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Carl B. Anderson Jr. All-American Plaza

Medium shot from above the All-American display in Carl B. Anthony Jr. All-American Plaza

Photo by Garrett Duty.
Close up of the portrait of Carl B. Anthony Jr.

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Medium shot of one of the lists of All-Americans.

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Close-up shot of the Sooner Oath plaque in the center of the plaza.

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Wide shot of the entire Carl B. Anderson All-American Plaza.

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Medium shot of the lighted display of the wall of All-Americans.

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The Carl B. Anderson Jr. All-American Plaza sits cozily between the entrance to the Barry Switzer Center and the east side of the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. It is a beautiful little shrine that displays the names of all of the All-Americans from the illustrious past of OU football. Also found within the two arched entryways of the scenic plaza is a brief biography of Carl B. Anderson Jr., and resting in the very center of everything, is a plaque bearing the Sooner Oath on a raised stone.

Sooners triumph over Rice in Norman

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The early morning rain couldn’t put a stop to the attacking style of the University of Oklahoma women’s soccer team as they defeated the Rice Owls today at John Crain Field in Norman.

The Sooners used a total of eight substitutes in order to keep up the high-tempo offense that allowed OU to maintain possession for about 70% of the time head coach Nicole Nelson said.

“We want to press teams, and I think we’ve done a good job of really committing to winning it in our attacking half, and keeping it on one vertical half,” Nelson said. “I think our players, from a pressing standpoint have done a good job, and to do that you really do have to have the bodies.”

Oklahoma had 19 shots compared to the 13 by Rice, but only Oklahoma senior forward Whitney Palmer was able to put one into the back of the net.

“It was very special to me to be able to put a goal away and finish off the weekend well,” Palmer said.

The victory brings the Sooners’ record to 3-2-1 and they will be in action next against USC in Los Angeles on Friday September 17.

New State Record Set at the Brookhaven Run

Over 800 Oklahoma runners are resting their legs after running in the 25th annual Brookhaven Run Saturday morning.

The event included a 1-mile fun run, 5km wheelchair race, 5km race and three separate kids races.

The $6,600 prize money purse was the largest amongst all Oklahoma runs and a highly regarded field showed up to compete.

On a mission to break the long-standing Oklahoma 5km record time of 14 minutes and seven seconds was 28-year-old, Kenyan-born Aron Rono. Rono recently graduated from Azusa Pacific University in California where he ran track.

Rono finished the race in a blazing 13 minutes and 51 seconds and claimed the $500 first place prize money as well as the extra $1,500 for setting a new state record.

“I love running in Oklahoma, all of the people have been very nice and friendly to me,” Rono said.

He also said that he would be back next year to set another state record and claim the prize money.