Conference USA Championships 2011

East Carolina Sophomore All-America jumper Tynita Butts turned in a mark of 1.83 meters to capture her first career Conference USA indoor high jump title Friday at the C-USA Indoor Championships. She is already qualified to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships next month.

The Rice women's track and field team sits in 11th place after the completion of six events on the first day of the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championship at the University of Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse. UTEP is in first with 39 points, while SMU is at 33 and followed closely by East Carolina (28) and Tulsa (27).

Rice's men's track and field team was productive on the first day of action at the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championship at the University of Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse. The Owls are currently in fifth place with 25.5 points after five events. Houston leads with 47 points, while Memphis follows with 36.5 points.

With one day completed at the 2011 Conference USA Championships at Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse, the UCF indoor track & field team is in contention to take home its first league title. The Knights finished with 13 points Friday and earned 14 scoring opportunities in the finals of five different events set to conclude Saturday.

The Marshall University women's track and field team sits in seventh place after the first day of the Conference USA Championship meet at Yoeman Field, hosted by the University of Houston.

Day One of the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was highlighted by a highly successful weight throwing session from both the men and women's teams. At the conclusion of the first day of events, Memphis' men's squad resides in second place, with 36.50 points, while the women are in eighth with 13.50.

Day One of the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was highlighted by a highly successful weight throwing session from both the men and women's teams. At the conclusion of the first day of events, Memphis' men's squad resides in second place, with 36.50 points, while the women are in eighth with 10.50.

Senior Brianna Steel gave The University of Tulsa a strong start to the 2011 C-USA Indoor Track and Field Championships as she won the pentathlon with a school-record 3,784 points Friday afternoon at Yeoman Fieldhouse.

UAB's distance medley relay team and a trio of individual performers highlighted the UAB track and field team's first day of competition Friday at the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Championships. The Blazers are in sixth place after the first day with 19 points.

The University of Houston track and field team completed day one of the Conference USA Championships. The men are in first place and the women are in 10th.

Four Miners claimed titles and the women's squad sits in first place after day one at the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Houston, Texas.