Texas Relays, One Week Later in 2011, April 6-9!

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Texas Relays a week
later this year:

April 6-9

If
you’re planning to take in the Texas Relays this year, remember that for 2011
they will be held not on the customary first weekend in April, but on the second weekend, April 6-9.

Admission is
free for the 6^th and 7^th. Tickets for Friday (8^th) and
Saturday (9^th) are $10/day Gen. Admission, $15/day Reserved Seating
Buy ’em at www.TexasBoxOffice.com, or call
(800) 982-2386 or (512) 471-3333.

The
program is essentially the same, according to the UT web site, below:

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 – Admission Free
11:30 a.m.	Heptathlon – University/College Women â€¢ 100 Meter Hurdles â€¢ High Jump â€¢ Shot Put â€¢ 200 Meter Dash
Noon	Decathlon – University/College Men â€¢ 100 Meters â€¢ Long Jump â€¢ Shot Put â€¢ High Jump â€¢ 400 Meters
6 p.m.	3,000 Meter Steeplechase – University Men (Section B)
6:15 p.m.	800 Meters – University/College Women
6:25 p.m.	800 Meters – University Men
6:35 p.m.	1,500 Meters – University/College Women (Section B)
6:45 p.m.	1,500 Meters – University Men (Section B)
6:55 p.m.	5,000 Meters – University/College Women
7:20 p.m.	5,000 Meters – University Men

Thursday, April 7, 2011 – Admission Free
Running Events
11 a.m.	Decathlon – University/College Men â€¢ 110 Meter Hurdles â€¢ Discus â€¢ Pole Vault â€¢ Javelin â€¢ 1,500 Meters
Noon	Heptathlon – University/College Women â€¢ Long Jump â€¢ Javelin â€¢ 800 Meters
4:30 p.m.	400 Meter Hurdles – University/College Women (Prelims)
5 p.m.	400 Meter Hurdles – College Men (Prelims)
	400 Meter Hurdles – University Men (Prelims)
5:35 p.m.	4 x 800-Meter Relay – University/College Women
5:50 p.m.	4 x 800-Meter Relay – University Men

Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
12:30 p.m.	Hammer – University/College Women – Outside Throwing Area
3:30 p.m.	Hammer – University/College Men – Outside Throwing Area
	Pole Vault – University/College Men (Section B)

Friday, April 8, 2011 (Morning Session)
Running Events (Prelims)
9:30 a.m.	4 x 100-Meter Relay – University/College Women
	Clyde Littlefield 4 x 100 Meter Relay – University Men
	*100 Meter Hurdles – University/College Women (West)
	*110 Meter Hurdles – College Men (East)
	*110 Meter Hurdles – University Men (East)
	*100 Meters – University/College Women (West)
	*100 Meters – College Men (East)
	*100 Meters – University Men (East)
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – University/College Women
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – University Men



Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
10 a.m.	Javelin – University/College Women (Section B)
	Long Jump – University/College Men (Section B)
	Long Jump – University/College Women (Section B)
	High Jump – University/College Women (Section B)
	Pole Vault – University/College Women (Section B)
	Shot Put – University/College Women (Section B)
	Shot Put – University/College Men (Section B)

Friday, April 8, 2011 (Afternoon Session)
Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
12:30 p.m.	Long Jump – University/College Men (Section A)
	Long Jump – University/College Women (Section A)
1 p.m.	Discus – University/College Men (Section B)
	Discus – University/College Women (Section B) – Outside Throwing Area
	High Jump – University/College Women (Section A)
1:30 p.m.	Pole Vault – High School Boys (Section A)
2 p.m.	Triple Jump – University/College Men (Section B)
	Triple Jump – University/College Women (Section B)
3 p.m.	High Jump – High School Boys
4 p.m.	Discus – University/College Women (Section A)
	Pole Vault – High School Girls (Section A)
	Shot Put – High School Girls (Section B)
	Discus – High School Boys – Outside Throwing Area
5 p.m.	Long Jump – High School Girls (Section B)
	Long Jump – High School Boys (Section B)
5:30 p.m.	Discus – University/College Men (Section A)

Running Events (Prelims)
1:30 p.m.	*100 Meter Hurdles – Division I & II High School Girls (West)
	*110 Meter Hurdles – Division I & II High School Boys (East)
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 800 Meter Relay – High School Girls
	4 x 800 Meter Relay – High School Boys
	*100 Meters – Division I & II High School Girls (West)
	*100 Meters – Division I & II High School Boys (East)
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys (NO BLOCKS)
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys (NO BLOCKS)



