Sooners Split for Texas Relays, UCLA

March 26, 2019 | Track and Field

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma track and field team begins competition Wednesday at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Held Wednesday-Saturday at Mike A. Meyers Stadium in Austin, the historic meet will feature over 7,000 student-athletes and more than 200 college/university teams. On Friday, five Sooners will also compete at the UCLA Bob Larsen Distance Carnival in Los Angeles.

The 92nd annual Texas Relays kick off Wednesday with the decathlon and heptathlon. Senior Makayla Stephens is slated to represent the Sooners in the women's heptathlon, while freshman Kristo Simulask will make his outdoor debut in the men's decathlon. The heptathlon begins at 10:30 a.m. (all times Central) with the 100-meter hurdles, while the decathlon gets underway at 11 a.m. with the 100-meter dash.

Competition will continue for the Sooners through Saturday afternoon with the final event of the meet, the women's 4x400-meter relay, scheduled to begin around 4 p.m. CT at the conclusion of the high school relay races.

Notable events on the weekend include redshirt junior Meia Gordon's appearances in the women's shot put and discus throw following her strong start to outdoor season. Gordon has claimed four event titles in the first two weeks of outdoor competition, winning the shot put and discus competitions at both the TCU Invitational and Roadrunner Invitational. Other notable qualifiers include sophomore Papay Glaywulu and junior Roman Mason competing in the men's triple jump, redshirt junior Gabby Kearney in the women's javelin and the men's and women's 4x100 relay teams, who have each notched two victories to begin this outdoor season.

Oklahoma also sends five student-athletes to Los Angeles to compete at the UCLA Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on Friday. Freshman Haley Herberg, senior Sarah Scott, sophomore Ackeen Colley, freshman Luke George and redshirt junior Jacob Janzen are scheduled to run in a variety of distance events on Friday evening. Herberg kicks off the event at 7:30 p.m. CT in the women's 5,000-meter run, while Janzen wraps up the night at 10:45 p.m. in the men's 10,000-meter run.

OU returns to action after a solid start to outdoor competition. The Sooners have collected 22 event victories in the first two meets, highlighted by Gordon's four individual titles. Several Sooners already own some of the top marks nationally in their respective events. Glaywulu holds the best triple jump mark in the nation so far this season with his leap of 53-10.25 (16.41m) from the Roadrunner Invitational on Mar. 21. Mason sits at third nationally with a leap of 52-4.75 (15.97m), and sophomore Garry Williams is fifth at 51-5 (15.67m). Sophomore Essence Thomas (third; women's triple jump), Herberg (fourth; women's 1,500 meters) and Colley (fourth; men's 800 meters) all also sit in the top five nationally in their events.

Live coverage from the Texas Relays will be available through ESPN3 and Longhorn Network on Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. (tape delay), Thursday from 4:40-6 p.m. (tape delay) and 6-8 p.m. (live), Friday from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (live) and 5-7 p.m. (live), and Saturday from 1:30-5:30 p.m. (live).

92nd CLYDE LITTLEFIELD TEXAS RELAYS INFORMATION
Wednesday, Mar. 27-Saturday, Mar. 30
Live Results: Results
Final Qualifiers: Women's Final Qualifiers; Men's Final Qualifiers
Venue: Mike A. Meyers Stadium; Austin, Texas

UCLA BOB LARSEN DISTANCE CARNIVAL INFORMATION
Friday, Mar. 29
Live Results: Results
Meet Schedule: Link
Venue: UCLA Drake Stadium; Los Angeles, Calif.

UP NEXT
The Sooners travel to College Station, Texas to compete at the Reveille Invitational on April 6 at E.B. Cushing Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M.

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92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Schedule
Wednesday, Mar. 27
Time (CT)	Event - Sooners
10:30 a.m.	Women's Heptathlon - Makayla Stephens
11 a.m.	Men's Decathlon - Kristo Simulask
Thursday, Mar. 28
10 a.m.	Men's Decathlon (Cont'd) - Kristo Simulask
11 a.m.	Women's Heptathlon (Cont'd) - Makayla Stephens
2 p.m.	Men's Hammer Throw - Bayley Campbell, Edward Jeans
2:15 p.m.	Men's Javelin (Section B) - Josh Haus
5 p.m.	Men's 400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims) - Isaiah Levingston
Friday, Mar. 29
9:35 a.m.	Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Prelims) - Camri Austin, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles, Kennedy Blackmon, Hailey Patterson, Amanda Van Buren
Rolling Schedule	Men's 4x100-Meter Relay (Prelims) - Jackson Webb, Joseph Sheffield, Xavier Brown, Zac Martin, Quoi Ellis, Greg Vann
	Women's 100-Meter Hurdles (Prelims) - Camri Austin, Madison Langley-Walker, Mahendra McWhite
	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles (Prelims) - Bryce Douglas
	Women's 100-Meter Dash (Prelims) - Hailey Patterson, Symone Washington
	Men's 100-Meter Dash (Prelims) - Xavier Brown, Joseph Sheffield, Jackson Webb
	Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Prelims) - Kennedy Blackmon, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles, Jai'Lyn Merriweather
10 a.m.	Women's Pole Vault (Section B) - Sydney King
	Men's Shot Put (Section B) - Bradley Daboub
11:30 a.m.	Women's Javelin (Section A) - Gabby Kearney
12:30 p.m.	Men's Triple Jump (Section B) - Garry Williams
	Women's Triple Jump (Section B) - Essence Thomas
3 p.m.	Men's Triple Jump (Section A) - Papay Glaywulu, Roman Mason
Saturday, Mar. 30
11 a.m.	Women's High Jump (Section A) - Falyn Reaugh
Noon	Men's 4x200-Meter Relay (Invitational) - Jackson Webb, Joseph Sheffield, Xavier Brown, Zac Martin, Quoi Ellis, Zac Tucker
	Women's 4x200-Meter Relay (Invitational) - Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles, Jai'Lyn Merriweather, Kennedy Blackmon, Sydney Dillard, Amanda Van Buren
1:30 p.m.	Women's Discus Throw (Section A) - Meia Gordon, Lauren Jones
	Men's 4x100-Meter Relay (Finals) - Jackson Webb, Joseph Sheffield, Xavier Brown, Zac Martin, Quoi Ellis, Greg Vann
	Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Finals) - Camri Austin, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles, Kennedy Blackmon, Hailey Patterson, Amanda Van Buren
3:15 p.m.	Men's 100-Meter Dash (Finals) - Joseph Sheffield
4 p.m.	Women's Shot Put (Section A) - Meia Gordon
4:05 p.m.	Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Finals) - Kennedy Blackmon, Dai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles, Jai'Lyn Merriweather

UCLA Bob Larsen Distance Carnival Schedule
Friday, Mar. 29
Time (CT)	Event - Sooners
8:20 p.m.	Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase - Sarah Scott
9:25 p.m.	Men's Mile Run - Ackeen Colley, Luke George
9:35 p.m.	Women's 5,000-Meter Run (Invitational) - Haley Herberg
10:45 p.m.	Men's 10,000-Meter Run - Jacob Janzen