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Guerrero medals in steeplechase; Wildcats qualify 17 for Sunday finals
5/7/2016 11:35:00 PM | Track & Field
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Abilene Christian's track and field teams totaled 13 points Saturday during the second day of competition at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships but are set up nicely for a big showing Sunday as 17 Wildcats qualified for finals in 10 events.
The ACU men performed especially well this afternoon in the sprints. Senior Deandre McBride started his day with a fifth-place personal record of 47.69 seconds in the 400-meter dash and later won his heat to qualify second overall in the 200m dash with a wind-aided mark of 21.19.
Senior Rosen Daniel will join McBride in each event as he posted times of 47.58 and 21.62. Daniel - a former Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year - qualified second in the 400m and fifth in the 200m.
Junior Corneil Lionel was the third Wildcat to qualify for the 200m finals with a seventh-place mark of 21.44, and earlier he qualified sixth in the 100m with a non-wind aided PR of 10.61.
The Wildcats will additionally have Sterlen Paul contest the finals of the 800m, plus senior Jeremy Tatham in the 110m hurdles and sophomore Lee-Andrew Bloomfield in the 400m hurdles.
The ACU women today were led by their middle-distance corps, which went 3-for-3 in both the 800m and 1500m. Junior Diana Garcia Munoz placed first in the 1500m prelims in 4:43.62 and snuck into the 800m finals with an eighth-place qualifying time of 2:16.55. She will be joined in the 1500m finals by teammates Aubrey Till and Michaela Hackett. Till, a freshman, qualified third with a time of 4:43.66, and Hackett was fourth in 4:44.62.
Representing ACU in the 800m alongside Garcia Munoz will be sixth-place qualifier Petrene Plummer (2:15.89) and senior Marina Guerrero (2:13.87), who closed today's showcase with a stellar third-place showing in the steeplechase.
Guerrero raced among the leaders for the entire race and was running second at the bell lap before taking third behind Stephen F. Austin's Shelby Pesek (10:43.86) and Katrina Fite (10:47.76). Guerrero completed the course in 10:54.16, which was only a few seconds slower than her third-place time from here last spring (10:51.93).
The only other Wildcat points scored today came from multi-athletes Luke Woods and Taylor Yantis. Woods missed the medal stand by one place, claiming fourth-place honors with 6,736 points in the decathlon, while Yantis place seventh in the heptathlon with 4,820 points.
In addition to the 10 individual track events on Sunday's slate, ACU can make up additional ground in the standings via its 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays, men's and women's discus, and the women's 5K where junior Alexandria Hackett will look to defend her conference title. Hackett won Friday's night's 10K with a meet record time of 34:47.79.
Elsewhere on the track today, senior Jessica James qualified sixth in the 400m prelims with a time of 55.96 and senior Kimone Green made it through to the finals of the 100m hurdles with her third-place prelim mark of 1:00.21.
James was third at this winter's indoor conference championship in 55.24, while Green was the winner in 54.64.
Each of ACU's teams head into Sunday well behind in the standings. The women are seventh with 21 points, 63 points behind the leaders from Sam Houston State. The men rank ninth with 11 points, 53 points behind first-place Northwestern State.
Men's and women's field events begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. Running events will start at 12 p.m. Sunday with the women's 100-meter dash taking place at 1:20 p.m. and the men's 100-meters happening at 1:30.
Team championship trophies and the meet's top male and female high-point scorer will be presented at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday at the conclusion of the final event, the men's 4x400-meter relay. All individual award presentations will take place immediately following the completion of each event.
Admission to the 2016 Southland Outdoor Track and Field Championships is $10 for a single-day pass and a youth single-day pass is $5. Students at Southland institutions who present a valid student ID receive free, one-day admission. For ticketing purposes, a youth is considered any child five years of age or younger.
The Southland Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be streamed live in their entirety on the Southland Conference Digital Network, available via southland.org/watch and the Southland Conference app. Live results of the championships can be found through our championships home page as well as schedule of events and other important information about the meet, including a link to the live stream.
