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UH men have won three straight Indoor American Athletic Conference Championships

The Sub 9 Club is a site dedicated to bringing you weekly news related to the men and women of the University of Houston track & field program.The home of Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell and current international competitors LeShon Collins and Mario Burke.

This site will bring you event news, player Q&A's, video segments (when I can get them), and profiles of major things going on with the team.

The Cougar men are in the hunt for their second straight Outdoor American Athletic Conference Championship and fifth overall. The women, powered by a strong freshman class, are searching for their first conference championship in 11 years. The women finished third at the 2017 American Indoor Conference Championship, their first top 3 finish since 2014.

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