***Attached meet results were not provided until Sunday morning for yesterday's meet due to numerous technical difficulties with timing equipment…Changes are still being corrected with some events by the timing official; however, all times and marks for WT athletes should be correct at this point… Meet Results / WT Performance Chart Photo Gallery (courtesy of Brian Barrett) CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M No. 9 men's and No. 7 women's track & field teams capped off their final home meet of the season with some strong individual performances on Saturday night. In the WT Open Twilight, the Buffs and Lady Buffs combined for six provisional times/marks while all teams competing combined to break 11 facility records at the WTAMU Track & Field Complex.
Starting things out in women's field events was junior
Libby Strickland who bumped up her provisional slightly in the high jump competition, clearing 1.70m, finishing third overall. Then on the horizontal side, sophomore
Malika Ouedraogo would win the triple jump title with a mark of 12.34m while teammate
Marion Gatignol joined her in the provisional ranks, placing fourth with an 11.83m jump.
Junior
Zach Weatherly had a strong day in the field for the men as he grabbed second place finishes in both the shot put and hammer throw competitions. He followed up by placing third in discus, right behind fellow teammate freshman
Duke Kicinski. Senior
Dustin Dickson and freshman
Brandon Leitch then topped the men's pole vault and javelin competitions, respectively.
First off on the track Saturday for the Lady Buffs was the 4x100m relay. The team of
Jasmine Pitts,
Bri Leeper, Strickland, and
Shanice Cameron crossed the line in second with a time of 45.91. That time increases the Lady Buffs' provisional time and currently ranks fifth in the nation. Also with an increased provisional time and an event win was junior
Alba Casanovas. She topped the 400m hurdles competition with a time of 1:00.68.
Highlighting track events for the Buffs was senior
Arnau Erta in the 110m hurdles, already an All-American in the event in 2014. He improved his provisional time on Saturday to 14.10, finishing second overall. He now ranks seventh in the country in the event. Next up in the 400m hurdles, junior
Damien Bourguin improved his provisional time as well, finishing second while crossing the line at 52.20.
Over 300 athletes competed in the meet this weekend. Participating teams included Clarendon College (M&W), Colorado State-Pueblo (M&W), Devin Coleman (M), Eastern New Mexico (M&W), Garden City C.C. (M&W), Lubbock Christian (M&W), Midwestern State (W), New Mexico Highlands (M&W), New Mexico Junior College (W), New Mexico Military Institute (W), Papua New Guinea Track (M&W), Shockers Track Club Elite (M), South Plains College (M&W), Texas Tech (M&W), UNM Running Club (M&W), WTAMU (M&W), West Texas Track Club (M), and Western Texas College (M&W).
WT will compete in its final regular season meet of the season next Thursday, April 30, as it travels south to Lubbock, Texas. The Buffs and Lady Buffs will race in the Red Raider Open, hosted by Texas Tech at the Fuller Track & Field Complex. For more information on the meet, check out the track & field schedule pages on
www.GoBuffsGo.com and follow @WTAMUTrackXC on Twitter.
FACILITY RECORDS BROKEN Men4x100m – George Flaviano, Jereem Richards, Brian Smith, Andre Ewers (South Plains) – 39.92
110mH – Omo Osaghae (Unattached) – 13.57
400m – Daniel Gyasi (Western Texas College) – 47.00
400mH – Kyle Robinson (South Plains College) – 52.10
5000m – Collins Kirui (Unattached) – 14:29.51
WomenShot Put - Hannah Carson (Texas Tech) – 15.07m
100mH – Indira Spence (Unattached) – 13.31
400m – Domonique Williams (South Plains) – 53.08
200m – Janet Amponsah (Western Texas College) – 23.04
Javelin – Hannah Carson (Texas Tech) – 52.01m
4x400m – Domonique Williams, Diamond Gause, Deja Harrison, & Aaliyah Telesford (South Plains) – 3:41.54
