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Sooners Travel To U.S. Track And Field Series
March 24, 2000 | Track and Field
March 24, 2000
NORMAN, Okla. - While some of the multi-event athletes opened outdoor competition last weekend at Texas A&M, the complete outdoor track and field team will open its season on Saturday at the U.S. Track and Field Series in Baton Rouge, La. Joining OU and host Louisiana State in the meet are Texas Christian and Texas A&M.
NCAA INDOOR RECAP - The Sooner men finished tied for 19th with eight points in the NCAA Indoor Championsips held March 10-11 in Fayetteville, Ark. OU's 1600-meter relay, made up of Raoul Harvey, LaBoris Bean, Michael Jackson and Michael Blackwood, finished second. Blackwood also qualified for the meet in the 400 but did not advance to the finals. He finished 12th in the prelims with a time of 46.69. In the pole vault, Michael Westlund finished 12th after clearing 17-4.5 and Michael McNamara did not clear the opening height of 16-10.75. Jennifer Fontenot was the sole qualifier for the women and while she ran one of her better times in the 400, she did not advance to the finals. She finished 14th overall with a time of 53.90.
THE LSU MEET - Action will begin at 10 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. The first event on the track will be the 3,000-meter steeplechase and it is scheduled for 12:15 p.m.. The final event, the men's 1600-meter relay, is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. That event should be an interesting one as the Sooner quartet who ran in the NCAA Indoor will be competing against the TCU squad which edged OU for the national indoor title. OU has entries in every event in the meet which will be held at Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
AMONG THE BEST - Several Sooners are ranked among the best in America and the world in the 1999 Performance List released by Track and Field News in its March 2000 issue. Times were recorded during the calendar year of 1999. The men's sprint medley team's time of 3:16.85 was the best of any collegiate team last year and ranked second in the world. The men's 1600-meter relay team was the fourth-best collegiate squad while the women's 400-meter relay was ranked 24th. Michael Blackwood (46.74) was ranked 33rd on the world list with his time of 45.33 and Moses Washington was the 10th-ranked collegian on the list in the 800 with a time of 1:47.93.
NEXT UP - The Sooners will travel to El Paso, Texas, for a meet with Texas-El Paso, BYU and New Mexico.
Saturday, June 13
Friday, June 12
Thursday, June 11
Wednesday, June 10
