RICHARDSON, Texas – No. 3 West Texas A&M swept the Lone Star Conference men's track & field weekly awards announced on Wednesday afternoon. The men's 4x100-meter became the second relay in program history to earn track honors while Cade Halliburton took home the field honors after breaking the school record in the hammer throw.
 
Tyrin Lewis, Benjamin Azamati, Jahmaal Wilson and Desmond Aryee ran under 40 seconds in the 4x100m relay for the first time in program history, 39.98, to finish third at the Masked Raider Open in Lubbock. With an altitude conversion, that is the second-fastest time in the nation this season.
 
Halliburton becomes the first Buff thrower to earn weekly honors since Duke Kicinski on May 6, 2015 after breaking his own school record in the hammer throw. His mark of 191-4 (58.31m) is the third-best mark in the LSC and 21^st in the nation.
 
WT returns to action on April 16-17 at the Sooner Invite in Norman, Okla.