PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas –
Anthony Oliver and
Kyndall Drones each won two events and broke school records as Lamar University showcased its athletic prowess at the Prairie View A&M Relays Friday to open the outdoor season. In total, the Cardinals won 12 events and were in the top three on 35 occasions.
Oliver won the men's hammer throw and became the first Cardinal to reach 195 feet (59.70 meters/195-10), which bested his previous mark by five. He then took the top spot in the discus with a mark of 46.18m (151-06).
Drones' two wins were in the women's shot put, where she set a new school mark of 14.82m (48-07.50) and the women's discus (43.48m/142-08) in front of
Xiomara Rodriguez (41.91m/137-06). In addition, the Pearland native managed to take second in the hammer throw (48.70m/159-09), just ahead of Sophia Saldutto (45.93m/150-08).
Kyra Davis placed second place in the shot put with a mark of 13.55m (44-05.50).
Saldutto also took home third in the women's javelin behind teammates
Neelie Schiel (42.37m/139-0) and
Eloise Duboscq (40.55m/133-0), who occupied first and second, respectively.
Alex Williams III finished second in the hammer throw (56.09m/184-0) and third in the discus (44.49m/145-11) but was able to win the men's shot put (16.27m/53-04.50) in front of second-place
Christian Booker (15.55m/51-00.25).
The women's pole vault victor was
Morgan Louvier (3.50m/11-5.75) while
Jacob Semb-Josefson earned second in the men's circuit (4.70m/15-05). Israel Williams (1.98m/6-06.00) came within two inches of winning the men's high jump.
Making his first appearance of the season,
Kenson Tate leapt for a second-place mark of 7.06m (23-02.00) in the men's long jump and ran third in the men's 200m (21.41).
Ke'Asia Hall placed second in both the women's long jump (5.99m/19-8) and the women's triple jump (12.87m/42-02.75).
LU added five track titles in
Ethan Ellis in the men's 400m-hurdles (52.05),
Anna Eischen in the women's 1,500m (4:44.60),
London Jessie (1:54.66) and
Hannah Roberts (2:16.24) in the men's and women's 80m, respectively, and the women's 4x4 relay team of
Aaliyah Booker,
Krystan Bright,
Erial Fontenot and
Kayla Smith (3:48.13).
The Cardinals will next send a split squad to Austin for the Texas Relays and Nacogdoches for Stephen F. Austin's Carl Kite Invitational. Both meets will start Wednesday and continue into Saturday.
