West Texas A&M jumped three spots to No. 2 after capturing the program’s first Lone Star Conference title and picked up seven top-5 nationally ranked efforts.
Benjamin Azamati led the way with his two golds in the 100 and 200, along with a new NCAA DII record in the 200 (20.13). He also ran the second leg of the second-fastest 4×100 of the season (40.04c/39.92A). Other Buffs with nationally prominent performances are
Tyrin Lewis in the 110H (No. 2, 13.62cw/13.58A),
Guillaume Devries in the high jump (No. 2, 2.17m/7-1½),
Dhanushka Sandaruwan in the long jump (No. 2, 7.84mw/25-8¾),
Loic Rodrigues in the decathlon (No. 3, 7483) and
Trpimir Siroki (No. 1, 7515),
Elvis Kryukov (No. 3, 7037),
Jakob Porter (No. 6, 6868) and
Kyle Lumpkins (No. 10, 6653). The event that helped Siroki notch the national lead in the decathlon was the long jump, where he soared 7.56m (24-9¾) for the No. 4 performance on the Descending Order List. Other top performers for Angelo State are
Nicholas Ellisor in the 400 (No. 3, 47.06) and
Trivett Jones in the pole vault at (No. 3, 5.21m/17-1). Ellisor also anchored the top-ranked 4×400 (3:12.22).
Grand Valley State competed at the WKU Hilltopper Relays and picked up several top marks, bringing their season total to 13 top-10 nationally ranked efforts. The Lakers now have two of the top-3 hurdlers in the nation in