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NCAA West Preliminary
Multitude of Cougars Qualify for Nationals
5/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
AUSTIN - The Houston Cougar track and field team qualified three individual athletes and each of its men's and women's 4x100m relays teams for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the final day of the NCAA West Regional on Saturday, in Austin, Texas.
Senior jumper Brittany Kinney became the first Houston Cougar to qualify for the NCAA Championships this season after her eighth place finish in the women's triple jump. The Karnes City, Texas native jumped a new personal record of 12.83m to punch her ticket to Nationals. Kinney's leap places her third on the all-time Cougar triple jump list.
In the evening running session, Kinney would earn another berth in the NCAA Championships along with teammates, sophomore Bria Carter, senior Sade-Mariah Greenidge, and Kiersten Brewer. The team ran 44.52 to qualify with the sixth-fastest time in the event.
Greenidge would go on to collect her own individual berth in the NCAA Championships after picking up a top-12 finish in the women's 100m hurdles. Greenidge qualified with the ninth fastest time in 13.31. The qualifying spot will mark the third time the senior has earned a spot at the NCAA Championships having appeared in the 100m hurdles in each year in 2013 and 2014 as well as the 4x100m Relay in 2013.
Junior Issac Williams became the third Cougar to qualify for the NCAA Championships after his 13.76 to finish with the 10th fastest qualifying time in the 110m hurdles. Williams is the only Cougar to qualify for each of the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships after qualifying for the 60m hurdles during the indoor season.
Williams was also a member of the men's 4x100m Relay team who claimed the seventh best qualifying time in the event. Williams along with, juniors LeShon Collins and James Arnett as well as sophomore Curtis Brown ran a season best 39.56 to earn the National Championship berth.
The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held Wednesday, June 10 through Saturday, June 13 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Freshman Tony Burks made her first NCAA Regional appearance competing in the women's triple jump. Burks finished the event in 41st after jumping 11.98m. Senior David Brown jumped 14.93m in the men's triple jump to finish 32nd.
A pair of sophomores in Jack Thomas, and Brian Barraza rounded out the field of competitors for Houston on the final day of the NCAA West Regional. Thomas threw the javelin 62.37m to finish 27th while Barraza ran the 5000m in 14:22.15 to finish 22nd.
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