University of Houston Athletics
University of Houston
Conference USA Championships
Carter and Bentley Become Conference Champions
5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
May 15, 2011
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HOUSTON - Chris Carter and Alex Bentley captured conference titles to lead the Cougars men team to first place at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Rice University.
Carter (7.49m/24-6.5) led the Houston long jumpers as they claimed 25 points in the event. Jonathan Williams (7.44m/24-5) took second place as the top-two competitors for Houston missed out on personal bests by 0.01m.
It was the third Outdoor C-USA Championship for Carter, his first in the long jump. He is the two-time defending triple jump tomorrow and takes off to defend his crown at 4 p.m.
Junior Thomas Lang (7.35m/24-1.5) did improve upon his own best mark on his way to fourth place. Wesley Bray (7.29m/23-11) placed seventh to score points for Houston as well.
The pole vault saw the Cougars finish 1-2 in as well as Bentley (5.11m/16-9.25) teamed with freshman Seth Arnold to sweep the top spots. Michael Mahnke also registered points with his fifth place finish to give the Cougars 22 points in the event.
Bentley won the pole vault as a freshman in 2007.
A number of Cougars sprinters qualified for Sunday's finals and Errol Nolan led the way, taking the top seed with his wins in the 200m (20.85) and 400m (46.20).
Tyron Carrier advanced to championship Sunday in the 100m (10.74) and 200m (21.24), seeded fourth in both events.
Grecia Bolton and Whitney Harris both qualified for the 100m and 200m finals. Bolton is seeded third in both events (11.54, 23.41) and Harris finished in fourth and eighth (11.50*, 23.60). Tai'shea Reese (23.56) will join the duo in the 200m tomorrow for a crowded Cougar finals as she set a personal best in the event.
All four men's 110m hurdlers advanced to Sunday's Championships. Thomas Lang (14.50), Leon Bullock (14.54*), Emmanuel Osadebey (14.76) and Kevin Johnson (15.19) finished 2-3-6-8 in the preliminaries.
Kalyn Floyd (53.24) won her heat to advance to the 400m finals tomorrow. Brittany Wallace (54.52) also won her heat to qualifier for the finals as she closed the distance and overtook the leader in the final 10 meters. They are seeded 4 and 5.
Ciera Johnson (2:10.86) led from start to finish first n the 800m preliminaries.
Two steeplechasers earned points for the Cougars as Kathryn Ducommun set a personal best (10:45.89) to place fifth. Andres Santaolalla (9:41.02) took seventh for the men's side.
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MEN100mTyron Carrier (4q) 10.74Jeffery Thomas (8q) 10.91
200mErrol Nolan (1q) 20.85Tyron Carrier (4q) 21.24Jeffery Thomas (10) 21.77*Joseph Irabor (17) 22.83
400mErrol Nolan (1q) 46.20Garrett Hughey (7q) 48.14*
800mDoug Kelley (8q) 1:52.75Drevan Anderson-Kappa (10) 1:53.13*John Salazar (15) 1:58.80*
110m HurdlesThomas Lang (2q) 14.50Leon Bullock (3q) 14.54*Emmanuel Osadebey (6q) 14.76Kevin Johnson (8q) 15.19
400m HurdlesJason Perez (2q) 52.23Emmanuel Osadebey (7q) 53.54*Leon Bullock (8q) 54.07*Jordan Hofbauer (10) 54.40
3000m SteeplechaseAndres Santaolalla (7) 9:41.02
Long JumpChris Carter (1) 7.48m/24-6.5Jonathan Williams (2) 7.44m/24-5Thomas Lang (4) 7.35m/24-1.5*Wesley Bray (7) 7.29m/23-11Lamar Delaney (10) 7.02m/23-0.5Simon Stewart (18) 5.10m/16-8.75
Discus ThrowRick Fenton (5) 47.75m/156-8*Ray Lian (8) 46.40m/152-3*
Pole VaultAlex Bentley (1) 5.11m/16-9.25Seth Arnold (2) 5.11m/16-9.25*Michael Mahnke (5) 4.86m/15-11.25Wesley Bray (11) 4.41m/14-5.50
1) Houston 58 2) Tulsa 49 3) Rice 42 4) UTEP 40 5) East Carolina 33 6) Southern Miss 25
6) Memphis 25 8) Tulane 1 WOMEN100mGrecia Bolton (3q) 11.54Whitney Harris (4q) 11.50*Tai'shea Reese (9) 11.63
200mGrecia Bolton (3q) 23.41Tai'shea Reese (7q) 23.56*Whitney Harris (8q) 23.60Ngozi Onwumere (21) 24.61*
400mKalyn Floyd (4q) 53.24Brittany Wallace (5q) 54.52*Clarissa Payton (13) 56.60*
800mCiera Johnson (1q) 2:10.86Erica Hannemann (14) 2:15.13Eryn Barroso (24) 2:20.79Jessica Stewart (26) 2:24.89
1500mErica Hannemann (11q) 4:40.43*Megan Munoz (14) 4:44.63Yasiris Gonzalez (19) 5:13.31
100m HurdlesDeMeeka Jones (3q) 13.63Alysha Cook (8q) 14.08Megan Bibbs (11) 14.37
400m HurdlesAlysha Cook (9) 1:02.47Amber Sellers (14) 1:03.35
3000m SteeplechaseKathryn Ducommun (5) 10:45.89*Jasmine Trier (12) 11:33.89*
High JumpMegan Frausto (4) 1.70m/5-7Laura Allred (10) 1.60m/5-3
Long JumpTai'shea Reese (4) 6.17m/20-3Keythra Richards (9) 5.85m/19-2.5*Ngozi Onwumere (14) 5.63m/28-5.75*
Javelin ThrowShannan Arnold (13) 33.05m/108-05
Shot PutKiara Pulliam (4) 14.68m/48-2Nicole Benton (7) 13.87m/45-6.25*
1) SMU 60 2) East Carolina 393) Southern Miss 38 4) UTEP 375) Houston 23.50 5) UAB 23.507) Rice 22 8) Tulsa 179) Memphis 15 10) UCF 1411) Marshall 13 12) Tulane 10
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