Men's Track Picks Up Five NCAA Regional Marks

Baton Rouge, La. ?? The University of Alabama men’s track team traveled to Southeastern Conference foe LSU this weekend for the 2007 Alumni Gold Invitational where they were able to pick up five NCAA regional marks.

“The thing I like is we are now competing well,” head coach Harvey Glance said. “Every week we are showing up and being competitive. We still have a few nagging injuries, but we are getting better every week.”

The young Tide distance runners did not disappoint in the 5000m with sophomore Augustus Maiyo and freshman Emmanuel Bor finishing one-two and both picking up NCAA regional qualifying marks. Maiyo won the race with a time of 3:46.35 and Bor finished in a close second with a time of 3:46.77.

In the 200m junior Michael Cooley won his heat and finished second overall with a time of 20.93. That qualifies him for the NCAA regional meet next month in Missouri.

The Tide discus throwers, Jason Dixon and Stephen Boozer picked up two additional NCAA regional marks in Baton Rouge this weekend.

Dixon has improved his distance each of the last four weeks heading into this weekends competition and this meet was no exception.  His mark of 179-10 is a new personal best mark for him and seventh best in school history. This is Dixon’s fifth NCAA regional mark in the discus this season.

Boozer picked up his fourth consecutive NCAA regional mark of the season with his distance of 174.10.

The Tide will compete next weekend at the prestigious Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Men's Track Picks Up Five NCAA Regional Marks

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