Tucson, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Track & Field program will send split squads to Lubbock, Texas & Seattle, Wash. again to compete in the Husky Invitational & the Texas Tech Shootout beginning on February 8th. Sprints, middle distance, jumps and throws will head to Lubbock and distance will compete in Seattle.
 
"This weekend is a pretty important weekend for us," said head track and field coach Fred Harvey. "Pretty much the whole team that we think is going to be at the MPSF & NCAA Championships will be in action this weekend. The distance runners will be up in Seattle, which should be a fabulous meet. They're fit and ready to compete. That should be a really big test for them up there. Carlos (Villarreal) will be trying to put together a really good mile. It is important that he gets it going up there in Seattle. In Texas, Jordan will continue to solidify his place at the NCAA level. We have some relay teams that need to get going this weekend; we are going to have some really good competition with the Texas schools and some of the SEC schools that will be there at Texas Tech. It is time to really step it up. We are going to open up Maksims (Sincukovs) in his first indoor 800-meter run ever. Everything that have tried to build to this point will come to fruition and we will see if he can be a threat to make the NCAA Championships in the 800."
 
Coverage: A complete recap of the Husky Invitational & Texas Tech Shootout will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com. You can also follow @ArizonaTrack on Twitter for live updates.
 
Last Time Out: The Cats competed in the New Mexico Classic. Leading the Cats was sophomore Maksims Sincukovs. He set the No. 11 600-meter run mark in the world with a time of 1:17.52.
 
Knochness Monster: Jordan Geist returns to the circle this weekend. In his last competition at Texas Tech, the sophomore set the No. 2 mark in the NCAA with a toss of 20.78m (68-2.25).
 
Dempsey Miles: Carlos Villarreal will compete in his first mile run at the Dempsey Indoor Facility this weekend. In 2018 Villarreal ran a pair of sub-4 miles, setting a PR of 3:57.64. The redshirt junior opened his 2019 campaign with a time of 4:00.36 in the mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational. 
 
Fast Track: The sprint crew will return to the Sports Performance Center for the second time this season. The group registered 12 season-best times in their last outing in Lubbock.
 
Let Him Loose: Maksims Sincukovs will open compete in his first indoor 800-meter run this weekend. As a freshman, he competed in a pair of 800-meter run races outdoors, holding a PR of 1:49.45 set at the Willie Williams Classic.
 

Ladies' Top 2019 Marks
Event		Mark	Name	Site, Date
60M		7.52	Neysia Howard	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
200M		23.90.	Na'Asha Robinson	Lubbock, Texas, 1/26/19
300M		40.86	Malia Bryant	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
400M		54.17	Na'Asha Robinson	Lubbock, Texas, 1/25/19
600M		1:31.22.	Karolina Pahlitzsch	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/18/19
800M		2:15.57.	Karolina Pahlitzsch	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/2/19
Mile		4:53.42.	Jennie Baragar-Petrash	Seattle, Wash., 1/26/19
3K		9:34.50.	Jennie Baragar-Petrash	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
60MH		8.37	Tiana Bonds	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/2/19
4x400m		3:37.37.	Howard, Pahlitzsch, Waggoner, Gajda	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
HJ		1.80m	Lillian Lowe	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
PV		3.86m	Katie Daily	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/2/19
LJ		5.84m	Neysia Howard	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/1/19
TJ		11.69m	Tiana Poirier-Shelton	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
SP		15.15m	Megan Dulaney	Lubbock, Texas, 1/26/19
WT		18.82m	Amarissa Hawker	Lubbock, Texas, 1/25/19
Men's Top 2019 Marks
Event		Mark	Name	Site, Date
60M		6.89	Keishawn Everly	Lubbock, Texas, 1/25/19
200M		21.52	Umajesty Williams	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/18/19
300M		34.45	David Egbo	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
400M		47.06	Umajesty Williams	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
600M		1:17.52.	Maksims Sincukovs	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/1/19
800M		01:54.1	Collin Dylla	Seattle, Wash., 1/26/19
Mile		4:00.36.	Carlos Villarreal	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
3K		7:58.58.	Carlos Villarreal	Seattle, Wash., 1/26/19
5K		15:07.00.	Shem Kemboi	Seattle, Wash., 1/25/19
60MH		8.61	Matthew Treston	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
4x400M		3:11.56.	Williams, Sincukovs, Washington, Smith	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
HJ		2.15m	Justice Summerset	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
LJ		7.37m	PJ Austin	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/18/19
SP		20.78m	Jordan Geist	Lubbock, Texas, 1/26/19
WT		19.12m	Jordan Geist	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
Cats in the NCAA Top-16
Event		Mark	Name	NCAA Rank
SP		20.78m	Jordan Geist	2nd
HJ		1.80m	Lillian Lowe	10th

 
 
Below is a list of athletes competing in the Husky Invitational
Jennie Baragar-Petrash
Kayla Young
Collin Dylla
Bailey Roth
Carlos Villarreal
 
Below is a list of athletes competing in the Texas Tech Shootout
Judith Baxter-Game
Tiana Bonds
Katie Daily
Megan Dulaney
Amarissa Hawker
Neysia Howard
Lillian Lowe
Shannon Meisberger
Karolina Pahlitzsch
Tiana Poirier-Shelton
Alexa Porpaczy
Na'Asha Robinson
Skylar Sieben
Jordan Spradlin
April Sutton
Karla Teran
Tatum Waggoner
Pamela White
Mohammad Almarhoun
Andy Buchanan
Daniel Egbo
David Egbo
Keishawn Everly
Grayson Fleming
Jordan Geist
Tanner Hagstrom
Gustavs Kehris
Imani Lee
Justin Lewis
James Smith
Maksims Sincukovs
Justice Summerset
Trevor Volpe
Zakee Washington
Umajesty Williams
 
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