FINAL RESULTS

CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M Track and Field win the Lone Star Conference Championship for the third consecutive year and will go down in LSC history as the first men's and women's team to ever do so. 
 
The Lady Buffs earned 280.50 team points to take first place. They dominated early on in the championship and held onto first place throughout the weekend of competition. Angelo State University finished behind the Lady Buffs with a team total 197 points. 
 
The Buffs finished with 228 team points and came away with first place after the third day of competition. They were in a tight race with the Angelo State Rambelles for first throughout the three days. Day one the Buffs were in second place, day two they tied at 58 team points with the Rambelles before securing first place on the third and final day of the championship. 
 
Head Coach Matthew Stewart, who has led the Buffs and Lady Buffs for the past six seasons said "Winning the LSC championships for the 3rd time in a row is an outstanding achievement for our program.  Our student athletes performed at a very high level and showed the true competitors that they are. Every event group contributed to this Championship and that is something we envisioned when building this team.  We look forward to continuing our season and finishing strong at the NCAA Division II Championships in Pueblo, CO (May 25-27)."
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Lady Buffs
 
The Lady Buffs had nine first place finishes and 28 top-five performances at the LSC Championship. Reigning triple jump champion, Taylor Nelloms, continued her dominance in the event and made podium in the high jump and long jump. Senior, Brooke Urban, took the No. 1 spot in the nation with a height of 1.81m in the high jump. Eleonora Curttabi came in first in her main event, the steeplechase, with a 200m lead above the competition. Curtabbi placed first in the 1500m as well. 
 
In the 100m and 200m, the Lady Buffs prequalified six out of eight spots for the finals. In the 200m the top five finishes went to the Lady Buffs. In the 100m four out of the five top finishes went to the Lady Buffs. 
 
The 4x100 relay team consisting of Jordanae' Scott, Leah Belfield, Alana Wilson and DeOndra Green were just .30 milliseconds from beating their own No. 1 time in the nation of 44.34.
 
Heptathletes, Laiten Greeson and Elliot Harrison, competed in ten events over the three days of competition. Greeson medaled in three including the heptathlon and placed in the top-5 all time in WT history. Harrison medaled in two events and finished with a personal best in total points in the heptathlon. 
 
Florance Uwajeneza continued her streak of winning the 5,000m and 10,000m. Uwajeneza broke the LSC Championship meet record in the 5,000m with a time of 17:17.80. Betty Bajika is following closely behind Uwajeneza with a second and third place finish in the same events. Mid-distance runner, Raquel Chavez, ran her second fastest 800m this season at 2:12.42 and has now placed twice in top-10 WT history after her performance at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi earlier this season. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Buffs
 
The Buffs came to compete with seven first-place finishes and 24 top-5 performances. The 200m had six out of eight Buffs competing and they finished with the top-five places with reigning national leader, Jeremiah Lauzon, taking first. Lauzon's time of 20.593 is the fastest this season. Teammate, Joseph Manu, finished milliseconds behind at 20.597. Currently, they own the No. 1 and No. 2 spot in the nation. Manu finished 2^nd in both the 100m and 200m. 
 
Freshman, Isaac Botsio, continued his streak of winning the 100m with a time of 10.10. That's the 10^th fastest time in WT history. Botsio ran his fastest time earlier this season at the Texas Relays at 10.06, he is just behind former Buff turned professional runner, Benjamin Azamati. 
 
Graduate student, Quinton Sansing, took first in the 400m with a time of 45.92. That's the third fastest time in WT history. He ran a 45.90 earlier this season at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi and has the potential to beat the fastest time ever set in WT history at 45.88. A record that has been standing since 1982 set by Earl Wilson. Sansing will have that opportunity at his last meet ever as a Buff at the NCAA Division II National Championship. 
 
The Buffs 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams both took first place. The 4x100 run by Joseph Manu, Jerry Jakpa, Jalen Purcell and Isaac Botsio finished with a time of 39.95, they just missed the top five times by .39 milliseconds. 
The 4x400 relay consisting of Ohdel James, Jamarkus Birks, Malick Diop and Brien Pittman had a narrow finish in first. Pittman was neck and neck with the Lubbock Christian University anchor before taking a lead at the last 20 meters. The 4x400 relay team are now the third fastest in WT history with a time of 3:08.47. 
 
