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CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M No. 2 Buffs and No. 3 Lady Buffs track and field team end day two of the Lone Star Conference Championship with a combined total of 162 points. 
 
The Lady Buffs take a staggering lead in first place with 104 points. Second place, Angelo State, has 52 points. The Lady Buffs won 54 points as a team today with majority of the points coming from high jump and distance events. 
 
The Buffs are in a tie for first with Angelo State University with 58 points apiece. WT took home first in high jump and the steeplechase in the day two championship meet. 
 
There were five personal best performances today, a No. 1 mark in the nation in the high jump and 19 prequalified athletes in today's events. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Lady Buffs
 
Brooke Urban became the No. 1 high jumper in the nation with her mark of 1.81m (5'11.25"). With her mark today, Urban becomes the No. 1 high jumper in WT history for the Lady Buffs. She took first place and was joined by teammate, Taylor Nelloms, who placed third with a height of 1.63m(5'4.25"). This is the third year in a row where the Lady Buffs have won the high jump at the Lone Star Conference Championship. Four out of the first five places went to WT high jumpers.
 
Eleonora Curtabbi took first place in the steeplechase with a time of 10:33.12. She took the lead early in the first lap of the 3000m race and kept a 200m distance in front of the rest of the competition for the remainder of the race.  
 
Lady Buff throwers, Alex Tice and Hope Gray, brought in five points for the team with their personal best throws in the discus. The freshmen hit marks above 41, the highest this season for each of them. 
 
 
 
 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Buffs
 
The Buffs had success in the high jump with Hamdi Ali taking first and clearing 2.17m(7'1.50"). Ali tied for first in WT's all-time records for his mark and he brought in ten points for the Buffs. Teammate, Seniru Amarasinghe, took home second place and a personal best mark of 2.14m(7'0.25"). Amarasinghe is tied for fourth all-time best in WT history. Decathlete, Gerard Bryant, tied his all-time best mark and placed sixth in the event. 
 
Noah Bundrock brought in ten points for the Buffs with his first place finish in the steeplechase. Just two weeks ago, Bundrock hit a personal best and the No. 1 time in WT history in this event with a time of 8:55.44. His time is a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division II National Championship. 

PRELIMINARIES
Nineteen athletes prequalified for four events. The Lady Buffs have nine athletes, while the Buffs have ten. The distance squad will be locked down by Raquel Chavez and Butare Rugenerwa in the 800 meter. Heptathlete, Elliot Harrison, will be competing in the 400 meter hurdles and Kenyon Mosley will represent the Buffs in the same event. 
 
The Lady Buffs prequalified all five of their 100-meter athletes, a feat that is hard to do for any team. Nationally ranked leader DeOndra Green along with nationally ranked teammates Leah Belfield, Alana Wilson and Jordanae' Scott will go head-to-head in the event. Those four athletes also run the 4x100 together and are ranked No. 1 in the nation with a time of 44:34. Junior, Gabriella Holmstrom, made the cut in the very competitive 100-meter prelims with a time of 11.94. 
 
The men's 100-meter finals will consist of five athletes from WT out of the allotted 8 spots in the finals. The national 100-meter leader and freshman, Isaac Botsio, came in second behind teammate, Joseph Manu, in the prelims. Both competed at the Texas Relays together where they hit provisional marks earlier this season. 200-meter standout athlete Jeremiah Lauzon also made the cut along with freshman, Jerry Jakpa, and junior, Desmond Aryee. 
 
 
 

FINAL EVENT	ATHLETE	PLACE	TIME/DISTANCE
Women's Discus	ALEX TICE	6TH	41.71m*
Women's Discus	HOPE GRAY	7TH	41.25m*
Men's Discus	LUKE HOLCOMBE	6TH	47.97m
Men's Discus	RAY DIXON	10TH	45.16m
Men's Discus	JON TUCKER	13th	39.50m
W. High Jump	BROOKE URBAN	1st	1.81m*#!
W. High Jump	TAYLOR NELLOMS	3rd	1.63m
W. High Jump	ELLIOT HARRISON	4th	1.59m
W. High Jump	LAITEN GREESON	5th	1.55m
W. High Jump	HEKLA MANUSDOTTIR	5th	1.55m
W. High Jump	LANDRY OVERBY	DNQ	-
Men's High Jump	HAMDI ALI	1st	2.17m*#
Men's High Jump	SENIRU AMARASINGHE	2nd	2.14*#
Men's High Jump	GERARD BRYANT	6th	1.97m
W. Steeplechase	ELEONORA CURTTABI	1ST	10:33.12
M. Steeplechase	NOAH BUNDROCK	1st	9:34.69

 
 
*  Personal Best
# WT Top 10 Record
!   NCAA National Leader