April 5, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas - The Baylor track and field team will participate in the 79th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Wednesday through Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

Sophomore Kim Brown (Waco, Texas) kicks off the action for the Bears as she begins competition in the heptathlon Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Brown will be competing in her first heptathlon of the season, which wraps up Thursday beginning at noon.

Baylor will send senior Wil Fitts (DeSoto, Texas), juniors Kevin Mutai (Round Rock, Texas), John Robertson (Greensboro, N.C.) and Mitch Sanders (Katy, Texas) to run in the 4x800-meter relay Thursday at 4:15 p.m. In the 400-meter hurdles preliminary heats Thursday, junior Lauren Tillman (Lawrenceville, Ga.) runs at 4:30, while senior Jerome Miller (Houston, Texas) runs at 5 p.m. Junior Cody Wells (Crawford, Texas) will run in the 5,000 meters at 5:55 p.m.

Friday's running events begin on a rolling schedule at 9:30 a.m., starting with the Bears in the women's 4x100-meter relay followed by the men's Clyde Littlefield 4x100-meter relay. Miller then competes in the preliminary heats of the 110-meter hurdles. In the field events, senior Chris Gillis (Pennsauken, N.J.) and freshman Queito Teasley (Katy, Texas) compete in the long jump at 12:30 p.m., while sophomore Brittany Devereaux (Denton, Texas) competes in the discus at 1 p.m. Senior Bo Price (Atlanta, Texas) runs the 1,500 meters at 8 p.m., and Baylor will enter in both the men's and women's sprint medley relays, which begin at 8:10 p.m.

Teasley will have a busy weekend as he runs on the 4x100-meter relay and competes in the long jump Friday before heading back to Waco to play in Baylor's Green vs. Gold spring football game Saturday at 1 p.m.

On Saturday, the finals for the men's and women's 400-meter hurdles begin at 12:15 p.m., then the Bears run in the men's and women's distance medley relays at 1:05 p.m. The finals of the 110-meter hurdles are at 2:45 p.m., and freshman Erin Bedell (Plano, Texas) competes in the 1,500 meters at 4:10 p.m. The men's and women's 4x400-meter relays conclude the weekend at 4:25 p.m.

BAYLOR'S TEXAS RELAYS SCHEDULEWednesday, April 5Heptathlon (W)             12:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 6Heptathlon (W)             12:00 p.m.4x800-meter relay (M)      4:15 p.m.400-meter hurdles (W)      4:30 p.m.400-meter hurdles (M)      5:00 p.m.5,000 meters (M)           5:55 p.m.
Friday, April 74x100-meter relay (W)      9:30 a.m.4x100-meter relay (M)      *110-meter hurdles (M)      *Long Jump (M)              12:30 p.m.Discus (W)                 1:00 p.m.1,500 meters (M)           8:00 p.m.Sprint medley relay (W)    8:10 p.m.Sprint medley relay (M)    *
Saturday, April 8400-meter hurdles (W)      12:15 p.m.400-meter hurdles (M)      *Distance medley relay (W)  1:05 p.m.Distance medley relay (M)  *110-meter hurdles (M)      2:45 p.m.1,500 meters (W)           4:10 p.m.4x400-meter relay (W)      4:25 p.m.4x400-meter relay (M)      *

*Events follow rolling schedule beginning at time listed on previous line