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Leonard Hilton Invitational
Track and Field Concludes Leonard Hilton Invitational
1/14/2011 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Jan. 14, 2011
HOUSTON - The University of Houston hosted the Leonard Hilton Invitational Friday evening and three Cougars earned first place from the competition. The men finished in second place with 112 points and the women came in third at 81 points.
"This was s a tune-up for us," said head coach Leroy Burrell. "We didn't run many events or make many of our athletes double up in events so that makes it difficult to score a lot of points. We had some really good performances like DeMeeka Jones and Kevin Furlough. There was a good showing in the pole vault and some other field events. "
"We'll get back in the swing of things on Monday and head up to Nebraska to try and qualify."
For the second meet, UH was tops in the pole vault competition in both the men's and women's events. Alex Bentley cleared 5.05m/16-6.75 and Karley King vaulted 3.70m/12-1.50.
Lamar Delaney took first place in the long jump with his leap of 7.21m/23-8.00.
Joseph Irabor and Jeffery Thomas finished 1-2 in the 200m dash. Irabor finished in 22.46 and Thomas set a new personal best at 22.49.
Several Cougars finished as the runner-up to unattached runners including DeMeeka Jones in the 60m hurdles (8.54) as she set a new personal best. Whitney Harris also took second to an unattached runner in the 60m dash with her 7.44 finish, nearly tying her personal best at 7.41.
Doug Kelley was the top 400m collegiate runner as he placed third in 48.95.
UP NEXT
Houston travels to Nebraska for the Nebraska Adidas Classic Saturday, Jan. 22.
MEN
60m
Kevin Furlough (4) 6.93, 6.79
Isaiah Sweeney (5) 6.87, 6.86
Jeffery Thomas (10) 7.00, 6.99
Tyron Carrier (14) 7.00, 7.01
James Lang (26) 7.12
Chris Carter (29) 7.15
200m
Joseph Irabor (1) 22.46
Jeffery Thomas (2) 22.49
James Lang (15) 23.05
400m
Doug Kelley (3) 48.95
Garrett Hughey (20) 52.15
800m
Nate Pineda (6) 1:59.52
Cole Bessner (22) 2:07.97
1 Mile
Nate Pineda (13) 4:31.79
5000m
Andres Santaolalla (4) 15:38.53
Stephan Keller (12) 16:41.91
60m Hurdles
Thomas Lang (5) 8.17, 8.15
Kevin Johnson (9) 8.34, 8.34
Wesley Bray (11) 8.25, 8.40
Leon Bullock (12) 8.44, 8.42
Emmanual Osadebey (14) 8.47
High Jump
Miles Beal-Ampah (4) 1.99m/6-6.25
Long Jump
Lamar Delaney (1) 7.21m/23-8.00
Chris Carter (4) 7.08m/23-2.75
Kevin Johnson (3) 6.66m/21-10.25 - B
Emmanuel Osadebey (10) 5.79m/19-0 - B
Pole Vault
Alex Bentley (1) 5.05m/16-6.75
Seth Arnold (4) 4.75m/15-7.00
Shot Put
John Fortune (4) 16.09m/52-9.50
Sidney Flores (8) 15.04m/49-4.25
Wesley Bray (13) 13.80m/45-3.50
Kevin Johnson (18) 11.93m/39-1.75
Emmanuel Osadebey (19) 10.43m/34-2.75
WOMEN
60m
Whitney Harris (2) 7.55, 7.44
Kalyn Floyd (7) 7.54, 7.55
Christie Jones (5) 7.61, 7.53
Grecia Bolton (10) 7.61, 7.60
Brittany Wallace (20) 7.82
200m
Ngozi Onwumere (7) 25.70
DeMeeka Jones (11) 26.30
Megan Bibbs (12) 26.34
Ciara Willis (16) 26.53
400m
Clarissa Payton (13) 1:00.60
Myranda Hearn (18) 1:01.33
800m
Erica Hanneann (11) 2:20.63
Jessica Stewart (18) 2:26.27
Eryn Barroso (19) 2:27.44
1 Mile
Megan Munoz (18) 5:19.58
Starla Garcia (25) 5:31.60
Jasmine Trier (29) 5:38.33
Yasiris Gonzalez (33) 5:46.01
Ciera Johnson (34) 5:46.75
60m Hurdles
DeMeeka Jones (2) 8.54, 8.60
Megan Bibbs (10) 8.91, 9.10
Megan Frausto (13) 9.39, 9.45
Amber Sellers (19) 9.81
DMR
Houston - Hannemann, Sellers, Johnson, Munoz (4) 12:36.77
Houston - Witte, Hearn, Barroso, Trier (7) 13:29.84
High Jump
Laura Allred (6) 1.60m/5-3.00
4x400m
Houston - Harris, Wallace, Jones, Floyd (3) - 3:44.76
Long Jump
Tai'shea Reese (5) 5.80m/19-0.50
Megan Frausto (12) 5.33m/17-6.00
Pole Vault
Karley King (1) 3.70m/12-1.50
Sage Hintnaus (5) 3.55m/11-7.75
Shot Put
Kiara Pulliam (4) 14.00m/45-11.25
Triple Jump
Nadirah Shakir (7) 11.63m/38-2.00
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