ACU Saturday Results at Southland Conference Championships
Men's 100m Prelims
6.) Corneil Lionel - *10.61Q (1.3w)
35.) Keaton Hart - *11.07 (1.3w)
40.) Malcolm Barnes - *11.19 (3.7w)
Women's 100m Prelims
13.) Chartia Hurt - *11.99 (2.3w)
24.) Jessica King - *12.27 (2.3w)
34.) Kiah Rayford - 13.35 (2.4w)
Men's 200m Prelims
2.) Deandre McBride - 21.19Q (2.6w)
5.) Rosen Daniel - 21.62Q (2.8w)
7.) Corneil Lionel - 21.44q (2.6w)
16.) Devan Brown - 21.87 (2.7w)
Women's 200m Prelims
15.) Jessica James - 24.75 (1.7w)
22.) Jessica King - 25.19 (2.6w)
25.) Chartia Hurt - 25.34 (1.7w)
43.) Kiah Rayford - 28.14 (2.6w)
Men's 400m Prelims
2.) Rosen Daniel - 47.58Q
5.) Deandre McBride - *47.69q
10.) Devan Brown - 48.99
Women's 400m Prelims
6.) Jessica James - 55.96q
16.) Chartia Hurt - 58.30
Men's 800m Prelims
8.) Sterlen Paul - 1:54.80q
Women's 800m Prelims
5.) Marina Guerrero Puigdevall - 2:13.87Q
6.) Petrene Plummer - 2:15.89Q
8.) Diana Garcia Munoz - 2:16.55q
Men's 1500m Prelims
15.) Reid Rivers - 4:06.58
Women's 1500m Prelims
1.) Diana Garcia-Munoz - 4:43.62Q
3.) Aubrey Till - 4:43.66Q
4.) Michaela Hackett - 4:44.62Q
Men's 110m Hurdles Prelims
4.) Jeremy Tatham - *14.42q (1.6w)
12.) Luke Woods - 15.25 (2.6w)
Women's 100m Hurdles Prelims
12.) Taylor Yantis - *14.58 (3.5w)
Men's 400m Hurdles Prelims
5.) Lee-Andrew Bloomfield - 53.88q
13.) Samuel Garcia - 56.68
Women's 400m Hurdles Prelims
3.) Kimone Green - 1:00.21Q
Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
3.) Marina Guerrero Puigdevall - 10:54.16S
11.) Gabby Thompson - 11:58.18
Men's Triple Jump
10.) Jeremy Tatham - 48-02.50 / 14.69m (4.1w)
22.) Malcolm Barnes - 43-04.25 / 13.21m (5.0w)
Men's Shot Put
11.) Kai Schmidt - 48-04.50 / 14.74m
12.) Joshua Hunter - 46-11.75 / 14.32m
Women's Shot Put
11.) Kayla Melgar - 42-10.25 / 13.06m
13.) Lonnie Smith - *42-00.75 / 12.82m
Men's Javelin
11.) Kai Schmidt - 159-08 / 48.67m
12.) McKennon Cecil - 155-06 / 47.40m
Decathlon
4.) Luke Woods – 6,736 points / 3,603 first-day points
100m – 11.11 (2.2w) [2nd, 836 points] | LJ – 21-10.75 / 6.67m (1.3w) [8th, 736 points] | SP – 38-04.75 / 11.70m [4th, 588 points] | HJ – 6-01.50 / 1.87m [6th, 687 points| | 400m – 51.29 [6th, 756 points] | 100mH - 14.98 (2.9w) - [3rd, 852 points] | DT - 121-01 / 36.92m [2nd, 602 points] | PV - 14-07.25 / 4.45m [T1st, 746 points] |
JT - 132-11 / 40.51m [10th, 450 points] | 1500m - 5:13.79 [11th, 483 points]
DNS.) Wyatt French – 3,482 points
100m – 11.19 (2.4w) [5th, 819 points] | LJ – 22-09.75 / 6.95m (1.2w) [3rd, 802 points] | SP – 34-04.75 / 10.48m [13th, 515 points] | HJ – 5-11.25 / 1.81m [9th, 636 points] | 400m – 52.34 [10th, 710 points]
Decathlon 100m Hurdles
3.) Luke Woods - 14.98 (2.9w) - 852 points
Decathlon Discus
2.) Luke Woods - 121-01 / 36.92m - 602 points
Decathlon Pole Vault
T1.) Luke Woods - 14-07.25 / 4.45m - 746 points
Decathlon Javelin
10.) Luke Woods - 132-11 / 40.51m - 450 points
Decathlon 1500m
11.) Luke Woods - 5:13.79 - 483 points
Heptathlon – Day 1
7.) Taylor Yantis – 4,820 points / 2,900 first-day points
100m H – 14.85 (0.9w) [4th, 862 points] | HJ – 5-03.75 / 1.62m [6th, 759 points] | SP – 33-11.25 / 10.34m [7th, 552 points] | 200m – 26.82 (-0.9w) [8th, 727 points] | LJ - 18-00.50 / 5.50m (3.3w) [7th, 700 points] | JT - 120-10 / 36.83m [2nd, 607 points] | 800m - 2:36.59 [9th, 613 points]
Heptathlon Long Jump
7.) Taylor Yantis - *18-00.50 / 5.50m (3.3w) - 700 points
Heptathlon Javelin
2.) Taylor Yantis - 120-10 / 36.83m - 607 points
Heptathlon 800m
9.) Taylor Yantis - 2:36.59 - 613 points
*Personal Record
S-Stadium Record
M-Meet Record
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Abilene Christian's track and field teams totaled 13 points Saturday during the second day of competition at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships but are set up nicely for a big showing Sunday as 17 Wildcats qualified for finals in 10 events.
