The Lone Star Conference outdoor track and field season is four weeks in. LSC athletes have recorded 139 NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks (61 men and 78 women). To see the conference’s men’s and women’s performance lists, click here.

West Texas A&M sophomore Isaac Botsio was named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week after his world record in the 100 meters. To read about his historic performance, 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 4-6 Meets)

MEN’S TRACK
Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M, So., Sports and Exercise Science, Takoradi, Ghana (Ghana Secondary Technical School)
Botsio ran the fastest time in the world in the 100 meters with a 9.90 at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas sophomore takes the conference’s top weekly track award for the second straight week. Botsio’s time of 9.90 is legal at +2.2 wind in the NCAA, but was .2 above the Olympic trials standard. It was the first time Botsio broke into the 9s for the 100m. His previous fastest time was 10.05 last week.
 
MEN’S FIELD
Bryce Spencer, Lubbock Christian, Sr., Exercise Science, Sundown, Texas (SHS)
Spencer set a program record and recorded the top time in all of NCAA Division II with a mark of 62.82 meters in the hammer throw at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi in Canyon, Texas. The Lubbock Christian senior’s gold-medal winning throw was nearly one meter better than the mark that ranks second in the nation. Spencer, who takes the conference’s top weekly field award for the second time this season, also won gold in the discuss with a throw of 52.05. He currently ranks sixth in the country in that event.
 
WOMEN’S TRACK
Corrssia Perry, West Texas A&M, Gr., Communication, Carrollton, Ga.
Perry ran the fastest 400 meters time in all of NCAA Division II this season with a 52.25 at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas A&M graduate student became the first female to break 53 seconds. Perry also posted the second fastest time in the 200 meters with a 23.06. She ranks 53rd in the world in the 200m.
 
WOMEN’S FIELD
Laiten Greeson, West Texas A&M, Sr., Animal Science, Sublette, Kan. (SHS)
Greeson won first place in the heptathlon with a school-record and personal-best 5,403 points at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas A&M senior’s total ranks third in all of NCAA Division II this season. WT’s heptathlon record had been standing since 2012 by Morgan Shelton (5,190).
 
 
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)

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)

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

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