Post by vbobsessed on Jun 9, 2007 12:34:16 GMT -5
Destinee wins it again.
Women's Track and defending NCAA champion Hooker wins high jump crown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Texas women's track and field sophomore Destinee Hooker cleared six consecutive bars and repeated her winning performance from the 2006 NCAA National Championship meet, taking the 2007 NCAA High Jump Championship in clearing 6-3.5 (1.92m) at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday, June 8.
Hooker's 10 points helped Texas, led by head coach Bev Kearney, finish the third day in a tie for sixth with Georgia at 17 points in the team standings. Arizona State is in first-place totaling 38 points over three days of action. USC (27 points), LSU (26), Texas Tech (23) and Michigan (22) round out the top five.
Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) cleared every height on the first attempt. She battled Alabama's Miruna Mataoanu for the title as both cleared 6-3.50 (1.92m). Both high jumpers missed all three attempts at 6-4.75 (1.95m) but Hooker held the advantage with zero misses against Mataoanu's two.
"(Miruna Matauano) from Alabama is a great competitor," said Hooker. "I just watched her, saying to myself, 'If she clears, then I have to clear. If I don't clear, she will win'."
Hooker is the first Longhorn to ever win the high jump in back-to-back seasons at the NCAA outdoor national meet. She joins Texas ex Erin Aldrich as the only two-time outdoor national champion in UT school history.
"[Winning the NCAA High Jump Championship is] great, it's a blessing, it truly is," continued Hooker. "I'm excited to be out here as a sophomore doing what I need to do to help Texas out, help Bev, and hopefully I can do the same thing now by supporting them from the stands."
She takes her fourth overall All-American honor, adding to the two from 2006, and the fourth-place finish from the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championship meet.
2007 NCAA Championships
Day Three Results (June 8)
NCAA Champions
Destinee Hooker (High Jump)
NCAA All-Americans (top eight finish)
Destinee Hooker (High jump – first place)
High jump final
1. Destinee Hooker (Texas), 6-3.5 (1.92m)*
2. Miruna Mataoanu (Alabama), 6-3.5 (1.92m)
*Hooker won the tiebreaker that came down to misses. She registered zero misses while Mataoanu had two.
edited by me...original article with picture can be found at this link:
www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=51&url_article_id=6845&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2#
Women's Track and defending NCAA champion Hooker wins high jump crown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Texas women's track and field sophomore Destinee Hooker cleared six consecutive bars and repeated her winning performance from the 2006 NCAA National Championship meet, taking the 2007 NCAA High Jump Championship in clearing 6-3.5 (1.92m) at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday, June 8.
Hooker's 10 points helped Texas, led by head coach Bev Kearney, finish the third day in a tie for sixth with Georgia at 17 points in the team standings. Arizona State is in first-place totaling 38 points over three days of action. USC (27 points), LSU (26), Texas Tech (23) and Michigan (22) round out the top five.
Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) cleared every height on the first attempt. She battled Alabama's Miruna Mataoanu for the title as both cleared 6-3.50 (1.92m). Both high jumpers missed all three attempts at 6-4.75 (1.95m) but Hooker held the advantage with zero misses against Mataoanu's two.
"(Miruna Matauano) from Alabama is a great competitor," said Hooker. "I just watched her, saying to myself, 'If she clears, then I have to clear. If I don't clear, she will win'."
Hooker is the first Longhorn to ever win the high jump in back-to-back seasons at the NCAA outdoor national meet. She joins Texas ex Erin Aldrich as the only two-time outdoor national champion in UT school history.
"[Winning the NCAA High Jump Championship is] great, it's a blessing, it truly is," continued Hooker. "I'm excited to be out here as a sophomore doing what I need to do to help Texas out, help Bev, and hopefully I can do the same thing now by supporting them from the stands."
She takes her fourth overall All-American honor, adding to the two from 2006, and the fourth-place finish from the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championship meet.
2007 NCAA Championships
Day Three Results (June 8)
NCAA Champions
Destinee Hooker (High Jump)
NCAA All-Americans (top eight finish)
Destinee Hooker (High jump – first place)
High jump final
1. Destinee Hooker (Texas), 6-3.5 (1.92m)*
2. Miruna Mataoanu (Alabama), 6-3.5 (1.92m)
*Hooker won the tiebreaker that came down to misses. She registered zero misses while Mataoanu had two.
edited by me...original article with picture can be found at this link:
www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=51&url_article_id=6845&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2#