After a strong showing this past weekend at the Hokie Invitational, the NC State track and field team will continue its indoor season in Lubbock, Texas this weekend for the Texas Tech Classic.
The Wolfpack will be one of 21 teams competing at the meet with the strong field highlighted by Texas A&M, who finished in the top 10 in both men’s and women’s at last year’s NCAA Indoor Championships.
For NC State, this meet will be the fifth of 12 indoor meets this season leading up to the ACC and NCAA Championships. The Wolfpack has already set five new indoor school records this campaign, the most recent coming in the women’s 4×100-meter relay last weekend at Virginia Tech.
Over the two-day event at the Hokie Invitational, the Wolfpack collected nine podium finishes and will look to carry that momentum into a meet with a stronger field in Lubbock.
An event to look out for will be the women’s mile, which NC State is particularly strong in this year. At the Hokie Invitational, redshirt sophomore Dominique Clairmonte and junior Elly Henes both posted mile times in the 4:38 range, placing the Wolfpack duo both in the top-five times in the country this year.
Another strong event for NC State is the women’s 300-meter run, where senior Gabriele Cunningham and sophomore Jada Griffin have set the two fastest times in program history this season. Cunningham broke the school record in the Pack’s first meet of 2019, while Griffin posted the school’s second-best time at the Hokie Invitational.
In field events, redshirt senior Lauren Evans continued to be a star for NC State last week and will look to build on that again. She placed first in the women’s shot put at Virginia Tech, an event that she holds the school record in.
Now, the Wolfpack will get the opportunity to improve on its times and distances at a high-profile meet in Texas, featuring some very tough competition. The meet will span from Friday to Saturday.
Freshman Jada Griffin begins the third les of the Women's 4x400m. NC State took second with a 3:42.90 the second best outdoor performance in school history in the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, March 31 at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.
