OU Set for Outdoor Season

Saturday, March 20

Forth Worth, TX

University of Oklahoma

TCU Invitational

March 19, 2021 | Track and Field

Live Results Heat Sheet (PDF)

NORMAN — Oklahoma's men's and women's track and field teams are set to begin their outdoor campaign in Fort Worth, Texas at the TCU Invitational, March 20. The meet will be held at the Lowdon Track Complex on the campus of TCU. This will be the Sooners' first outdoor meet since the 2019 season.

Outdoor season will introduce new events into the meet schedule, allowing outdoor event student-athletes the opportunity to join their indoor teammates in competition.

Saturday's action will begin with the women's discus at 9:30 a.m. CT, with men to follow. Running events will begin at 2:15 p.m. with the women's 400-meter relay and men will follow. The meet will wrap up at 5 p.m., closing out with the 4x400-meter relay.

The Sooners will travel 45 athletes to the meet. Live results can be found on Flash Results.

The TCU Invitational is the Sooners' first of six regular outdoor meets before postseason kicks off in May. OU will travel to Austin, Texas for the Texas Relays then will take a week off before heading to Denton, Texas for the North Texas Classic. The Sooners will spend back-to-back weekends at home, hosting the Sooner Invitational and Multis and the John Jacobs Invitational. The squad will close out the regular season in Tucson, Ariz., for the Desert Heat Classic in the beginning of May.

Postseason will begin with the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in Manhattan, Kan., May 14-16. The opening competition to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the NCAA West Regional, is slated for May 27-29 in College Station, Texas. The outdoor season will officially close out at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 9-12.

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS REWIND

Seven Sooners competed at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., March 11-13. The three-day championships were hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., at the Randal Tyson Center.

OU capped the weekend with six All-America honors — two first team All-Americans and four second team All-Americans.

Redshirt junior Vernon Turner and sophomore Mikeisha Welcome notched first team All-America accolades in the men's high jump and women's triple jump, respectively. Turner cleared 7-3 (2.21m) in the event, finishing in fourth. Welcome leaped 43-9.75 (13.35m) to secure a seventh-place finish and first-team honors.

Seniors Demarius Smith, Cooper Campbell and Essence Thomas and junior Chris Banks all earned second team All-America honors in their respective events.

Smith was the lone Sooner to compete in a running event, racing in the men's 200-meter dash. The senior clocked a 20.97, finishing 11^th overall.

Thomas claimed 11^th in the women's triple jump with her mark of 43-6 (13.26m).

Campbell represented OU in men's shot put, throwing 60-7.75 (18.48m) and finishing in 15^th. Banks recorded a 15^th-place finish in men's high jump, clearing 6-9.75 (2.08m).

UP NEXT
The Sooners will travel to Austin, Texas for the Texas Relays, a four-day meet taking place March 24-27.

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TCU INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
Saturday, March 20
Live Results: Flash Results
Heat Sheets: PDF
Venue: Lowdon Track Complex; Fort Worth, Texas
Field: Arkansas State, North Texas, Northwestern State, Oklahoma State, SMU, TCU, UT-Arlington

TCU Invitational Schedule
Saturday, March 20
Time (CT)	Event - Sooners
9:30 a.m.	Women's Discus - Lauren Jones, Payden Montana
	Men's Discus - Bryant Parlin, Diego Trevino, Bradley Daboub
11 a.m.	Women's High Jump - Falyn Reaugh, Madison Langley-Walker
11:30 a.m.	Women's Hammer Throw - Lauren Jones, Geraldine Udo
	Men's Hammer Throw - Edward Jeans
2 p.m.	Women's 4x100-Meter Relay - Lilan Henderson, Ja'Leesa Giles, Kennedy Blackmon, Deborah Giffard
	Women's Javelin - Kayla Kurtz
	Men's Javelin - Josh Haus, Will Kubicek
2:15 p.m.	Women's 1,500-Meter Run - Jordyn Kaplan
2:25 p.m.	Men's 1,500-Meter Run - Johnelle Joe, Graham Santilli, Derek King
2:30 p.m.	Women's Shot Put - Madison Langley-Walker, Payden Montana, Faith Ette, Crislyn Cole
	Men's Shot Put - Bradley Daboub, Diego Trevino, Bryant Parlin, Cooper Campbell
2:45 p.m.	Women's Long Jump - Helena McLeod, Symone Washington
	Men's Long Jump - Rayvon Allen
	Women's Pole Vault - Sydney King, Abby Bilsbury
	Men's Pole Vault - Lucas Kelley
2:50 p.m.	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles - Will Kubicek, Jasher Foster, Garry Williams
3:05 p.m.	Men's 400-Meter Dash - Sorre Bah, Devaniel Dale, Salim Epps
3:15 p.m.	Women's 100-Meter Dash - Deborah Giffard, Kennedy Blackmon, Lilan Henderson
	Men's 100-Meter Dash - Jackson Webb, Alajuwan Robinson
3:50 p.m.	Women's 400-Meter Hurdles - Madison Langley-Walker, Erin Huls
4 p.m.	Women's 200-Meter Dash - Nia Sims, Jai'Lyn Merriweather, Ja'Leesa Giles
4:10 p.m.	Men's 200-Meter Dash - Alajuwan Robinson, Jackson Webb
4:15 p.m.	Women's Triple Jump - Allanah Lee, Nura Muhammad
	Men's Triple Jump - Kunle Akinlosotu, Garry Williams
4:20 p.m.	Women's 3,000-Meter Run - Carson Hockersmith
	Men's 3,000-Meter Run - Berry Cox, Jordan Gledhill
5:00 p.m.	Women's 4x400-Meter Relay - Erin Huls, Kennedy Blackmon, Nia Sims, Jai'Lyn Merriweather