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Sooners Grab Top 10 Ranking
February 18, 2009 | Track and Field
Feb. 18, 2009
NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma men's indoor track and field team continued its ascent up the national polls as it made its debut in the top 10, Wednesday, in the latest polls released by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). OU climbed 10 spots to its current ranking of No. 9 in the nation after a weekend of strong performances at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Sooners are led by three NCAA automatic qualifiers in triple jumpers Shardae Boutte and Will Claye and mile runner Jacob Boone. Boutte and Claye sit No. 2 and 3 in the triple jump, respectively, while Boone is No. 9 in the men's mile. The mile ranking is not the only top 10 for Boone as he appears at No. 6 as a member of the men's distance medley relay with Tony Clement, Jarell Warren and Scott Cooper.
OU is one of nine teams from the Big 12 Conference rated in the top 25, a nation's best, including five in the top 10.
Other individuals ranked in the top 25 include freshman Mookie Salaam at No. 12 in the 200-meter dash, K.P. Singh at No. 12 in the weight throw, Scott Cooper at No. 18 in the 800-meter run and Claye at No. 22 in the long jump. The four athletes captured top-25 rankings with NCAA provisional qualifying marks of which the Oklahoma men have a total of nine with three weeks to go before the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in College Station, Texas.
On the women's side, NCAA automatic qualifier Leslie Cole leads all OU women with a No. 2 ranking in the 400-meter dash after breaking the OU program record in the event on Feb. 7 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Cole also ranks No. 10 in the 200-meter dash.
The other women's NCAA automatic qualifier, Ti'Anca Mock, ranks No. 7 in the long jump and No. 20 in the triple jump, an event she has provisionally qualified for the NCAAs in. Sophomore Scottesha Miller is No. 15 in the women's 60-meter dash, No. 18 in the 200-meter dash and No. 22 in the long jump.
Latoya Heath at No. 21 in the 60-meter hurdles and Amy Backel at No. 27 in the shot put round out the OU women's group in the rankings.
The Oklahoma Track and Field program host its third and final home indoor meet of the season this Saturday inside the Mosier Indoor Facility.
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