Texas Lutheran Finishes Third, Rodriguez Named Female Athlete of the Meet at SCAC Championships
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Texas Lutheran women's track and field wrapped the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships with a third place finish on Sunday tallying 174.50 points over the two-day meet.
Junior Julissa Rodriguez (Deer Park/Deer Park) was named Female Athlete of the Meet in the post-meet Awards Ceremony Sunday for her performance in throws competition. Rodriguez produced 34 points in the meet with a win in the hammer on Saturday, a runner-up finish in the javelin with a mark of 32.08m (105' 3"), and third-place finishes in the shot put and discus.
In the discus, Rodriguez would be joined on the podium by sophomore Kirsten Smith (Yoakum/Yoakum) who would win the event for her first career SCAC Championship with a 39.39m (129' 3") mark.
Senior Trinity Murdock (Katy/Paetow) would repeat as the SCAC's fastest woman, winning the 100m dash with a season-best time of 12.11 seconds - moving her into the top 30 in Division-III as of Sunday night.
Taylor Norrell (Lake Jackson/Brazosport) earned bronze in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.36 seconds while the 4x400m relay team comprised of Kamilah Tanner (Killeen/Robert M. Shoemaker), Natalie Garcia (McAllen/McAllen), Ja'Keia Williams (La Grange/La Grange), and Katie Kostelnik (Hallettsville/Sacred Heart Catholic) also earned a third place finish with a time of 4:04.34. Katelyn Brown finished third in the high jump with a mark of 1.52m (4' 11.75").
Full Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/results/86102/SCAC_Outdoor_Track__Field_Championships
The Bulldogs will compete intermittently over the course of the next month as they prepare for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, May 23-25, starting with the Tom Tellez Invitational hosted by the University of Houston on Friday, May 3. For all updates on Texas Lutheran Track and Field, follow @tluthrows and @tluxctf on Instagram as well as as all official TLU Athletics accounts. All schedule updates can be found on tlubulldogs.com.