 
LADY BUFF FINALS 

EVENT	ATHLETE	PLACE	TIME/DISTANCE
HEPTATHLON	LAITEN GREESON	2ND	5,036#
HEPTATHLON	ELLIOT HARRISON	5TH	4,712
TRIPLE JUMP	TAYLOR NELLOMS	1ST	12.60M
TRIPLE JUMP	MIRIAM ZANOVELLO	2ND	12.20M
TRIPLE JUMP	HEKLA MAGNUSDOTTIR	3RD	12.03M
10,000M	FLORANCE UWAJENEZA	1ST	36:37.07#
10,000M	BETTY BAJIKA	2ND	37:35.79
HIGH JUMP	BROOKE URBAN	1ST	1.81M*#!
HIGH JUMP	TAYLOR NELLOMS	3RD	1.63M
HIGH JUMP	ELLIOT HARRISON	4TH	1.59M
HIGH JUMP	LAITEN GREESON	5TH	1.55M
HIGH JUMP	HEKLA MAGNUSDOTTIR	5TH	1.55M
STEEPLECHASE	ELEONORA CURTABBI	1ST	10:33.12#
JAVELIN	LAITEN GREESON	3RD	36.40*
LONG JUMP	TAYLOR NELLOMS	2ND	5.90M
LONG JUMP	DANIELA PESIC	3RD	5.83M
LONG JUMP	KAILEE BENTON	5TH	5.73M
SHOT PUT	MEADOW GALLENTINE	4TH	13.16M*
4X100	JORDANAE' SCOTT, LEAH BELFIELD, ALANA WILSON, DEONDRA GREEN	1ST	44.73#
1500M	ELEONORA CURTABBI	1ST	4:36.44
1500M	ANETE RANDMA	5TH	4:47.91*
100M HURDLES	LAITEN GREESON	2ND	14.04
100M HURDLES	ELLIOT HARRISON	3RD	14.26*
400M	CORRSSIA PERRY	3RD	54.05#
400M	JORDAN BROWN	4TH	54.96#
100M	DEONDRA GREEN	1ST	11.46#
100M	LEAH BELFIELD	2ND	11.60
100M	ALANA WILSON	4TH	11.69
100M	JORDANAE' SCOTT	5TH	11.78
800M	RAQUEL CHAVEZ	2ND	2:12.42#
400M HURDLES	ELLIOT HARRISON	3RD	1:02.79*
200M	LEAH BELFIELD	1ST	23.49
200M	CORRSSIA PERRY	2ND	23.56*
200M	DEONDRA GREEN	3RD	23.79
200M	ALANA WILSON	4TH	24.01
5,000M	FLORANCE UWAJENEZA	1ST	17:17.80$
5,000M	BETTY BAJIKA	3RD	17:47.46

 



 
BUFFS

EVENT	ATHLETE	PLACE	TIME/DISTANCE
DECATHLON	TRAISE CAIN	5th	6,266*
HAMMER	RAY DIXON	4TH	54.85M*
HAMMER	LUKE HOLCOMBE	5TH	52.73*
10,000M	JAY HALL	3RD	32:42.51
10,000M	ADRIAN LEGARRETA	5TH	32:54.00
HIGH JUMP	HAMDI ALI	1ST	2.17M#
HIGH JUMP	SENIRU AMARASINGHE	2ND	2.14M*#
STEEPLECHASE	NOAH BUNDROCK	1ST	9:34.69
JAVELIN	GERARD BRYANT	5TH	55.48M*
LONG JUMP	CECIL DOSOO	3RD	7.14M
SHOT PUT	LUKE HOLCOMBE	3RD	16.61M
4X100	JOSEPH MANU, JERRY JAKPA, JALEN PURCELL, ISAAC BOTSIO	1ST	39.95
1500M	BUTARE RUGENERWA	2ND	3:48.42#
1500M	LOUIS MOREAU	4TH	3:54.64
1500M	CALVIN ALLEN	5TH	3:55.82
110M HURDLES	CHRISTIAN MARSHALL	4TH	14.32*
110M HURDLES	TRAISE CAIN	5TH	14.34*
400M	QUINTON SANSING	1ST	45.92#
400M	BRIEN PITTMAN	4TH	47.11*
100M	ISAAC BOTSIO	1ST	10.10#
100M	JOSEPH MANU	2ND	10.20#
100M	JERRY JAKPA	4TH	10.38
800M	BUTARE RUGENERWA	5TH	1:56.00
400M HURDLES	KENYON MOSLEY	4TH	53.45*
200M	JEREMIAH LAUZON	1ST	20.593*#!
200M	JOSEPH MANU	2ND	20.597*#
200M	ISAAC BOTSIO	3RD	20.71*#
200M	QUINTON SANSING	4TH	20.73
200M	JERRY JAKPA	5TH	20.91*
5,000M	ADRIAN LEGARRETA	2ND	14:59.62
4X400	OHDEL JAMES, JAMARKUS BIRKS, MALICK DIOP, BRIEN PITTMAN	1ST	3:08.47#

 
*  Personal Best
# WT Top 10 Record
$ LSC CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
% NCAA Season 
!   NCAA National Leader