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Track and Field – Three Cougars to compete at nationals

Multi-event athlete Wesley Bray, jumper Chris Carter and sprinter Christie Jones will represent UH at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Bray qualified in the heptathlon with the 17th best mark in the nation. He won the 2011 Conference USA Indoor championship with 5,671 points – the best mark in program history.
Carter will be participating in the triple jump. He won the long jump and triple jump at the conference meet. He is ranked as the 10th-best triple jumper in the country with his mark of more than 52 feet.
Jones, the lone athlete from the women’s team will run the 200-meter dash, qualifying with her time of 23.39 seconds, she is ranked 17th nationally.
The meet will begin Friday and go through Saturday at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium at Texas A&M in College Station.
Fans can access the meet on ESPN3.com on Friday from 4-8:40 p.m., and on Saturday from 4-7:50 p.m. The rest of the event can be accessed on NCAA.com. ESPN2 will air portions of the meet on March 16.

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