Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship week is here! The annual event will be held Thursday-Saturday (May 9-11) at 1st Community Credit Union Field at LeGrand Stadium in San Angelo, Texas. It will be hosted by Angelo State.

All of the conference’s 11 men’s teams and 12 women’s squads will be competing: ASU, Cameron, DBU, Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian, Midwestern State (women’s only), Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward’s, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler, West Texas A&M and Western New Mexico.

WT has swept the LSC men’s and women’s outdoor track and field conference titles the last three years.

For more details about the conference meet, click here.

LSC athletes have recorded 178 NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks (79 men and 99 women). West Texas A&M’s Isaac Botsio (100 meters; 9.93) and William Amponsah (10,000 meters; 28:00.09) own top marks in all of NCAA Division II on the men’s side, while WT’s Florance Uwajeneza (10,000 meters; 32.52.54) and Angelo State’s Fatoumata Kabo (400 hurdles; 58.59) are tops in the country on the women’s side.

To see the conference’s men’s and women’s performance lists, click here.

The NCAA Division II Championships will be held May 23-25 at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kan.


LONE STAR CONFERENCE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(May 3-4 Meets)

MEN’S TRACK
Ethan Anthony, Oklahoma Christian, Gr., MBA, Mornington, Australia
Anthony ran the ninth fastest 800-meter time NCAA Division II this year at the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville, Ark. The Oklahoma Christian graduate student’s personal-best and provisional time of 1:49.65 was behind only Division I competition.
 
MEN’S FIELD
Thomas Nieto, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Jr., Industrial Management & Applies Engineering Technology, Ibague, Colombia
Nieto reached new heights in the pole vault at the Tom Tellez Invitational in Houston, Texas. Nieto cleared a personal-best 18-0.5 (5.50m) on his first attempt en route to a gold medal. The provisional mark ranks second in all of NCAA Division II this year. Nieto, who wins the conference’s top weekly field athlete award for the second time this season, also tied the Texas A&M-Kingsville and national Columbia record.
 
WOMEN’S TRACK
No nominees
 
WOMEN’S FIELD
Katryna Hernandez, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Sr., Skidmore, Texas (Skidmore-Tynan HS)
Hernandez claimed shot put gold at the Tom Tellez Invitational in Houston, Texas with a throw of 49-6.5 (15.10). The NCAA Division II provisional mark is her best of the outdoor season and ranks No. 12 in the nation. The Texas A&M-Kingsville senior has now won the conference’s top weekly field athlete award twice this season.
 

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)
April 30             West Texas A&M 4x400 Meter Relay Team
                         Aymeric Fermely, Allen Henderson, Chance Martelli, Malick Diop
May 8               Ethan Anthony, Oklahoma Christian

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
April 30             Markim Felix, Texas A&M-Kingsville (2)
May 8               Thomas Nieto, Texas A&M-Kingsville (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
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
April 30             Fatoumata Kabo, Angelo State
May 8               No nominees

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)
April 30             Kennedy Ulmer, Eastern New Mexico
May 8               Katryna Hernandez, Texas A&M-Kingsville (2)