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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008 2008 JOHN JACOBS INVITATIONAL | NORMAN, OKLA. David Bassity | Assistant Director, Media Relations University of Oklahoma Athletics Department University of Oklahoma Suite 2525 | 180 W. Brooks St. | Norman | OK | 73019 O: 405.325.8571 | C: 405.274.1455 | F: 405.325.7623 oklahomaTRACK & FIELD e-mail: [email protected] | www.soonersports.com 2008 TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE 2008 John Jacobs Invitational April 12 | John Jacobs Track & Field Complex | Norman, Okla. Jan. 11 Arkansas Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Jan. 25-26 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. The Oklahoma Track & Field Program hosts its first of the season’s Feb. 1-2 J.D. Martin Invitational Norman, Okla. three home outdoor meets, the 2008 John Jacobs Invitational, this Saturday, April 12, at the John Jacobs Track & Field Complex. Feb. 8-9 New Balance Collegiate Invitational New York, N.Y. Feb. 9 Adidas Classic Lincoln, Neb. Twelve schools will bring both their men’s and women’s teams to compete in the prestigious event, which is in its 39th running. Feb. 15-16 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Feb. 23 Sooner Open Norman, Okla. Oklahoma is coming off a weekend that saw the majority of the group compete at the Texas Relays while a small group of distance Feb. 29-March 1 Big 12 Indoor Championships Lincoln, Neb. runners traveled to the Stanford Invitational. March 7 NCAA Last Chance Qualifier Fayetteville, Ark. Saturday’s collegiate portion of the event is the second day of ac- March 14-15 NCAA National Championships Fayetteville, Ark. tion at the Invitational as high school athletes compete throughout March 22 Tulsa Duals Tulsa, Okla. the day on Friday. March 29 Arlington Invitational Arlington, Texas Saturday’s action begins at 10 a.m. with the women’s javelin and April 3-5 Texas Relays Austin, Texas men’s and women’s “B” pole vault. Running events begin at 1 p.m. as the women’s 4x100-meter relay takes to the track. April 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. April 11-12 John Jacobs Invitational Norman, Okla. The hammer throw will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday. April 18-19 John McDonnell Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Results April 24-26 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa Live results for the 2008 John Jacobs Invitational will be available at SoonerSports.com. A complete recap of Oklahoma action will be April 26 Sooner Invitational Norman, Okla. posted on SoonerSports.com shortly after the conclusion of action May 2 Arkansas Twilight Fayetteville, Ark. each day. May 10 Sooner Twilight Norman, Okla. Ranked Teams May 16-18 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Boulder, Colo. No. 15 Arkansas (W), No. 20 Nebraska (W), No. 18 Oklahoma (W), No. 20 Oklahoma (M), No. 24 TCU (M) May 30-31 NCAA Midwest Regional Lincoln, Neb. June 11-14 NCAA National Championships Des Moines, Iowa June 27-July 6 U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore. Sooner to Watch In her final year of competition at OU, senior horizontal jumper Toni Smith has started the year with a bang. After not competing indoor due to exhausted eligibility, Smith posted NCAA Regional qualifying marks in both the long jump and triple jump at last weekend’s Texas Relays, her first action in the events of the season. Smith jumped 19-11.5 (6.08) to take third in the long jump on Friday and 43-5.00 (13.23) one day later in the triple jump to finish second. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TRACK & FIELD 2008 JOHN JACOBS INVITATIONAL | NORMAN, OKLA. NCAA QUALIFIERS LAST WEEK (Texas Relays) of 3:37.22 en route to finishing fifth in the event. Just three weeks into the 2008 outdoor After somewhat disappointing ends to the 2008 indoor season, season, Oklahoma athletes have posted 19 triple jumper Shardae Boutte and hurdler Latoya Greaves put to The men’s 4x100-meter relay recorded a regional qualifying mark, regional qualifying marks, 10 by the men’s rest Saturday any doubts of a hangover from the NCAA Indoor Track 40.50, for the second straight day en route to a ninth-place finish team and nine by the women’s team. & Field Championships with their performances at the 81st Clyde in the event. Tydree Lewis, Marcus Pugh, Sheldon Leith and Jacobi Littlefield Texas Relays. Mitchell ran 40.44 on Friday. Sprinter Marcus Pugh has recorded three qualifying times in the 100- and 200-meter Despite winning Big 12 Conference Championships in the their LAST WEEK (Stanford Invite) dash and as a member of the men’s 4x100- respective events, Greaves the 60-meter hurdles and Boutte