Schedules – Men / Women
Performance Lists – National / Conference
 
Lone Star Conference outdoor track and field athletes have recorded 135 NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks (68 men and 67 women).
 
Of those results, 10 are the top marks in the country: West Texas A&M’s 4x100 meter relay team of Jace Lynch, James Dadzie, Kareem Small and Isaac Botsio (39.20); Angelo State’s men’s 4x400 meter relay team of Opare, Jahleel Armstrong, Rami Balti and Francis Patanpatan (3:06.24); WT’s Fran Bonifacic in the men’s decathlon (7,526 points); WT’s Blessing Akintoye in the women’s 200-meters (23.02); UT Tyler’s Aerin Thompson in the women’s 400-meters (52.26); WT’s Abigail Abugire in the women’s 800-meters (2:01.79) and 1,5000-meters (4:13.03); WT’s Emiliia Tangara in the women’s 400 hurdles (56:20); UT Tyler women’s 4x400 meter relay team of Thomspon, Hannah Lakin, Kamaria Carr and Jasmine Haywood (3:35.31); and WT’s Esther Conde-Turpin in the women’s heptathlon (6,161).
 
Conde-Turpin’s heptathlon total is an all-time Division II record. She set the mark on April 1 at the 98th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.
 
Three WT athletes have been named U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week this season. Isaac Botsio earned the honor twice (on April 27 and March 30), Conde-Turpin got the nod on April 6 and Abugire was awarded on April 20.
 
The 2026 LSC Outdoor Track and Field Athletes to Watch List included 24 men and 26 women.
 
The 2026 LSC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 7-9 at West Texas A&M Track and Field Complex in Canyon, Texas (hosted by West Texas A&M). All 12 men’s teams and 13 women’s team can participate. West Texas A&M is the five-time defending conference champion on both the men’s and women’s side.
 
The NCAA Division II National Championship is set for May 21-23 at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kan.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

(Meets through April 24-25)
 
MEN’S TRACK
Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M, Sr., Sports and Exercise Science, Takoradi, Ghana
West Texas A&M senior Isaac Botsio ran a 10.09 in the 100 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas. Botsio took silver but was the first collegian across the finish line. He then anchored a 4x100 meter relay squad that recorded a 39.20 and took silver behind only a NCAA Division I team. Both marks cracked the top 15 all-time in Division II history, with the former ranking 14th and the latter ranking 8th.
 
MEN’S FIELD
Django Segovia, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Sr., General Studies, Marble Falls, Texas
Texas A&M-Kingsville senior Django Segovia cleared 5.05m in the pole vault to take silver at the J. Fred Duckett/Rice Twilight Meet in Houston, Texas. Segovia finished behind a NCAA Division I opponent. His clearance ranks 27th in Division II this season and also ranks 7th in program history.
 
WOMEN’S TRACK
Emiliia Tangara, West Texas A&M, Fr., Sports Psychology, Voronezh, Russia
West Texas A&M freshman Emiliia Tangara broke her own school record and now has the top 400-meter hurdles time in all of NCAA Division II this season after a 56.20 at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas. Tangara, who wins the league’s top weekly track award for the second time this season, took silver but was the highest placing NCAA competitor in the event. She has the top time in the country by 1.50.
 
WOMEN’S FIELD
Marie Schuler, Angelo State, Sr., Business, Langenfeld, Germany
Angelo State senior Marie Schuler broke her own LSC record in the hammer throw with a 61.44m (201’ 7”) at the ASU Invite in San Angelo, Texas. Schuler, who won gold in the event, broke the mark she set at last year’s LSC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Her throw ranks No. 4 in all of NCAA Division II this season.
 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
 
LSC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
March 24            Francis Patanpatan, Angelo State
March 31            Taylor Briggs, Angelo State
April 7                William Opare, Angelo State
April 14              James Dadzie, West Texas A&M
April 21              Angelo State 4x100 Meter Relay Team
                          (Bautista Diamante, Taylor Briggs, Francis Patanpatan, William Opare)
April 28              Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M
 
LSC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
March 24            Gage Upton, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 31            Christopher Gonzalez, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 7                Fran Bonifacic, West Texas A&M
April 14              Oyeyoni Oyewale-Johnson, West Texas A&M
April 21              Jonathan Wright, Angelo State
April 28              Django Segovia, Texas A&M-Kingsville
 
LSC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
March 24            Deborah Acheampong, West Texas A&M
March 31            Kalkidan Vincendeau, West Texas A&M
April 7                Emiliia Tangara, West Texas A&M
April 14              Blessing Akintoye, West Texas A&M
April 21              Abigail Abugire, West Texas A&M
April 28              Emiliia Tangara, West Texas A&M (2)
 
LSC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
March 24            Yosiris Cordoba, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 31            Juliane Frueh, UT Tyler
April 7                Esther Conde-Turpin, West Texas A&M
April 14              Yosiris Cordoba, Texas A&M-Kingsville (2)
April 21              Kennedy Johnson, Midwestern State
April 28              Marie Schuler, Angelo State
 
USTFCCCA National Men’s Athlete of the Week
March 30            Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M
April 27              Isaac Botsio, West Texas A&M (2)
 
USTFCCCA National Women’s Athlete of the Week
April 6                Esther Conde-Turpin, West Texas A&M
April 20              Abigail Abugire, West Texas A&M