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Stanford will open new stadium against Navy

Stanford has moved a football game with San Jose State to its opponent's stadium to allow an extra week for a major renovation of its own football facility, according to the university's athletic web site.

The grand opening of the New Stanford Stadium is scheduled for September 16, 2006, when the Cardinal hosts Navy in Stanford's home opener.

Construction of the New Stadium began on November 26, 2005, and is currently ongoing with crews working 16-hour days. The grand opening is tentative based on construction schedules throughout the next six months, but he $90 million project will provide Stanford and its fans with one of the premier college football facilities in the nation.

In addition to announcing its home schedule, the Cardinal's September 9 game with San Jose State has been moved to Spartan Stadium, Athletic Director Bill Walsh announced.

"The ongoing construction of the Stadium has continued at a rapid pace," Walsh said. "We're extremely pleased with the progress. It's projected to be done on time. But, in moving the San Jose State game to Spartan Stadium, we feel it gives us that extra week to assure ourselves that the Stadium will be 100 percent ready.

"Also, Stanford and San Jose State have a long tradition of playing football against one another and it's appropriate to have a game at Spartan Stadium on occasion."

UTEP men, Houston women capture track titles

The Texas-El Paso men and the Houston women used strong finishes to secure the team titles at the 2006 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championship held at the Yeoman Fieldhouse on the University of Houston campus, according to a report on the C-USA website.

The Miners, one of three newcomers to the men's competition, scored 167 points including 34 in the final two events to snap a streak of three-straight indoor titles for the Houston men, who finished second with 153 points.

The Cougar women won their second straight C-USA indoor title and fourth in the last five years after sealing the victory with a 4x400-meter relay title. Houston was up 6.5 points on Rice entering the final race and clinched the victory by getting the baton around in 3:43.05. The Cougars finished with 141.50 points, while the Owls took second with 126 points.

East Carolina's Eric Frasure , who won the weight throw on Friday, took second in the shot put with a season-best toss of 55-03.50.

ECU's Hector Cotto won the men's 60-meter hurdles in 8.03.

Mickael Hanany of UTEP was the meet's "High Point Scorer" in the men's competition thanks to three victories in the jumping categories totaling 30 points. His victories in the high jump, long jump and triple jump were also awarded the "Performance of the Meet" in a vote taken by the men's head coaches. Callie Wells earned the same honors in the women's competition scoring 20 points with her double in the mile and 3,000 meters.

UTEP men's head coach Bob Kitchens was named the C-USA Male Coach of the Year, while Houston's LeRoy Burrell won the C-USA Female Coach of the Year for the second straight year.

Rice's Tyler Whitam, who won the pole vault, was named the C-USA Male Freshman of the Year, while UTEP's Jenny Holmroos, who won the 800 meters in a C-USA championship record time of 2:07.43 was named the Female Freshman of the Year.

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