Bulldogs Open Outdoor Season with Two Wins at HSU Invitational
ABILENE, Texas -- Texas Lutheran track and field opened its outdoor season at the Hardin-Simmons Invitational in Abilene on Saturday.
Freshman Kamilah Tanner started her career with a bang - winning the 200m dash with a time of 27.85 seconds. Tanner would also finish third in the 400m with a time of 1:05.54. Texas Lutheran would secure all three medalist spots in the 200m with Natalie Garcia and Taylor Norrell (Lake Jackson/Brazosport) finishing second and third respectively. TLU would also secure spots three through five in the 400m with fellow freshmen Sage Bartlett and Alexa Martin (Ingleside/Ingleside) finishing right behind Tanner in fourth and fifth.
Sophomore Taylor Norrell would win the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.98 seconds while Ciara Cavazos (Needville/Needville) would finish third with a time of 18.59 seconds. Natalie Garcia finished second in the 100m dash with a time of 13.38 seconds. Taylor Norrell and Ja'Keia Williams (La Grange/La Grange) would add points with fifth and seventh place finishes in the 100m respectively.
In throws, Julissa Rodriguez (Deer Park/Deer Park) led the Bulldogs with a second place finish in the shot put (11.55m) and fifth place finishes in the discus (34.57m) and hammer throw (39.50m).
Emagen Styra would add a fifth place finish in the women's javelin with a mark of 28.49m.
Host Hardin-Simmons would win both the men's and women's meets. Texas Lutheran would finish third in the women's meet with 127 points - seven behind the Cowgirls - while the men would finish fourth with 77 points.
On the men's side, Wyatt Wilson (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) finished second in the 100m dash with a time of 11.15 seconds. Freshman Justin Freeney (Montgomery/Lake Creek) added five points to the Bulldogs tally with a fifth place finish in the 400m with a time of 51.87 seconds.
Texas Lutheran had two teams in the top three in the 4x400 relay with their "A squad" composed of Justin Freeney, Ralph Miller (New Braunfels/St. John Paul II), Kaleb Brachett (Beaumont/West Brook), and Rickey Franks finishing second with a 3:32.24.
Greyson Griscom (San Antonio/Reagan) and Connor Asadourian (Schertz/St. John Paul II) would collect top five finishes in jumps for TLU with Griscom finishing third in the high jump (1.78m) and Asadourian finishing fifth in the long jump (6.03m).
In throws, Andrew Maughn and Riley Denman (Pearland/Pearland) tied for third in the men's shot put with both finishing with a mark of 12.76m. Chase Cook (Austin/McNeil) would finish fifth in the hammer throw (43.67m) and Cutter Clancy would finish fourth in the men's javelin (42.69m).
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Coach Wolf's Comments: "We had a good meet at HSU! The weather was really cold, in the high 30’s at the beginning of the meet then moved to the mid 40’s. Despite the cold temperatures the athletes came out and competed! Taylor Norell came out and won the 100 meter hurdles, Kamilah Tanner won the 200, and Wyatt Wilson finished second in the 100. We had many other good performances ranging from the distance events to the throws. It was a good meet to see where we are as a team as we move on to the Trinity Invite next week."