PREVIEW: Track & Field Hosts Cameron Burrell Invitational, Announce Changes to Meet Schedule

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Track & Field program will conclude the regular season by hosting the third annual Cameron Burrell Invitational on Thursday and Friday. The Cougars will recognize their senior class at 2:55 p.m., Friday.

Fans should note the Thursday addition and Friday schedule changes from earlier published schedules. The time and dates were adjusted due to the threat of thunderstorms on Friday evening.

CAMERON BURRELL INVITATIONAL – SENIOR DAY
Date \| Time	Thursday: 2 p.m. – Pole vault, high jump and discus Friday: Field events – 10 a.m. \| Running events: 12 p.m. \| Senior Recognition: 2:55 p.m.
Location	Carl Lewis International Complex \| Houston, Texas
Live Stats	Results
Watch	Thursday (YouTube) \| Friday (YouTube)
Meet Information	Meet Information
Social Media	X: @uhcougartf \| Instagram: @uhcougartf \| Facebook: H-Town Speed City Track and Field \| #GoCoogs \| #HTownSpeedCity

LAST TIME OUT
Last week, the Houston Track & Field program had a busy week sending student-athletes to the Texas Invitational in Austin, Texas, Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., and at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight in Houston.

TEXAS INVITATIONAL
In Austin, the Cougars posted two second-place finishes and one third place. Houston also recorded 10 personal bests and two new additions to the top-10 program list.

Freshman Kaylee Daniel cleared 4.00m in the women's pole vault to take second in the event.
Senior Jamar Marshall Jr. finished second in the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.39, moving him to third on Houston's all-time performance list.
Sophomore Antrea Mita placed third in the men's high jump with a clearance of 2.13m.
Junior Kaycee McCoy's time of 13.34 performance in the women's 100-meter hurdles. Her time ranks eighth in program history.

PENN RELAYS
The Cougars recorded two personal bests, one top-10 program time and one third-place finish at Penn Relays.

Senior Trey East III, sophomore Cayden Broadnax, junior Gerard Holmes and senior Brice Chabot secured third in the men's 4x200-meter relay final in 1:22.41.
The men's 4x400-meter relay squad of East III, freshman Sahfi Reed, freshman Jaylin Santiago and freshman King Taylor placed fourth overall in the Championship of America final with a time of 3:04.89. Their performance ranks eighth on Houston's all-time list.

J. FRED DUCKETT TWILIGHT
On Saturday, the Cougars won two events, recorded three second-place finishes and three third-place finishes, and set 11 personal bests.

Sophomore Patrick Flowers won the men's 3000m steeplechase with a personal best time of 9:05.29. It marked his first collegiate victory in the event and the ninth-fastest time in program history.
Freshman Remay Abraha placed third in the men's 1500m with a personal best of 3:47.06, the ninth-fastest time in program history.
Sophomore Cordell Nwokeji won the men's shot put on his fifth attempt reaching 18.07m. Sophomore Kaden Edwards secured third at 17.50m.
Senior Caleb Malbrough was the top-collegiate finisher placing second with a personal best of 7.61m. On the women's side, freshman Athena Stith also set a personal best of 6.02m for second place.
Senior Kevin Grubbs posted a mark of 54.47m to grab second place in the men's discus.
Freshman Marcela Trevino earned a third place finish in the women's hammer throw and tied her personal best with a mark of 50.59m.

ABOUT CAMERON BURRELL
One of Houston's most decorated athletes, Cameron Burrell captured three NCAA national titles, including the 2018 individual championship in the 100-meter in 2018, matching his father Leroy Burrell's accomplishment 28 years earlier.

In 2018, Cameron also ran the anchor leg of the Cougars' 4x100-meter relay team, which successfully defended its NCAA national championship in that event.

Cameron earned All-America First Team honors in the 60-meters three times in his career (2014, 2017-18) during the indoor season and was a three-time First-Team selection (2016-18) in the 100-meters during the outdoor schedule. He also earned All-America honors as the team's anchor leg in the 4x100-meter relay in 2014 and again in 2018.

Outside of his collegiate career, Cameron was a member of the United States 4x100-meter relay team, which earned gold at the World Junior Championships in 2012 and captured silver at the 2019 World Relays. He also anchored the U.S. relay team to gold at the 2018 Athletics World Cup.

On June 8, 2017, he became the 121st man to break the 10-second barrier over 100 meters with a school record time of 9.93 seconds a mark that bested his father's school record – set five years before Cameron's birth – by .01 of a second. He repeated that feat at the 2018 USA Championships.

Cameron is the school record holder in the 4x100-meter relay, 60-meter dash and the Tom Tellez Track facility record holder in the 4x100 relay.

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