Oklahoma State University Athletics
Distance Runner to Compete at NCAA Championships
May 23, 2003 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
Sloan will be representing the Oklahoma State men's track and field team at State University of New York (SUNY) for the 77th annual Men's Outdoor NCAA Track & Field Championship meet June 3-6.
He will be aiming to knock 3.85 seconds off of his personal best performance of 8:42.04 set at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. on April 24.
This feat will break a 31 year old Cowboy steeplechase school record of 8:38.20 set by distance great Chris McCubbins at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada in 1967.
Sloan is returning to the national meet after a 10th place 9:02.13 performance as a freshman in 1997 at Bloomington, Ind.
His overall goal for the meet is to finish in the top five and bring home an All-America honor.
"I feel that I can finish in the top five or better," said Sloan. "I definitely should be an All-American".
