In case y'all didn't see, Shamier Little went 2:04 in an 800 race today! That girl has improved her speed, and her endurance exponentially!! She's going to go off this year!

Well I guess the team is working on speed, it's good we're the first offer to one of the fastest girls in the nation from the Houston area in Camryn Dickson who has a pb of 11.41 and 23.29. She also has a good relationship with Laila Owens and signee Kennedy Wade! Hopefully after a successful season, we can start recruiting some fast sprinters!

#AGTG I am beyond blessed to receive my first offer from Texas A&M University. #gigem 👍🏽 pic.twitter.com/XKShJKlaZZ

— Camryn🧚🏽‍♀️ (@camrynn_dickson) April 27, 2021

That would be great if she would sign with the Aggies.
At the same time we have start performing better in the short sprint and hurdles to lure the top recruits in Texas. The last couple of years many have gone to USC, LSU, Arkansas etc.
We no doubt are doing great in the 400m, 400m hurdles and 800m.

Agreed! I'm hoping with Achane's success, and possibly Broome's, their impact and popularity in the Houston area might help! Bryce Foster is another athlete like Achane who's popularity in football and social media can be huge for growing our image! Athing Mu's success and improvement in the 800/400 should attract the elite of the elite recruits! Hopefully our athletes can show out on the Olympic and national championship stage to assist our recruiting efforts! The Texas State Meet will have lots of talent this year and it's going to be a fun meet to attend, might have to wear some Aggie track gear to influence some athletes lol

Updated Form Chart has the Aggie women finishing second 2 points behind USC with LSU and Texas lurking behind in 3rd and 4th

TOP 10 TEAMS
School Score Previous Place
1. USC 62 (-9) 1
2. Texas A&M 60 (+5) 4
3. LSU 55 (-14) 2
4. Texas 51 (+13) 5
5. Arkansas 49 (-7) 3
6. Alabama 47 (+17) 7
7. Georgia 45 (+9) 6
8. Florida State 30 (+10) 11
9. Iowa 22 (+1) =9
10. Arizona 21 (+5) =15

Scorers for the Aggies are

Tyra is projected to win the Heptathlon and High Jump and 7th in the long jump for 22 points.
The other scorers are
Mu - 1st in 800m - 10 points
Acquah - 3rd in Long jump - 6 point
Acquah - 2nd in Triple jump - 8 points
Young - 3rd in 400m - 6 points
Distin - 6th in High Jump - 3 points
4x400m - 4th - 5 points

No points expected for the Aggies in the sprint and hurdles and 4x100 relay.
I think the 4x400m relay is better than 4th place
Dominique Mustin might surprise us and give us a couple of points.
A fit Syaira Richardson can also score a couple of points

It's a slap in the face to think we'd be 4th in the 4x4 when we set the collegiate record indoors. We went heads-up with Arkansas, who has the fastest time in the country, and drubbed them at our first home meet. Just beat LSU, Bama, and Texas (again). We have a human cheat code on the anchor leg and two others fully capable of scoring in the open 400 at NCAA's. It appears that Jaevin Reed is starting to turn the corner too.

As long as we are healthy, we are the team to beat in the women's 4x4. End of story.

I wouldnt be surprised at 4 teams separated by half a second for the 4x4 finals. Assuming Richardson doesn't bounce back quick enough I don't think it is really a slap in the face. It is shocking though but realistic considering our personel is not running as consistently as other schools. Tierra has the form but she has not shown that killer instinct the Young has. Her best will probably come out when it counts but it really depends on the deveopment of the 4th leg. Can Jaevin round out. I don't think we need her at at 51 low but if she can get to 52 mid I think Mu is within striking distance. Of course if Jaevin has time to actually peak - oh boy!! If she can get to 51 mid or low I t still think A&M is in this race and in striking distance; I dont think we have the lead going into the last lap but maybe 3rd or 4th. Kethlin Campbell will proably run another 49 split anchor as will USC have a good 50 mid/low and even if Mu runs a 48.5 it will still be a close race between 2 or 3 teams at the line. I like our chances but I am not shcoked at 4th either. Jaevin is a fire cracker though - she doesnt play around and has sub 23 200 speed so she will go after it and she may be the key.

I think the two 400m runners Coach Henry might have been talking about were Syaira. Richardson and Laila Owens. Laila Owens split 53 seconds on the B relay team a couple weeks ago and he said last week he found a new 40om relay leg but she would not be running because she is hurt. We have been struggling a lot with injuries and previously Covid. Sometimes I wish the many questions we have would be asked at the Wednesday interview with Coach Henry by Gabe but the focus is always on a couple of athletes
I think the relay order is important as well. It is always a juggle and struggle to see which leg to put your weakest runner. Sometimes the 3rd leg may work but sometimes it may not work. It depends on the day and who is lining up against who. Agreed we need our weakest leg to split at least a 52.5. I know Charokee Young will split 50, so depends on Tierra on the day. She has 51.9 flat speed so we need her to split 51.
Tech has a tradition now of taking away some of our athletes and recruits but in the women sprint and hurdles haven't perform well. I remember when we were almost certain top recruit sprint and hurdle Kaylor Harris (Huge Aggie family) would be an Aggie and we were disappointed she chose Tech over us. I think a lot had to do with new indoor performance centre they had just built. Kaylor has unperformed at Tech. Their men sprint and jump have done well though.
It sometimes baffles me as to why we have not have any good 400m hurdlers recruits since Shamier Little. Gabriel MacDonald came here but something was wrong that I cannot pin point. Maybe it was the change from Jamaica to the US, I don't know but having transferred to Tech I haven't seen any great improvement since then. The point is we recruited an 800m runner who ran a couple of 300m hurdles in high school and now she has the 8th fastest time in the NCAA in the 400m hurdles in 57.4. I can tell you if she was in the heat with the pros at the LSU meet she might have gone under 57 seconds

ATHING MU HAS MADE THE COVER OF THE MAY ISSUE OF TRACK AND FIELD NEWS ("BIBLE OF THE SPORT")

Back to 48 entries per event.

We wish to inform all NCAA Division I track & field coaches that the preliminary-round format for the 2021 outdoor & field will include 48 per gender, per site in individual events and 24 per gender, per site in relay events. (1/2)

— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) April 30, 2021

If Oregon shuts down due to Covid much more, we may be approached about hosting Nationals here in CS.