University of Houston Athletics
Houston Hosts Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
2/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Feb. 23, 2005
Houston, Texas - The University of Houston will be the host for the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships inside the Bill Yeoman Field House on Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26.
The Cougars enter this year's meet looking to win their third straight C-USA Indoor Championship and have three returning champions competing. They are Andrew Carruthers, who won the 60-meter hurdles in 2004 with a sesaon-best time of 7.86 seconds.
Ron Veillon also looks to win his third straight C-USA Indoor heptathlon championships after winning last year's title with 5,373 points.
Vincent Marshall also was the C-USA triple jump champion after lepaing 49-6.25.
The Lady Cougars also will be looking to win their third C-USA indoor championship in the last four years after winning the 2002 and 2003 C-USA titles.
Krystal Ward is the defending champion in the women's pentathlon after winning last year's championship with 3,811 points.
The meet begins Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. with the men's heptathlon. The women's pentathlon begins at 9:30. The field events begin at 1:00 p.m. and running events start at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
The final day of competition begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday with the final three events in the men's heptathlon. The Field events will begin at 11:00 a.m. and running events begin at 1:00.
The meet concludes at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday with an awards ceremony in which the team champions, along with Athletes and Coaches of the Year are announced.
Below is a detailed schedule for the meet.
9:00 Heptathlon Men
9:30 Pentathlon Women
1:00 20lb Weight Women
2:00 Pole Vault Women
4:00 35lb Weight Men
4:00 Long Jump Women
6:00 High Jump Men
6:00 Long Jump Men
5:00 5000m Final Women
5:30 5000m Final Men
6:00 800m Women
6:20 800m Men
6:40 60m Women
7:00 60m Men
7:20 400m Women
7:40 400m Men
8:00 60m Hurdles Women
8:20 60m Hurdles Men
8:40 200m Women
9:00 200m Men
9:20 DMR Final Women
9:40 DMR Final Men
Saturday February 26, 2005
9:00 Heptathlon Men
11:00 Shot Put Women
11:00 High Jump Women
11:00 Triple Jump Men
1:00 Shot Put Men
2:00 Pole Vault Men
2:00 Triple Jump Women
1:00 Mile Women
1:20 Mile Men
1:35 60m Hurdles Women
1:45 60m Hurdles Men
1:55 400m Women
2:05 400m Men
2:20 60m Women
2:30 60m Men
2:40 800m Women
2:50 800m Men
3:00 200m Women
3:10 200m Men
3:25 3000m Women
3:55 3000m Men
4:20 4x400m Relay Women
4:35 4x400m Relay Men
5:00 Presentation of Awards
