WACO, Texas – The Louisiana Tech men's and women's track and field teams return to action on Friday and Saturday, March 27-28^th to compete in the Clyde Hart Classic at Baylor University.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Date: March 27-28, 2026
Time: FRIDAY: Field – 11:00 a.m. CT; Track – 5:30 p.m. CT | SATURDAY: Field – 11:00 a.m CT; Track – 12:30 pm. CT
Location: Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium (Waco, Texas)
Schedule/Events: Meet Schedule
Participating Teams: Arkansas, Texas, TCU, Iowa State, St. Edwards, SFA, Tarleton State, UTA, Sam Houston State, ULM, Louisiana Tech, University of St. Thomas, Huston-Tillotson and UNT-Dallas.
Live Results: Results Link
 
The team is coming off a hot start to the outdoor season with 22 top-five finishes and two individual victories. Fifteen of those 22 finishes were in the top three of the event.
 
No start was hotter than Jamara Patterson's blazing 51.56 400m, breaking a 20 year old outdoor program record. She broke the previous meet record of 52.13, securing an event win.
 
A'reil Williams also secured an event win in the women's high jump, leaping 1.75 meters. It marked her sixth career jump of at least 1.75 meters or higher and her 10^th career top-three outdoor finish.
 
The men's and women's 4x100 relay teams finished top three in their respective events. The womens squad of Praise Ofoku, Tyrica Sterrett, Jaitlyn Ware and Shayann Demeritte finished third with a time of 45.11. The men's team of Carl Murray IV, Abdulraof Oriade Rashid, Lukundo Kapambalala and Karo Oghomi finished second with a time of 39.64. It marked the 10^th fastest time in outdoor program history.
 
Oscar Smith made his season debut with a third place finished in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.71.
 
Osaretin Joy Usenbor, Tyhra Charles and Nia Wiley rounded out the top five in the women's 400, taking the third, fourth and fifth-place spots. Sabastian Bradley-Reed finished third in the men's 400 with a time of 46.68, while Rickey Williams III finished fifth clocking 47.44.
 
Sterrett and Ware finished second and third in the women's 100, while Oghomi and Madonna Favour also took second and third in the men's 100. Two of Tech's three javelin throwers also saw top three finishes. Annie Jones finished as the runner-up with a throw of 39.02 meters, and Zachary Drake finished in third for the men with a throw of 62.54 meters.
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