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Houston Win's Men's and Women's Team Championships At Tom Tellez Invitational
March 29, 2003
Houston, Texas - The University of Houston men's and women's track teams won both team championships at the Tom Tellez Invitational on Saturday, March 29, 2003, at the Lewis/Tellez Track and Field Complex. The Lady Cougars won five individual championships and 1 relay. Houston also recorded three second-place finishes and three third-place finishes in the women's events. Aisha Morgan won the 100 meters with a legal time of 11.65 seconds, while Renee Clarke won the 400 meters in 55.41 seconds, Kelly McCarty won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:06.63, Lauren Smith won the 100-meter hurdles in a wind-aided time of 13.53 seconds and Jessica Edwards tied for first place in the pole vault with a mark of 10'8". Houston also won the women's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:46.89 and was runner-up in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.66 seconds. TCU won the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.65 seconds. Senior Briana Bassler was the runner-up in the long jump with a wind-aided leap of 18'8". Nichole Brundage also finished second in the high jump with a mark of 5'5". Alicia Cave finished in third place in the 100-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 13.79 seconds, while Tinisha Wesley was third in the shot put with a heave of 44' _" and Shayla Bowman was third in the hammer with a throw of 154'7".
In the men's division, Houston also won three running events, three field events and a relay race. The Cougars had the top two runners in the 100-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles. Robert Foster won the 100-meters in a wind-aided time of 10.18 seconds, while Fred Day was the runner up with a wind-aided time of 10.34 seconds.
Milton Manson won the 110-meter hurdles and Andrew Carruthers was the runner-up with a windy time of 10.34 seconds. Preston Perry tied for the 200-meter dash title with a manual time of 21.2 seconds, while Houston won the 4x100-meter relay in 39.70 seconds. In the field events, Jason Edwards won the long jump with a leap of 24' 1", while Derek Randall had the best discus throw with a mark of 191' and Jacob Rodriguez won the hammer throw in 144'9" and finished in third place in the shot put with a mark of 51' 7". |
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