COMMERCE, Texas - Beginning their 2023 Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Texas A&M-Commerce, Lamar University's track and field teams have collected a few podium finishes while a few others have qualified for the finals that will be held on Saturday in their respected events. Through four women's scored events, LU is in fifth place while only three men's events, they sit outside the top eight.
At the start of the day,
Parl Eelma and
Mariam Buenanueva Saleme each partook in four events of the women's heptathlon. With four top-three finishes, Eelma has a 179 point lead on second place. She began by winning the 100m hurdles with 13.97 seconds edging out second place by a full second. After placing third in both high jump (1.60m-5'3") and shot put (10.16m-33'4"), she set a new PR in the 200m with 24.91 seconds to claim her second first of the day. Buenanueva Saleme is currently sixth place overall after four events.
Glennis Woolridge earned LU's first medal as she placed second in the women's hammer throw with a toss of 50.78m (166'07). This not only shattered her personal best by six meters, but it was also a new school record. In her first appearance in the 10,000m run,
Nia Clatworthy earned bronze for herself posting a time of 37:41.59 seconds.
Thursday also brought upon three qualifiers for Saturday's finals. In the women's 200m dash preliminaries,
Sydne Porter recorded the fastest time at 23.85 to win her heat.
Chloe Rodriguez would win her heat in the women's 400m hurdles clocking in at 58.70 seconds, which was the fastest time of the day in the meet and was both second fastest all-time in LU program history and the 24th best mark in program history while
Trent Guidry finished eighth in the men's circuit in 53 seconds flat to qualify.
Tomorrow will see Eelma and Buenanueva Saleme finish out the heptathlon competition while Woolridge and Williams will partake in the shot put finals.
Brianna Howard, Porter, and Thymes will also get set to run in the 100m dash prelims.
Other athletes set to make their mark tomorrow include the distance runners of
Yasmin Austridge,
Cameron Chretien,
Hailey Cleggett,
Hayden Eubank,
Jillian Howard,
RJ Lane, MyKayla Mims,
Jonathan Rivera, and
Aaron Saenz, the dashers of
Cameron Chin,
Troy Dixon,
Efosa Evbuomwan,
Janell Harvell,
Christian Johnson,
Steven Jones,
Adebola Odunlami,
Faith Outing, Dante Proctor,
Kayla Smith, and
Allen Tabb, and the long jumpers of
Klinta Blusina, Jaccarrius Demmerritte,
Arajanee Jackson,
Kayli Johnson,
Lucrezia Pavesi, and
Patrick Wolf.
Below is a list of athletes who competed today, their events and their results.
Mariam Buenanueva Saleme
- Heptathlon
   - 100mH (4th; 15.42)
   - High Jump (6th; 1.48m-4'10.25")
   - Shot Put (4th; 10.09m-33'1.25")
   - 200m (6th; 26.93)
- Javelin (18th; 28.95m-94'11")
Nia Clatworthy
- Women's 10,000m Finals (3rd; 37:41.59)
Geovany Cisneros
- Men's 1500m (13th; 4:00.24)
Troy Dixon
- 200m Dash Prelims (23rd; 22.22)
Efosa Evbouomwan
- 200m Dash Prelims (21st; 22.06)
Parl Eelma
- Heptathlon
   - 100mH (1st; 13.97)
   - High Jump (3rd; 1.60m-5'3")
   - Shot Put (3rd; 10.16m-33'4")
   - 200m (1st; 13.97)
- Javelin (12th; 34.74m-113'11")
Trent Guidry
- 400m H Prelims (8th; 53.00)
Brianna Howard
- 200m Dash Prelims (10th; 24.68)
Steven Jones
- 200m Dash Prelims (20th; 22.00)
Eli Peveto
- Men's 10,000m Finals (14th; 33:36.25)
Sydne Porter
- 200m Dash Prelims (3rd; 23.85)
Dante Proctor
- 200m Dash Prelims (31st; 23.76)
Chloe Rodriguez
- 400m Hurdles Prelims (1st; 58.70)
Allen Tabb
- 200m Dash Prelims (29th; 23.55)
Jakenzie Thymes
- 200m Dash Prelims (29th; 25.90)
Angelica White
- 400m Dash Prelims (10th; 1:11.64)
Alex Williams III
- Men's Hammer Throw (12th; 41.17m-135'1")
Glennis Woolridge
- Women's Hammer Throw (2nd; 50.78m-196'08)
