CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M closed out Easter Weekend with impressive performances at the annual Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.
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The Buffs and Lady Buffs return to the track on May 1-3 as they travel to Portales, New Mexico for the 2025 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
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Thursday Recap
Abigail Abugire started off the afternoon by breaking her own school record in the women's 800m with a time of 2:04.81 to finish 7
thoverall. On the men's side,
Prince Mcabelo registered the sixth fastest mark in school history in the men's 800m with a time of 1:48.70.
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Matthys Bourse followed up his steeplechase school record with the 5th best time in WT history in the men's 5K with a time of 13:59.61,
Elise Leveel ran the sixth fastest time in school history in the women's 5,000m with a 16:24.89 followed by
Kalkidan Vincendeau in a later heat as the French product ran a time of 16:09.29 for the third best mark in WT history.
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Friday Recap
Abugire closed out the weekend with another impressive performance as she registered the second-best mark in the women's 1,500m in school history with a time of 4:20.57.
Sarah Koomson would finish 71
st overall in the event while running the third fastest time in WT outdoor history with a 4:22.73.
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Aziz Mohammed broke a 47-year-old school record in the men's 1,500m with a time of 3:40.29, the previous mark was held by Joseph Kemel (3:44.20) in 1978.
Eliette Chaput registered a mark of 4:25.15 in a later heat of the women's 1,500m for the sixth best mark in school history followed by Vincendeau's time of 4:26.69, the seventh mark on WT's Top-10 list.
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