Sooners Start Indoor Season in Kansas

December 13, 2019 | Track and Field

NORMAN - The Oklahoma track and field teams kick off their 2019-20 indoor campaign on Saturday at the Kansas State Winter Invitational in Manhattan, Kan.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. CT with the field events before the track events get going at 1:30 p.m. The meet will be on a rolling schedule throughout Saturday. A total of 38 Sooners are slated to compete in the season opener.

"I'm really excited," said OU interim head coach Tim Langford. "Going into the opener, I think a lot of our kids are looking forward to seeing where they are after an entire semester of training. Just to show what we've been working on. That's the coaches' mindset going into the first meet, too. It'll give us some confidence and reaffirmation about what we need to do and make sure we're on pace to be where we need to be come championship time."

"A little bit of excitement, positive energy and a little bit of nervous energy. I think this weekend is going to be great and I expect us to put out some performances that we'll be excited about." - Tim Langford

OU returns two NCAA Indoors qualifiers for 2019-20 in sophomore Kristo Simulask (heptathlon) and junior Falyn Reaugh (high jump), along with 2019 Big 12 Indoor champion in the women's shot put, senior Meia Gordon. The Sooners boast 13 seniors across the men's and women's teams for indoor season.

"The early indicators are always exciting for us," continued Langford. "We have some freshmen that are opening for the first time and we have some seniors that are opening up for the last time. It's going to be great.

"Obviously my first time with the program in competition. I've been looking forward to it. A little bit of excitement, positive energy and a little bit of nervous energy. I think this weekend is going to be great and I expect us to put out some performances that we'll be excited about."

Live results from the KSU Winter Invite will be available through Heartland Timing.

KSU WINTER INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
Saturday, Dec. 14
Live Results: Heartland Timing
Venue: Ahearn Field House; Manhattan, Kan.

UP NEXT
The Sooners travel to Nashville to compete at the Vanderbilt Invitational Jan. 17-18, 2020.

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Kansas State Winter Invitational Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 14
Time (CT)	Event - Sooners
9:30 a.m.	Women's Weight Throw - Lauryn Jones, Geraldine Udo
	Men's Pole Vault - Eli Darrough
	Women's Pole Vault - Chandler Branum, Gabby Carson, Abby Bilsbury, Meagan Gray
	Men's Long Jump - Golden Eke
11 a.m.	Women's Long Jump - Amanda Van Buren, Symone Washington, Essence Thomas
	Men's High Jump - Hutch Helbig
12 p.m.	Women's High Jump - Madison Langley-Walker
	Men's Shot Put - Eli Darrough, Diego Trevino
	Women's Shot Put - Crislyn Cole, Lauryn Jones
	Women's Triple Jump - Mikeisha Welcome
1:30 p.m.	Men's 1,000 Meters - Tucker Desko, Ackeen Colley, Graham Santilli, Derek King
	Women's 60 Meters - Essence Thomas, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Amanda Van Buren, Kennedy Blackmon, Ja'Leesa Giles
	Men's 60 Meters - Myles Wheeler, Demarius Smith, Joseph Sheffield, Xavier Brown, Golden Eke
	Women's 60-Meter Hurdles - Camri Austin, Madison Langley-Walker
	Men's 60-Meter Hurdles - Eli Darrough, Bryce Douglas, Isaiah Levingston, Hutch Helbig
	Women's 600 Yards - Levi Gladd
	Men's 600 Yards - Sorre Bah
	Women's 300 Meters - Kennedy Blackmon, Nia Sims, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Kamryn McCall
	Men's 300 Meters - Myles Wheeler, Caleb Johnson, Zac Tucker
	Men's 1 Mile Run - Lucas Badcock
	Men's 4x400-Meter Relay - Oklahoma A