UTRGV Track & Field Ready for WAC Indoor Championships

http://goutrgv.com/news/2018/2/21/track-field-track-field-ready-for-wac-indoor-championships.aspx Feb. 21, 2018 – NAMPA, Idaho - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley men's and women's track and field teams compete at the WAC Indoor Championships Thursday through Saturday at the Ford Idaho Center. Action begins on Thursday at 11 a.m. with the men's heptathlon and 11:15 a.m. with the women's pentathlon. Both events run through Friday. Field events are split between the two days, with the women's high jump, weight throw, long jump and pole vault and men's weight throw and long jump on Friday and the women's shot put and triple jump and men's high jump, pole vault, triple jump and shot put on Saturday. Most running events will have preliminaries on Friday and finals on Saturday, with the exceptions of the 5,000-meter runs, distance medley relays, and 4x400-meter relays. The first two of the aforementioned events will wrap up Friday's action while the 4x400 will put an end to the even on Saturday. The Field The WAC is made up of UTRGV, CSU Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, UMKC, New Mexico State, Seattle U and Utah Valley. All eight institutions field women's indoor track & field teams, but only UTRGV, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, UMKC, Seattle U and Utah Valley field men's teams. WAC Indoor Championships History UTRGV has won two individual WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships since joining the WAC in 2013-14: 2017 - Jennifer Zapata, 3,000-meter run (10:08.30) 2014 - Martin Casse, One-mile run (4:17.80) May Day Paul May enters the WAC Indoor Championships having earned WAC Field Athlete of the Week honor three out of a possible four times. May ranks 86th in the NCAA in the shot put with a program record mark of 17.45 meters at the Howie Ryan Invitational (2/9) and 256th in the weight throw with a mark of 16.162 meters at the Texas Tech Open (2/2). Next Up The top 16 student-athletes in each event in the nation qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 at Texas A&M.