Posted: Apr 26, 2019
Texas Lutheran Men in first after day one of SCAC Track & Field Championships
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SAN ANTONIO -- The Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs lead the pack after the first day of the 2019 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track and Field Championship.
The Bulldogs received individual conference titles from Jacob Guercia (Forney/Forney) and Ryan Geiger (Shiner/St. Paul).
Geiger took the men's javelin title with a toss of 166-11, and Guercia captured the men's hammer championship with a mark of 152-9.
The TLU Men went 1-3-4 in the hammer, with Jalen Starks (San Antonio/Antonian) and Garrett Garza (Round Rock/Stony Point) grabbing third and fourth, respectively.
The Bulldogs racked up the points in the triple jump. TLU went 2-3-4-5-6 in the event. William Guerrier-Gattis (Bishop/Bishop) was second with a leap of 45 feet, 6-1/4 inches. Caimen McDonough (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake), Donovan Williamson (San Antonio/Brennan), Heath McDonough (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake), and Ezrael Powell (San Antonio/Marshall) posted third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-place finishes, respectively.
The triple jump produced a total of 21 points for TLU.
The Bulldogs have 66 total points entering Saturday's final day of competition. The Bulldogs hold a 23-point lead over Trinity.
COMPLETE STANDINGS
SAN ANTONIO -- The Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs lead the pack after the first day of the 2019 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track and Field Championship.
The Bulldogs received individual conference titles from Jacob Guercia (Forney/Forney) and Ryan Geiger (Shiner/St. Paul).
Geiger took the men's javelin title with a toss of 166-11, and Guercia captured the men's hammer championship with a mark of 152-9.
The TLU Men went 1-3-4 in the hammer, with Jalen Starks (San Antonio/Antonian) and Garrett Garza (Round Rock/Stony Point) grabbing third and fourth, respectively.
The Bulldogs racked up the points in the triple jump. TLU went 2-3-4-5-6 in the event. William Guerrier-Gattis (Bishop/Bishop) was second with a leap of 45 feet, 6-1/4 inches. Caimen McDonough (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake), Donovan Williamson (San Antonio/Brennan), Heath McDonough (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake), and Ezrael Powell (San Antonio/Marshall) posted third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-place finishes, respectively.
The triple jump produced a total of 21 points for TLU.
The Bulldogs have 66 total points entering Saturday's final day of competition. The Bulldogs hold a 23-point lead over Trinity.
COMPLETE STANDINGS
1. Texas Lutheran - 66
2. Trinity - 43
3. Colorado College - 20
4. Southwestern - 12
5. Johnson & Wales - 8
6. Dallas - 6
T7. Austin College - 0
T7. Schreiner - 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Colorado College, Texas Lutheran and Trinity each claimed two individual SCAC titles on Day One.
- For Colorado College, Tony Calderon defended his 10,000 meters crown (33:08.53) and teammate Max Blackburn on the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:46.12).
- Texas Lutheran's Ryan Geiger won the javelin (166' 11") and Jacob Guercia took top honors in the hammer (152' 9").
- For Trinity, Naim Barnett won the triple jump (47' 3 1/2") - the third-longest jump in SCAC championship meet history and teammate Tanner Lacy tied the third-highest vault in conference meet history with a winning clearance of 14' 11".
- UP NEXT
- Competition resumes tomorrow with the women's 5000-meter final at 8:00 a.m., followed by the men's event at 8:30 a.m. Field events begin at 9 a.m., with the women's shot put and women's high jump as well as finals in the men's long jump and men's discuss. A complete schedule of events can be found here.