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History was on the agenda as the Cougar men's track & field team started the final day of the Penn Relays. It had been 27 years since Head Coach Leroy Burrell set the 100m meet record at 10.10s and 28 years since the Cougars had won a relay at Penn. The Cougars were in prime position to make history in both events as three of their relay teams had qualified for their respective finals and three of the eight 100m finalists were members of the Cougar track & field team. Junior Eli Hall-Thompson qualified for the 100m final with the fastest time overall, 10.14s. He improved his time, running 10.00s to win the event. This marks the second straight 100m Penn Relays championship for the Cougars after LeShon Collins' victory in 2016. Were it not for the race taking place in non-legal wind conditions, Hall-Thompson's time would have been the new Penn record. His time is currently No. 5 in the country. Sophomore's Mario Burke and John Lewis III joined Hall-Thom

After a strong performance by the relay teams on Friday, the Cougars qualified all three of the men's sprint relay teams for the final on Saturday. The Cougars have put themselves in fine position to win a relay championship at Penn for the first time since Head Coach Leroy Burrell did it in 1989 with the 4x100m. On Friday the 4x100m relay team of junior Cameron Burrell, sophomores Mario Burke and Jacarias Martin and junior Eli Hall-Thompson ran a combined 39.28s. The toughest opponents for the Cougars were from the University of Auburn and the University of Oregon. Both teams came into the meet with the No. 7 and No. 10 relay times respectively. However the Cougars easily qualified for the final with the fastest preliminary time as both Auburn and Oregon ran 39.66s to tie for second place. Now they are looking to break the Penn Record of 38.68s and win the relays. Martin and Hall-Thompson got to run with the baton for the second time that day as members of the 4x200m rela

The Cougars 4x100m relay team is milliseconds away from the fastest time in the country. At the Penn Relays they might take that crown. To win at the Penn Relays means to win at the oldest track and field competition in the United States. Over 100,000 people will be in attendance at Franklin Field when the Cougar track and field team attends the Penn Relays this weekend. Head coach Leroy Burrell looks to lead his athletes to championships on the same stage where he set the 100m record back in 1990. As with all track meets, the relays dominate the weekend. The men's 4x100m relay team currently has the second best time in the country. At the Mt. SAC relays, the team of senior Cameron Burrell, sophomores Mario Burke and Jacarias Martin and junior Eli Hall-Thompson ran 38.59s, second only to Louisiana State University's 38.57s. The Cougars are confident they will be competing for a national title in the relays this June. Winning at Penn is just one more step toward that go

USA ran 38.43s in the 4x100m final to punch their ticket to London Three members of the UH track & field program received the chance to represent their country on the world stage. Sophomore Mario Burke, freshman Brianne Bethel, and Class of 2016 graduate LeShon Collins each received an invite to run at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas this weekend. Collins and Burke ended day 1 with a gold and a silver medal respectively after USA and Barbados came in first and second respectively. As members of the 4x100m relay teams the two have become the first to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in London this August. "It's the kind of thing we expect," UH Head Coach Leroy Burrell said. "We want to be successful in conference and then nationally. (We want to) produce a couple athletes that can compete at the international level and ultimately at the highest level of the game." For Collins, the multi-time All-American and conference champion, this

My view from groundlevel when Christian Coleman of Tennessee ran 6.45s, the fastest time ever, to beat UH's Cameron Burrell in the NCAA Indoor 60m national championship.

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. ---- Photo Courtesy of UH Athletics