CANYON. Texas – West Texas A&M Track & Field began their 2024-25 indoor campaign on Saturday in Boston, Massachusetts as they took part in the Sharon Colyear-Danvile Season Opener at the BU Track & Tennis Center.
 
The 3,000m featured a pair of Lady Buffs in Heat 4 as Kalkidan Vincendeau finished 10^th with a time of 9:28.82 followed by Eliette Chaput in 18^th (9:40.47). Saturday marked the first 3K for both runners in Maroon & White. Vincendeau would finish 63^rd overall in the 139-runner field with the second fastest Division II time in the event followed by Chaput in 84^th.
 
Julie Lafare finished 16^th in Heat 5 of the women's 5K with a time of 17:05.36 during her first indoor event as a Lady Buff to sit 132^nd overall among 181 total runners.
 
Naomi Addo impressed in Heat 6 of the 5,000m as the freshman from Accra, Ghana ran a time of 16:42.07 to finish second in her heat and 98^th overall. Elise Leveel ran a time of 16:58.91 in the same heat to finish 11^th in the heat and 123^rd overall.
 
Matthys Bourse was the first Buff on the track in the men's 3,000m as the junior from Langueux, France ran a personal-best time of 8:06.34 in Heat 4 to finish seventh in the heat and 51^st overall in the 123-runner field.
 
Heat 5 of the men's 5K featured cross country All-American Harry Louradour as the French product ran a time of 14:24.61 to finish 21^st in his heat and 159^th overall. 
 
Heat 7 of the night saw the final two Buffaloes hit the track as Adrian Legarreta registered a time of 13:59.89 to finish seventh in the heat followed by Enrico Oddone in 16^th (14:21.16). Legarreta would finish 111^th overall in the massive 212 runner field followed by Oddone in 152^nd.
 
WT returns to the track on Friday, December 13^th as they make their way to Colorado Springs, Colorado to take part in the Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite & Multi at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the campus of UCCS.