Colorado set to Compete in Four Meets in Three States

BOULDER - The University of Colorado track and field program will compete in four meets across three states starting Thursday with athletes competing until Saturday.

The Buffs will begin the week in Austin on Thursday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays where CU sprinters will compete and the meet will continue until Saturday. On Friday, throwers will begin to compete at the Jack Christiansen Invitational hosted by Colorado State while distance runners will start running at the Stanford Invitational. Both meets will run through Saturday as well. Several sprinters will also compete at the Bobcat Invitational hosted by Texas State on Friday and Saturday. 

Emma Pollack, Reese Renz, and Abbey Glynn will get things going Thursday running in the women's 400 hurdles followed by Garrett Nelson in the men's 400 hurdles. 

Friday's action will separate between four meets with throwers going to Fort Collins to compete in the Jack Christiansen Invitational, sprinters at the Texas Relays and Bobcat Invitational and distance runners beginning competition at the Stanford Invitational. 

CU will have two teams of sprinters in the men's and women's 4x400-meter relay Friday. The Buffs will also have four women throwing in the hammer throw Friday afternoon including Gya'ni Sami who broke the weight throw school record indoors. The night will be capped at Stanford with athletes competing in the 10,000-meter run with the goal of hitting west preliminary qualifying marks.

Events will continue and conclude at all four meets Saturday. Throwers will finish up at the Jack Christiansen Invitational and sprinters will compete in final events at the Texas Relays and Bobcat Invitational. At Stanford, distance runners will be in the 800-meter run including Isaiah Givens, the current mile record holder in the CU history books.