AUSTIN, Texas – The West Texas A&M Track and Field team have completed competition at the 96^th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. Isaac Botsio was the sole contender on Saturday as he qualified for the men's 100-meter finals. 
 
Sophomore Isaac Botsio was the youngest underclassman to compete in the nine competitor finals of the 100-meter dash. He placed fifth as the sole NCAA Division II athlete with a time of 10.28 seconds. Shaun Masqanganyi of Houston took first in 10.09 seconds. Botsio beat out competitors from Clemson and Brigham Young University. This is the second year Botsio has competed at the Texas Relays and his first qualifying for the 100-meter finals. Last year, Botsio was the final leg of the Buffs 4x100 relay that finished fifth in the finals going 39.15 seconds as again the only NCAA DII competitors in the race. 
 
TOP PERFORMANCES 
On Thursday, March 28 the distance sqaud put on a show with Florance Uwajeneza and Harry Louradour breaking the outdoor school records in the 5,000-meter races. Both finished in second place in their races. Louradour became the first Buff in WT history to run an outdoor 5,000-meter race in under 14 minutes. He joins teammate William Amponsah who ran the indoor 5,000-meter race in under 14 minutes for the 2024 indoor season. 
 
Lexi Maul and Olivia McLain finished 2-3 in the 10,000-meter race with Maul running a personal best and Jay Hall took sixth with his personal best time in the men's division of the 10,000-meter. Kalkidan Vincendeau and Aziz Mohammed both took first in their 1500-meter races. 
 

ATHLETE	EVENT	TEXAS RELAY FINISH	Time/Distance	NOTEABLES
Isaac Botsio	100m	5th/39	10.28	Placed 2nd in prelims (10.05) Personal Best time (10.05) 7th Fastest in WT History  Only WT athlete to make the finals Only NCAA DII athlete in men's 100m finals
Florance Uwajeneza	5,000m	2nd/22	16:00.14	Fastest time in Lady Buff WT History  Owns 4 of 10 top WT times
Harry Louradour	5,000m	2nd/19	13:57.70	Fastest time in Buff WT History First Buff to run outdoor 5,000m under 14 minutes First time making WT Top-10 in 5,000m Personal best time in 5,000m
Kalkidan Vincendeau	1500m	1st/11	4:29.50	Sole NCAA DII athlete competing in event  5th fastest time in Lady Buff WT Top-10 First time making WT Top-10 history in indoor or outdoor
Aziz Mohammed	1500m	1st/13	3:50.37	Sole NCAA DII athlete competing in event Personal best time in 1500m
Temitope Adenuga	400m Hurdles	35th/37	3:07.09	First time competing at Texas Relays
Elliot Harrison	400m Hurdles	18th/51	1:03.07	First time competing at Texas Relays
Prince Mcabelo	800m Invite	7th/14	1:51.16	Sole NCAA DII athlete competing in event First time competing at Texas Relays
Louis Moreau	1500m	7th/12	3:50.64	First time competing at Texas Relays
Matthys Bourse	3000m steeple	5th/12	9:02.71	First time competing at Texas Relays 5th best time in Buff WT History
Sarah Koomson	5,000m	6th/22	16:25.28	First time competing at Texas Relays 3rd best time in Lady Buff WT History
Betty Bajika	5,000m	10th/22	16:49.63	First time competing at Texas Relays 9th best time in Lady Buff WT History
Elise Leveel	5,000m	15th/22	17:18.73	First time competing at Texas Relays
Adrian Legarreta	5,000m	8th/19	14:20.12	First time competing at Texas Relays Personal best time  7th best time in Buff WT History First time making WT Top-10 History
Enrico Oddone	5,000m	6th/19	14:18.20	First time competing at Texas Relays 5th best time in Buff WT History
Lexi Maul	10,000m	2nd/13	36:32.70	First time competing at Texas Relays One of two athletes from NCAA DII Personal best time  6th best time in Lady Buff WT History
Olivia McLain	10,000m	3rd/13	36:47.98	First time competing at Texas Relays One of two athletes from NCAA DII 8th best time in Buff WT History First time making WT Top-10 history
Jay Hall	10,000m	6th/16	30:46.29	First time competing at Texas Relays Sole NCAA DII athlete competing in event Personal best time since 2019
Joy Udo-Gabriel, Deborah Acheampong, Temitope Adenuga, DeOndra Green	4x100	12th/36	45.56	1st, 2nd, 3rd leg comprised of three freshmen competing for first time at Texas Relays Highest placed NCAA DII team in event
Daniela Pesic	Long Jump	14th/15	5.37m	First time competing at Texas Relays
Joseph Oreva	Long Jump	10th/12	6.98m	First time competing at Texas Relays
Elliot Harrison	100m Hurdles	36th/75	14.40	First time competing at Texas Relays
Laiten Greeson	100m Hurdles	14th/75	13.98	First time competing at Texas Relays
Jefferson Jean	110m Hurdles	38th/49	14.87	First time competing at Texas Relays
David Richards	110m Hurdles	18th/49	14.41	First time competing at Texas Relays
Luke Holcombe	Shot Put	9th/12	16.90m	First time competing at Texas Relays Made the finals with his second throw
Joy Udo Gabriel	100m	36th/41	11.84	First time competing at Texas Relays
DeOndra Green	100m	39th/41	11.95	Second time competing at Texas Relays
Deborah Acheampong	100m	13th/93	11.66	Fastest time for Lady Buffs this weekend  First time competing at Texas Relays
Jeremiah Lauzon	100m	82nd/109	10.71	Season best time Second fastest WT time this season
Corrssia Perry, Temitope Adenuga, Jordan Brown, Blessing Akintoye	4x400	28th/36	3:46.60	Two first time competitors at Texas Relays (Adenuga, Akintoye)
Aymeric Fermley, Malick Diop, Prince Mcabelo, Aziz Mohammed	4x400	37th/38	3:18.28	All first time competitors at Texas Relays
Hamdi Ali	High Jump	3rd/25	2.11m	Sole NCAA DII athlete competing in event
Miriam Zanovello	Triple Jump	7th/12	12.23m	Season best distance  One of two non NCAA DI athletes

COMING UP
WT will host the Jo Meaker & Multi meet this week from April 4-6 at the WT Track and Field Complex in Canyon, Texas. Tickets will go on sale this Monday. Saturday's events will be broadcast on the Lone Star Conference Network by ThunderVision.