RUSTON | The Louisiana Tech men's and women's Outdoor Track & Field teams will compete at the 2023 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this week in Denton, Texas. The meet will take place from Thursday, May 11, to Sunday, May 14, at the UNT Track & Field Stadium and is hosted by North Texas. The meet will be streamed on CUSA.tv for Saturday and Sunday's events. Tickets can be purchased per day for $15 for adults and $10 for youth ages 3-17. 
 
MEET INFORMATION
Date/Time: Thursday, May 11 | Multis 2:45 p.m.
Date/Time: Friday, May 12 | Field Events 2 p.m. | Multis 4 p.m. | Running Events 8 p.m.
Date/Time: Saturday, May 13 | Field Events 1 p.m. | Running Events 5:30 p.m.
Date/Time: Sunday, May 14 | Field Events 1 p.m. | Running Events 6 p.m.
Location: UNT Track & Field Stadium | Denton, Texas
Live Stream: CUSA.tv | Saturday | Sunday
Schedule: Schedule of Events
Heat Sheets: Entries
Results: Live Results
Tickets: Adults $15 Per Day | Youth $10 Per Day
Participating Teams: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, WKU
 
The four-day championship event will feature 42 combined track and field events beginning with the heptathlon at 2:45 p.m. and the decathlon at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. The two multi-events will conclude on day two, begging at 2:45 p.m. (decathlon) and 4:30 p.m. 
 
The field events will begin on Friday, May 12, with the men's hammer throw at 2 p.m. followed by the women's hammer throw at 4:30 p.m. The men's and women's 10,000 meters finals will complete day two beginning at 8 p.m. for the women and 9 p.m. for the men. 
 
Day three will offer a full slate on the track and the field with the men's discus and men's and women's long jump starting at 1 p.m. The women's 1500m at 5:30 p.m. will kick off 14 preliminary running events scheduled to warp up with the men's 200m spring at 8:40 p.m. Saturday's slate will conclude with the women's (9 p.m.) and men's (9:15 p.m.) steeple chase. 
 
Sunday's final day of competition will begin in the field with the women's shot put, men's triple jump, and men's javelin at 1 p.m. After that, the track will begin with the 4x100 relays, with the women's race at 6 p.m. and the men's shortly after at 6:05 p.m. 
 
The 1500m for the women and men will start at 6 p.m., followed by the finals for Saturday's 14 prelim events beginning with the women's 100m hurdles at 6:35 p.m. The Championship Weekend will conclude with the women's 4x400m relay at 8:50 p.m. and the men's 4x400m relay at 9 p.m.
 
Charlotte returns as the reigning men's and women's 2022 champions and swept their respective sides at the 2023 Indoor Championships this season in Birmingham. 
 
LA Tech is slated to send 38 athletes, headlined by Rodney Heath Jr. and Johannon Murray. 
 
Heath Jr. has ranked as one of the region and nation's best sprinters this season and has etched his name in the LA Tech record books in his first season with the Bulldogs. Heath Jr. holds three of the top four times in the 100m, including the program's top time of 10.12 from the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. His 10.12 also ranks No. 25 this season in the country and No. 13 in the Division I East Region. 
 
The Kentucky transfer holds five of the top six times in the 60m from this year's indoor season, including tying the program record of 6.64 on two occasions, one at the Texas Tech Relays and the other at the C-USA Indoor Championships where Heath Jr. took silver in the event. 
 
Murray enters as the reining outdoor heptathlon champion from the 2022 Conference USA championships, where she put up the fourth-best score in program history with 4,937 points. She also holds the sixth-best score in the LA Tech record books with 4,708 points from the 2021 season. 
 
Murray will be looking to add more hardware to her 2023 season after she took bronze in the 2023 C-USA Indoor Championships in the women's pentathlon. In Murray's four seasons at LA Tech, she has registered the four best pentathlon scores in LA Tech history, including the program's No. 1 score of 3,549 points. 
 
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LA Tech Athlete Multi Events
 
Women's Heptathlon
Johannon Murray
 
Men's Decathlon
Aidan Holland
 
LA Tech Athlete Field Events
 
Women's Hammer Throw
Elizabeth Sebera
 
Men's Hammer Throw
Nemoy Cockett
 
Women's Discus
Natalie Moten 
Elizabeth Sebera
 
Men's Discus
Nemoy Cockett
Tim Fitzgerald
Johnie Jean-Jacques
 
Women's Long Jump
DaLoria Boone
Leah Ellis
Pleasant Harris
Tia Reder
 
Men's Long Jump
Mateo Smith
Javion Canna
 
Women's Shot Put
Natalie Moten
Elizabeth Sebera
 
Men's Shot Put
Nemoy Cockett
Tim Fitzgerald
Johnie Jean-Jacques
 
Women's Javelin
Maria Ferreiro Pena
Arabiah Jefferson
Johannon Murray
 
Men's Javelin
Tyler O'con
 
Women's Triple Jump
Leah Ellis
Tia Reder
 
Women's Long Jump
DaLoria Boone
Leah Ellis
Pleasant Harris
Tia Reder
 
LA Tech Athlete Track Events
 
Women's 10,000m
Jacquelin LaBerteaux
 
Men's 1500m
Logan Bailey
 
Women's 100m H Prelims
Johannon Murray 
 
Men's 110m H Prelims
Tibet Sancak 
Urijah Williams
 
Women's 400m Prelims
Chanel Honeywell
Faith Tarver
 
Men's 400m Prelims
Micah Pernetter
Tim Rummelhagen
 
Women's 100m Prelims
DaLoria Boone
Kaylyn Heath
 
Men's 100m Prelims
Rodney Heath Jr. 
Gerard Sepena
Mateo Smith
Devin Walton
 
Women's 800m Prelims
Victoria Datta
 
Men's 800m Prelims
Trent Terminie 
 
Men's 400 H Prelims
Desmyn McCall
 
Women's 200m Prelims
Chanel Honeywell
 
Men's 200m Prelims
Marshall Ellis
Jamie Sancho
Devin Walton
 
Women's 4x100m
LA Tech | DaLoria Boone, Faith Tarver, Kaylyn Heath, Chanel Honeywell
 
Men's 4x100m
LA Tech | Rodney Heath Jr., Marshall Ellis, Devin Walton, Jamie Sancho 
 
Women's 5000m
Rebecca Quebedeaux
 
Men's 5000m
Hayes Gill
 
Women's 4x400m
LA Tech | Victoria Datta, Chanel Honeywell, Faith Tarver, DaLoria Boone
 
Men's 4x400m
LA Tech | Tim Rummelhagen, Marshall Ellis, Devin Walton, Jamie Sancho