Texas A&M-Kingsville won the program's first-ever men's outdoor team title at the 2018 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina.
RESULTS
The Javelinas, who finished second in 2016, posted a score of 65 - 14 points ahead of second-place Ashland - that was propelled by four victories on Saturday.
The first of four individual champions came in the triple jump as Charles Greaves leaped to the 16.08-meter mark as the only competitor to clear 16 meters in the event. Greaves followed up as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team alongside Deon Hope, Javier Lopez and Todd Nicholas as the crew clocked in at 39.71 and led wire-to-wire on the way to the title.
Lopez also claimed back-to-back titles as he saw success in the 110-meter hurdles. In his final event as a Javelina, Lopez left it all out on the track and closed his colligate career by becoming a national champion at 13.71.
Richard Cervantes, in a decisive shot put competition, climbed out of the cellar after moving from 15th to first overall in a key victory over Nikolas Curtiss of Tiffin. Cervantes reached 19.12 meters on his fourth attempt to claim his top spot on the podium.
On the women's side, Angelo State scored 42.5 points to finish third behind champion Lincoln (60 points) and St. Augustine's (48.5 points).
Lone Star Conference athletes captured 10 event titles including:
Men's Triple Jump
Winner: Charles Greaves, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 16.08m, 52-9 1/4
Men's 4x100
Winner: Texas A&M-Kingsville (Charles Greaves, Javier Lopez, Todd Nicholas, Deon Hope), 39.71
Men's Shot Put
Winner: Richard Cervantes, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 19.12m, 62-8
Men's 110m Hurdles
Winner: Javier Lopez, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 13.71
Decathlon
Winner: Florian Obst, Texas A&M-Commerce, 8,005 points
Men's Javelin
Winner: Nils Fischer, Angelo State, 75.19m, 246-8
Women's Shot Put
Winner: Zada Swoopes, West Texas A&M, 16.52m, 54-2 1/2
Women's Discus Throw
Winner: Daisy Osakue, Angelo State, 59.15m, 194-1, Meet Record
Women's Long Jump
Winner: Fatim Affessi, West Texas A&M, 6.32m (20-9)
Heptathlon
Winner: Kami Norton, Angelo State, 5,336 points
Men - Team Rankings - 21 Events Scored
1) Texas A&M-Kingsville 65
6) Texas A&M-Commerce 37
9) Angelo State 26
15) West Texas A&M 16
16) Eastern New Mexico 14
55) Tarleton State 3
Women - Team Rankings - 21 Events Scored
3) Angelo State 42.50
6) West Texas A&M 31
29) Texas A&M-Commerce 11
49) Texas A&M-Kingsville 4.25
65) Eastern New Mexico 1