SAN FRANCISCO – UCLA's men's 4x400m relay team has earned the Pac-12 Track Athletes of the Week for its performance at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, the Conference announced Tuesday.
The men's 4x400m relay of Antonie Nortje, Willington Wright, Ismail Turner and Cameron Reynolds broke the previous school record set in 1988, running the first sub-three-minute relay in 35 years. The relay team placed third at the Texas Relays on Saturday, April 1, running a 2:59.25.
UCLA's time ranks seventh all-time in the history of the NCAA event. Saturday's 4x400m event was the first time in history in which three teams ran sub-three-minute times in the same race.
The men's 4x400m relay of Antonie Nortje, Willington Wright, Ismail Turner and Cameron Reynolds broke the previous school record set in 1988, running the first sub-three-minute relay in 35 years. The relay team placed third at the Texas Relays on Saturday, April 1, running a 2:59.25.
UCLA's time ranks seventh all-time in the history of the NCAA event. Saturday's 4x400m event was the first time in history in which three teams ran sub-three-minute times in the same race.