Track & Field
Competing for Team USA. Congrats to Vincent Crips, Charles Brown and Kaylee Hinton!
Vincent Crisp wins the men’s 800m final with a PR 1:46.97! He’ll represent @USATF at Worlds! #WreckEm #USATFjrs pic.twitter.com/sGSkeDvJVo
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) June 26, 2016
Charles Brown is headed to 🌎 Champs to represent @usatf 🇺🇸 w/ a triple jump PR 16.35m/53-7.75! #WreckEm #USATFjrs pic.twitter.com/Lc5hyE6zPr
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) June 26, 2016
Kaylee Hinton will represent Team USA in the Heptathlon at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Poland! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/8aPeVl7kp6
— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) June 27, 2016
Lady Raider Basketball
Renew Season Tickets.
Fans can now renew/place deposits for 2016-17 season tickets! Here are the details: https://t.co/dZmgTAdZuP #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/NVtOPAFsgp
— Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) June 24, 2016
Football
Cantrell Can Jump Too.
Me and @derrickwjr got you on the jump ball @PatrickMahomes5 #66inch #ThrowItUp pic.twitter.com/wro7bIFsnD
— Dylan Cantrell (@dylancantrell14) June 26, 2016
Under Pressure. Sports On Earth’s Matt Brown writes about the players and things under pressure, which includes the Texas Tech defensive line:
There have been problems everywhere, so we might as well start with the line, given that the Red Raiders had just 19 sacks in 13 games and allowed 300 rushing yards seven times. It’s likely to be a new-look unit, with sophomore tackle Breiden Fehoko the lone returning starter and newcomers like Notre Dame transfer end Kolin Hill, juco transfer tackle Mych Thomas and Michigan transfer tackle Ondre Pipkins vying for playing time in a revamped unit. Texas Tech is a dangerous team behind QB Patrick Mahomes, but the defense has prevented significant growth and needs to show it is capable of getting stops every once in a while.
There are some other Big 12 related items, like Barry Sanders Jr. at Oklahoma State, transferring in from Stanford and Shane Buechele at Texas.
Serious Shortcomings. On Friday at 7:00 pm, Baylor and Art Briles released a statement stating that Briles and Baylor had officially parted ways:
“Both parties acknowledge that there were serious shortcomings in the response to reports of sexual violence by some student-athletes, including deficiencies in University processes and the delegation of disciplinary responsibilities with the football program,” the news release said. “Baylor is addressing these shortcomings and making ongoing improvements.
“Baylor wishes Coach Briles well in his future endeavors. Coach Briles expresses his thanks to the City of Waco and wishes the Baylor Bears success in the future.”