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TSU Outdoor Relays
Houston Wins 4x800-Meter Relay At 54th Annual TSU Relays
3/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
March 18, 2005
Houston, Texas- - Houston's tandem of Sesar Figueroa, Chris White, Alex Winstel and Andy Morris opened the 2005 outdoor track and field season with a victory in the men's 4x800-meter relay race at the 54th Annual Texas Relays on Friday night at the Rice University Track and Field Complex. The Cougars beat relay teams from TSU, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M and Southern University to win the race.
In addition, to the relay team winning its race, Andrew Carruthers and Ronald Broadnax qualified for Saturday's final in the men's 110-meter hurdles, while Sam Fobbs qualified for the finals of the men's 400-meter hurdles. Carruthers had the second-fastest preliminary time in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.40 seconds, while Broadnax had the fifth-fastest time with 15.01 seconds. Fobbs finished with the fourth-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.87 seconds.
In the women's division freshman Christa Coppin cleared 3.50 meters in the pole vault to finish in fourth place in the first outdoor event of her collegiate career. Teammate Ashley Ligon finished in fifth place after clearing 3.20 meters.
Tinisha Wesley opened her senior outdoor campaign with a fifth-place finish in the women's javelin with a throw of 37.84 meters.
In addition, Alicia Cave qualified for the finals in the 100-meter hurdles after posting the fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.45 seconds. Caresir Hamilton also qualified for the finals after she had the eighth-fastest time with 15.47 seconds.
Women 100 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
1 Cave, Houston 14.45; 2 Johnson, Lamar 14.63; 3 Anthony, Jackson State 14.71; 4 Weeks, Southern 15.05; 5 Hill, Jackson State 15.21; 6 Robinson, Southern 15.34; 7 Gibson, Grambling 15.45; 8 Hamilton, Houston 15.47; 9 Ince, Lamar 16.23; 10 Edwards, Texas Southern 17.25; 11 Archie, Southern 17.70; 12 Brumley, Lamar 17.83q
Women Pole Vault Finals
1 Laughlin, Texas 3.87m; 2 Greff, Rice 3.65m; 3 Phillips, Texas 3.50m; 4 Coppin, Houston J3.50m; 5 Ligon, Houston 3.20m; 6 Sewell, Lamar 3.05m; 7 Claunch, Rice J3.05m; 7 Baker, Lamar J3.05m; 9 Hulsey, Texas J3.05m; 10 Rodgers, Texas 2.90m; -- Porterfield, Rice NH; -- Robinson, Southern NH; -- Robertson, Lamar NH; -- Aanaerud, Houston NH
Women Javelin Throw Finals
1 Kreiner, SE Louisiana 53.56m; 2 Beech, Unattached 41.43m; 3 Hinson, Rice 40.40m; 4 Fesco, Lamar 40.15m; 5 Wesley, Houston 37.84m; 6 Dix, Southern 36.46m; 7 Johnson, Southern 26.32m; 8 Ballenger, Lamar 26.12m; 9 Robinson, Southern 24.97m; 10 Reynolds, Grambling 20.78m; 11 Sewell, Lamar 18.70m; -- Ince, Lamar FOUL; -- Curry, Grambling FOUL
Men 400 Meter Dash Preliminaries
1 Saidu, Huston-Tillotson 48.33; 2 Wishom, Southern 48.38; 3 Turner, Southern 48.47; 4 Robinson, SW Christian 48.68; 5 Okoro, Prairie View 49.10; 6 Overshown, SW Christian 49.28; 7 Green, Huston-Tillotson 49.41; 8 Sidey, Prairie View 49.52; 9 Russell, Sam Houston 49.61; 10 Williams, Southern 49.67; 11 Broomes, Lamar 49.72; 12 Brown, SW Christian 50.19; 13 Buckley, Southern 50.33; 14 Barre, Prairie View 50.61; 15 Norris, Lamar 50.72; 16 Pugh, Prairie View 51.22; 17 Francis, Houston 51.28; 18 Moore, Ashard Southern 51.42; 19 LaCour, Houston 51.91; 20 Barlow, Grambling 51.93; 21 Hinkston, Grambling 52.48; 22 Shepard, Grambling 52.68; 23 Barlow, Paul Quinn College 53.48; 24 Johnson, Texas College 57.68
Men 110 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
1 Ray, Sam Houston 14.31; 2 Carruthers, Houston 14.40; 3 Larkins, Southern 14.87; 4 Graham, Grambling 14.98; 5 Broadnax, Houston 15.01; 6 Epting, Prairie View 15.17; 7 August, Texas Southern 15.32; 8 Mitchell, Prairie View 15.44; 9 Steed, Southern 15.65; 10 Idemudia, Texas Southern 15.71 ; 11 Ondieki, Prairie View 15.83; 12 Taylor, Prairie View 15.83; 13 Butler, Prairie View 16.03; 14 Johnson, Southern 16.53; 15 Burrell, Lamar 17.16q
Men 400 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
1 Larkins, Southern 53.54; 2 Dennis, Lane Sam Houston 54.43; 3 R.Brown, SW Christian 54.80; 4 Fobbs, Houston 54.87; 5 Miller, Sam Houston 55.01; 6 M. Brown, SW Christian 55.40; 7 Ware, Prairie View 55.58; 8 Graham, Grambling 55.80; 9 Butler, Prairie View 55.88 ; 10 Cole, Sam Houston 56.23 ; 11 Boone, Lamar 56.29; 12 Epting, Prairie View 56.46 ; 13 Mitchell, Prairie View 56.64 ; 14 Ondieki, Prairie View 57.12; 15 Ramsey, Lamar 57.64 ; 16 Watson, Southern 57.90 ; 17 VanDeventer, Lamar 58.28; 18 August, Texas Southern 58.30 ; 19 Onuoha, Southern 58.80; 20 Jackson, Prairie View 59.16 ; 21 Taylor, Prairie View 59.45 ; 22 Steed, Southern 1:00.50; 23 Scott, Louis Prairie View 1:00.69; 24 Henry, Jamal Texas Southern 1:01.05; 25 Evans, Huston-Tillotson 1:04.11; 26 Hiner, Southern 1:07.78.
Men 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
1. Houston 7:36.63 (Figueroa, Sesar; White, Chris; Winstel, Alex; Morris, Andy); 2 Texas Southern 7:46.90; 3 Grambling State 7:48.67; 4 Prairie View A&M 7:58.66; 5 Southern 8:02.88.
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