The ACU men performed especially well this afternoon in the sprints. Senior Deandre McBride started his day with a fifth-place personal record of 47.69 seconds in the 400-meter dash and later won his heat to qualify second overall in the 200m dash with a wind-aided mark of 21.19.
Senior Rosen Daniel will join McBride in each event as he posted times of 47.58 and 21.62. Daniel - a former Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year - qualified second in the 400m and fifth in the 200m.
Junior Corneil Lionel was the third Wildcat to qualify for the 200m finals with a seventh-place mark of 21.44, and earlier he qualified sixth in the 100m with a non-wind aided PR of 10.61.
The Wildcats will additionally have Sterlen Paul contest the finals of the 800m, plus senior Jeremy Tatham in the 110m hurdles and sophomore Lee-Andrew Bloomfield in the 400m hurdles.
The ACU women today were led by their middle-distance corps, which went 3-for-3 in both the 800m and 1500m. Junior Diana Garcia Munoz placed first in the 1500m prelims in 4:43.62 and snuck into the 800m finals with an eighth-place qualifying time of 2:16.55. She will be joined in the 1500m finals by teammates Aubrey Till and Michaela Hackett. Till, a freshman, qualified third with a time of 4:43.66, and Hackett was fourth in 4:44.62.
Representing ACU in the 800m alongside Garcia Munoz will be sixth-place qualifier Petrene Plummer (2:15.89) and senior Marina Guerrero (2:13.87), who closed today's showcase with a stellar third-place showing in the steeplechase.
Guerrero raced among the leaders for the entire race and was running second at the bell lap before taking third behind Stephen F. Austin's Shelby Pesek (10:43.86) and Katrina Fite (10:47.76). Guerrero completed the course in 10:54.16, which was only a few seconds slower than her third-place time from here last spring (10:51.93).
The only other Wildcat points scored today came from multi-athletes Luke Woods and Taylor Yantis. Woods missed the medal stand by one place, claiming fourth-place honors with 6,736 points in the decathlon, while Yantis place seventh in the heptathlon with 4,820 points.
In addition to the 10 individual track events on Sunday's slate, ACU can make up additional ground in the standings via its 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays, men's and women's discus, and the women's 5K where junior Alexandria Hackett will look to defend her conference title. Hackett won Friday's night's 10K with a meet record time of 34:47.79.
Elsewhere on the track today, senior Jessica James qualified sixth in the 400m prelims with a time of 55.96 and senior Kimone Green made it through to the finals of the 100m hurdles with her third-place prelim mark of 1:00.21.
James was third at this winter's indoor conference championship in 55.24, while Green was the winner in 54.64.
Each of ACU's teams head into Sunday well behind in the standings. The women are seventh with 21 points, 63 points behind the leaders from Sam Houston State. The men rank ninth with 11 points, 53 points behind first-place Northwestern State.
Men's and women's field events begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. Running events will start at 12 p.m. Sunday with the women's 100-meter dash taking place at 1:20 p.m. and the men's 100-meters happening at 1:30.
Team championship trophies and the meet's top male and female high-point scorer will be presented at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday at the conclusion of the final event, the men's 4x400-meter relay. All individual award presentations will take place immediately following the completion of each event.
Admission to the 2016 Southland Outdoor Track and Field Championships is $10 for a single-day pass and a youth single-day pass is $5. Students at Southland institutions who present a valid student ID receive free, one-day admission. For ticketing purposes, a youth is considered any child five years of age or younger.
The Southland Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be streamed live in their entirety on the Southland Conference Digital Network, available via southland.org/watch and the Southland Conference app. Live results of the championships can be found through our championships home page as well as schedule of events and other important information about the meet, including a link to the live stream.
