NORMAN, Okla. The University of Oklahoma men’s and women’s track and field teams travel to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational on Friday, Feb. 9, and Saturday, Feb. The Tyson Invitational will be a preview of the NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships as its field features nine men’s and six women’s events in which the No. 1-ranked collegians are entered. All of the meet’s events are stacked with the nation’s top competitors, including deep men’s, with six of the top 10 ranked athletes, and women’s, with seven of the top 10 ranked athletes, 60-meter dash fields. Big 12 opponents Baylor, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech are also entered.
Several Sooners added their names to the NCAA’s top performers list with their results at last weekend’s J.D. Martin Invitational. The Sooners have six men and three women provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships, March 9-10.
Sooners on the NCAA Qualifiers List Name Event NCAA Rank Big 12 Rank Season Best Ronnie Pines 60 10 1 6.69 Sheldon Leith 60HH 14 1 7.88 Chip Heuser PV 5 1 5.37m Scott Martin PV 9 2 5.30m Shardae Boutte TJ 3 2 15.97m Tydree Lewis TJ 15 3 15.61m Kevin Bookout SP 10 1 18.72m Yolanda Goff 60 24 5 7.43 Jessica Eldridge Mile 17 4 4:46.86 Toni Smith TJ 11 4 12.94m The Tyson Invitational begins Friday at 10 a.m. Sooners Host Final Indoor Meet Oklahoma competes at home on the final weekend before the indoor postseason begins with the Big 12 Championships. Saturday, Feb.
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17, OU hosts the Sooner Open at the Mosier Indoor Track & Field Center. Field events begin at 10 a.m.