Greaves Latest Record Breaker

April 5, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas -- After somewhat disappointing ends to the 2008 indoor season, triple jumper Shardae Boutte and hurdler Latoya Greaves put to rest Saturday any doubts of a hangover from the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with their performances at the 81st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

Despite winning Big 12 Conference Championships in the their respective events, Greaves the 60-meter hurdles and Boutte the triple jump, both finished short of their expectations at the NCAA Championships. Greaves finished 10th in her event while Boutte finished seventh, despite entering the meet ranked No. 1 in the nation.

Greaves reeled off a time Saturday of 13.19 in the women's 100-meter hurdles en route to finishing second. The time not only marked an NCAA Regional qualifying time, but tops the previous Oklahoma record in the event of 13.27 set by Alesha Peel in 2001.

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For Boutte, who has won the last two Big 12 titles in the triple jump (2007 Outdoor & 2008 Indoor), Saturday's action marked his first in the event this outdoor season. The trip was nothing short of impressive for the senior, posting a regional qualifying jump of 52 feet and 10.75 inches (16.12 meters) to claim the event's title.

One day after finishing third in the long jump with an NCAA Regional qualifying mark, senior Toni Smith took second in the A section of the women's triple jump, recording a legal wind-aided jump of 43-5.00 (13.23), a regional qualifying mark.

The women's 4x200-meter relay of Missy Barnes, Leslie Cole, Scottesha Miller and Jalesa Walker finished third with a time of 1:34.37, less than one second behind first-place Texas A&M's 1:33.46.

Miller also finished sixth in the women's 100-meter dash, but more importantly ran a regional qualifying time of 11.58, just off her personal best of 11.57.

Marcus Pugh ran a regional-qualifying time of 10.31 en route to finishing fifth in the men's invitational 100-meter dash. Oklahoma alum DaBryan Blanton finished fourth with a time of 10.29.

The women's 4x400-meter relay of Ti'Anca Mock, Jasmine Still, Latoya Greaves and Leslie Cole recorded a regional qualifying mark of 3:37.22 en route to finishing fifth in the event.

The men's 4x100-meter relay recorded a regional qualifying mark, 40.50, for the second straight day en route to a ninth-place finish in the event. Tydree Lewis, Marcus Pugh, Sheldon Leith and Jacobi Mitchell ran 40.44 on Friday.

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