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Floyd Sets Three Records At C-USA Track and Field Championships
May 12, 2007
HOUSTON -- Senior Ebonie Floyd set three records Saturday during the finals of the 2007 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on her way to being named the Female Performer of the Meet and the Female High Point Scorer of the Meet. Floyd led the Cougars to a third place team finish with 105 points. Houston trailed Rice (146.50 pts.) and UTEP (122 pts.) who finished first and second, respectively. The men's team also earned a third place finish with 134 points behind Memphis (154.50 pts.), the team champions, and UTEP (145 pts.) the runner-up. Floyd rewrote the record books Saturday night when she won both the 200 meters and 400 meters and ran as member of the 4x100 relay team. Floyd's 200 meter time of 22.67 erased her own record set at last years conference championships. In the 400 meters, Floyd turned in a winning time of 51.74 beating the record set by former Cougar Keisha Howard in 2005. Floyd won her first gold of the night as a member of the 4x100 meter relay that turned in a C-USA record finish of 44.24. Also running in the relay was freshman Hyleta Young, freshman Quin'shundolyn McPherson, sophomore Seun Adigun. Floyd also ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that came in first with a time of 3:40.58. Floyd turned in four of the Cougars nine individual titles won in over the weekend. Friday night junior Jarrett Flax won the decathlon and freshman Alex Bentley won the pole vault.
Junior James Lee won the discus competition for the men's first gold medal of the night. He won the event with a toss of 55.54m/182-03. Senior Tristian Whitley won the high jump after clearing 2.15m/17-00.25", an event he had previously won in 2005. Junior Ivan Diggs finished second. Adigun also won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.60. Teammate freshman LeeA'ndrea Robinson earned the bronze medal with a time of 13.94. In relay action for the men, Houston earned a fourth place finish of 41.66 in the 4x100 and another fourth place time of 3:11.75 in the 4x400. In the night's distance events, junior Steve Magness was fourth in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:48.22 and junior Oumama Hallal was 12th for the women. Freshman Justin Davis turned in a seventh place finish of 47.73 in the 400 meters. Also finishing seventh was freshman Dayo Ogunniyi in the 100 meters with a time of 12.00. Senior Chris White earned a bronze in the 800 meters setting a season best finish of 1:51.99. In the field events, sophomore Jeremy Kelley finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 14.12m/46-04.00". Freshman Ashley Bryant was fifth in the discus and McPherson was seventh in the triple jump. The Cougars will have the next week off before traveling to Des Moines, Iowa for the NCAA Midwest Regional on May 25-26. 2007 CONFERENCE USA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Women's Freshman of the Year Men's Freshman of the Year Male Performance of the Meet Female Performance of the Meet Male High Point Scorer of the Meet Female High Point Scorer of the Meet Men's Coach of the Year Female Coach of the Year TEAM STANDINGS Men |
