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WAC track and field travels to Austin, Texas, for the annual Texas Relays. The event begins Thursday, April 1, continuing through the weekend. As the weather heats up, so does WAC track as it has already qualified over 55 student-athletes for the NCAA regionals and broken a number of long-standing school records.
For a complete listing of your favorite team's performances and schedules click on the .pdf link to the right.
WAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
UTEPs Yinka Bello and Nevadas Nicole McRae have been named the Western Athletic Conference mens and womens Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Bello, a sophomore from Ilorin, Nigeria, posted a personal-best and a regional-qualifying time in the 100-meter dash by winning the title at the UTEP Springtime Invitational. His mark of 10.33 is the top time in the WAC this year. As the leadoff leg of the 400-meter relay, Bello paced the Miners to the meet title in a regional-qualifying and conference-best time of 39.61.
McRae, a junior from Seattle, Wash., broke a 14-year-old school record when she placed third in the 800-meters at the Stanford Invitational. Her time of 2:05.78 takes the record away from Renee Manfredi set back in 1990. The time is the best in the WAC this year by eight seconds. McRae was one of three Nevada athletes to set school records this weekend also qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Regional. The meet featured more than 4,200 athletes in competition.
OTHERS NOMINATED
MEN - Ben Wiggins, Rice; Michael Roberston, SMU and Owain Matthews, Tulsa.
WOMEN - Doria Appleberry, Louisiana Tech; Krystal Robinson, Rice; Karin van Rooyen, SMU; Kaisa Kiintonen, UTEP and Shana Robinson, Tulsa.
2004 WAC CHAMPIONSHIP TO HELD IN HOUSTON - The 2004 edition of the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship will be held, May 12-15 at the Rice Track Stadiium on the campus of Rice in Houston. The mulit events are scheduled for Wednesday, May 12 and Thursday, May 13 with the preliminaries and finals scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Rice last hosted the outdoor championship in 2002. The UTEP men and Rice women look to defend their 2003 outdoor titles.
DIVISION I MENS AND WOMENS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS DATES AND SITES
Mens 83rd Annual
Womens 23rd Annual
Regionals - May 28-29, 2004
East Regional: University of Florida, host
Percy Beard Track & Field
Gainesville, Florida
Mid-East Regional: Louisiana State University, host
Bernie Moore Track Stadium
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Midwest Regional: Texas A&M University, host
Frank G. Anderson Track & Field Complex
College Station, Texas
West Regional: Cal State University Northridge, host
Matador Track
Northridge, Calif.
Finals: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas
University of Texas at Austin, host
June 9-12, 2004