LSC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Lone Star Conference Track and Field Championships are set for a three-day run May 3-5 at Texas A&M-Commerce’s Memorial Stadium. Abilene Christian is the reigning men’s champion with 18 straight titles, while Angelo State has won the last three championships on the women’s side.
The events start Thursday at 2 p.m. with the multi-events portion and conclude Saturday night with finals and team trophy presentations.
LSC TRACK AND FIELD
The Lone Star Conference has four men’s teams in the top 25 including three in the top-10 in the national team computer rankings (May 1) conducted by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) with No. 4 Abilene Christian, No. 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville, No. 10 Angelo State and No. 24 West Texas A&M. On the women’s side, the LSC is represented by No. 16 ACU and No. 18 ASU.
So far this season, LSC athletes have posted 13 NCAA Division II automatic qualifying marks with nine on the men’s side and four by the women. Additionally, 124 provisional marks have been set with 63 by men and 61 by women. The national championship is May 24-26 in Pueblo, Colo.
TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN’S TRACK
Isaiah Samoei, Eastern New Mexico University, JR, Eldoret, Kenya, Iowa Western CC
Samoei set a new Greyhound record in the 1,500m run, crossing the finish line at the West Texas A&M Open, with a time of 3:55.15. The performance topped the event and was his third first-place finish this season.
MEN’S FIELD
Daniel Draper, Eastern New Mexico University, SR, Moriarty, N.M., Moriarty HS
Draper tossed the javelin 210-5, to win the event at the West Texas A&M Open, last weekend. The throw was a season high for him and is the second farthest throw in the Lone Star Conference this spring.
WOMEN’S TRACK
Chloe Susset, Abilene Christian University, JR, Clery Vexin, France, Lycee Camille Claudel
Susset became the fifth Wildcat this outdoor season to qualify for the NCAA DII Championships after recording a 3,000-meter steeplechase time of 10:24.65 Sunday night at Stanford’s Payton Jordan Invitational. Susset’s fifth-place time was a season best by more than 30 seconds and 10 seconds under the automatic qualifying standard of 10:35.00. She is the first Wildcat runner this spring to qualify for nationals, joining a group that already includes jumpers Amanda Ouedraogo and LeVance Williams, and throwers Nick Jones and Baptiste Kerjean. Susset recorded a NCAA provisional time of 10:56.80 in her most recent steeplechase appearance at UT-Arlington’s Bobby Lane Invitational, and at last week’s meet at Baylor, she clocked a time of 4:30.10 in the 1,500m, which currently is the 13th fastest in all of DII.
WOMEN’S FIELD
Amanda Ouedraogo, Abilene Christian University, JR, Hauts de Seine, France, Descartes HS
Ouedraogo, the nation’s leader in the triple jump, won the event over the weekend at the Penn Relays Carnival at historic Franklin Field. Ouedraogo posted a mark of 41 feet, 6.50 inches to top Kelcey McKinney of Ohio State (40-5) to win the triple jump championship at the Penn Relays.