AZUSA/LONG BEACH, California – West Texas A&M Track & Field sent their distance student-athletes to the West Coast this weekend as they came back to the Lone Star State with three provisional marks and a school record during the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invite and the Long Beach State Invite.
 
The Buffs and Lady Buffs wrap-up the weekend on Sunday afternoon as they host the WT Invitational inside of the Buffalo Sports Park in Canyon with field events starting at 1 p.m. in Canyon.
 
Day One - Thursday
Geoffrey Kipchumba started off the action in Azusa as the senior finished 32^nd in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a provo time of 9:11.66 for the fastest time in the LSC in the event so far this season, Erman Jepleting impressed in the women's 5,000m as the freshman finished eighth overall in Heat 7 with a time of 18:18.23. Brandon Rivera ran a 1:50.26 in the 800m for an NCAA provo mark, making it the 11th fastest mark in DII so far this season and the second best time in school history with a 1.38 second PR.
 
Briggs Wittlake finished 18^th in Heat 5 of the men's 5,000m with a time of 14:40.79 (PR) followed by teammate Ryan Thomson in 23^rd (14:47.03) as the Buffs now hold the top three 5K times in the Lone Star Conference. Hind capped off the night on the West Coast in style as the senior finished 10^th overall in Heat 3 of the 5,000m with a time of 14:14.48 for a new school record to provisionally qualify for the Outdoor National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 24-26.
 
Day Two – Friday
Harvie hit a provisional mark in the men's 1,500m with a time of 3:47.67 for the 12^th fastest time in Division II so far this season while Kipchuma finished with a time of 3:54.97.  Over at the Long Beach Invitational, Jepleting finished the women's 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 11:29.57 for a fourth place finish to give the freshman the third fastest time among Lone Star Conference student-athletes in the event so far this outdoor season with a 51 second PR.
 
Day Three – Saturday
Nikolina Hrelec competed in the 1,500m at the Long Beach Invite as she finished 62^nd with a time of 4:53.35 while four different Buffs ran in the men's 1,500m race with Harvie finishing 27^th (3:55.62) followed by Rivera (54^th, 4:00.85), Hind (68^th, 4:03.91), Thomson (69^th, 4:04.18) and Wittlake (87^th, 4:13.50).