April 3, 2008

LUBBOCK, Texas - The second day of the Texas Relays brought a new school record and three NCAA regional marks for Texas Tech.

Ozie Okolie for the second week in a row set a new school record and personal best in the hammer throw. She won the women's hammer throw with a NCAA regional mark of 207'-03".

The Red Raider 400M hurdlers had three qualify for Saturday's finals. Sandra Iwunze ran the fastest qualifying time with a 58.82. The time is a NCAA regional mark and her personal best. Jansen Hyde and Wouter Le Roux both qualified for finals with NCAA regional marks. Hansen was the sixth qualifier with a time of 51.91 and Le Roux was the eighth qualifier with a time of 52.06.

Julianne Kennedy was fourth in the heptathlon to start the day, but suffered an injury during the javelin and was unable to finish the competition.

Tech will start competing tomorrow morning with the men's 4x100M at 9:55 a.m. Video of the Texas relays can be seen at www.flotrack.org. Live results can be found at www.texassports.com. For a recap and final results please log onto www.texastech.com.