BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The UT Arlington track and field teams return to College Station to compete in the Charlie Thomas Invitational hosted by Texas A&M from Friday, Feb. 7, through Saturday, Feb. 8, at the R.A. 'Murray' Fasken '38 Indoor Track and Field facility. Events begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday.  
 
The Mavericks prepare for their fifth meet of the indoor season, with both the men's and women's teams holding some of the top times and marks in the Western Athletic Conference. This will be the second time this season the Mavs have traveled to Texas A&M and would've been the third if UTA participated in the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational but withdrew due to the winter weather that hit Texas that made for unsafe travel conditions.
 
The Mavs as a whole return to action after a week away from competition with just the pole vaulters competing in the JD Martin Invitational last Friday. 
 
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The two day meet will also be streamed on SEC Network+/ESPN+ with Day 1 here and Day 2 here.
 
Fans can purchase tickets for Day 1 here and Day 2 here. Parking for the meet will be in lots 100J and 100G.
 
COMPETING TEAMS
Along with UTA and the host Texas A&M, the following teams are scheduled to compete in the Brazos Valley this weekend: Baylor, East Texas A&M, Houston, Mississippi State, North Texas, Oklahoma Baptist, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Texas State, UTSA and West Texas College.
 
STORYLINES

• Randon Gray's massive 5.40m vault in the men's pole vault last Friday at the JD Martin Invitational set an indoor personal record as well as breaking the school indoor record. His vault sits atop the WAC leaderboards as well as ranking him in the top 25 of all indoor qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
• Winnie Kipsang was named the WAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week this past week after her second-place finish in the highly competitive women's 800m field at the Ted Nelson Invitational where she ran 2:08.81, the top mark in the WAC.
• Desmond Frazier was named the WAC Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week this past week after tossing an indoor personal best of 17.89m in the men's shot put, the leading mark in the WAC.
• Alex Kalmar currently has the top mark in the conference for the men's mile run with a time of 4:03.61.
• Logan Villalva sits atop the WAC leaderboard in the men's weight throw with a mark of 17.22m he tossed at the Ted Nelson Invitational.
• In the women's long jump, Adeyemi Talabi currently has the third best leap in the WAC with a mark of 5.79m which she got at the Owen Hewett Invitational.

   
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