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Texas Tech Track and Field
📍On location. #WreckEm #NCAATF
Catch all the pictures for this weekend’s activities by following
🔗➡ https://t.co/SVCkUzOpB4 pic.twitter.com/Dyf7E4MLaP— TTU Track & Field/XC (@TTU_TF_XC) March 8, 2018
Going for a National Championship. A-J Media’s Don Williams writes about sprinter Divine Oduduru going for a National Indoor Championship at Texas A&M:
“I have a big expectation, a big dream for myself,” Oduduru said. “I really want to go far. I really want to achieve. There are people I always look up to when it comes to track and field. I see how far they’ve gone. When I look at them and look at where I am today, I say I have a lot of work to do. (But) I still believe if I can get myself prepared and be disciplined, then I believe I’m going to get there.”
The other interesting thing is that Oduduru is originally from Nigeria and sorta already a meme for the phrase, “I never espered it”.
Texas Tech Golf
The Red Raiders picked up their 5️⃣th top-two finish this season today in Vegas!
📰➡ https://t.co/Tz5ImGtf5h #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/pklA7RosNY
— Texas Tech Mens Golf (@TTUMensGolf) March 8, 2018
Texas Tech Baseball
Texas Tech 7, New Mexico 2. Texas Tech (14-0, 0-0) beat New Mexico (5-6-1, 0-0) in a mid-week game, behind another quality start by Ryan Shetter (3-0) and some quality bullpen work by a handful of guys, Caleb Kilian, Connor Queen, Dane Haveman and Kurt Wilson (Recap | Box Score). As a group, the pitchers only allowed 7 hits, 6 of them by Shetter, 2 runs (both by Shetter), 3 walks (all by Shetter) and 9 strikeouts. So yes, Shetter had some control issues, but he also got out of some jams on his own by striking out a batter to end the inning a couple of times. Shetter will make some batters miss and that’s what makes him so interesting.
Michael Davis knocked home his 4th home run of the year, and went 1-3 with 2 RBI, Cameron Warren went 2-4 with 2 RBI and as a team, the group had only 7 hits on the day, but they also had 9 walks.
Separating balls from strikes folks.
Texas Tech Football
Offensive Coordinator Kevin Johns.