GVSU Compiled Results ( Friday | Saturday )
Texas Tech Shootout Results ( Friday | Saturday )
 
CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M had another successful weekend as the No. 7 Buffs combined for seven provisional marks at the GVSU Big Meet in Allendale, Mich. and Texas Tech Shootout in Lubbock. 
 
GVSU Big Meet
Butare Rugenerwa stayed consistent in the 800-meter as the Amarillo product finished second with a time of 1:49.89 followed by Abdelrahim Mahgoub in ninth in 1:50.60.  Rugenerwa returned to the track to run 4:17.59 in the mile. 
 
Innocent Murwanashyaka was the top finisher for the Buffs in the 5,000m in eighth after running a personal-best 14:26.90, which is the fourth-fastest time in program history.  Harry Louradour also had a strong performance with a fourth place finish in the third heat running a 14:31.87 time.  
 
Murwanashyaka and Louradour also competed in the 3,000m event finishing sixth and seventh.  Murwanashyaka ran 8:24.43 followed by Louradour at 8:24.68.  Noah Bundrock finished 15^th in the competition running 8:39.60 followed by Jay Hall (19^th; 8:39.60) and Briggs Wittlake (28^th; 8:48.72).
 
Texas Tech Shootout
Freshman Gustavo Posada picked up a win the 5,000-meter run where he ran 14:38.15 before he returning to run 8:53.31 in the 3,000m. 
 
Luke Holcombe won the Section B shot put with a personal-best 54-4.0 (16.56m) mark on his fifth attempt.  Ray Dixon recorded the program's second-best mark in the weight throw after finishing sixth.  The junior finished ahead of Angelo States Canon Andrewes with a throw of 59-7.0 (18.16m). 
 
Benjamin Azamati picked up a provisional mark in the 200m dash after finishing seventh beside Oklahoma's Demarius Smith running 21.08 to rank third in the nation with the second-fastest time in program history.   
 
Brian Nganga finished 19^th in the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:55.86.  Malick Diop led the herd in Section B of the 400m run with a Top 10 performance running 49.73 to finish eighth.  
 
Jalen Purcell ran a personal-best in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.70 to qualify for the finals.  
 
Tyrin Lewis ran 7.88 in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles to qualify for the finals where he finished seventh behind Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Ketavion Humber. 
 
Sifiso Miya led in the long jump with a mark of 23-0.5 (7.02m) followed by Peniel Richard at 21-5.25 (6.53m) before the duo competed in the triple jump on Saturday.  Richard recorded a 49-1.5 (14.97m) mark while Miya reached 48-11.0 (14.91m) for the duo to finish sixth and seventh. 
 
Up Next 
The Buffs return to action in Lubbock on Friday, Feb. 18, for the Matador Qualifier hosted by Texas Tech at the Sports Performance Center.