Feb. 10, 2006
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Baylor freshman Jacob Norman (Temple, Texas) ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 6.62 in the 60 meters to break his own school record and win the 60 meter title on the first day of competition at the Tyson Invitational Friday at Randal Tyson Track Center. Norman was one of only two amateur in the final, finishing seventh overall but the top collegian.
Senior Jerome Miller (Houston, Texas) ran a season-best 7.77 to win the title in the 60-meter hurdles and lower his NCAA provisional qualifying time.
The men's 4x400-meter relay of juniors Reggie Witherspoon (Marietta, Ga.) and Kevin Mutai (Round Rock, Texas), senior Wil Fitts (DeSoto, Texas) and freshman Quentin Iglehart-Summers (San Antonio, Texas) ran a season-best 3:06.32 to win the title against a strong four-team field, including Big 12 rivals Texas Tech and Texas A&M. Defending indoor national champion Florida finished second.
In the open 400 meters, Witherspoon finished eighth with an NCAA provisional time of 47.24. Iglehart-Summers finished 10th at 47.34 and Mutai finished 13th in 47.49. Junior Mitch Sanders (Katy, Texas) finished third in the mile with a time of 4:12.37.
In the long jump, senior Chris Gillis (Pennsauken, N.J.) finished eighth in the long jump with his second-best mark of the season at 7.45 (24-5 ½), an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Freshman Queito Teasley (Katy, Texas) finished 14th with a jump of 7.12 (23-4 ½).
Senior Angel Perkins (Cerritos, Calif.) finished fifth in the 400 meters with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 53.67. Perkins also anchored the 4x400-meter relay to a fourth-place finish as they lowered their NCAA provisional qualifying time to 3:37.19. She was joined by freshman Katrina Taylor (Long Beach, Calif.), junior Kandace Tucker (Irving, Texas) and sophomore Carla Grace (San Antonio, Texas).
The meet concludes Saturday with the field events beginning at 10 a.m. and the running events at 12 p.m. The final event is the invitational 4x400-meter relay at 5 p.m., where Bear volunteer coaches and professionals Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson will attempt to break the world record along with Kerron Clement and Wallace Spearmon.