ACU Saturday Results at Southland Conference Championships
Men's 100m Prelims
6.) Corneil Lionel - *10.61Q (1.3w)
35.) Keaton Hart - *11.07 (1.3w)
40.) Malcolm Barnes - *11.19 (3.7w)
Women's 100m Prelims
13.) Chartia Hurt - *11.99 (2.3w)
24.) Jessica King - *12.27 (2.3w)
34.) Kiah Rayford - 13.35 (2.4w)
Men's 200m Prelims
2.) Deandre McBride - 21.19Q (2.6w)
5.) Rosen Daniel - 21.62Q (2.8w)
7.) Corneil Lionel - 21.44q (2.6w)
16.) Devan Brown - 21.87 (2.7w)
Women's 200m Prelims
15.) Jessica James - 24.75 (1.7w)
22.) Jessica King - 25.19 (2.6w)
25.) Chartia Hurt - 25.34 (1.7w)
43.) Kiah Rayford - 28.14 (2.6w)
Men's 400m Prelims
2.) Rosen Daniel - 47.58Q
5.) Deandre McBride - *47.69q
10.) Devan Brown - 48.99
Women's 400m Prelims
6.) Jessica James - 55.96q
16.) Chartia Hurt - 58.30
Men's 800m Prelims
8.) Sterlen Paul - 1:54.80q
Women's 800m Prelims
5.) Marina Guerrero Puigdevall - 2:13.87Q
6.) Petrene Plummer - 2:15.89Q
8.) Diana Garcia Munoz - 2:16.55q
Men's 1500m Prelims
15.) Reid Rivers - 4:06.58
Women's 1500m Prelims
1.) Diana Garcia-Munoz - 4:43.62Q
3.) Aubrey Till - 4:43.66Q
4.) Michaela Hackett - 4:44.62Q
Men's 110m Hurdles Prelims
4.) Jeremy Tatham - *14.42q (1.6w)
12.) Luke Woods - 15.25 (2.6w)
Women's 100m Hurdles Prelims
12.) Taylor Yantis - *14.58 (3.5w)
Men's 400m Hurdles Prelims
5.) Lee-Andrew Bloomfield - 53.88q
13.) Samuel Garcia - 56.68
Women's 400m Hurdles Prelims
3.) Kimone Green - 1:00.21Q
Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
3.) Marina Guerrero Puigdevall - 10:54.16S
11.) Gabby Thompson - 11:58.18
Men's Triple Jump
10.) Jeremy Tatham - 48-02.50 / 14.69m (4.1w)
22.) Malcolm Barnes - 43-04.25 / 13.21m (5.0w)
Men's Shot Put
11.) Kai Schmidt - 48-04.50 / 14.74m
12.) Joshua Hunter - 46-11.75 / 14.32m
Women's Shot Put
11.) Kayla Melgar - 42-10.25 / 13.06m
13.) Lonnie Smith - *42-00.75 / 12.82m
Men's Javelin
11.) Kai Schmidt - 159-08 / 48.67m
12.) McKennon Cecil - 155-06 / 47.40m
Decathlon
4.) Luke Woods – 6,736 points / 3,603 first-day points
100m – 11.11 (2.2w) [2nd, 836 points] | LJ – 21-10.75 / 6.67m (1.3w) [8th, 736 points] | SP – 38-04.75 / 11.70m [4th, 588 points] | HJ – 6-01.50 / 1.87m [6th, 687 points| | 400m – 51.29 [6th, 756 points] | 100mH - 14.98 (2.9w) - [3rd, 852 points] | DT - 121-01 / 36.92m [2nd, 602 points] | PV - 14-07.25 / 4.45m [T1st, 746 points] |
JT - 132-11 / 40.51m [10th, 450 points] | 1500m - 5:13.79 [11th, 483 points]
DNS.) Wyatt French – 3,482 points
100m – 11.19 (2.4w) [5th, 819 points] | LJ – 22-09.75 / 6.95m (1.2w) [3rd, 802 points] | SP – 34-04.75 / 10.48m [13th, 515 points] | HJ – 5-11.25 / 1.81m [9th, 636 points] | 400m – 52.34 [10th, 710 points]
Decathlon 100m Hurdles
3.) Luke Woods - 14.98 (2.9w) - 852 points
Decathlon Discus
2.) Luke Woods - 121-01 / 36.92m - 602 points
Decathlon Pole Vault
T1.) Luke Woods - 14-07.25 / 4.45m - 746 points
Decathlon Javelin
10.) Luke Woods - 132-11 / 40.51m - 450 points
Decathlon 1500m
11.) Luke Woods - 5:13.79 - 483 points
Heptathlon – Day 1
7.) Taylor Yantis – 4,820 points / 2,900 first-day points
100m H – 14.85 (0.9w) [4th, 862 points] | HJ – 5-03.75 / 1.62m [6th, 759 points] | SP – 33-11.25 / 10.34m [7th, 552 points] | 200m – 26.82 (-0.9w) [8th, 727 points] | LJ - 18-00.50 / 5.50m (3.3w) [7th, 700 points] | JT - 120-10 / 36.83m [2nd, 607 points] | 800m - 2:36.59 [9th, 613 points]
Heptathlon Long Jump
7.) Taylor Yantis - *18-00.50 / 5.50m (3.3w) - 700 points
Heptathlon Javelin
2.) Taylor Yantis - 120-10 / 36.83m - 607 points
Heptathlon 800m
9.) Taylor Yantis - 2:36.59 - 613 points
*Personal Record
S-Stadium Record
M-Meet Record
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