NORMAN, Okla. — Kevin Bookout opened his final season as a Sooner in grand style with a dominant win in the shot put at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville , Ark. , Friday night.
Bookout put a distance of 61 feet, 5.00 inches (18.72 meters) on his final attempt to claim a decisive victory over Louisiana Tech's Jason Morgan (56-3.75). The senior's dominance was such that he could have passed on the remainder of his attempts and still won. Bookout's first attempt traveled 59-10.00 (18.24).
The competition was the first collegiate indoor meet for the Stroud native. Bookout spent his four previous winters on the basketball team.
The result added Bookout's name to the second line of Oklahoma 's all-time indoor performance list. Ed Wade holds the indoor record of 65-8.25 (20.02) set in 1988.
With the throw, Bookout could stand as high as second on the NCAA's season performance list at the conclusion of the weekend.
Marcus Pugh raced to fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.52 seconds. Pugh was second among collegians, finishing just behind fourth-place Delwayne Delaney of TCU who ran 21.48.
Nike's LaShawn Merritt won the event with a run of 20.71. Oklahoma 's Ronnie Pines was 12th in the field of 54 at 22.03.
Katherine Johnson finished third in the high jump after clearing 5-6.00 (1.68)
Oklahoma's men's distance medley relay ran to a fourth-place finish with a total time of 9:50.24. OU was the second best college team after third-place Arkansas ' run of 9:44.17.
Matt O'Connor ended day one of the heptathlon within striking place of the leader in third place with 2,673 points. Arkansas ' Boris Roslov, who won three of the evening's events, leads with 2,977.
Mitch Henry was keeping pace with the leaders until he fouled on all of his shot put attempts. Henry was second in the long jump and third in the 60-meter dash.
While the majority of the Sooners were competing at the University of Arkansas , the women's sprinters were running at the University of New Mexico .
Leslie Cole and Yolanda Goff qualified for the finals of the 60-meter dash at the Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational in Albuquerque , N.M. Cole was sixth overall with a run of 7.51 seconds. Goff was eighth at 7.53.
Freshman Ti'Anca Mock just missed the main event with a run of 7.55 for ninth.
The Razorback Invitational and Lobo Invitational are still in progress as of post time and conclude Saturday evening.