Feb. 6, 2010

Complete Results

HOUSTON, Texas- Timothy Young surprised his competitors in the 60-meter hurdles as the freshman from Dallas, Texas captured second place at the Houston All-Comers meet this afternoon at Yeoman Fieldhouse.

Young advanced to the 60-meter hurdle finals with a preliminary time of 8.24. In the finals, Young posted a time of 8.10 to capture second place and record his highest finish in the event this season. Young also registered a mark of 6.72 meters (22-00.75) in the long jump.

In the 60-meter dash, Renee Shepard clocked a time of 8.15 on the women's side and for the men Kevin Aje finished the race in a time of 6.99.

Ksenia Beburishvilli continues to improve in the 800 meters as the freshman recorded a time of 2:19.74, while senior Ryann Bradford registered a time of 2:24.01.

Gil Sheleg and Will Stewart both placed in the 800 meters, as Sheleg was seventh with a time of 1:58.21 and Stewart tenth with a time of 1:59.67.

In the distance events, Michael Morris placed sixth in the 3,000 meters recording a time of 8:53.16. Matt Novak registered a time of 4:28.54 in the mile run for the tenth fastest time in the event.

Brooke Hewitt finished sixth in the high jump with a height of 1.65 meters (5-05.00).

Kayla Smith placed fifth in the shot put with a mark of 12.70 meters (41-08.00) and ninth in the weight throw with a distance of 13.18 meters (43-03.00).

The Bobcat pole vaulters continue to perform well as Logan Cunningham placed second with a vault of 4.75 meters (15-07.00). Landon Ferguson and Dmitri Kabakov both tied for sixth with a height of 4.60 meters (15-01.00).

Elena Horn took second in the pole vault with a height of 3.65 meters (11-1.75). Jannah Evans tied for third in the event with a vault of 3.50 meters (11-05.75). Goldstein Okafor grabbed an eighth place finish in the triple jump with a bound of 14.62 meters (4-11.75).

The Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held at the John Jacobs Track Complex in Norman, Okla. on Feb. 27-28.