LSC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field athletes have recorded four NCAA Division II Automatic qualifying marks (three men and one women) and 91 provisional efforts (44 men, 47 women). See the LSC performance list here: http://www.tfrrs.org/lists/1627.html.
LSC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2016 Lone Star Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held at the Adams State Indoor Bubble and Fieldhouse in Alamosa, Colo. on February 20-21.
The meet begins at 10:30 a.m. MT Saturday and continues at 11 a.m. MT Sunday.
LSC Indoor Track and Field Championships Central
The league has three men’s and one women’s team in the top 25 of the national team computer rankings (Feb. 16) conducted by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The men’s rankings included No. 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville, No. 21 Texas A&M-Commerce, and No. 23 West Texas A&M, while the women are represented by No. 20 Angelo State.
A&M-C is the defending men’s champion, while WT has won the last two titles on the women’s side.
The Adams State facility has a 200-meter track with six lanes on the oval and eight sprint lanes. The entire facility is a Beynon surface. The Indoor Bubble hosts several regular season meets and has been home to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Championships in previous years.
The meet was scheduled to take place at the Texas Tech Athletic Training Center in Lubbock, Texas, but on December 31 the roof of the ATC deflated due to Winter Storm Goliath canceling all events.
The NCAA Championships are March 11-12 in Pittsburg, Kan.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN’S TRACK
Javier Lopez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, JR, Cóodoba, Spain, Dionisio Ortiz
Lopez again registered an automatic qualifying performance in the 60-meter hurdles at the Music City Challenge, crossing the line at 7.73, the top mark in the finals after doing the same in the preliminaries with a 7.82 performance. The 7.73 mark won the event for the Spaniard and it was the second best in Texas A&M-Kingsville history and in Division II this season.
MEN’S FIELD
Lutalo Boyce, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, JR, Westbury, N.Y., Westbury HS
Boyce set the top mark in NCAA Division II in the long jump at the Music City Challenge in Nashville Saturday. His leap of 25-11.5 (7.91m) in the long jump is the school record and an automatic qualifier. The reigning indoor long jump champion will have the opportunity to defend his crown in a couple of weeks. The mark shattered the previous high in Division II and is the fourth best mark in all of NCAA.
WOMEN’S TRACK
Kaina Martinez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, SR, Seine Bight, Stann Creek, Belize, Independena
Martinez capped of her season before the LSC Championship with a 24.39 mark in the 200m dash. On day two, Martinez posted the seventh best mark in school history and a provisional time in the 400m dash, crossing the line at 55.91. The 4x400m relay team of LaGa’e Brigance, Jasmine Miller, Teandria Taylor and Martinez set a provisional time, placing sixth with the fourth best mark in school history at 3:50.56.
WOMEN’S FIELD
Alta Abbott, Texas A&M University-Commerce, SO, Venus, Texas, Venus HS
Abbott jumped an NCAA Provisional mark in the high jump at the Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg, Kansas with a jump of 5-7.25 (1.71m). She is now in the top ten of Division II as well as in the top two in the Lone Star Conference with that jump. Abbott is also the new record holder at A&M-Commerce for the indoor high jump event.