NACOGDOCHES, Texas – SUU men's and women's track and field programs had a stellar final day of competition at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The men come home with a second-place finish and a team score of 129, and the women finish eighth overall with a score of 51.
The final day morning session of the outdoor conference championships was finishing up the finals in the field events, and SUU came home with a gold and silver medal.
Astley Davis continued his absolute domination in the men's triple jump, winning the gold by more than a foot at 16.12m, which was also good enough to beat his own school record.
A 2.07m high jump for Joren McKeever was good enough to secure him the men's high jump silver medal.
Morgan Blackburn got the scoring started for the Thunderbirds on the final day, taking sixth in the women's discus with a throw of 47.49m.
Ajia Hughes followed that up with a fifth-place finish in women's high jump, at 1.74m.
Daniel Krynzel secured seventh in the men's discus with a throw of 47.67m, earning two points for the men's team.
The men's 4X100m relay started the afternoon running session off with a bang. Cameron Beans, Noah Bringhurst, Nelson Douglas, and Ricardo White secured a second-place finish for the Thunderbirds with a time of 40.28.
The women's 4X100m relay also performed well, finishing seventh overall with a time of 45.94, run by Ronnie Walker, Iana-Michovani Graham, Shante Myrie, and Secret Mceuen.
Payton Riggs and Santiago Gaitan continued their successful weekends with a third and fourth-place finish respectively in the men's 1500m. Riggs with a time of 3:45.53 moving him into seventh in SUU's record books and Gaitan right behind him at 3:46.35.
The ridiculous freshman Jaedyn Carpenter set himself a school record in the men's 400m sprint. Finishing fifth overall with a time of 46.30. And Dylan Gibson wasn't too far behind him, finishing sixth overall and running a 46.58.
Payton Riggs found himself on the scoreboard again, this time in the 800m finishing sixth overall with a time of 1:52.14.
Aviry Stratton finished seventh in the women's 800m running a 2:12.64.
Jace Rodgers capped off an impressive season with a silver medal finish in the men's 400m hurdles with a 53.50 finish.
Secret Mceuen finished eighth in the women's 200m dash with a time of 24.22.
The men's 5K was littered with SUU student-athletes. Travis Feeny comes home with a silver medal and a 14:08.50 time. Hayden Harward and Coleman Cragun would finish fourth and fifth with times of 14:32.96 and 14:38.99 respectively. And Nathan Carlin would snag an eighth-place finish with a time of 14:42.51.
Madisan DeBos cracked the points in the women's 5K, finishing fifth overall in just 16:45.03.
The women's 4X400m relay had a strong finish, Secret Mceuen, Jentry Skidmore, Maya Benjamin, and Seadra Hamilton brought home sixth place and a 3:45.46 finish.
And last but certainly not least the men's 4X400m relay team bring home the gold medal at the WAC Outdoor Championships. Dylan Gibson, Nelson Douglas, Nick Pembroke, and Jaedyn Carpenter pulled it out down the final 100 meters and finish first overall with a time of 3:08.20.
Coach Eric Houle said
"It was an awesome weekend for both the men's and women's teams. Improving on their preseason poll. A lot of school records, PR's, conference champions, and all-conference athletes made this weekend a complete success."
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