Friday, April 8, 2011 (Evening Session)
Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
6 p.m.	High Jump – High School Girls
7 p.m.	Shot Put – High School Boys (Section B)
	Javelin – University/College Men (Section A)
	Pole Vault – High School Boys (Section B)
7:30 p.m.	Long Jump – High School Girls (Section A)
	Long Jump – High School Boys (Section A)

Running Events (Finals)
7:30 p.m.	3,200 Meters – High School Girls
	3,200 Meters – High School Boys
8 p.m.	1,500 Meters – University Men (Section A)
8:10 p.m.	Sprint Medley Relay – High School Girls
	Sprint Medley Relay – High School Boys
	Invitational Sprint Medley Relay – College Men
	Invitational Sprint Medley Relay – University/College Women
	Invitational Sprint Medley Relay – University Men
9 p.m.	3,000 Meter Steeplechase – University/College Women
9:15 p.m.	2,000 Meter Steeplechase – High School Boys
9:30 p.m.	3,000 Meter Steeplechase – University Men
9:45 p.m.	4 x 1,500 Meter Relay – University/College Women
10:10 p.m.	4 x 1,500 Meter Relay – University Men

Saturday, April 9, 2011 (Morning Session)
Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
9 a.m.	Pole Vault – High School Girls (Section B)
	Discus – High School Girls
9 a.m.	Triple Jump – High School Girls
	Triple Jump – High School Boys
11 a.m.	High Jump – University/College Men (Section B)
	Shot Put – High School Boys (Section A)

Running Events (Prelims and Selected Finals)
9 a.m.	Distance Medley Relay – High School Girls (Final)
	Distance Medley Relay – High School Boys (Final)
9:30 a.m.	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys

Saturday, April 9, 2011 (Afternoon Session)
Field Events (Prelims and Finals)
Noon	Pole Vault – University/College Women (Section A)
	Javelin – University/College Women (Section A)
12:30 p.m.	Shot Put – High School Girls (Section A)
1:30 p.m.	Javelin – University/College Men (Section B)
	Triple Jump – University/College Women (Section A)
	Triple Jump – University/College Men (Section A)
2 p.m.	High Jump – University/College Men (Section A)
3 p.m.	Pole Vault – University/College Men (Section A)
3:30 p.m.	Shot Put – University/College Men (Section A)
	Shot Put – University/College Women (Section A)

Running Events (Finals)
12:15 p.m.	400 Meter Hurdles – University/College Women
	400 Meter Hurdles – Invitational Women
	400 Meter Hurdles – College Men
	400 Meter Hurdles – University Men
	400 Meter Hurdles – Invitational Men
12:35 p.m.	Invitational 4 x 200 Meter Relay – University Men
	Invitational 4 x 200 Meter Relay – University/College Women
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys
	4 x 200 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys
1:10 p.m.	Distance Medley Relay – University/College Women
	Distance Medley Relay – University Men
1:40 p.m.	Awards Presentation and Opening Ceremonies
2:05 p.m.	Clyde Littlefield 4×100-Meter Relay – University Men
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – University/College Women
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – College Men
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Invitational Women
	4 x 100 Meter Relay – Invitational Men
2:50 p.m.	100 Meter Hurdles – Division I High School Girls
	100 Meter Hurdles – Division II High School Girls
	100 Meter Hurdles – University/College Women
	100 Meter Hurdles – Invitational Women
	110 Meter Hurdles – Division I High School Boys
	110 Meter Hurdles – Division II High School Boys
	110 Meter Hurdles – College Men
	110 Meter Hurdles – University Men
	110 Meter Hurdles – Invitational Men
3:40 p.m.	1,600 Meters – High School Girls
	1,600 Meters – High School Boys
3:55 p.m.	100 Meters – Division I High School Girls
	100 Meters – Division II High School Girls
	100 Meters – Division I High School Boys
	100 Meters – Division II High School Boys
	100 Meters – University/College Women
	100 Meters – Invitational Women
	100 Meters – College Men
	100 Meters – University Men
	100 Meters – Invitational Men
4:30 p.m.	1,500 Meters – University/College Women (Section A)
	Jerry Thompson Mile – Invitational Men
4:45 p.m.	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Invitational Women
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Invitational Men
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division I High School Girls
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division II High School Girls
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division I High School Boys
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – College Men
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – Division II High School Boys
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – University Men
	4 x 400 Meter Relay – University/College Women
	Cleburne Price, Jr. 4 x 400 Meter Relay – University Men (Invitational)

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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