LSC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field athletes have recorded three NCAA Division II Automatic qualifying marks (two men and one women) and 75 provisional efforts (34 men, 41 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 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 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.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN’S TRACK
Geoffrey Kipchumba, West Texas A&M University, SO, Kapsabet, Kenya, St. Lucy Education Center
Kipchumba anchored the distance medley relay that ran the third-fastest time in the nation, 9:47.86. The quartet of Jamie Taylor-Caldwell, Daniel Gyasi, Alexander Korn and Kipchumba broke the existing school and Lone Star Conference records. He also posted a provisional mark in the 3000-meters with a time of 8:22.94.
MEN’S FIELD
Zach Weatherly, West Texas A&M University, SR, Amarillo, Texas, Tascosa HS
The senior from Amarillo, Texas finished third in the shot put at the Grizzly-Buffalo Clash. He threw a seasonal best mark of 54-08.25 (16.67m) to pick up a provisional mark. He is currently ranked No. 17 in the nation in that event.
WOMEN’S TRACK
Klaudia Szych, Eastern New Mexico University, SR, Szczecin, Poland, V Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace
Szych registered a fourth-place finish in the women’s 800-meter run at the New Mexico Classic and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships, with a time of 2:11.28. Her time was .13 better than fifth-place finish Alexandria Sokolova from NCAA Division I Lamar College, and stands as the eighth-best time in Division II.
WOMEN’S FIELD
Kami Norton, Angelo State University, SO, Albany, Texas, Albany
Norton had one of the top performances in the nation in two separate events. The sophomore recorded a NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark in the pentathlon with a score of 3,909 points. It is currently the second best mark in the country. During the pentathlon, she continued to raise the bar in the high jump. She cleared 5-8 (1.73m) which is the No. 3 jump in NCAA Division II this season and a provisional qualifying mark. Both marks are personal bests for the Albany, Texas, native.