Sooner Track And Field Teams Do Well In Denton

April 25, 2002

DENTON, Texas - Patience is a virtue and the Sooner track and field athletes who went to the UN Twilight Invitational finally got their wait for good weather rewarded Wednesday afternoon. The end result was victories by five Sooners and season bests for 20 others.

Winners for OU included Amanda Warehime with a 45-10 in the shot put; Veronica Clayborne with a 36-1.25 in the triple jump; Joey McNair with a 3:58.30 in the 1500; Brontez Steele with a 50.18 in the 400; and Kelli O'Rourke with a 2:20.20 in the 800.

The Sooner men went 1-2-3 in the 1500 with Brandon Kissack finishing second and Jimmy Buchanan coming in third. OU was 1-2 in the women's shot put with Megan Crystal finishing second. OU also got a second and third in the men's high jump from Kyle Blair and Kris Glenn.

Crystal's fourth-place distance in the discus, 142-10, marked a career best for the second time in three competitions.

A total of 23 student-athletes, the Sooner coaching staff and other support personel are in Des Moines, Iowa, for the 93rd annual Drake Relays. OU's first competitiors start action this afternoon. The majority of the Sooners were invited for event that begin on Friday

Winner plus OU results Women Long Jump 1 Candeese Cawley, UTA , 19-4.25 (NWI); 3 Veronica Clayborne, Oklahoma, 16-11.5 (NWI); 5 Arianna Wertheim, Oklahoma, 15-9.5 (NWI)

Men Long Jump 1 Don Mcgee, North Texas, 23-8.75 (NWI); 4 Devon Brabham, Oklahoma, 22-11.75 (NWI); 9 Kyle Blair, Oklahoma, 19-10.25 (NWI)

Men High Jump 1 Jarrod Stone, North Texas, 6-10.25; 2J Kyle Blair, Oklahoma, 6-04.00; 3J Kris Glenn, Oklahoma, 6-04.00

Women High Jump 1J Jessica Shockley, North Texas, J5-8.5; 3J Kelsey Moore, Oklahoma, 5-4.00; 5J Veronica Clayborne, Oklahoma, 5-2.5

Men Javelin Throw 1 Mark Stout , Unattached, 206-1.5

Women Javelin Throw 1 Catherine Betz, Unattached, 154-0.5

Women Discus Throw 1 Irache Quintanal, SMU, 164-3.5; 4 Megan Crystal, Oklahoma, 142-10; 6 Amanda Warehime, Oklahoma, 129-9.5

Men Discus Throw 1 Hannes Hopley, SMU, 190-2

Men Pole Vault 1 Ryan Lancon, North Texas, 16-00.00

Men Shot Put 1 Chris Gonzalez, Unattached, 57-5

Women Shot Put 1 Amanda Warehime, Oklahoma, 45-10; 2 Megan Crystal, Oklahoma, 44-8

Women Triple Jump 1 Veronica Clayborne, Oklahoma, 36-1.25 (NWI); 3 Arianna Wertheim, Oklahoma, 31-2.75 (NWI)

Men Triple Jump 1 Gerald Shepard, North Texas, 48-9.5 (NWI); 2 Devon Brabham, Oklahoma, 47-7.25 (NWI)

Men 4x100 Meter Relay 1 North Texas 'A' , 41.11

Women 1500 Meter Run 1 Miranda Zuniga, UTA, 4:59.40; 2 Jennifer Ledford, Oklahoma, 5:04.20; 5 Jackie Dubois, Oklahoma, 5:28.00

Men 1500 Meter Run 1 Joey McNair, Oklahoma, 3:58.30; 2 Brandon Kissack, Oklahoma, 4:07.50; 3 Jimmy Buchanan, Oklahoma, 4:11.80

Women 100 Meter Hurdles 1 Monica Coates, North Texas, 14.13, (NWI) ; 2 Fallon Carter, Oklahoma, 14.47 (NWI); 8 Danika Chevalier, Oklahoma, 16.90 (NWI); 10 Cicely Williams, Oklahoma, 20.81 (NWI)

Men 110 Meter Hurdles 1 Remarcus Smith, North Texas, 14.27 (2.4)

Women 100 Meter Dash 1 LaQuinta Manahan, Unattached, 11.85, (3.3); 4 Briana Hope, Oklahoma, 12.89 (3.8); 4 Fallon Carter, Oklahoma, 12.89 (3.3); 6 Eyang Nyambi, Oklahoma, 13.05 (3.3); 7 LaDana Warrior, Oklahoma, 13.19 (3.8)

Men 100 Meter Dash 1 Dereck Logan, North Texas, 10.47 3.4; 7 Kerry Salesman, Oklahoma, 10.99 2.6; 9 Andrew Crabbe, Oklahoma, 11.07 3.4; 10 Cory Morris, Oklahoma, 11.09 2.6

Women 400 Meter Dash 1 Dominique Rhymes, North Texas, 57.79; 4 Krystle Williams, Oklahoma, 1:00.13

Men 400 Meter Dash 1 Brontez Steele, Oklahoma, 50.18

Women 800 Meter Dash 1 Kelli O'Rourke, Oklahoma, 2:20.20; 2 Sara Justice, Oklahoma, 2:26.37

Men 800 Meter Dash 1 Nic Griffin, North Texas, 1:59.38; 3 Chip Helaire, Oklahoma, 2:00.85

Women 400 Meter Hurdles 1 Stephenie Allen, North Texas, 1:02.93; 4 Danika Chevalier, Oklahoma, 1:09.84; 5 Cicely Williams, Oklahoma, 1:16.28

Men 400 Meter Hurdles 1 Emmanuel Mallam, North Texas, 54.03

Women 200 Meter Dash 1 Flora Williams, UTA, 25.48 (NWI); 7 Briana Hope, Oklahoma, 26.79 (-0.1); 9 Eyang Nyambi, Oklahoma, 27.62 (0.2); 11 Veronica Clayborne, Oklahoma, 28.15 (0.2); 12 LaDana Warrior, Oklahoma, 28.35 (-0.1)

Men 200 Meter Dash 1 Dereck Logan, North Texas, 21.47 (1.3); 3 Kerry Salesman, Oklahoma, 22.22 (1.3); 9 Devon Brabham, Oklahoma, 24.70 (1.0)

Women 3000 Meter Run 1 Lisa Haglund, UTA, 11:04.80; 4 Emily Leonard, Oklahoma, 13:02.50

Men 3000 Meter Run 1 Nick Mokashi, North Texas, 8:48.70; 3 Brandon Kissack, Oklahoma, 8:59.80

Women 4x400 Meter Relay 1 UTA 'A' , 4:00.96; 2 Oklahoma 'A', 4:13.78

Men 4x400 Meter Relay 1 North Texas 'A' , 3:25.00; 3 Oklahoma 'A' , 3:25.90