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The Cougars will play host to many of the top athletes in the West from Wednesday through Saturday. BYU Photo/Jaren Wilkey
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Click here for a schedule of events and live results of the Robison Invitational
PROVO, Utah (April 21, 2008) -- BYU will be hosting the 2008 Robison Invitational from Wednesday, April 23, to Saturday, April 26, at Clarence Robison Track.
Combined events will be held on Wednesday and Thursday with running and field events being held on Friday and Saturday.
The following teams have indicated they will be competing: BYU, Idaho State, Utah State, Barton County Community College, Utah Valley, Utah, Weber State, Southern Utah and selected athletes from Boise State.
The BYU men's track and field team is ranked No. 11 in the USTFCCCA rankings. The Cougars are led by 2008 indoor All-Americans Kyle Perry (3,000m), Keith Jensen (800m) and Matt Weirich (pole vault). In addition, sophomore Leif Arrhenius currently holds the longest discus throw in the nation -- 207 feet, 1 inch.
The BYU women's team is the defending Outdoor MWC Champions. The 2008 All-American indoor distance medley relay runners, Stacy Slight, Katie Palmer, Carlee Clark-Platt and Angela Wagner, have all excelled so far in the outdoor season. Wagner has the fourth-fasted 3,000-meter steeplechase time in the nation (10:12.04). Slight, Palmer and Platt are the top three 800-meter runners in the MWC.
Clarence Robison Track was completely renovated in 2002 with a state-of-the-art Mondo Super X surface. The track, with a revamped drainage system, provides one of the best workout and competition facilities in the West. In 2006, BYU hosted the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships and the NCAA Outdoor Regionals.
Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for students and children enter for free.
Wednesday, April 23
12:15 Decathlon
12:00 Heptathlon
Thursday, April 24
12:00 Decathlon
2:00 Heptathlon
Friday, April 25
Field Events
Implement Weigh-in 9:30a - 3:30p
11:00 Javelin women
12:00 Open Pole Vault women
1:00 Long Jump men
1:00 Javelin men
2:30 Shot Put women
2:30 Open Pole Vault men
3:00 Discus men
3:30 Open High Jump women
3:30 Long Jump women
Running Events
1:00 100mH women trials
1:15 110mH men trials
1:30 1 Mile seeded men final (seeded 18)
1:40 1500m women B Race final
1:50 400m women trials
2:00 400m men trials
2:10 100m women trials
2:20 100m men trials
2:30 800m women seeded final (seeded 10)
2:40 800m men B Race final
2:50 400mH women trials
3:00 400mH men trials
3:10 200m women trials
3:20 200m men trials
3:30 5000m women final
3:50 5000m men final
Saturday, April 26
Field Events
Implement Weigh-in 8:30a - 2:00p
10:00 Hammer women
10:45 Shot Put men
12:45 Inv. Pole Vault men
12:45 Triple Jump women
1:00 Hammer men
1:00 High Jump men
2:30 Inv. Pole Vault women
2:30 Discus women
3:00 Inv. High Jump women
3:00 Triple Jump men
Running Events
12:00 Officials Ceremony
12:45 Kids races
1:00 4x100m women final
1:10 4x100m men final
1:20 3000m Steeplechase men final
1:35 1500m women (seeded 18)
1:45 1 Mile men Open final
2:00 110mH men final
2:10 100mH women final
2:20 400m women final
2:30 400m men final
2:40 100m women final
2:50 100m men final
3:00 800m women open final
3:10 Inv. 800m men final (seeded 10)
3:20 400mH women final
3:30 400mH men final
3:40 200m women final
3:50 200m men final
4:00 3000m Steeplechase women final
4:15 4x400m women final
4:25 4x400m men final
