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Track and Field
at Battle on the Bayou
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, April 17
Waco, Texas
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Michael Johnson Invitational (O)
Sooners Add Seven Regional Qualifiers at Waco
April 18, 2004 | Track and Field
WACO, Texas -- The weather finally cooperated with the OU track and field teams and the Sooners did not waste the opportunity, combining good weather and strong competition to add seven more NCAA Regional qualifiers in action late Saturday at the Michael Johnson/SBC Invitational.
Cale Drumwright won the javelin with a career best 181-8 and DaBryan Blanton won the 200 with a regional qualifying mark of 20.75 to lead the Sooner efforts at the meet. Blanton's time in the prelims also was a regional qualifying mark. Blanton had already qualified for the regional meet in the 100.
Other first time regional qualifiers included Laverne Jones in the 200; Lucretia Rimmer in the triple jump; Cory Crosby and Robert Smith in the long jump; Lindsey Bourne in the pole vault and the women's 400-meter relay.
Jones had already qualified for the regional meet in the 100 and the 400. Her time of 23.16 in the 200 Saturday was a career best by .10 seconds and set an OU school record in that event.
Several other Sooners, who have already qualified, beat the regional qualifying mark again in the meet including Renea' Burns in the javelin, Jon McMillian in the high jump; Leslie Dunlap in the pole vault and Scott Martin in the pole vault. Martin's mark in the pole vault, 17-4.5, is a season best while the others have better marks on the books.
The meet was especially sweet for the long and triple jumpers who qualified. Crosby had beaten the regional mark three times in the long and triple jump this season but each time saw the mark ruled out for regional qualifying because of the wind. Rimmer had beaten the regional mark last weekend at the John McDonnell Invitational but it was not a valid outdoor qualifying mark because bad weather had forced the jumpers inside. Smith, too, had seen regional marks wiped out by weather conditions this spring.
The Sooners will travel to the North Texas Invitational on Thursday before returning to Norman to host the eighth annual Big 12 Championships April 29-May 1.
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