Friday, July 01, 2016

Three Houston Cougars to compete at U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials

By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2016 TexSport Publications

EUGENE, OREGON (July 1, 2016) The Houston Cougars will continue the tradition of having a presence at the United States Track and Field Olympic Trials being held in Eugene, Oregon beginning on Saturday, July 1, 2016. Three current athletes and one alumni will converge at Hayward Field with the goal of making the Olympic team and competing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Games of the 23rd Olympiad. Lettermen Cameron Burrell, Issac Williams, and LeShon Collins, along with alumnus Chris Carter, will carry the banner of the Houston Cougars during the 10-day event.

Cameron Burrell
Photo courtesy of University of Houston
Athletics Communications. 
Burrell, who is the son of Houston head coach Leroy Burrell, will compete in the 100-meter dash. He is seed 32nd in the event with the time of 10.16 seconds. The top seed is Justin Gatlin with the time of 9.77. Gatlin, who runs for Nike, is the 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the event. He earned a bronze medal in the same event in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
LeShon Collins
Photo courtesy of University of Houston
Athletics Communications. 

Collins will also be competing in the 100-meters, in which he is the 31st seed with the time of 10.15. In addition, he will run the 200-meters. In the longer event, he is seeded 32nd with the time of 20.43. Gatlin is also the top seed in the 200-meters with the time of 19.74.

Isaac Williams
Photo courtesy of University of Houston
Athletics Communications. 
The 110-meter hurdles will be the lone event for Williams. His time of 13.43 seeds him 11th in the heats with Adidas’ Aleec Harris holding the top time of 13.11. Carter, who will compete in the triple jump, has the fifth longer lead of all qualifiers with the distance of 17.12 meters (56 feet, 2 inches). The top triple jumper is Nike’s Christian Taylor at 17.76 meters (58 feet 3 inches). 

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