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Jones Wins The 200 With NCAA Provisional Mark At ISU Classic
February 14, 2003 | Track and Field
Feb. 14, 2003
AMES, Iowa - In a day dominated by the Sooner sprinters, LaVerne Jones posted another NCAA provisional qualifying mark to win the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.94.
The mark by Jones was a season best and is the third best time in Sooner history. Senior Jimyria Hicks was second in the event with a time of 24.20.
Senior L'eron George finished fifth in the men's 200 with a time of 21.58.
Other top 10 finishes for the Sooners in Ames today included Lurcretia Rimmer, ninth in the long jump; the women's distance medley relay that finished ninth; and Cory Crosby who was 10th in the long jump.
Rimmer's mark of 18-1 was an OU career best by seven inches. The women's distance medley posted a 12:15.76, a season best for that event on a metric track, and George's time was a season best.
The Sooners will continue competition in the ISU Classis on Saturday.
ISU Classic
Men Long Jump
1 Yavas, Mesut, Arkansas State, 25-03.50; 10 Crosby, Cory, Oklahoma, 7.18m, 23-06.75; 18 Winters, Zachary, Oklahoma, 6.90m, 22-07.75; 19 Smith, Robert, Oklahoma, 6.86m, 22-06.25; 25 Brabham, Devon, Oklahoma, 6.56m, 21-06.25; 26 Strong, Dan, Oklahoma, 6.51m, 21-04.25
Men 200 Meter Dash
1 Williams, Latonel, Alabama, 20.95; 5 George, L'eron, Oklahoma, 21.58; 28 Smith, Robert, Oklahoma, 22.39; 30 Williams, Sean, Oklahoma, 22.42; 35 Scott, Josh, Oklahoma, 22.49; 57 Winters, Zachary, Oklahoma, 23.79; 58 Brabham, Devon, Oklahoma, 24.02
Women Long Jump
1 Szlendakova, Barbara, Unattached, 20-03.75; 9 Rimmer, Lucretia, Oklahoma, 5.51m, 18-01.00; 17 Allard, Chaundra, Oklahoma, 5.32m, 17-05.50; Cates, Taylor, Oklahoma, FOUL
Women Distance Medley
1 Kansas State, 11:15.65; 9 Oklahoma (Alaina Dearman, Nicola Maye, Kim Thomas, Michelle Thomas),12:15.76
Women 200 Meter Dash
1 Jones, LaVerne, Oklahoma, 23.94 (NCAA Provisional Mark); 2 Hicks, Jimyria, Oklahoma, 24.20; 34 Freeman, Ashley, Oklahoma, 25.91; 61 Cates, Taylor, Oklahoma, 27.11; 65 Allard, Chaundra, Oklahoma, 27.67; Franklin, Natasha, Oklahoma, DQ
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