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Ozie Okolie Breaks School Record at Texas Relays 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 a slight in injury during the javelin. She chose not 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.
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