University of Houston Athletics
Houston Travels to LSU Alumni Gold Invitational
4/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
April 16, 2004
Houston, Texas - This Week
The University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Baton Rouge, La. and compete in the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium on April 16-17.
The Cougars will compete against NCAA men's and women's indoor champions LSU and against teams from Alabama, Arkansas State, Kentucky, Lamar, UL-Lafayette, UL-Monroe, McNeese State, New Orleans, Rice, Southeast Louisiana, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Tulane.
Routt Makes Outdoor Debuts
All-American sprinter Stanford Routt will run in the 200 meter dash for the first time in the 2004 Outdoor season when Houston travels to the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational. Routt has been practicing with the UH football team in spring drills.
Last Week
Houston traveled to College Station, Texas, and competed in the rain-shortened Texas A&M Invitational. The Cougars won the men's 4x100-meter relay with a season-best time of 40.25 seconds. The relay team's anchor leg, Preston Perry, also had the second-fastest collegiate time and fourth best time overall in the 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 10.45 seconds.
Brandon Womack had a fifth-place finish in the men's long jump with a leap of 7.22 meters (23-8.25) going into a slight wind of 0.4 of a meter per second. Sesar Figueroa had the best collegiate time and finished third overall with a time of 1:54.28 in the men's 800-meter race. Maurillio Sanchez was the best collegiate runner and fourth-best overall in the steeplechase with a time of 9:37.32. Tristian Whitley also had a third-place finish in the men's high jump after clearing 2.05 meters (6-8).
Andrew Carruthers had a wind-aided time of 14.23 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles to finish in fifth place, while Milton Manson had the eighth-fastest time with a wind-aided 14.34 seconds. Womack also finished in fifth place with a leap of 23-8.25 (7.22) while jumping into a wind.
In the women's division, Houston had a second-place finish in the women's 4x100-meter relay with a season-best time of 45.29 seconds.
LaDedra Guy had the eighth-fastest time in the 100 meters with 11.63 seconds. Crystal Freeman had her best performance of the season in the 800 meters when she finished in fourth place with a time of 2:15.12. Jennifer Hunt had a time of 2:19.12 to finish in 14th place. It was Hunt's first 800-meter race of the season.
Terie Littlepage had a seventh-place time of 12:17.86 in the steeplechase, while Alicia Cave had a wind-aided time of 13.59 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to finish in fourth place.
In the women's triple jump, Caresir Hamilton finished in second place after posting her second-best effort of the season with 12.25 meters (40-2.25). Rachael Easley finished in eighth place with a wind-aided jump of 11.60 meters (38-00.75).
Hamilton also finished 11th in the women's long jump with a leap of 18-10 (5.74m). Jessica Edwards equaled her season-best effort in the pole vault after clearing 3.45 meters (11-3.75) to finish in fifth place in the pole vault.
Next Week
Houston will have one group of athletes traveling to Philadelphia, Pa., and will be among 247 colleges competing in the 2004 Penn Relays Carnival on April 22-24. Another group will travel to Rice and compete in the Rice University All-Comers meet on April 24.
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