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Friday, March 16
TULSA, OK
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Tulsa Duels
Track and Field Opens Outdoor Season in Tulsa
March 14, 2018 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
MEET NOTES
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The Basics
Oklahoma State track and field kicks off the 2018 outdoor season with a short trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
At last year's meet, Dave Smith's squads started the season off strong with six event wins and 39 top-five finishers from OSU.
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Follow the Meet
Live results for the 2018 Tulsa Duels will be available at TRXCtiming.com
To keep up with Oklahoma State's first outdoor meet of the season, results and a full recap will be available on okstate.com following the conclusion of the meet.
Updates will be given on the team's twitter (@run4okstate) throughout the days of competition.
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Broadcast
The 2018 Tulsa Duels will not be streamed online or broadcast on television.
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Meet Schedule - All Times CT
The 2018 Tulsa Duels is a two-day meet, set to begin on Friday, March 16.
The first event is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. with the women's hammer throw.
Friday's schedule only consists of hammer throw, pole vault and javelin. The javelin is the final event of the first day, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Saturday's plate will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the discus and the shot put.
Following the throws, the long jump and triple jump are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The final field event is set for approximately 11 a.m. with the high jump.
The men's and women's 2,000m steeplechase will be the first track events of the meet, and those are set to start at 1 p.m.
Following those will be the 4x100-relay, the 1,500m run, 100/110m hurdles and the 400m.
Afterward, the 100-meter sprints are scheduled for 2:35 p.m., with the 800-meter set to follow.
The final two events of the Duels will be the 3,000-meter run at 4:20 p.m. and as customary, the 4x400 relay will wrap up the event.
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Obliterating Outdoors
The outdoor season has been one that's seen great success under Dave Smith. In his first season as cross country and track and field director, the Cowboys got their first individual outdoor champion since 1985 in German Fernandez. Fernandez took home the title in the men's 1,500 meters and still holds the school record mark in the event.
For the Cowgirls, 2016 was a historic outdoor year for Dave Smith's women's squad. The outdoor season produced five All-Americans: Aurora Dybedokken, Chase Ealey, Ingeborg Loevnes, Kaela Edwards and Savannah Camacho. That mark represents the most women's All-Americans in a single year in program history.
In 2017, the outdoor season saw more of the same, with the Cowboys and Cowgirls both producing three All-Americans.
For the men, the season was highlighted by Hassan Abdi's first Big 12 title, Jacob FIncham-Dukes setting the outdoor school record in the long jump and Josh Thompson's fourth-place finish in the NCAA Championships.
Some highlights of the Cowgirls' outdoor season were Kaela Edwards and Savannah Camacho's final Big 12 titles and Kaylee Dodd's fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships after finishing ninth overall in the indoor season.
Dave Smith's squads look poised to excel again this year.
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Last Time Out
The Pokes are coming off another successful trip to the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. Kaylee Dodd and Molly Sughroue earned second-team All-America honors for their efforts in the 800 meters and mile, respectively.
Hassan Abdi made his mark on the nation in the men's 5,000 meters, taking third overall in a hotly-contested race that came down to a kick to the finish. For his finish, Abdi earned his first individual All-America honor since transferring to Oklahoma State.
The Cowgirl DMR showed why it was a top-tier relay team in the country, earning first-team All-America honors in 11:04.65. The quartet of Kaylee Dodd, Ambra Wesley, Abbie Hetherington and Ariane Ballner took sixth, earning Wesley, Hetherington and Ballner their first career All-America honors.
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Abdi's Legacy
Senior Hassan Abdi has made his mark on the Oklahoma State cross country/track and field dynasty.
Despite having only two years of eligibility after transferring from South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, Abdi has made his time at OSU count.
In 2016 — his first season in America's brightest orange — he earned first-team All-America honors in the cross country season being the Cowboys highest finisher at the NCAA Championships. He was also named the men's Big 12 Runner of the Year.
In his junior indoor season, Abdi earned All-Conference honors in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
Wrapping up his junior year in outdoors, Abdi shined once again, earning All-Big 12 honors and qualifying for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 10,000 meters.
To kick off his senior year, Abdi once again made a splash in the cross country season. In the fall of 2017, Abdi placed top-two in four of the five races he competed in. The season was highlighted by his Big 12 title, out-kicking teammate Luis Martinez in Round Rock, Texas to take conference gold.
Wrapping up the indoor season a week ago, he was the only Cowboy to qualify for the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.
Abdi ran four times for the Cowboys during the season, placing no lower than third in each race he competed in.
The season is highlighted by his Big 12 title in the 3,000 meters and first-team All-America honors in the 5,000 meters. The All-American status was his first individual national honor since joining Oklahoma State.
Abdi will look to further etch his name in OSU lore as he enters his final season in America's brightest orange.
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Week One - 2017
The Tulsa Duels in 2017 was another successful one, as the Pokes won six events and had 39 top-five finishers.
Molly Sughroue and Kaytlyn Larson went 1-2 in the women's 2,000m steeplechase in their event debuts.
Megan Honas made it two wins in two appearances when she won the javelin throw with a heave of 45.79m/150-3.0 feet. Ieva Zarankaite also had a dominant weekend, winning both her main events of discus and women's shot put.
