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UH Track and Field Teams Open The 2004 Outdoor Season
March 16, 2004 University of Houston Sports Information March 16, 2004 For Immediate Release This Week: The University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams will open the 2004 outdoor season at the 53rd Annual Texas Southern Relays on March 19-20, 2003 at Rice University Track and Field Complex. Houston won the Conference USA men's indoor track and field championships on February 27-28. The Lady Cougars finished third at the C-USA meet. UH won three relay events and had eight individual champions, six second-place finishes and eight third-place finishes at the 2003 TSU Relays. Houston's defending men's champions include Daniel Patton (pole vault), Sesar Figueroa (1500 meters), Milton Manson (110-meter hurdles) and Derek Randall (shot put). In the women's division, Tinisha Wesley is a defending champion in both the shot put and discus events. Last Week: 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field All-American Stanford Routt was Houston's lone competitor at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. on March 12-13. Routt just missed advancing to the finals of the 200-meter dash by .007 of a second. Routt had a time of 20.98 seconds in the second heat of the 200-meter preliminaries, while David Neville of Indiana had a time of 20.973 seconds in the third heat. Routt also had a time of 6.74 seconds in the prelims of the 60-meter dash.
What's Next: After the TSU Relays, Houston will travel to Baton Rouge, La., and compete in the LSU Relays on March 26-27.
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