May 27th marked the final day of competition in the NCAA Track & Field West First round hosted by Sacramento State University. Texas A&M will send over 20 athletes to compete for a national title in multiple events NCAA Division I Track & Field National Championship meet in Austin on June 7-10.
The Women’s team will have a total of 13 athletes competing in the following events:
- High Jump – Lamara Distin – 6-0.75/1.85m
- Javelin – Katelyn Fairchild – 184-0/56.08m, Lianna Davidson – 182-3/55.56m
- Long Jump – Joniar Thomas – 20-9.25/6.33m
- 4x100M – Jania Martin, Camryn Dickson, Leech Burr, Semira Killebrew – 43.35
- 4x400M – Kennedy Wade, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Sanu Jallow, Jermaisha Arnold – 3:28.15
- 400M – Tierra Robinson-Jones – 50.33
- 100M Hurdles – Jaiya Covington – 12.93
- 100M – Semira Killebrew – 11.14, Camryn Dickson – 11.17
- 200M – Camryn Dickson – 22.88
The Men’s team will have a total of 15 athletes competing in the following events:
- High Jump – Carter Bajoit – 7-0.5/2.14m
- Javelin – Sam Hankins – 234-2/71.39m
- Pole Vault – Zach Davis – 17-4.5/5.30m
- 4x100M – DeVante Mount, Ryan Martin, Isaiah Teer, Jordan Chopane – 39.27
- 4x400M – Ashton Schwartzman, Omajwa Etiwe, Eric Hemphill III, Auhmad Robinson – 3:03.17
- 400M Hurdles – Bryce McCray – 49.70, James Smith II – 49.89
- 100M Hurdles – Connor Schulman – 13.43
- 100M – Ryan Martin – 10.17
- 800M – Sam Whitmarsh – 1:46.36
Head Coach Pat Henry gave his thoughts on the NCAA West first round.
“It’s the kind of effort you want to have when you come to a meet. This team continues to get a little bit better all the time and we made some big jumps here. Going forward, it’ll be interesting to see the next jump they make, because they have to make another jump. But we have a big group going to the national meet. Coming into this meet, there were only a few people that I thought might advance that didn’t, but there were a few that advanced that I didn’t think would. Things balanced out and that’s what we want to happen.”
Check out the social media posts from the meet courtesy of the Official Texas A&M Twitter account.