May 17, 2001

Houston, Texas - The University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams host the Adidas Houston Invitational on May 18-19 at the Carl Lewis/Tom Tellez Track Complex.

The Lady Cougars are coming off a second-place finish at the Conference USA Track and Field Championships at Tampa on May 10-12. The UH men's track and field team finished third at the meet.

The competitors will include 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist Vala Flossadottir of Iceland, Alicia Warlick, of the top Americans, and UH All-American Rhian Clarke in the women's pole vault. Other Olympians scheduled to compete are: Charles Austin in the high jump, Merlene Frazier in the sprints, Sandra Glover and Karlene Houghton in the women's 400-meter hurdles, LaMark Carter in the long jump, Floyd Heard in the 100 meters and Dionne Rose-Henry in the 100-meter hurdles.

The Adidas Houston Invitational also will serve as a last chance meet for collegians to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The field events starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The running events will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Results for the meet will be available on the UH athletics website: www.UHCougars.com or by accessing mediateamlink.com.

     Adidas Houston Invitational

                 Tom Tellez Track

               University of Houston

                   May 18-19, 2001

Friday, May 18

Field Events

6:00     Javelin                Men/Women to follow

         Long Jump              Men and Women

         Shot Put               Women/Men to follow



Running Events

6:30     3000m Steeplechase       Women

6:50     1500 Meters              Women/Men to follow

7:20     3000m Steeplechase       Men

7:40     5,000 Meters     `       Women/Men to follow



Saturday, May 19

9:00     Hammer Throw             Women

10:30    Hammer Throw             Men

Noon     Pole Vault               Women

         High Jump                Women

1:00     Discus                   Women/Men to follow

2:00     Triple Jump              Men and Women

2:30     Pole Vault               Men

         High Jump                Men



Running Events

1:00     110-meter Hurdles  Trials     Men

1:15     100-meter Hurdles  Trials     Women

1:30     100-meters         Trials     Women

1:45     100-meters         Trials     Men

2:30     4x100m Relay                  Women

         4x100m Relay                  Men

2:45     800 meters                    Women

         800 meters                    Men

3:20     100-meter Hurdles  Final      Women

3:30     110-meter Hurdles  Final      Men

3:40     400 meters                    Women

         400 meters                    Men

4:15     100 meters         Final      Women

         100 meters         Final      Men

4:30     400 meter Hurdles             Women

         400-meter Hurdles             Men

5:10     200 meters                    Women

         200 meters                    Men

5:30     4x400-meter relay             Women

         4x400-meter relay             Men