Red Raiders' Metivier wins hurdles at Texas Relays
AUSTIN — Malik Metivier, a Texas Tech transfer from Auburn, won the men's 400-meter hurdles Friday at the Texas Relays.
Metivier clocked a time of 49.15 seconds, his personal record. He pulled away from Baylor's Nathaniel Ezekiel in the last few meters.
The Tech women's sprint medley relay broke the school record in that event with the lineup of Rosemary Chukwuma, Kiah Dubarry-Gay, Knowledge Omovoh and Michaela Lewis running 3 minutes, 47.50 seconds for third place.
The Tech women's 400-meter relay ran the program's second fastest time. The team of Virginia Kerley, Kiah Dubarry-Gay, Demisha Roswell and Chukwuma clocked a 43.62 to secure a spot in Saturday's final. The school record is 43.53 set in 2012.
In Thursday's action, Tech's Chloe Wall and Moad Zahafi both finished second in events.
Wall cleared 14 feet, 3 1/4 inches in the women's pole vault. Zahafi ran a time of 1 minute, 46.02 seconds in the men's invitational division of the 800 meters.
Lewis took sixth in the women's invitational 800 in 2:06.48.
Football
Dave Nichol, who went from a walk-on wide receiver at Texas Tech to coaching for the Red Raiders and other major-college programs, died Friday at age 45.
Southern California, which had hired Nichol in December as inside receivers coach and associate head coach for offense, announced his death. FOX Sports and The Athletic college football reporter Bruce Feldman, citing an unnamed source, said Nichol had been battling cancer.
USC said Nichol passed away in McKinney.
"We are heartbroken and devastated," Trojans coach Lincoln Riley said. "Dave was such a tremendous human being and a fantastic football coach. He absolutely loved the game and constantly poured his heart and soul into his teams. He will be dearly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. We, as a program, look forward to playing and coaching for him as we move forward."
Riley had announced on March 21 that Nichol was away from the team while focusing on a medical matter.
Nichol was a Texas Tech receiver from 1996-99, joining the program as a walk-on from Dallas Jesuit. He began his coaching career as a Tech student assistant under Mike Leach in 2000 and 2001. After one year at Cisco Junior College, he returned to the Red Raiders as a graduate assistant from 2003-05.
Nichol later coached at Baylor (2006), Arizona (2007-11), East Carolina (2012-15), Washington State (2016-19) and Mississippi State (2020-21).
Nichol is survived by his father, Robert Nichol Sr., and brothers Robert Nichol Jr. and family and Jimmy Nichol and family.
Information regarding a memorial service for Nichol is pending.
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