Texas A&M Track & Field Recruiting
The $39.8 million, 90,500-square foot E.B. Cushing Stadium opened on Texas A&M’s west campus on April 6, 2019, giving the Aggie track and field program one of the nation’s finest collegiate facilities to call home.
Cushing Stadium has an initial seating capacity of 2,200 with ample room to expand for large meets or championships. The stadium features hospitality amenities, full broadcast capabilities and service areas, and a press box. It also has team meeting rooms, locker rooms, an athlete lounge, a training room, official’s quarters, equipment storage and a grand lobby highlighting the championship history of Aggie track and field.
Features of the track and field area of E.B. Cushing Stadium include an IAAF certified Beynon track surface with wide turns. In addition to the nine-lane oval, there is a nine-lane sprint and hurdle runway inside the oval. Field events held inside the oval include high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put.
"The sprint lanes in the middle of the oval enable the fans watching to see the entire race in either the 100m or 110/100m hurdles,” Head Coach Pat Henry said. “It will change how people usually watch those events. We will have great throwing areas for the discus, hammer and javelin in the next field over from the new complex, and they can be seen from the main stands along with seating between the new track and the warm-up track.”
Hall of Famer Pat Henry is the head coach of the Texas A&M track and field program. He has led the Aggies to nine national championships and 17 conference titles. His 36 career national titles at the NCAA Division I level is the most by a head coach for indoor and outdoor track and field.
