Houston track & field concluded their season at Eugene’s NCAA Track & Field Championships on Saturday. The women collected eight points, the most scored by UH since the 2007 NCAA Championships.
Graduate Sydni Townsend’s finished fifth place in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a 55.01 finish. The hurdler earned three All-American honors and became the first Cougar to achieve a fifth place finish in the women’s 400-meter hurdles since assistant coach Sandra Glover earned fifth in 1991.
Townsend joined graduate Kelly-Ann Beckford, senior Iman Babineaux and freshman Michaela Mouton in the 4×400-meter relay, where a season-best extended their UH record to 3:24.