May 28, 2004

Final Stats

College Station, Texas - All-American sprinter Stanford Routt, Andrew Carruthers, LaDedra Guy, Alicia Cave, Keisha Howard and Houston's women's 4x100-meter relay team advanced to the final rounds of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships at College Station, Texas on Friday, May 28.

Routt qualified for the finals in the 200 meters when he won the third heat with a wind-aided time (+2.7) of 20.39 seconds. Routt's time was the third fastest in the preliminary rounds. Brendan Christian of Texas won the first heat with a wind-aided time (+3.5) of 20.22 seconds, while Conference USA champion Jabari Fields of TCU won the second heat in a wind-aided time (+3.8) of 20.35 seconds.

Carruthers qualified for the men's 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles. He began the day finishing third in the first heat of the 110-meter hurdles with the seventh-fastest overall time of 14.06 seconds. Then, Carruthers finished with the sixth-fastest time overall in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles when he placed second in the second heat with a season-best time of 51.16 seconds in the second heat. Mikael Jacobson of Minnesota won the heat with the fastest preliminary time of 50.43 seconds.

Cave advanced to the finals of the women's 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. Cave had the third-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.44 seconds. Rasin McIntosh of Texas had the fastest preliminary time of 56.38 seconds, while Shauna Smith of Wyoming had the second fastest time with 58.26 seconds.

Cave also had the sixth-fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.l37 seconds. McIntosh also had the best time in the 100-meter hurdles with a legal time of 12.91 seconds. Priscilla Lopes of Nebraska had the second-fastest time with 12.91 seconds.

The Lady Cougars almost a second double qualifier when LaDedra Guy finished with the sixth-fastest overall time in the 100-meter dash with a legal time of 11.44 seconds. Guy finished in second place in the third heat of the 100-meter dash behind Laverne Jones of Oklahoma, who finished with the fastest qualifying time of 11.25 seconds.

Guy just missed advancing to the finals in the women's 200 meter dash after finishing with the 10th fastest time in 23.52 seconds. Ashley Williams of Texas had the fastest preliminary time with 22.79 seconds and Oklahoma's Jones was the runner-up in the preliminaries with a time of 22.90 seconds.

Howard will run in finals of the women's 400-meter dash after she finished the preliminary rounds with the eighth fastest time of 53.71 seconds. Sanya Richards of Texas set a school record and recorded the world's fastest 400-meter time this year as she won the second heat in 50.49 seconds.

Cave, Guy and Howard joined Lisa Wilson on Houston's 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.84 seconds. Texas had the fastest preliminary time with 43.30 seconds, while TCU had a time of 44.05 seconds. Baylor had the third fastest time with 44.20 second, Rice was fourth with 44.57 seconds and Wyoming was fifth with a time of 44.65 seconds. Houston had a the sixth fastest time.

Cougar freshman Tristian Whitley scored 1.25 points for the Cougars in the men's team standings with a seventh-place finish in the men's high jump after clearing 7' 1" (2.16 meters).

Kyle Lancaster of Kansas State won the high jump and set a new meet record after clearing 7' 4¼" (2.25 meters). Kevin Netzer of Minnesota finished in second place after clearing 7' 3¼" (2.22 meters).

Allie Booker also scored one point for the Lady Cougars when she finished in eight place with a throw of 164'6" (50.14 meters) in the discus. Becky Breisch of Nebraska won the discus with a throw of 207'1" (63.12 meters).

Shayla Bowman had a throw of 166' 7" (50.78 meters) in the women's hammer, but failed to advance to the finals. Loree Smith of Colorado State won the hammer and set a new Midwest Regional record with a throw of 198'9" (60.57 meters).

Johnathan Reeves also had a mark of 52'6½" (16.01 meters) in the men's shot put, but also failed to advance to the finals. Carl Myerscough of Nebraska was the shot put champion with a mark of 66'9 ¾" (20.36 meters).