CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M Track & Field enters their second weekend of the outdoor season as they travel to Lubbock, Texas and Raleigh, North Carolina for the Masked Rider Open and the Raleigh Relays.
 
The Buffs and Lady Buffs are coming off the West Texas Relays last weekend in Canyon highlighted by 11 event titles and 10 NCAA provisional marks.
 
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The Masked Rider Open in Lubbock will be a one-day event on Thursday at the Fuller Track & Field Complex while the WT distance crew will travel to Raleigh for a two-day event on Friday and Saturday at the Paul Derr Track & Field Complex.
 
HONORS ROLL IN
Conference and National Honors rolled in for the Buffs and Lady Buffs this week with the Lone Star Conference and USTFCCA announcing their annual honors following the conclusion of the indoor campaign. Matt Stewart was named the region's USTFCCCA Men's Coach of the Year while Zach Daniel claimed the Women's Regional Assistant Coach of the Year accolades.
 
Esther Conde-Turpin continued to impress as the LSC Women's Field Athlete of the Year and the USTFCCCA Regional Field Athlete of the Year. Fran Bonifacic earned LSC and USTFCCCA Men's Field honors while Blessing Akintoye was tabbed the LSC Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.
 
WT DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD MATT STEWART
Matt Stewart is in his ninth season leading the storied West Texas A&M Track & Field program, winning the Lone Star Conference Indoor Coach of the Year honors on both the men's and women's side this season. 
 
NCAA INDOOR REWIND
The Buffs are coming off a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, scoring 23 total points as five different student-athletes earned All-American honors highlighted by Bonifacic winning the National Title in the Heptathlon.
 
The Lady Buffs finished second with 59 total points at the NCAA Championships, claiming seven All-American honors in individual events along with the pentathlon, DMR and 4x400m Relay. Akintoye won the 400m National Championships while Conde-Turpin stood atop of the podium with a new school record in the pentathlon.