OU Earns Seven Titles at Sooner Invitational

April 24, 2010

NORMAN, Okla. -- Despite the windy conditions affecting the track, Oklahoma athletes picked up seven individual titles Saturday at the Sooner Invitational along with one meet record. Latoya Greaves (100-meter hurdles), Ronnie Ash (110-meter hurdles), Eric Bailey (400-meter hurdles), Tia Brooks (shot put), Brittany Borman (discus), Claire McConnell (heptathlon) and Bobby Nicolls (1,500-meter run) each claimed wins at the John Jacobs Track and Field Complex. The seven wins gives OU nine titles for the weekend after Borman (javelin) and K.P. Singh (hammer throw) won titles Friday afternoon. The finish comes one week after the program earned seven titles on the home track in the John Jacobs Invitational.

Greaves broke the meet record with a win in the women's 100-meter hurdles as she recorded a time of 13.10. The finish gave Greaves, already the OU record holder in the event, her third win of the 2010 outdoor season as she surpassed the previous meet record of 13.34 set in 2009. The time moves Greaves up to sixth in the nation and fourth among Big 12 athletes.

Ash kept his undefeated season alive as he easily won the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.58. The time is Ash's second fastest of the season as he entered the meet with a nation's leading mark of 13.50. The win is Ash's fourth of the season.

The wins gave Ash and Greaves their second short hurdles sweep of the season after doing so at the Sun Angel Track Classic on April 10.

The throws ring saw Brooks claim her first title of the outdoor season with a personal best as she dueled with teammate Karen Shump as the duo finished one-two in the event. Brooks' winning throw of 54-9.25 (16.69) came on her fifth attempt as she overcame Shump's 53-0.25 (16.16). The PR moves Brooks up to second on the all-time OU performance list behind the current record holder, Shump. Amy Backel finished fourth in the event with a top throw of 52-5.50 (15.99).

A teammate of Brooks and Shump, Brittany Borman claimed her second title of the weekend as she won the discus after winning the javelin on Friday. Borman's throw of 177-5 (54.08) gave the sophomore her third discus title and fifth overall title of the season. Shump finished third in the event with a throw of 164-8 (50.20).

The longer version of the hurdles saw OU claim a title as well as Bailey picked up his third title of the season in the event with a time of 51.78. Running into the wind on the final turn, Bailey held off the field as Zach Dawson was fifth in 53.07.

In the first multi-event competition of the season, McConnell won the women's heptathlon with a total of 4,598 points. The total is the seventh best in Oklahoma history and third best during the Martin Smith era.

Nicolls won his first outdoor title of his collegiate career as the freshman clocked a time of 4:00.58 in the men's 1,500-meter run. In a race double the length, Oklahoma's Ross Larimer, competing unattached, won the men's 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:46.16, edging South Plains' Tallam Kipruto at line by a tenth of a second.

Scottesha Miller ran a season-best time of 11.30 in the 100-meter dash as she finished second in the event. Miller's time was actually under the meet record of 11.66 which she set in 2008 as Texas Tech's Terra Evans won the event with a time of 11.28. With the result, Miller continues to hold the No. 4 position in the Big 12 and moves up to No. 8 in the nation.

Both men's and women's 4x100-meter relays finished second on the day as the quartet of Sherine Wells, Greaves, Jasmine Simmons and Miller clocked a time of 44.94. On the men's side, Malcolm Anderson, Mookie Salaam, Remuro Henry and Evan Pierson clocked a time of 40.32.

Simmons equaled her best in the women's triple jump as she finished second with a distance of 42-0.50 (12.81). Simmons entered the meet ranked 22nd nationally.

The men's 800-meter run saw two OU athletes in the top three as Eric Harasyn and Jacob Boone finished second and third, respectively. The two crossed within a second of each other as Harasyn's 1:55.24 narrowly edged Boone's 1:55.28.

Sarah Pappas claimed second in the women's pole vault as she cleared the bar set at 12-0.50 (3.67), her second best effort of the season.

Competing in just his second triple jump of the outdoor season, Will Claye finished second with a distance of 52-0.00 (15.85). Neelon Greenwood was fourth with a jump of 51-6.50 (15.71) while OU alum Tydree Lewis won the event with a jump of 53-4.50 (16.27).

The men's long jump saw OU two athletes hit season-best marks as Neelon Greenwood finished third with a wind-aided 25-1.25 (7.65) and Alex Madkins was fifth with a jump of 24-8.25 (7.52).

Luke Bryant finished third overall and second among collegiate competitors in the men's discus with a throw of 185-11 (56.66).

