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Sooner Track and Field Ends Week In Florida At Golden Panther Invitational
March 21, 2002 | Track and Field
March 21, 2002
NORMAN, Okla. -
After opening the season at the Hurricane Invitational and spending a week training in Miami, the Sooner track and field teams will compete in the Golden Panther Invitational before returning to Oklahoma. Competition in the meet, which is hosted by Florida International, begins Friday with the combined events. The majority of the events are scheduled for Saturday.
At The Golden Panther Invitational
Senior Ben Winter and freshman Dan Strong will be the first Sooners out of the blocks at the Golden Panther as the duo will open competition in the decathlon Friday morning. The 100-meter dash is the first of the 10 events and it is scheduled for 10 a.m. (eastern). The remainder of the events will be run 30 minutes after the previous event.
Action on Saturday begins at 9 a.m. (eastern) with the 110-meter hurdles for the decathlon. It again will run on the 30-minute interval. Field events will begin at 9 a.m. with events on the track scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
The Last Time Out
OU opened the 2002 outdoor season in two different meets last weekend. Junior Taylor Cates participated in the College Station Multis Festival on Thursday but was forced to withdraw from the second day of competition because of an injury. She was in 12th place after the first day of competition but an ankle injury she had suffered earlier in the week in practice prevented her from finishing the competition.
On Saturday, the Sooners who had headed to Florida competed in the Hurricane Invitational. Sophomore Leslie Dunlap won the women's pole vault title with an NCAA provisional mark of 12-11.5. Junior Devon Brabham was OU's other winner, taking the triple jump title with a career-best jump of 48-2.75. It marked the first victory in Brabham's Sooner career.
The Sooner vaulters were dominant in the meet. In addition to Dunlap's title, freshman Lindsey Bourne finished third with an 11-5.75 and sophomore Jamie Lillie finished fifth with a 10-11.75. In the men's competition, Michael Westlund was third, Robin Hanna, who missed most of the indoor season with an injury, was sixth and Michael McNamara was seventh.
Going Home
The trip to Florida marks a trip home for several Sooners. Senior Moses Washington and junior Aisha Stringer came to OU from Miami while freshman Jason Stanley hails from Fort Lauderdale. Sooner co-head coach Rodney Price served as the head men's track and field coach at Miami for seven years, coaching 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Davian Clarke. Clarke won Miami's first NCAA championship while training with Price.
Big 12 Athlete of the Week
Sophomore Leslie Dunlap became a three-time winner of Big 12 Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors on Monday, earned the award the first week of the outdoor season. She had won twice during the indoor season.
NCAA Update
Sophomore Leslie Dunlap became OU's first provisional qualifier for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with her winning vault at the Hurricane Invitational. It marked the 11th consecutive meet for her to clear at least a provisional mark. She has six wins in those 11 competitions.
Next Up
OU will travel to the UTA Invitational in Arlington on Saturday, March 30. The first of two home meets, the John Jacobs Invitational, is scheduled for April 13.
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