FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The men’s Texas Tech track and field team wrapped up day one of the NCAA West First Rounds Wednesday evening at John McDonnell Field.<\/p>\n
Meet Coverage<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Live result\/schedule<\/a><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESPN+<\/a><\/p>\n Zaid Latif<\/a> was the first Tech athlete to secure his spot at the national meet in a few weeks at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Latif flew to a PB mark of 8.06m (26-5 \u00bd) (+0.7w) in the long jump. He increases his No. 4 mark for Morocco and moves to No. 5 all-time for Tech. Latif will be the first men’s long jumper to represent Texas Tech at the national meet since 2019, in which three Red Raiders competed.<\/p>\n Victor Kipkoech<\/a> surprised many in Fayetteville Wednesday night as he nabbed the final auto-qualifying spot in the 10k. Kipkoech crossed the line at 28:58.68, beating the next runner by nearly two seconds for a spot to Eugene. Kipkoech came into the meet ranked 34th in the west and 56th in the NCAA. Tech will now have a 10k runner at the national meet for a third-straight year.<\/p>\n In the earlier track events, nine Red Raiders moved on to the quarterfinals taking place Friday. John Sherman<\/a> and Malachi Snow<\/a> highlighted the events with record times. Sherman posted a time of 9.99 (+2.5w) in the 100m sprint for the second-fastest time of the day. Meanwhile, Snow went 13.21 (+1.3w) in the 110m hurdles, the fastest time of the day and No. 2 all-time for Tech \u2013 just 0.01 off the top time.<\/p>\n Notables<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stephen Mutai<\/a> placed 4th overall in the 800m with a time of 1:47.16<\/p>\n