The Cowboys finished first-through-fourth in the men's 1,500-meter run, with Heinrich van Niekerk leading the way with his first outdoor win at OSU.
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The Basics
Oklahoma State track and field kicks off the 2018 outdoor season with a short trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
At last year's meet, Dave Smith's squads started the season off strong with six event wins and 39 top-five finishers from OSU.
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Follow the Meet
Live results for the 2018 Tulsa Duels will be available at TRXCtiming.com
To keep up with Oklahoma State's first outdoor meet of the season, results and a full recap will be available on okstate.com following the conclusion of the meet.
Updates will be given on the team's twitter (@run4okstate) throughout the days of competition.
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Broadcast
The 2018 Tulsa Duels will not be streamed online or broadcast on television.
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Meet Schedule - All Times CT
The 2018 Tulsa Duels is a two-day meet, set to begin on Friday, March 16.
The first event is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. with the women's hammer throw.
Friday's schedule only consists of hammer throw, pole vault and javelin. The javelin is the final event of the first day, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Saturday's plate will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the discus and the shot put.
Following the throws, the long jump and triple jump are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The final field event is set for approximately 11 a.m. with the high jump.
The men's and women's 2,000m steeplechase will be the first track events of the meet, and those are set to start at 1 p.m.
Following those will be the 4x100-relay, the 1,500m run, 100/110m hurdles and the 400m.
Afterward, the 100-meter sprints are scheduled for 2:35 p.m., with the 800-meter set to follow.
The final two events of the Duels will be the 3,000-meter run at 4:20 p.m. and as customary, the 4x400 relay will wrap up the event.
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Obliterating Outdoors
The outdoor season has been one that's seen great success under Dave Smith. In his first season as cross country and track and field director, the Cowboys got their first individual outdoor champion since 1985 in German Fernandez. Fernandez took home the title in the men's 1,500 meters and still holds the school record mark in the event.
For the Cowgirls, 2016 was a historic outdoor year for Dave Smith's women's squad. The outdoor season produced five All-Americans: Aurora Dybedokken, Chase Ealey, Ingeborg Loevnes, Kaela Edwards and Savannah Camacho. That mark represents the most women's All-Americans in a single year in program history.
In 2017, the outdoor season saw more of the same, with the Cowboys and Cowgirls both producing three All-Americans.
For the men, the season was highlighted by Hassan Abdi's first Big 12 title, Jacob FIncham-Dukes setting the outdoor school record in the long jump and Josh Thompson's fourth-place finish in the NCAA Championships.
Some highlights of the Cowgirls' outdoor season were Kaela Edwards and Savannah Camacho's final Big 12 titles and Kaylee Dodd's fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships after finishing ninth overall in the indoor season.
Dave Smith's squads look poised to excel again this year.
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Last Time Out
The Pokes are coming off another successful trip to the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. Kaylee Dodd and Molly Sughroue earned second-team All-America honors for their efforts in the 800 meters and mile, respectively.
Hassan Abdi made his mark on the nation in the men's 5,000 meters, taking third overall in a hotly-contested race that came down to a kick to the finish. For his finish, Abdi earned his first individual All-America honor since transferring to Oklahoma State.
The Cowgirl DMR showed why it was a top-tier relay team in the country, earning first-team All-America honors in 11:04.65. The quartet of Kaylee Dodd, Ambra Wesley, Abbie Hetherington and Ariane Ballner took sixth, earning Wesley, Hetherington and Ballner their first career All-America honors.
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Abdi's Legacy
Senior Hassan Abdi has made his mark on the Oklahoma State cross country/track and field dynasty.
Despite having only two years of eligibility after transferring from South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, Abdi has made his time at OSU count.
In 2016 — his first season in America's brightest orange — he earned first-team All-America honors in the cross country season being the Cowboys highest finisher at the NCAA Championships. He was also named the men's Big 12 Runner of the Year.
In his junior indoor season, Abdi earned All-Conference honors in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
Wrapping up his junior year in outdoors, Abdi shined once again, earning All-Big 12 honors and qualifying for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 10,000 meters.
To kick off his senior year, Abdi once again made a splash in the cross country season. In the fall of 2017, Abdi placed top-two in four of the five races he competed in. The season was highlighted by his Big 12 title, out-kicking teammate Luis Martinez in Round Rock, Texas to take conference gold.
Wrapping up the indoor season a week ago, he was the only Cowboy to qualify for the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.
Abdi ran four times for the Cowboys during the season, placing no lower than third in each race he competed in.
The season is highlighted by his Big 12 title in the 3,000 meters and first-team All-America honors in the 5,000 meters. The All-American status was his first individual national honor since joining Oklahoma State.
Abdi will look to further etch his name in OSU lore as he enters his final season in America's brightest orange.
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Week One - 2017
The Tulsa Duels in 2017 was another successful one, as the Pokes won six events and had 39 top-five finishers.
Molly Sughroue and Kaytlyn Larson went 1-2 in the women's 2,000m steeplechase in their event debuts.
Megan Honas made it two wins in two appearances when she won the javelin throw with a heave of 45.79m/150-3.0 feet. Ieva Zarankaite also had a dominant weekend, winning both her main events of discus and women's shot put.
The Cowboys finished first-through-fourth in the men's 1,500-meter run, with Heinrich van Niekerk leading the way with his first outdoor win at OSU.
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