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Cougars travel to Austin to face nation’s best

For 92 years, every first weekend of April, the national track & field community goes to Austin to compete in the Texas Relays. The best of high school, university and even professional athletes in the track & field world go to test their limits. A meet that has produced countless Olympians over the years, the Texas Relays presents itself as a precursor to the outdoor national championships in June.

Assistant coach Carl Lewis made it public that he wants them to win the Texas Relays. There they will encounter several teams that will end up finding their way to Oregon for the outdoor national championship.