Oklahoma Sooners
Track & Field
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• 2008 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay)
• 2008 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x400)
• 2007 NCAA Outdoor All-American (4x100)
• 2007 Big 12 100-Meter Dash Champion
• 2007 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (200-meter dash, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay)
• 2007 Big 12 60-Meter Dash Champion
• 2007 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (200-meter dash, 4x400 relay)
• 2006 All-Big Outdoor 12 Conference (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash)
• 2006 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (200-meter dash, 4x400relay)
• 2005 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (4x100 relay)
• 2005 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (200-meter dash)
• 2004 World Junior Championship Semifinalist (200-meter dash)
Personal: Son of Laila Fritz ... March 17, 1986 ... Health and exercise science major.
2007-08: (Indoor) Ran opening leg of fourth-place 4x400 relay (3:13.94) at the Arkansas Invitational ... Qualified for the finals of the Texas Tech Invitational 55-meter dash as the second seed with a time of 6.38 ... Improved time to 6.27 to claim the event's title ... Added a 60-meter dash title in the J.D. Martin Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.69 ... Ran a personal best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.64 to finish third in the 60-meter dash at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Finished third in the 200-meter dash at the event with a time of 21.33 after running 21.28 in the prelims ... Recorded an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.70 to finish sixth in the 60-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational ... Tied an indoor personal record of 21.12 in the 200-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational ... Recorded an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.73 in both the prelims and finals of the 60-meter dash to finish fourth in the event at the Big 12 Championships ... Also recorded provisional qualifying times in both the prelims (21.33) and finals (21.15) of the 200-meter dash at the event ... Ran the opening leg on the 4x400 relay that finished seventh at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 3:13.87 ... Finished 15th in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 6.75.
Summer 2007: Finished 26th overall (21.66) in the 200-meter dash at the U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 23).
2006-2007: (Indoor) Big 12 champion in the 60-meter dash ... Won the event (Feb. 24) with aseason best run of6.68 seconds ... Finished second in the 60-meter dash at the adidas Classic (Jan. 27) with a 6.76 run ... Was runner-up at the Sooner Open (Feb. 17) with a run of 6.73 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships. (Outdoor) Big 12 Champion in the 100-meter dash (10.30) and runner-up in the 200 (20.66) ... WasOU's leading scoring with 20 points ... Also ran thefourth-place 4x100 and sixth-place 4x400 at the Big 12 Championship (May 13) ...Opened the season with a regional qualifying time of 21.13 to win the 200-meter dash at the Tulsa Duels (March 24) ... Was ninth overall in the 100 (10.46) at the Texas Relays (April 6) ... Won at the John Jacobs Invitational (April 14), running 10.63 ... Finished fourth (10.28) and third (20.71), respectively, in the invitational 100 and 200 at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 21) ... Ran the second leg of OU's Midwest Region-winning (May 26) 4x100 (39.54) beforeslightly pulling hamstringin the 100 (10.40), finishing fifth ... Raced in the 200, but finsihed eighth ... Earned All-America honors as part of OU's 4x100 relay that placed fourth at the NCAA Championships (June 8) ... Also was a national semifinalist in the 100-meter dash, placing 15th overall.
2005-2006: (Indoor) Placed sixth in the 200-meter dash at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 25), running 21.57 in the finals ... Ran the opening leg of OU's 4x400-meter relay team that finished fifth at the Big 12 meet ... Placed sixth in the 200-meter dash at the Tyson Invitatonal (Feb. 11) ... Covered the lap in an OU season best 21.46 ... Ran a personal best 6.69 60-meter dash at the J.D. Martin Invitational (Feb. 4) ... The mark surpassed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard ... Ran a 6.81 60 at the season-opening Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 13) en route to a fourth-place finish. (Outdoor) Placed fourth in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200 at the Big 12 Championships ... Ran sixth (second among collegians) in the 100 (10.40) and fifth (first among collegians) in the 200 (21.06) at the TCU Invitational (April 22) ... Placed fourth at the Texas Relays (April 8) in the 100-meter dash, running a regional qualifying time and personal best of 10.31 ... Opened the season placing third in the 200-meter dash at the Bobby Lane Arlington Invitational (April 1), running a regional qualifying time of 21.11.
2004-2005: (Indoor) Had an impressive freshman season that saw him victorious in his first collegiate race at the Arkansas Invitational ... Won the 200 meters in 21.47 ... Set his season best with a fifth-place run at the Tyson Invitational (21.20) ... Placed third at the Big 12 meet (21.27) ... Ran a 6.66 60-meter dash at the Oklahoma Classic en route to a second place ... Finished seventh at the Big 12 meet (6.84) ... Also finished sixth with a 6.84 at the NCAA qualifier. (Outdoor) Saw limited action during the season ... Placed 19th in the 100 meters (10.83) at the Big 12 Championships ... Ran on OU's 4x100-meter relay that tied for 15th at the national championships.
High School: Was part of four state 6A championship track and field teams while competing at Jenks ... Won the 100- and 200-meter dash state titles as a senior ... Also on two state relay championship teams ... Set the state record in the 100 at the 6A regional meet with a 10.37 ... Broke a record that had stood for 24 years ... Also set a state record in the 200 at the regional meet with a 20.80 ... Replaced a mark that had been on the books since 1990 ... Ran the third leg of the state record 1600-meter relay as a senior ... Winning state title time in the 100 was 10.46 ... Ran a 21.12 to win the 200 title ... 2004 state title as a member of the 400 meter relay in 2004 was a second one for Pugh ... Also played basketball and football for Jenks ... Caught a 40-yard touchdown pass in the 2003 Class 6A state championship win for Jenks.
Other: Placed fourth in the 200 at the 2005 USA Outdoor Junior Nationals ... Represented the U.S. at the 2005 Junior Pan American Games as an alternate on the 4x100-meter relay ... Advanced to the semifinal of the 200 meter dash at the 10th International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, in July 2004 ... Finished third in his heat with a 21.20 and was one of the automatic qualifiers to the semis ... Earned Verizon Junior All-America honors in 2004 in the 200 ... Named an All-American after finishing third in the USA Junior National in the 200 ... Ran a 21.03 in the final after posting the fourth best qualifying time with a 21.24 in the prelims ... Junior national finish earned him trip to the World Junior Championships ... Also earned All-America honors in the indoor 60 and 200 while competing for the Jenks America Track Club.
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