The Lone Star Conference outdoor track and field season is six weeks in and the conference championship is just around the corner. LSC athletes have recorded 177 NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks (76 men and 101 women). To see the conference’s men’s and women’s performance lists, click here.

The conference is compiled of 11 men’s teams and 12 women’s squads. Angelo State, Cameron, DBU, Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward’s, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler, West Texas A&M and Western New Mexico have men’s and women’s teams. Midwestern State has only a women’s team. To see the men’s composite schedule, click here. To see the women’s composite schedule, click here.

The 2024 LSC Outdoor Track and Field Athletes to Watch List included 19 men and 22 women. To see the list, click here.

The 2024 LSC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 9-11 at 1st Community Credit Union Field at LeGrand Stadium in San Angelo, Texas hosted by Angelo State. West Texas A&M has swept the men’s and women’s conference titles the last three years.

The NCAA Division II Championships are set for May 23-25 at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kan.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(April 19-20 Meets)

MEN’S TRACK
William Amponsah, West Texas A&M, Jr., Sports and Exercise Science, Agona Swedru, Central, Ghana (Swedru School of Business)
Amponsah won gold in the 5,000 meter race with a program-record 14 minutes flat at the Buffalo Invitational in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas A&M junior was nearly two minutes faster than the runner-up. Amponsah, who wins the LSC’s top weekly track award for the second straight week, ranks No. 6 in the event in all of NCAA Division II.
 
MEN’S FIELD
Manuel Cuesta, West Texas A&M, Fr., General Studies, Medellin, Colombia (I.R Republica de Honduras)
Cuesta took silver in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 50’2” (15.29m) at the Buffalo Invitational in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas A&M freshman needed only three tries to record the NCAA Division II provisional mark, which is No. 6 in the country.
 
WOMEN’S TRACK
West Texas A&M 4x100 Meter Relay Team: Joy Udo-Gabriel, Deborah Acheampong, Amari Weatherford and DeOndra Green
West Texas A&M’s 4x100 meter relay team of Joy Udo-Gabriel, Deborah Acheampong, Amari Weatherford and DeOndra Green took first place with the the fastest time in all of NCAA Division II this season at the Buffalo Invitational in Canyo, Texas. The athletes posted a 44.60, which ranked third in program history. Green is a junior, while Udo-Gabriel, Acheampong and Weatheford are all freshmen.
 
WOMEN’S FIELD
Miriam Zanovello, West Texas A&M, Gr., Chemistry, Chivasso, Italy (Uceo Scientifico Isaac Newton)
Zanovello won gold in the triple jump at the Buffalo Invitation in Canyon, Texas with a 40’11” (12.47m). The West Texas A&M graduate student’s NCAA Division II provisional mark is the sixth best in the country this season. Zanovello, who takes the conference’s top weekly field award for the second time this season, bettered her season best mark by .20m.
 
 
Weekly Awards

Men’s Track
March 19          Solomon Odonkor, Angelo State
March 26          George Garcia, Lubbock Christian
April 2               Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M
April 9               Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M (2)
April 17             William Amponsah, West Texas A&M
April 23             William Amponsah, West Texas A&M (2)

Men’s Field
March 19          Bryce Spencer, Lubbock Christian
March 26          Markim Felix, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 2               Thomas Nieto, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 9               Bryce Spencer, Lubbock Christian (2)
April 17             Alex Williams, Eastern New Mexico
April 24             Manuel Cuesta, West Texas A&M

Women’s Track
March 19          Averie Griffith, Angelo State
March 26          Shadae Findley, Angelo State
April 2               UT Tyler 4x400 Meter Relay Team
                          Kamaria Carr, Jasmine Haywood, Isabel Jakobsen, Aerin Thompson
April 9               Corrssia Perry, West Texas A&M
April 17             Florance Uwajeneza, West Texas A&M
April 24             West Texas A&M 4x100 Meter Relay Team
                         Joy Udo-Gabriel, Deborah Acheampong, Amari Weatherford and DeOndra Green

Women’s Field
March 19          Kailee Benton, West Texas A&M
March 26          Katryna Hernandez, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 2               Miriam Zanovello, West Texas A&M
April 9               Laiten Greeson, West Texas A&M
April 17             Tiamara Hill-Johnson, Angelo State
April 24             Miriam Zanovello, West Texas A&M (2)