Angele Cooper's [Signal Hill, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson)] second-place finish

Women's Track and Field places seventh at 2010 Big 12 Indoor Championships
Texas earns seven provisional marks and sets four PR's on second day of two-day meet.


Feb. 27, 2010

AMES, Iowa -- The University of Texas Women's Track and Field team finished the 2010 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in seventh place with a total of 58 points. The Longhorns picked up seven NCAA provisional marks and set four PR's on the second day of the two-day meet held at Lied Recreation Center on the campus of Iowa State.

Texas A&M claimed the team title with 130.5 points. Texas Tech was second with 115, followed by Nebraska (96), Oklahoma (65), Kansas (63.5) and Iowa State (59).

The Longhorns earned 15 points in the 400m finals led by sophomore Angele Cooper's [Signal Hill, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson)]second-place finish. Cooper clocked a personal-best and NCAA provisional time of 52.97 for eight points. Sophomore Stacey-Ann Smith also PR'd and picked up a provisional mark after crossing the line in 53.87 for second in her heat. Freshman Alicia Peterson rounded out the Horn trio in the 400m by placing seventh in a PR of 55.04.

Cooper returned to the track for the 200m finals and earned her second PR and provisional qualifier of the day with a time of 23.72 for sixth place.

In the high jump, sophomore Victoria Lucas placed third with a season-best and NCAA provisional height of 5-10.5 (1.79m). The Longhorns mile-relay (Judy Nwosu, Smith, Chantel Malone, Cooper) also placed third with a provisional mark of 3:39.13.

Just a day after setting a Big 12 Championship meet record in the long jump for her first Big 12 title, Malone posted a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 42-4.25 (12.91m). Malone and Kansas freshman Andrea Geubelle both recorded jumps of 12.91m but Geubelle had the next best mark at 12.83m to take third place.

Also scoring for the Longhorns were senior Jordyn Brown who earned a fourth-place finish in the shot put with her throw of 51-5 (15.67m), sophomore Judy Nwosu who placed sixth in the 600 yard (1:22.56) and redshirt junior Betzy Jimenez who placed seventh in the mile (4:45.04). Jimenez's mile was the fifth-fastest in UT indoor history.

The Longhorns head to Last Chance meets next weekend (March 5-6) before heading to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships from Friday-Saturday, March 12-13.

TEXAS RESULTS (@-NCAA Automatic Mark, #-NCAA Provisional Mark, !-Personal Best)
400m
2. Angele Cooper, 52.97!#
3. Stacey-Ann Smith, 53.87!#
7. Alicia Peterson, 55.04!

High Jump
3. Victoria Lucas, 5-10.5 (1.79m)#
19. Beverly Owoyele, 5-3.25 (1.61m)

200m
6. Angele Cooper, 23.72#!

4x400m
3. J. Nwosu, S. Smith, C. Malone, A. Cooper, 3:39.31#

Shot Put
4. Jordyn Brown, 51-5.0 (15.67m)#

Triple Jump
4. Chantel Malone, 42-4.25(12.91m)#

60m
8. Chalonda Goodman, 7.51

Mile Run
7. Betzy Jimenez, 4:45.04

600y
6. Judith Nwosu, 1:22.56

3,000m
13. Betzy Jimenez, 9:42.52
14. Mia Behm, 9:44.41

2010 Roster
Coaches


NAME CLASS EVENT HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)
Julie Amthor SO Distances Bulverde, Texas (Smithson Valley)
Mia Behm SO Distances Tyler, Texas (T.K. Gorman)
Jordyn Brown SR Throws Mesquite, Texas (Mesquite)
Heather Canizales FR Distances Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park)
Kendra Chambers SO Sprints El Paso, Texas (UTEP)
Angele Cooper SO Sprints Signal Hill, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson)
Jena Cuellar JR Middle Distances Progreso Lakes, Texas (Weslaco)
Jessica Doyle SO Pole Vault Buda, Texas (Hays HS)
Chalonda Goodman FR Sprints Newnan, Ga. (Newnan)
Amber Green FR Pole Vault Yoakum, Texas (Yoakum)
Katie Hoaldridge FR Distances Burleson, Texas (Burleson)
Kim Ikegbunam SO Middle Distances Houston, Texas (George Bush)
Betzy Jimenez RS JR Distances Hereford, Texas (Hereford)
Anne Jones SO Distances Houston, Texas (Lamar)
Kennetra Jones SO Sprints Galveston, Texas (Columbia)
Lauren Kern SR Distances Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep)
Victoria Lucas SO High Jump Midland, Texas (Midland HS)
Melissa Mahoney FR Distances Houston, Texas (Cypress Woods)
Chantel Malone JR Jumps Tortola, British Virgin Island (Elmore Stoutt)
Kayla Marsh JR Throws Fort Worth, Texas (Mansfield)
Natasha Masterson FR Heptathlon Pflugerville, Texas (Hendrickson)
Allison Mendez SR Middle Distances Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall)
Taylor Mockler FR Hurdles Baton Rouge, La. (St. Joseph's Academy)
Laleh Mojtabaeezamani SO Distances Keller, Texas (Keller)
Nina Moreno SO Pole Vault Corpus Christi, Texas (Mathis)
Asia Myrland SR Distances Verona, Wis. (Verona)
Judy Nwosu SO Sprints Austin, Texas (Manor)
Okwukwe Okolie SO Throws Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik)
Beverly Owoyele SO Sprints/Jumps Fort Worth, Texas (Juan Seguin)
Alicia Peterson FR Sprints Sherman, Texas (Sherman)
Lauren Salisbury SR Distances Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville)
Akua Sencherey FR Throws Jackson, Texas (Brazoswood)
Virginia Simon SO Distances Houston, Texas (Kincaid School)
Stacey-Ann Smith SO Sprints Bloomfield, Conn. (Atlantic HS)
Ashley Starks SO Sprints Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster HS)
Jenny Swan FR Distances Plano, Texas (Plano West)
Amanda Van Dyke SO Throws Pflugerville,Texas (Pflugerville Connally)
Megan Vasquez JR Distances Austin, Texas (Austin)


Coaches


Beverly Kearney - Head Coach
Rose Brimmer - Assistant Coach
Stephen Sisson - Assistant Coach


Courtesy Texas