CANYON. Texas – West Texas A&M closed out the calendar year with another successful day at the Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite & Multi being held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the campus of UCCS.
WT returns to the track on January 17-18 as they take part in the Corky Classic hosted by Texas Tech at the Sports Performance Center in Lubbock.
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LADY BUFFS
Temitope Adenuga impressed during her first meet of the season as the Nigeria product won the 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.68 followed in seventh place by
Taylor Gonzalez (9.21).
Audrey Uzoukwu finished third in the triple jump as the Garland native registered a mark of 11.66m (38' 3").
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Meadow Gallentine, coming off a victory in the weight throw on Friday, placed fourth in the women's shot put with a throw of 13.37m (43' 10¼") followed byÂ
Alex Tice in sixth (12.84m),
Hope Gray in eighth (12.09m) and
Abigail Provost in 12
th (10.60m).
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BUFFS
Luke Holcombe finished off a successful weekend for the Buffs as the senior from Floydada won the men's shot put with a throw of 17.41m (57' 1¼") followed by freshman
Brocc Brodecky with a mark of 44' 3¾" (13.51m) to finish 10
th. Holcombe's mark is the fourth best in DII indoor action so far this season.
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Romet Vahter impressed in the heptathlon as the junior finished with 5,508 points for the second highest point total in Division II this season,
David Richards registered a total of 4,966 points to finish ninth.Â
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