RUSTON – Louisiana Tech men's and women's track and field teams travel to Gainesville, Florida to compete in the Pepsi Florida Relays at Percy Beard Track this weekend.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Date: April 3-4, 2026
Time: FRIDAY: Field – 11:00 a.m. CT; Track – 2:30 p.m. CT | SATURDAY: Field – 9:00 a.m CT; Track – 12:00 pm. CT
Location: James G. Pressly Stadium, Percy Beard Track (Gainesville, Fla.)
Schedule/Events: Meet Schedule
Live Results: Results Link
 
The team is coming off three event wins and 11 top five finishes at the Clyde Hart Classic last weekend at Baylor.
 
Kaitlyn Washington was the first to win after a personal best 53.53-meter discus toss on Friday. It marked the sixth furthest throw in women's outdoor program history.
 
William Estes threw a personal best 55.06-meter javelin, good for first place. Annie Jones threw a second place 39.43-meter javelin, a season best for the freshman. It is the second second place finish for Jones this outdoor season.
 
Oscar Smith capped the first-place finishers with a season best 13.56 in the 110m hurdles.
 
In the 100m, Karo Oghomi and Carl Murray IV both finished top five. Oghomi finished second with a 10.35 time and Murray IV finished fifth with a season best 10.52.
 
Brandon Vining finished fourth in the men's 800m, setting a new season best with a 1:52.46 finish.
 
Both the men's and women's 4x400m relay finished top five. The men's team of Rickey Williams III, Prentice Sanders, Cullen Hronek and Chevoney Reid finished fifth with a time of 3:12.40. The women's team of Osaretin Usenbor, Jamara Patterson, Tyhra Charles and Nia Wiley finished fourth with a time of 3:32.95.
 
A'reil Williams jumped 1.70 meters in the high jump, good for a second-place finish.
 
The men's and women's 4x100m relay teams found success, finishing third and fifth respectively. The men's team of Norre Robinson, Abdulraof Rashid, Cobe Johnson and Chevoney Reid ran a time of 41.04 while the women's team of Sariah Bethley, Azaria Whitehurst, Havyn Puckett and Dillon Landry finished with a time of 48.21.
 
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