The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays for years has been known as one of the premier track meets in the nation, displaying the fastest high school and college track teams in the country along with attracting professional Olympic track and field athletes to Austin, Texas. The most exciting day of the relays was no doubt the very last day of competition as all the teams were competing for the ultimate prize as the finals were held last Saturday in front of 22,500 track and field fans on a sunny, breezy day in Austin.
The University of Texas, which was the host of the relays, showed off their athletes as well, with the Lady Longhorns track and field squad winning the Most Outstanding College/University Team award.
The Lady Longhorns swept the relay events winning the 4×100-meter relay (43.25). On the men’s side the LSU Tigers made their presence felt at the relays with spectacular performances in the sprinting events.
The LSU men’s 4×100-meter relay team won 1st place in top fashion with a time of 38.94 seconds. The Tigers sprint relay also featured two Olympians and Houston natives in Kelly Willie (Houston Sterling HS), and Bennie Brazell (Houston Westbury HS). LSU Tiger, and Olympic Gold Medalist Kelly Willie finished off the day by capturing 2nd place in the college men’s 100-meter dash final with a school record time of (10.11).
Last but certainly not least were the track and field athletes of the USA team. The USA runners didn’t wait long to get things burning on the track as they won the men’s 4×100-meter relay Invitational with a time of 38.48 seconds, followed closely by the second place 4×100 team who finished in 38.68 seconds.
The USA women’s team won the 4×100 meter Invitational with a time of 43.36 seconds. Right on their heels in second place was the 4×100-meter relay team of Nicole Denby, Lolo Jones, Stephanie Durst, and Muna Lee team with a time of 43.44 seconds.
The 2nd place relay team featured three former Lady Tigers of LSU in Lolo Jones, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee, and a former Lady Longhorn in Nicole Denby.
Former Prairie View A&M Track and Field standout and current professional hurdler Lewis Edmonson also competed at the Texas Relays in the 110-meter hurdles taking fourth place in the 110-meter hurdle men’s Invitational final with a time of 13.71 seconds. Edmonson runs for the High Performance track and field team.