HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 3, 2009) The University of Houston track and field team will send six individuals to the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 10-13 in Fayetteville, Ark.Senior Seun Adigun will make her third-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships to lead the Cougars, entering the meet ranked second in the nation in the 100-meter hurdles.
Just days after being named the 2009 Conference USA Female Track Athlete of the Year, Adigun won an automatic bid to the national meet by setting a personal best of 12.88 to set a NCAA Midwest Regional record.
Her time ranked as the second fastest in school history, trailing former Cougar standout Jenny Adams' best of 12.86.
Senior Ivan Diggs also snagged an automatic bid to the NCAA championships, taking second in the high jump at the Midwest Regional.
Currently ranked third in the nation, Diggs cleared 2.22m (7-03.25), finishing just one hundredth of a meter off his personal best of 2.23m (7-03.25).
Sophomore Chris Carter locked up the Cougars' final automatic bid, finishing fifth in the triple jump at the regional last weekend after recording a leap of 16.20m (53-01.75).
Sophomore Tyron Carrier (200m), junior Brittani Williams (javelin) and freshman Grecia Bolton (200m) all earned at-large bids and will represent UH at the NCAA meet.
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