Freshman Marlena Wesh finished third in the women's 400-meter dash with a time of 54.98. The time is Wesh's third fastest of the season.

Kristen Rice finished third in the women's high jump as she tied a season-best height of 5-5.00 (1.65). Chelsea Goodman also equaled the height as she finished fifth overall.

Wesh, Jalesa Walker, Greaves and Wells teamed together in the 4x400-meter relay to finish third in a time of 3:45.93. The 4x400-meter relay of Dawson, Henry, Jarell Warren and Bailey finished third overall with a season-best time of 3:06.43.

Next weekend OU will split to multiple venues with athletes venturing to Stanford, Calif., Eugene, Ore., and Austin, Texas.

Oklahoma Final Results
Women's Heptathlon: 1. Claire McConnell 4,598
Women's Pole Vault: 2. Sarah Pappas 12-0.50 (3.67)
Men's Discus: 3. Luke Bryant 185-11 (56.66); 6. K.P. Singh 173-0 (52.73); 13. Colin Quirke 157-8 (48.06); 14. Curtis Mulkey 152-2 (46.39)
Women's Discus: 1. Brittany Borman 177-5 (54.08); 3. Karen Shump 164-8 (50.20)
Women's Shot Put: 1. Tia Brooks 54-9.25 (16.69); 2. Karen Shump 53-0.25 (16.16); 4. Amy Backel 52-5.50 (15.99); 10. Brittany Borman 43-2.25 (13.16)
Men's Shot Put: 3. Conrad Aaron 53-11.00 (16.43)
Women's High Jump: 3. Kristen Rice 5-5.00 (1.65); 5. Chelsea Goodman 5-5.00 (1.65); 12. Nichelle Johns 5-1.00 (1.55)
Men's High Jump: 4. Kevin Snyder 6-6.75 (2.00); 8. Aaron Thompson 6-2.75 (1.90)
Men's Long Jump: 3. Neelon Greenwood 25-1.25 (7.65); 5. Alex Madkins 24-8.25 (7.52)
Women's Triple Jump: 2. Jasmine Simmons 42-0.50 (12.81); 4. Latoya Heath 41-3.75 (12.59)
Men's Triple Jump: 2. Will Claye 52-0.00 (15.85); 4. Neelon Greenwood 51-6.50 (15.71; 6. Marco Moon 50-10.00 (15.49)
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay: 2. Sherine Wells, Latoya Greaves, Jasmine Simmons, Scottesha Miller 44.94
Men's 4x100-Meter-Relay: 2. Malcolm Anderson, Mookie Salaam, Remuro Henry, Evan Pierson
Women's 1,500-Meter Run: 5. Molly Ferguson 4:44.39
Men's 1,500-Meter Run: 1. Bobby Nicolls 4:00.58; 6. Clay Mayes 4:03.59
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles: 1. Latoya Greaves 13.10; 3. Latoya Heath 13.66; 6. Demeeka Jones 14.00
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles: 1. Ronnie Ash 13.58; 5. D'Andre Fisher 14.18; 7. Malcolm Anderson 14.57
Women's 400-Meter Dash: 3. Marlena Wesh 54.98
Men's 400-Meter Dash: 7. Remuro Henry 48.49; 8. Jarell Warren 49.27; 21. Daniel Nix 50.46; 23. Chris Sweeney 51.22
Women's 100-Meter Dash: 2. Scottesha Miller 11.30; 4. Sherine Wells 11.62; 16. Demeeka Jones 12.21
Men's 100-Meter Dash: 4. Evan Pierson 10.57
Women's 800-Meter Run: 4. Natalie Crain 2:15.40
Men's 800-Meter Run: 2. Eric Harasyn 1:55.24; 3. Jacob Boone 1:55.28; 6. Scott Cooper 1:57.01; 10. Bobby Nicolls 1:59.30; 14. Kelsey Moreland 2:01.23
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles: 1. Eric Bailey 51.78; 5. Zach Dawson 53.07; 7. Trayvion Jones 54.44
Women's 200-Meter Dash: 8. Jalesa Walker 24.32; 24. Kristen Carson 25.48
Men's 200-Meter Dash: 2. Mookie Salaam 20.81; 11. D'Andre Fisher 22.77
Women's 3,000-Meter Run: 8. Ellen Dobbin 11:35.27
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay: 3. Marlena Wesh, Jalesa Walker, Latoya Greaves, Sherine Wells 3:45.93
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay: 3. Zach Dawson, Remuro Henry, Jarell Warren, Eric Bailey 3:06.43
12. Jacob Boone, Chris Sweeney, Eric Harasyn, Kelsey Moreland 3:28.32

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