Track: OU wins seven J.D. Martin titles
Competing at home, Oklahoma’s Shardae Boutte won two events, while five teammates also picked up individual titles at the eighth annual J.D. Martin Invitational at the Mosier Indoor Facility.
Track: OU’s J.D. Martin Invitational is this weekend
The University of Oklahoma hosts the eighth annual J.D. Martin Invitational this weekend, Feb. 1-2, in the Mosier Indoor Facility.
Action kicks off Friday at 1 p.m. with the women’s pentathlon followed by the start of the men’s heptathlon at 2 p.m.
Track: Triple jumper earns Big 12 honor
Oklahoma’s Shardae Boutte was named the Co-Big 12 Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday.
Boutte shares the honor with James Galvan of Iowa State after claiming the triple jump title in last weekend’s Arkansas Invitational. Boutte’s jump of 52 feet and 11.5 inches (16.14 meters) earned him an automatic qualification in the 2008 NCAA Indoor National Championships. The senior’s mark is the nation’s second-longest jump and is 10 inches longer than the second-best jump in the Big 12 this season, held by fellow Sooner Tydree Lewis.
Track: OU team breaks school record
The University of Oklahoma men’s distance medley relay broke the school record in the event with a time of 9:42.35, breaking the previous record of 9:42.88 in the first day of competition at the Razorback Invitational Friday at the Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Complex. (more…)
Track: OU set for trip to Arkansas
The University of Oklahoma indoor track & field team returns to Fayetteville, Ark., for its third meet of 2008, the Razorback Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas. The two-day event kicks off Friday in Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Complex.
OU’s weekly notes
Straight from the source, here’s OU athletic notes for the week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (13-5, 1-2)
Last Week: The Sooners split their two games, losing 85-55 at No. 3 Kansas on Monday before regrouping to beat Texas Tech 63-61 at home on Saturday. Longar Longar scored a team-high 21 points against Kansas and shared team-high honors with Taylor Griffin by netting 16 points versus Texas Tech. Against the Red Raiders, Longar added nine rebounds and three blocks while Griffin grabbed 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the year.
Track: OU sprinters dominate at Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas — Latoya Greaves and Marcus Pugh both picked up titles as four of the five University of Oklahoma sprinters who competed at the Texas Tech Invitational finished in top five in their respective events Saturday.
