Two Sub-Four Miles and OU Record in Seattle

Feb. 13, 2010

SEATTLE — Jacob Boone and Eric Harasyn cracked the four-minute mark in the men's mile Saturday at the Husky Invitational while Rob Sorrell broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run. The three led a group of Oklahoma men's distance runners who earned five NCAA provisional qualifying times.

The performances of Boone and Harasyn mark just the second and third time the feat has been accomplished at OU. The two became the first in the Big 12 to accomplish the feat.

Running in the third heat of the men's invitational mile, Boone finished 10th overall with a time of 3:59.44. Harasyn, in the second heat, narrowly eclipsed the four-minute standard with a time of 3:59.97. The time is the second fastest in program history behind Boone's 3:59.07 run at the Meyo Invitational in 2009.

Running in the third heat of the invitational 3,000-meter run, Sorrell easily eclipsed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard of 8:05.00 and improved his PR in the event by close to nine seconds with a final time of 7:57.47. Sorrell's time ranks second in the Big 12 this season and broke the previous OU record of 8:01.76 set by Kevin Williiams just minutes before.

Before Sorrell ran in the event's third heat, Williams briefly held the OU program record for about eight minutes. Williams finished fifth overall and fourth among collegiate competitors in the second heat with a personal best 8:01.76, the fourth best time in the Big 12 this season. Williams time broke the previous OU record of 8:03.43 set by Jason Larabee in 1998.

With Saturday's results, three of the top four 3,000-meter times in OU history have come this year with Williams at No. 2 and Kevin Schwab (8:05.02) at No. 4.

Chris Sweeney continued the streak of season best times as the junior ran a PR of 1:50.16 in the 800-meter run. The NCAA provisional qualifying time is the sixth fastest in program history as three of the top six have come under current OU runners.

Ross Larimer cracked the OU top-10 performance list in the men's mile as he clocked the ninth-fastest mile in program history, 4:07.30, to finish ninth in the event. Alex Muntefering also ran a season best in the event as he finished 17th with a time of 4:10.40.

With Larimer's mark at No. 9 on the OU performance list, current Oklahoma runners now control half of the performance list as Boone, Tony Clement, Harasyn and Sorrell rank first through fourth on the list.

The Sooners return to action next weekend when they host the Sooner Open on Saturday, Feb. 20, inside the Mosier Indoor Facility.