Track & Field Set for Indoor Opener
1/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Indoor Track
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU men's and women's track and field teams open up the 2015 indoor campaign in College Station, Texas, at the Texas A&M Team Invitational in Gilliam Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 17. Field events will begin at noon, track prelims will start at 12:30 p.m. and the finals will follow at 2 p.m.
Follow The Frogs
To keep track of the meet live, follow the Horned Frogs on Twitter at @TCUTrackField. The meet will be available via a webcast on the SEC Network Plus, click HERE to access the video stream. A full recap from the invitational will be posted to GoFrogs.com following the end of competition.
The Field
Nine schools will compete in the meet on Saturday. Joining the Horned Frogs include: Texas A&M, Abilene Christian, Baylor, Louisiana Tech, Stephen F. Austin, Texas-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio and Texas State.
Quotables
"We want to be competitive during the indoor season and we want to be good-to-great in the outside," director of track and field Darryl Anderson said. "Our full team is just getting on the track training, so that's exciting for me.
"Ronnie Baker will run the 60m, so we can get an idea of where he is and we'll run a mile relay with, for the most part, three guys who will be relatively fresh. A couple of the jumpers will jump, Megan Smith will throw the shot put, Tiffany Terry will run the 400m and we'll see where they're at and go from there."
Into the Rankings
The TCU men's squad opened at No. 25 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason computer rankings. It is the highest preseason mark for the Horned Frogs since 2011, when TCU opened at No. 30.
Returning All-Americans
Overall, TCU returns 12 student-athletes who garnered USTFCCCA All-America awards during the 2013-14 seasons.
Last year's indoor season produced six All-America honorees for the Horned Frogs, four of whom return to competition at TCU this year. The quartet came from the 4x400 relay team, which consisted of Ronnie Baker, Lavon Collins, Harvey McSwain and Sam Watts. The team earned Second Team accolades. In the outdoor campaign, Baker, Cameron Echols-Luper, Kolby Listenbee and Watts posted Second Team All-America honors in the 4x100 relay. Baker (100 meters), McSwain (4x400 relay) and Watts (4x400 relay) also received Honorable Mention nods in the outdoor season.
On the women's side, TCU returns three of the four members from the 4x100 relay team who earned Second Team honors in the outdoor season. The returning student-athletes are Judy Emeodi, Sabrina Moore and Iphona Paiement. Megan Smith also earned Second Team accolades in the discus event. The Horned Frogs also racked up Honorable Mention awards in the 4x400 relay behind Emeodi, Alexandria Peters and Tiffany Terry.
