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CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M will compete at the Sooner Invite on April 16-17 in Norman, Okla. The two-day meet is hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the John Jacobs Track & Field Complex.
 
Live results can be found HERE.
 
THE LONE BUFFALO
WT will have one student-athlete competing this weekend in Oklahoma. We aren't talking about one in each event but just in one in total.
 
Loic Rodrigues will make the trip up to the Sooner State to compete in his first collegiate decathlon. The freshman will compete in a multi for the first time since breaking the program record in the heptathlon at the Lone Star Conference Championships with 4,878 points. 
 
He has competed in two outdoor meets in 2021 throwing the shot put and discus at the Jo Meaker Classic and WT Spring Break Classic. 
 
DO THE MEASUREMENTS AND BUILD THE STATUE
The statue of Zada Swoopes outside the WT Track & Field Complex needs to be built soon after another record-breaking performance form the two-time National Champion. 
 
She now ranks second all-time in the women's shot put at the NCAA Division II level after her mark of 57-3 (17.45m) at the Masked Rider Open on Saturday. That not only breaks her own school and Lone Star Conference record but is the best mark in the event since 2003. 
 
The Whitewright native was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. She was also named the LSC Field Athlete of the Week for the fifth time in her career. 
 
STAYING STEADY AT THE TOP
The Lady Buffs remained atop the NCAA DI Women's Track & Field Rating Index released by the USTFCCCA earlier this week. They were ranked first with 270.39 points, five more than second-place Azusa Pacific, after Florance Uwajeneza ran the fastest 10,000-meter time in the nation at the Flames Invitational.
 
The Buffs are ranked third for the second straight week with 220.18 points behind Grand Valley State and Angelo State. Benjamin Azamati continues to rank first in the nation in the 100-meter dash while running the second leg on the 4x100-meter relay that ranks second behind Ashland.
 
BRINGING OUT THE BROOMS
The men's 4x100m relay and Cade Halliburton swept the LSC men's track & field weekly awards that were announced from the league office on Wednesday afternoon. As mentioned above, Azamati ran the second leg along with Tyrin Lewis, Jahmaal Wilson and Desmond Aryee to run under 40 seconds , 39.98, and break the previous school record. 
 
Halliburton broke his own school record in the hammer throw for the third time in four weeks with a throw of 191-4 (58.31m). He is the first WT thrower to earn the honor since Duke Kicinski on May 6, 2015. 
 
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, WE CAN DO BETTER
The Lady Buffs also swept the weekly awards with Swoopes and Uwajeneza being honored. Swoopes has earned the honor for the third time this season after she broke the LSC record again.
 
Uwajeneza picks up the track weekly award after running the fastest 10K the conference has seen in the past decade. The junior, who now owns the school record in the 5K and 10K, finished first in Tennessee running 34:24.70.