Taylor Nelloms 2021 LSC Champs
Trevor Fleeman

Men's Track and Field

Track & Field Sets Two Meet Records at Crimson & Gold Invitational

PITTSBURG, Kansas – West Texas A&M set two meet records at the Crimson & Gold Invitational on Saturday while collecting 10 provisional marks inside Robert W. Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State. 
 
Boo Rogers 
Allen Henderson won the 1,000-meter of the heptathlon on Saturday morning, running 2:48.27 to scoop 784 points. The junior finished 13th in the heptathlon with 4,610 total points followed by the Traise Cain with 3,850 in 23rd
 
Crimson & Gold 
Junior Leah Belfield set a new meet record in the 60m dash, running 7.48 to grab her first victory of the season. She ran the sixth fastest time in program history followed by Gabriella Holmstrom in 12th at 7.82 and Bailey Holland at 8.08 to place 52nd
 
Laiten Greeson finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.99 followed by Elliot Harrison in 12th at 9.16. Moillet Kouakou ran 25.49 in the 200m to take ninth. 
 
The Lady Buffs registered another victory, placing three jumpers in the Top 10 led by senior Miriam Zanovello. The Chivasso, Italy product won the long jump invite on her third attempt at 5.82m followed by Taylor Nelloms in fourth and Hekla Sif Magnusdottir in seventh. Freshman Kailee Benton won the long jump open with a mark of 5.41m. 
 
Nelloms and Zanovello would return to the jumps pit for the triple jump invite where the duo finished 2-3. Nelloms jumped a meet record 12.64m followed by Zanovello at 12.30m. Freshman Audrey Lane finished second in the triple jump open at 11.20m. 
 
Brooke Urban finished third in the high jump invite, clearing 1.71m to earn the provisional mark while Grace Butler placed 10th in the high jump open at 1.54m. 
 
Jada Sewell led the Lady Buffs in the weight throw and shot put. She finished second in the weight throw with the 10th best program mark at 16.74m before throwing 12.40m in her third attempt before throwing 12.42m to take eighth in the shot put. 
 
On the men's side, senior Brien Pittman finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.90 followed by Kenyon Mosley in (16th), Jamill Phillips (34th) and De'Vonte Edmonds (39th). Briggs Wittlake completed the men's 5,000-meter run in 15 minutes, 4.27 seconds to finish 18th
 
Freshman Isaac Botsio matched the program's seventh fastest time in the 60m dash, running a provisional time of 6.69 to lead WT. Desmond Aryee followed at 6.90 to take 17th with Kenyon Mosley running 7.12 and Malick Diop 7.22. Diop led the Buffs in the 200m with a time of 22.07 to take 16th
 
Cecil Dosoo finished 10th in his long jump collegiate debut with a 21-9.2 (6.68m) mark while Hunter Warminski took 12th at 20-9.9 (6.40m). Seniru Amarasinghe recorded a runner-up finish in the men's high jump with a 2.11m clearance. 
 
Ray Dixon led the throws squad in the weight throw with the fourth farthest toss in school history at 18.12m to take seventh followed by Luke Holcombe in 15th (15.74m), Jon Tucker in 29th (13.72m) and Ethan Hollishead in 34th (12.67m). Holcombe led in the shot put with a new personal-best 16.82 provisional mark which is the fourth best throw in WT history. 
 
Up Next
WT will return to the indoor season to compete in the Texas Tech Corky Classic on Jan. 13-14 in Lubbock at the Sports Performance Center on the campus of Texas Tech. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Seniru Amarasinghe

Seniru Amarasinghe

Jumps
Sophomore
Desmond Aryee

Desmond Aryee

Sprints
Junior
Traise Cain

Traise Cain

Multi
Sophomore
Malick Diop

Malick Diop

Sprints
Junior
Ray Dixon

Ray Dixon

Throws
Senior
De

De'Vonte Edmonds

Sprints
Junior
Luke  Holcombe

Luke Holcombe

Throws
Sophomore
Kenyon Mosley

Kenyon Mosley

Sprints/Hurdles
Senior
Jon Tucker

Jon Tucker

Throws
6' 2"
Sophomore
Hunter Warminski

Hunter Warminski

Jumps
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Seniru Amarasinghe

Seniru Amarasinghe

Sophomore
Jumps
Desmond Aryee

Desmond Aryee

Junior
Sprints
Traise Cain

Traise Cain

Sophomore
Multi
Malick Diop

Malick Diop

Junior
Sprints
Ray Dixon

Ray Dixon

Senior
Throws
De

De'Vonte Edmonds

Junior
Sprints
Luke  Holcombe

Luke Holcombe

Sophomore
Throws
Kenyon Mosley

Kenyon Mosley

Senior
Sprints/Hurdles
Jon Tucker

Jon Tucker

6' 2"
Sophomore
Throws
Hunter Warminski

Hunter Warminski

Sophomore
Jumps