UTEP will be hosting the Conference USA Outdoor Championships for the first time since 2008 from May 14-17 at the historic Kidd Field. 23 teams (10 men and 13 women) will be competing for the championship trophy.

In the Owls final meet before next week's C-USA Outdoor Championships, senior vaulter Chris Pillow led the way by winning his 18th career pole vault competition with a C-USA leading vault of 5.40m (17-08.50) at Saturday's Oxy Invite.

The Rice Owls women's track and field squad competed in their final meet before next week's C-USA Outdoor Championships, sending a split-squad to the Oxy Invite on the campus of Occidental College on Saturday.

At the competition, the men's 4x100-meter relay squad came home with an event victory, while sophomore Taylor Drummonds saw action in the women's pole vault.

The University of Tulsa's Bryce Robinson was named the American Athletic Conference's Men's Track Athlete of the Week for his sprinting performances at the Red Raider Open and Longhorn Invitational last weekend.

Conference USA officials announced Tuesday that Louisiana Tech sprinter Charla Craddock has been named the league's Female Track Athlete of the Week after she ran a league-leading 23.41 in the 200m at the Horned Frog Invitational last weekend.