University of Houston Athletics
Houston Travels To The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
4/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
April 4, 2006
The University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Austin, Texas and compete in the 79th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on April 5-8 at the Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus. The Texas Relays attracts 3,800 of the nation's top professional, collegiate and high school track and field athletes from all over the nation.
Last Week
Senior Jonathan Reeves won the discus throw and Krystal Ward qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a second place finish in the high jump to lead the University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams at the Rice University Bayou Classic on Saturday, April 1.
Reeves registered his third straight victory in the discus competition with a throw of 54.12 meters (177-7). He opened the 2006 outdoor season with victories at the TSU Relays with a career-best throw of 55.46 meters (181-11) on March 25 and at the UT-San Antonio Relays on March 18 with a mark of 52.86 meters (173' 5").
Ward cleared 1.75 meters (5-8.75) for a second-place finish in the high jump after she advanced to the NCAA Championships last season. She also had a third-place showing in the javelin with a throw of 39.05 meters (128-1). An All-America heptathlete, Ward will compete in the heptathlon for the first time this season at the Texas Relays on April 5-6.
Houston also had two other runner-up finishes in the women's division at the Bayou Classic. Rachel Easley was the runner up in the long jump with a leap of 5.86 meters (19-2.75) and the Cougars also registered a second-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay as Jennifer Hunt, Jennifer Harper, Adriane Guinn and Oumama Hallal combined for a time of 3:57.96.
Harper also had a fourth-place showing in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.06, while Guinn finished in sixth place with a time of 2:15.43. Amanda Villanueva had a throw of 44.64 meters (146-5) for a third-place finish in the women's discus.
In addition to Reeves winning the men's discus throw, Ivan Diggs equaled his season-best mark and finished in second place after clearing 2.05 meters (6-8.75) in the high jump. Lucas Mireles also had a fourth-place finish in the men's shot put with a mark of 16.12 meters (52-10.75).
Houston at Stanford Invitational
Houston also had three distance runners register personal best times at the Stanford Invitational, as Sesar Figueroa was the runner-up in the 1,500 meters with a time of 1:49.63. Calum Neff had a time of 9:19.96 in the steeplechase to finish in 12th place and Cole Dailey had a time of 30:10.14 in the 10,000 meters.
Next Meet
Following the Texas Relays, Houston travels to Berkeley, Calif. to compete in the University of California's Golden Bear Invitational on April 15.
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