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Sooner T&F Heads South for Michael Johnson Classic
April 17, 2003 | Track and Field
April 17, 2003
NORMAN, Okla. - One week after hosting the John Jacobs Invitational, the Sooner track and field teams are heading south to Waco, Texas, for the Michael Johnson Classic.
Action begins Friday evening with the majority of the meet scheduled for Saturday at the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex on the campus of Baylor University.
Events Schedule
Scheduled for Friday are the men's and women's hammer throw, one division of the men's and women's pole vault, and the men's and women's 3000-meter steeplechase. The pole vault starts at 3:30 p.m. with the hammer competition set to start at 5 p.m. The steeplechase races are scheduled for 8 and 8:15 p.m.
Action resumes on Saturday. Field events begin at 9 a.m. Running event prelims are scheduled to start at noon with the running event finals set for 6 p.m. or 30 minutes after the completion of the preliminary events.
The Field
Joining Baylor and OU in the field are men's and women's teams from Angelo State, Seton Hall, Southwest Texas, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, North Texas, Texas-Arlington and Texas-Pan American. The women's team from New Mexico State will also be in the field.
The Last Time Out
It was a winning day for the Bookout brothers of the University of Oklahoma track and field team at the 34th annual John Jacobs Invitational last Saturday at Jacobs Field.
Kevin Bookout won the shot put with an NCAA regional qualifying mark of 57-9 and older brother Kyle Bookout won the discus with an NCAA regional qualifying mark of 178-4. The mark by Kyle was his fifth regional qualifying mark in as many meets and the winning effort by Kevin was two inches better than his winning mark at the Texas Relays. Kevin also finished second in the discus with a 153-8.
The competition at the John Jacobs marked the first time for the Bookouts to compete against each other in a track and field meet.
In all, the Sooners posted 10 NCAA regional qualifying marks including LaVerne Jones in the 200-meter dash, Tiffany Davis in the 100-meter hurdles, Leslie Dunlap and Mary Waytula, in the women's pole vault, Aldwyn Sappleton in the 400-meter dash and Robin Hanna and Michael Westlund in the men's pole vault. The mark of 12-0.50 by Waytula in the women's pole vault was a career best for the junior.
OU event winners included Jones in the 200, Davis in the 100 hurdles, Nicola Maye in the 1500-meter run, Megan Crystal in the shot put, Jessica Pekah in the discus, Sappleton in the 400 and the men's 1600-meter relay, made up of Dwayne Duhaney, Josh Scott, Andrew Crabbe and Cory Cosby.
Up Next
The Sooners will send athletes to the Penn Relays and the Drake Relays next week. Action for the Sooners in both meets will begin on Thursday.
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