Oregon track and field faces its stiffest test of the season against the formidable Texas A&M. Here’s a closer look at how two of the nation’s best teams stack up against each other ahead of Saturday’s Pepsi Invitational at historic Hayward Field.
4 — Top four teams in the nation will compete — the No. 2 Oregon women, the No. 3 Texas A&M women, No. 1 Texas A&M men, and No. 4 Oregon men, according to the USTFCCCA’s latest poll
2 — Other schools competing: Washington and Washington State. The Huskies boast the nation’s No. 15 women’s team, while the Cougars return to the Pepsi Invitational after a 17-year absence.
10.30 — The meet record, in seconds, for the 100 meter dash. Texas A&M’s Ameer Webb enters the meet with the nation’s second-fastest time (10.14). Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas will compete against him with a personal best of 10.31.
13.33 — Oregon sophomore Johnathan Cabral’s time in the 110m hurdles at last month’s Texas Relays, the fastest time in the country this year.
13.45 — Texas A&M junior Wayne Davis’s mark in the 110m hurdles, good for ninth-best this season. Davis is considered Cabral’s strongest competition.