West Texas A&M won its fourth consecutive women’s title and Texas A&M-Commerce claimed the men’s crown for the third straight year at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, held in Alamosa, Colo.
WT took the women’s title with 159.50 points. Angelo State finished second with 146.5 points in front of A&M-C (120.50) in third place.
The Lady Buffs prevailed in four events on Sunday. Rellie Kaputin claimed second and third titles of the event with wins in the high jump and triple jump, Norma Cunigan won the shot put for the second straight year, and Victoria Rausch finished first in the 60-meter hurdles.
Angelo State’s Jasmine Sillemon won the 200-meter dash. The Lions 1,600-meter relay of Kamryn McKee, Verlencia Shaw, Ana Baleveicauand Ashley Bassett took home gold.
Eastern New Mexico Melina Gryschka prevailed in a pair of events – the mile and 3000-meters, while the Greyhounds Klaudia Szych won the 800-meters.
Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Kaina Martinez captured back-to-back gold medals in the 400-meters, while the Javelinas Deana Richardson took home the 60-meters title with a LSC best-ever and meet record effort.
LSC Indoor Track & Field Championships Final Results
On the men’s side, A&M-C finished with 210 points to top TAMUK (113.50) and ASU (107.50), who finished second and third, respectively.
The Lions claimed three individual titles and the 1,600-meter relay on Sunday. Luis Romero led the top performances with gold in the mile and 800-meters, while Florian Obst claimed the heptathlon title. Llewellyn Woodburn, Aaron Lecesne, Josiah Dennis and Dedrian Windham combined to triumph in the relay.
The Javelinas won three events including the second straight 60-meter hurdles title for Javier Lopez. Christian Garcia prevailed in the shot put, while Charles Greaves added his second gold medal of the championships in the triple jump.
WT took home two titles with Todd Handley crossing the finish line first in the 60-meters and Owen Hind prevailing in the 3000-meters.
ASU’s Isaac Marquez finished first in the 400-meters, while ENMU’s Marcus Parker won the 200-meters.
Altogether, champions were crowned in 23 events. Here’s the complete list of event winners from Sunday’s competition:
Women - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
1) West Texas A&M 159.50
2) Angelo State 146.50
3) Texas A&M–Commerce 120.50
4) Texas A&M–Kingsville 78.50
5) Eastern New Mexico 53
6) Tarleton State 43
7) Midwestern State 36
8) Lubbock Christian 19
Women Triple Jump: Rellie Kaputin, West Texas A&M (42-3.25, 12.88m)
Women High Jump: Rellie Kaputin, West Texas A&M (5-7.25, 1.71m)
Women Shot Put: Norma Cunigan, West Texas A&M (48-1.25, 14.66m)
Women Mile Run: Melina Gryschka, Eastern New Mexico (5:16.89)
Women 400m: Kaina Martinez, Texas A&M-Kingsville (56.16)
Women 60m Hurdles: Victoria Rausch, West Texas A&M (8.58)
Women 60m: Deana Richardson, Texas A&M-Kingsville (7.38, LSC BEST-EVER, LSC MEET RECORD)
Women 800m: Klaudia Szych, Eastern New Mexico (2:19.18)
Women 200m: Jasmine Sillemon, Angelo State (24.70)
Women 3000m: Melina Gryschka, Eastern New Mexico (10:49.02)
Women 1,600m Relay: Texas A&M-Commerce (3:54.27, McKee, Shaw, Baleveicau, Bassett)
Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
1) Texas A&M-Commerce 210
2) Texas A&M -Kingsville 113.50
3) Angelo State 107.50
4) West Texas A&M 94
5) Eastern New Mexico 69
6) Tarleton State 49
7) Lubbock Christian 17
Men Shot Put: Christian Garcia, Texas A&M-Kingsville (56-7.25, 17.25m)
Men Triple Jump: Charles Greaves, Texas A&M-Kingsville (51-1.75, 15.59m)
Heptathlon: Florian Obst, Texas A&M-Commerce (5,061 points)
Men Mile Run: Luis Romero, Texas A&M-Commerce (4:22.64)
Men 60m Hurdles: Javier Lopez, Texas A&M-Kingsville (7.96)
Men 400m: Isaac Marquez, Angelo State (48.29)
Men 60m: Todd Handley, West Texas A&M (6.78)
Men 800m: Luis Romero, Texas A&M-Commerce (1:57.24)
Men 200m: Marcus Parker, Eastern New Mexico (21.46)
Men 3000m: Owen Hind, West Texas A&M (9:02.41)
Men 1,600m Relay: Texas A&M-Commerce (3:16.78, Woodburn, Lecesne, Dennis, Windham)