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Track & Field

Texas sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke breaks records with Olympics in mind

Texas sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke breaks records with Olympics in mind

Kaitlyn Harmon April 6, 2021

It took less than a minute and just 400 meters of all-out effort for Texas freshman Rhasidat Adeleke to entrench her name in Longhorn lore at the 2021 Big 12 Indoor Championships on Feb. 27. The 18-year-old...

Davis shatters another collegiate record, Texas Track & Field runs away with individual titles at Texas Relays

Payton Luster March 27, 2021

Not only are the Longhorns winning individual titles, they are also shattering records. Over the course of three days, Texas track and field produced many record-breaking performances at the 93rd Clyde...

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Williams twins are inseparable on cross country course, in life

Taylor Hawthorne November 24, 2020

At first glance, you wouldn’t be able to tell Trevor and Evan Williams apart, but thanks to Trevor’s new haircut, it’s a bit easier. The identical twins’ sibling rivalry has...

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Cross country ends season with top-3 finishes at Big 12 Championships

Taylor Hawthorne October 31, 2020

The Texas cross country program wrapped up its season with top-three finishes from both the men’s and women’s teams at the Big 12 Championships in Lawrence, Kansas.  Coming off first-place...

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Texas track and field athletes discuss value of having Black head coach

Taylor Hawthorne October 23, 2020

The Texas Athletics program has 16 head coaches, but only two of them are Black.    Edrick Floréal, one of the two Black coaches at Texas, took over the track and field program in 2018....

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Texas cross country to open shortened season at Arturo Barrios Invitational

Taylor Hawthorne October 20, 2020

Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Oct. 16 issue of The Daily Texan flipbook. The last time the Texas cross country team saw a long stretch of grass and dirt was Nov. 23,...

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Confidence soars after Texas cross country sweeps competition at Arturo Barrios Invitational

Taylor Hawthorne October 17, 2020

The Texas cross country team opened the season Saturday in sweep style, as both the men’s and women’s teams took first place in team titles in the 8k and 6k at the Arturo Barrios Invitational.  The...

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Big 12 cancels remainder of spring season due to COVID-19 concern

Marcus Krum March 13, 2020

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. One day after the NCAA canceled all...

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Former Texas track coach John Rembao, NCAA sued by former Texas student-athletes over alleged abuse

Alex Briseño and Marcus Krum March 12, 2020

Three former Longhorns filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, the NCAA Board of Governers and former Texas track and field coach John Rembao, alleging that the NCAA neglects to protect student-athletes...

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Big 12 Indoor Championship on line

Sam Bellessa February 27, 2020

With the NCAA Indoor Championship meet looming, the Longhorns have one final statement to make before looking ahead to nationals. The Texas track and field team will travel to Ames, Iowa, this weekend...

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Women’s distance medley relay heads to South Bend

Sam Bellessa February 21, 2020

The Texas track and field team is quickly racking up frequent flyer miles.  On Saturday, four members of the Texas women’s track and field squad will compete in the Alex Wilson Invitational,...

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Sam Worley sustains indoor season-ending leg injury at Husky Classic

Marcus Krum and Alex Briseño February 19, 2020

Texas junior Sam Worley sustained an indoor season-ending leg injury while running the mile at the Husky Classic in Seattle over the weekend, Texas Athletics confirmed to The Daily Texan. Worley took...

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