the Jacob Boone, Jessica Eldridge, Catherine Odell and Rob Sorrell meter relay. triple jump, both finished short of their expectations at the NCAA became Oklahoma’s latest NCAA Regional qualifiers in action at Championships. Greaves finished 10th in her event while Boutte Saturday’s Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Eldridge and Senior horizontal jumper Toni Smith enters finished seventh, despite entering the meet ranked No. 1 in the Odell both recorded 1,500-meter times below the regional qualify- this weekend having already posted regional nation. ing mark of 4:27.80 while Boone and Sorrell ran under 3:47.80 in qualifying marks in both the triple jump the men’s 1,500. and long jump in just her first action of the Greaves reeled off a time Saturday of 13.19 in the women’s outdoor season in the events at the Texas 100-meter hurdles en route to finishing second. The time not only Eldridge, a three-time All-American, came in second in the event Relays. marked an NCAA Regional qualifying time, but tops the previous with a time of 4:19.06. The time marked the fastest for a collegiate Oklahoma record in the event of 13.27 set by Alesha Peel in 2001. athlete as Morgan Uceny of Reebok finished first overall with a time of 4:17.79. The meet marked the first for Eldridge in her final NCAA QUALIFIERS For Boutte, who has won the last two Big 12 titles in the triple semester of competition after exhausting all of her indoor eligibil- jump (2007 Outdoor & 2008 Indoor), Saturday’s action marked his ity prior to 2008. Men first in the event this outdoor season. The trip was nothing short of Regional Qualifiers impressive for the senior, posting a regional qualifying jump of 52 Odell, an All-American in 2007, took 14th in the event, but more feet and 10.75 inches (16.12 meters) to claim the event’s title. Athlete Event Time/Mark importantly posted a regional qualifying time of 4:26.87. Marcus Pugh 100-meter dash 10.31 One day after finishing third in the long jump with an NCAA Sorrell finished 15th in the men’s 1,500-meter run, but did so with Marcus Pugh 200-meter dash 21.09 Regional qualifying mark, senior Toni Smith took second in the A a time of 3:47.34, just finishing below the NCAA Regional qualify- Rob Sorrell 1500-meter run 3:47.34 section of the women’s triple jump, recording a legal wind-aided ing time of 3:47.80. Jacob Boone 1500-meter run 3:47.43 jump of 43-5.00 (13.23), a regional qualifying mark. Zach Dawson 400 Hurdles 52.19 Boone crossed the line just behind Sorrell in 16th, but with a time 4x100-meter relay 40.44 The women’s 4x200-meter relay of Missy Barnes, Leslie Cole, Scot- of 3:47.43. Shardae Boutte Triple Jump 16.12 tesha Miller and Jalesa Walker finished third with a time of 1:34.37, Tydree Lewis Triple Jump 16.01 less than one second behind first-place Texas A&M’s 1:33.46. COMING UP NEXT WEEK Buck Sullivan Hammer Throw 59.60 The Sooners make their first trip of the 2008 outdoor season to fa- Miller also finished sixth in the women’s 100-meter dash, but more miliar Fayetteville, Ark., for the 2008 John McDonnell Invitational. importantly ran a regional qualifying time of 11.58, just off her Women personal best of 11.57. Regional Qualifiers Named after the legendary University of Arkansas head coach, the meet will feature some of the nation’s top teams competing on the Athlete Event Time/Mark Marcus Pugh ran a regional-qualifying time of 10.31 en route to track named after the event’s namesake, John McDonnell Field. Scottesha Miller 100-meter dash 11.58 finishing fifth in the men’s invitational 100-meter dash. Oklahoma alum DaBryan Blanton finished fourth with a time of 10.29. Leslie Cole 400-meter dash 54.35 Competition is slated to begin Friday at 12 p.m. with the second Jessica Eldridge 1500-meter run 4:19.06 day of action kicking off at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Catherine Odell 1500-meter run 4:26.87 The women’s 4x400-meter relay of Ti’Anca Mock, Jasmine Still, Latoya Greaves 100 Hurdles 13.19 Latoya Greaves and Leslie Cole recorded a regional qualifying mark 4x400-meter relay 3:37.22 Toni Smith Long Jump 6.08 USTFCCCA DIVISION I TRACK AND FIELD RANKINGS Toni Smith Triple Jump 13.23 Amy Backel Javelin 50.80 MEN WOMEN Team Points Team Points Team Points Team Points 1. Texas A&M ......................257.54 16. Oregon .........................119.66 1. Arizona State ..................317.50 16. Auburn .........................123.06 2. Florida ............................249.43 17. Tennessee .....................118.94 2. LSU .................................271.09 17. Virginia .........................121.43 3. UCLA ..............................246.32 18. Wisconsin .....................117.87 3. Texas A&M ......................252.08 18.