Acero Sets Program Record, Bulldogs Win Four Events at D3 Challenge

SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran men's track and field team delivered an exceptional performance at the D3 Challenge held at Texas Lutheran's Bulldog Stadium, winning four events and breaking three records in the process.

Freshman Ezra Acero (San Antonio/Harlan) set a new program record in the pole vault (4.65m/15'3.1") to win the men's pole vault. Acero is now the school record holder in the event in both indoors and outdoors and as of Sunday morning is in ninth place in all of Division-III after yesterday's mark.

Weston Geiger (Shiner/St. Paul) set a new meet record in the javelin throw - winning the event with a mark of 56.05 meters. 

Scottie Reyes (Dilley/Dilley) won the shot put and discus throw with marks of 15.90 meters and a meet record of 46.31 meters in the discus. As of Sunday morning, the marks place him third in Division-III in the shot put and ninth in the discus throw.

Zachary Herman (Austin/Lake Travis) finished second in the hammer throw with a toss of 47.14 meters. Herman would also finish third in the shot put.

Kevin Vazquez-Arredondo (Del Valle/Del Valle) finished third in the 5000 meter run with a time of 18:25.37 seconds.

Ezrael Powell (San Antonio/Marshall) finished third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.78 seconds.

Caimen McDonough (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake) would register top five finishes in the high jump and 110 meter hurdles.

Full Results: https://tlubulldogs.com/sports/wtrack-out/2021-22/files/d3_results.pdf

Coach Holland's Comments: It was a great day to host a home meet! Perfect weather led to great performances. For both genders we had a number of personal bests or best performances of the season. I don't even want to single anyone out because there were so many. We really were psyched as a team to come out on our home turf and compete against strictly D3 teams and see what we could do. The vibe was great and the performances showed.

Texas Lutheran will travel to Angelo State University on April 2 to participate in the David Noble Relays in San Angelo, Texas. 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.