University of Houston Athletics
Outdoor Continues with Victor Lopez Classic
3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
HOUSTON â€" The Houston Cougar Men's and Women's Track & Field teams continue the outdoor slate with a cross-town trip to Rice for the Victor Lopez Classic on Friday and Saturday at the Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field.
ABOUT THE VICTOR LOPEZ CLASSIC
Houston, Texas (Rice) | Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field | March 24- 25
Meet Information | Friday Heat Sheets | Live Results
Teams Competing: Dallas Baptist, Grambling, Houston Baptist, Huston-Tillotson, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Northeastern, Princeton, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southern, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Texas Weslayan, Towson, Trinity, Tulane, ULM, UT Rio Grande Valley, Western Michigan, Xavier-(La.)
Action at the Victor Lopez Classic opens at 9 a.m., Friday, with the men's and women's hammer throw events. After an entire day of high school track & field action, the university level distance events will kick off at 7:10 p.m., with the men's 1,500-meter run.
Field events resume at 10 a.m., Saturday, with the men's shot put, women's discus and the men's and women's long jump. Early sections of the collegiate track events begin at 11 a.m., with the 'B' section 110-meter hurdles, while the 'A' section running events start at 5:30 p.m., with the men's 4x100-meter relay.
LATTIN BACK TO HIS ROOTS
Sophomore Amere Lattin is scheduled to return to his forte and compete in the 'A' section finals of the 110-meter hurdles Saturday. The 2016 American Outdoor champion in each of the 110- and 400-meter hurdles, Lattin won the conference's weekly track award after running the nation's third-fastest 200-meter dash time at 20.86 last week.
WIN STREAK ON THE LINE
Junior thrower Cameron Cornelius enters Saturday's meet with an undefeated mark in each shot put competition he has entered this season, including a gold at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.
Cornelius made his return to the outdoor ring a week ago after a knee injury cut his 2016 season short. The Deer Park, Texas, native let loose with a dominating performance in which five of his six throws would have won the event, including a personal best 61-11.5 (18.88m) on his final attempt.
EVENT TO WATCH
The Cougars enter a strong field into each of the men's and women's long jump competitions Saturday. For the women, freshman Samiyah Samuels makes her Cougar debut on the runway, where she will be joined by freshman Justice Henderson, who finished fourth at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational with a mark of 18-6.0 (5.64m) last week.
The men enter the trio of Trumaine Jefferson, Jared Kerr and Antwan Dickerson, who swept the podium at the 2017 American Indoor Championships, while 60-meter dash Indoor All-American Cameron Burrell will join the fold. Kerr won the competition at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational with a mark of 24-4.25 (7.42m).
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