) where she enters as the 47th seed after posting a season's best time of 11.49. Terrell begins her day in the women's 400-meter dash at 9:25 p.m. (CT). She enters in as the 30th overall seed with a time of 52.79, which is a school record. In the women's 200-meter dash slated for 10:45 p.m. (CT), Terrell enters as the 19th overall seed after posting a season's best time of 23.12.

Saturday, May 27, the women will kick off the day at 7 p.m. (CT) with the 4x100 meter relay. The team consisting of Talabi, Washington, Terrell and Pippins come in as the 15th overall seed with a time of 44.20, a school record. The triple jump is slated for an 8 p.m. (CT) start with Jedkins set to represent the Mavs as the 33rd seed after posting a season's best mark of 12.71-meters.

The quarterfinals of the women's 100-meter dash is set for a 8:35 p.m. start, while the 400-meter dash is slated to begin at 8:50 p.m. with the 200-meter dash set to begin at 9:50 p.m. to wrap things up for the Mavs, barring Pippins and Terrell qualify for the quarterfinals of those events.

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