Track and Field’s Davis claims another collegiate record at Texas Relays

AUSTIN, Texas – The 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays continued on Friday with record-breaking Track and Field action from the Longhorns at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Tara Davis' second collegiate long jump record in as many weeks was the highlight of Friday's competition for Texas.

Davis broke the collegiate, Texas Relays, Myers Stadium and school record in the women's long jump with a monstrous effort of 7.14m/23-5.25 (+1.0). Her effort broke Jackie Joyner-Kersee's 36-year-old collegiate record (6.99m/22-11.25 – 1985) and made Davis the first collegiate woman to jump 23-feet legally. Davis' record-breaking mark ranks No. 5 by an American and was the best since Tianna Bartoletta's 7.17-meter…