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Bookout Named Big 12 Track And Field Athlete Of The Week

March 24, 2003 | Track and Field

By: Athletics Communications

March 24, 2003

NORMAN, Okla. - OU senior Kyle Bookout was named the Big 12's Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week today for performances during the first two weeks of the Sooners' 2003 outdoor season.

Bookout finished fourth in the discus Saturday at the College Station Relays with a career best throw of 189-2. The mark was his second regional qualifying effort in as many meets and moves him to second place on the all-time OU career list for the discus. He trails current OU throws coach Ed Wade who was credited with a 205-7 in 1985.

Bookout, a fifth year senior from Stroud, Okla., opened the 2003 season with a second place finish at the North Texas Invitational on March 14. In that meet, he threw 171-0, also an NCAA regional qualifying mark. It was his first competition since the Big 12 Championships in May 2001. He missed the entire 2002 season with shoulder injuries and subsequent shoulder surgery.

Bookout and his Sooner teammates will head to the UTA Invitational this Saturday.

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