Track Tests Mettle at Tyson Invite

NORMAN, Okla. The University of Oklahoma men's and women's track and field teams travel to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational on Friday, Feb. 9, and Saturday, Feb. 10.

The Tyson Invitational will be a preview of the NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships as its field features nine men's and six women's events in which the No. 1-ranked collegians are entered. All of the meet's events are stacked with the nation's top competitors, including deep men's, with six of the top 10 ranked athletes, and women's, with seven of the top 10 ranked athletes, 60-meter dash fields.

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Big 12 opponents Baylor, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech are also entered.

Several Sooners added their names to the NCAA's top performers list with their results at last weekend's J.D. Martin Invitational. The Sooners have six men and three women provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships, March 9-10.

Sooners on the NCAA Qualifiers List
Name	Event	NCAA Rank	Big 12 Rank	Season Best
Ronnie Pines	60	10	1	6.69
Sheldon Leith	60HH	14	1	7.88
Chip Heuser	PV	5	1	5.37m
Scott Martin	PV	9	2	5.30m
Shardae Boutte	TJ	3	2	15.97m
Tydree Lewis	TJ	15	3	15.61m
Kevin Bookout	SP	10	1	18.72m
Yolanda Goff	60	24	5	7.43
Jessica Eldridge	Mile	17	4	4:46.86
Toni Smith	TJ	11	4	12.94m

The Tyson Invitational begins Friday at 10 a.m.

Sooners Host Final Indoor Meet
Oklahoma competes at home on the final weekend before the indoor postseason begins with the Big 12 Championships. Saturday, Feb. 17, OU hosts the Sooner Open at the Mosier Indoor Track & Field Center. Field events begin at 10 a.m.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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