Sophomore Brian Barraza and Freshman Trumaine Jefferson have been named The American Athletic Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week after their performances at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, the conference announced Tuesday.

Freshman sprinter/jumper Trumaine Jefferson jumped the second best mark in the NCAA in the long jump, and the Houston Cougar track and field teams set 29 personal records at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, at the Yeoman Fieldhouse, on Friday.

The Houston Cougar men's and women's track and field teams will host the annual 2015 Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, named after the great Cougar distance runner, on Friday, Jan. 16 at the Yeoman Fieldhouse on campus.

Junior hurdler Isaac Williams has been named The American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for his record-setting performance in the 60m hurdles at the Houston Indoor Opener last week, the conference announced Tuesday.

Junior hurdler Isaac Williams and sophomore thrower Damon Thompson set new school records, and the Houston Cougar men's and women's track and field teams took home eight individual titles and 24 top-3 finishes at the Houston Indoor Opener, on Friday.

The Houston Cougar men's and women's track and field teams will open the home portion of their 2014-15 indoor season with the 2015 Houston Indoor Opener at Yeoman Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Houston on Friday.

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The Houston Cougar men's track and field team debuts as the No. 18 team in the USTFCCCA Preseason Indoor Top-25 poll, the publication announced Tuesday, marking the highest ranking for Houston since the poll began in 2008.