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OU Slated for Razorback Invite
January 22, 2009 | Track and Field
Jan. 22, 2009
NORMAN, Okla. — The majority of the University of Oklahoma track and field program heads east to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for the Razorback Invitational while a small group of throwers will remain in Norman for the Oklahoma Christian Invitational inside OU's Mosier Indoor Facility. The two-day Razorback event kicks off Friday inside the Randal Tyson Complex and marks the second trip to Arkansas this season for OU after competing in the Arkansas Invitational on Jan. 9. The meet will feature the largest group of Sooners in competition at the same meet so far this season as 42 Sooners take to the track.
Oklahoma claimed two titles in the earlier meet on the campus of the University of Arkansas as Amanda Mayfield (800-meter run) and the men's distance medley relay each claimed event wins as OU picked up eight top-three finishes.
Both Mayfield, 2:11.75, and the DMR, 9:56.42, currently rank first in the Big 12 with their respective performances. Joining them atop the rankings is junior Jarell Warren who is ranked first in the 600-yard run after winning the event at last weekend's Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 1:10.76. In all, OU athletes claim seven top-three spots in the early Big 12 rankings.
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The Razorback Invitational will mark the season debut for 13 OU student-athletes, including the collegiate career debut for six of the athletes. The Oklahoma women's distance medley relay will compete for the first time in 2009 after finishing fifth at the 2008 Big 12 Championships. The relay returns three of its four Big 12 legs.
Reigning Big 12 triple jump champion Shardae Boutte will compete in his best event for the first time this season and will look to defend his 2008 Razorback Invitational title in the event. Boutte leapt a distance of 52 feet and 11.5 inches (16.14) meters in 2008 to win the event and automatically qualify for the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Oklahoma will face Big 12 foes Baylor and Oklahoma State along with in state schools Tulsa and Oral Roberts. The OU men will face two top-25 teams in No. 3 Arkansas and No. 14 Baylor while the women take on No. 11 Arkansas, No. 21 TCU and No. 23 Alabama.
The event is slated to begin Friday at 11 a.m. with the men's heptathlon while OU actions begins at 4 p.m. with Katherine Johnson in the women's high jump.
The Oklahoma Christian Invitational will feature three OU throwers competing in their home venue as Amy Backel, Mikaela Johansson and K.P. Singh make their season debuts. Johansson holds the OU weight throw record while Singh competes for the first time in an OU uniform after transferring from Fresno City College. Backel redshirted the 2008 indoor season, but is coming off an outdoor season that saw the junior earn NCAA All-America honors in the javelin.
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