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Routt gets six for UH

Cougar Sports Services

On the field, Stanford Routt is accustomed to preventing six points in the form of touchdowns from being scored. But on the track at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, Routt put up six points of his own.

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UH sophomore sprinter Routt, also a member of the Cougar football team as a defensive back, finished in third place in the finals of the 200 meters at the NCAAs, which were good for six points for the menis team.

Routt finished with a time of 20.54 seconds.

Leo Bookman of Kansas was the 200-meter champion with a time of 20.47 seconds. He edged Hamptonis Jerome Mathis by 1/100th of a second. Harvardis Christopher Lambert was fourth with a time of 20.64 seconds, and Brendon Christian of Texas was fifth with a time of 20.64 seconds. 

Routt, the Midwest Regional 200-meter champion, had the third-fastest time with 20.94 seconds in the third of four heats to automatically qualify for Thursdayis semifinal. 

Routt was the only Cougar to compete in the finals.

The menis team finished with six points, good for a tie for 37th place. Arkansas took the team title.

No Lady Cougars participated in the finals round. Louisiana State won the team title.

Ebonie Floyd finished 10th in her semi-final heat in the 400-meters with a time of 52.65.

In the quarterfinals, Floyd, the Conference USA Freshman of the Year, finished fourth in with a time of 53.09 seconds. Her father, Stanley Floyd, was a sprinter at Houston and was the 1980 NCAA 100-meter champion. Her mother, Delissa Walton-Floyd, was the 1982 NCAA 800-meter champion while competing at Tennessee.

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