Women's Track & Field Wins Five Events at D3 Challenge
SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran women's track and field program won five events during its lone home meet, the D3 Challenge, on Saturday.
The Texas Lutheran 4x400 team, this season comprised of Ja'Keia Williams (La Grange/La Grange), LeeAnndrea Canas (Corpus Christi/West Oso), Aaliyah Leal (Ingleside/Aransas Pass), and Sage Bartlett (Buda/Johnson) defended their 4x400 title from last season winning the event for the second consecutive season with a time of 4:08.87 - a full two seconds faster than second place East Texas Baptist.
The Texas Lutheran relays team would also take a win in the 4x100 relay with a time of 49.11 seconds turned in by the team of Williams, Taylor Norrell (Lake Jackson/Brazosport), Trinity Murdock (Katy/Paetow) and Natalie Garcia (McAllen/McAllen).
Murdock would also win the 100m dash individually with a time of 12.42 seconds.
Aaliyah Leal finished third in the 800m run with a time of 2:26.91.
Freshman Phoenix Semaj (Austin/Bowie) won the high jump with a final mark of 1.46m while Katelyn Brown would finish fourth in the event also clearing 1.46m.
In throws, freshman Emagen Styra (Nordheim/Nordheim) won the shot put with a mark of 11.97m while Julissa Rodriguez (Deer Park/Deer Park) finished third at 11.71m. Brianna Wilson (Austin/Cotulla) finished second in the discus with a mark of 38.32m.
Full Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/results/77950/D3_Challenge
Coach Holland's Comments: "We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day to compete! The distance runners were blessed in the morning with cool temperatures and then the sprinters, jumpers and throwers had warm temperatures with wind legal readings to make for a GREAT day!
For the women, Emagen really had a big day in the throws along with teammate Julissa, and, then on the track, Trinity Murdock was amazing in the 100 and the women's 4x100 and 4x400 relays dominated the meet. We had so many personal bests and impressive times and distances in everything. We still have time to make improvements and continue to get better! So proud of the performances for the meet and how hard everyone worked! Expectations from the coaching staff are high for the season and it appears everyone is rising to the occasion! It is fantastic to see!
We hope to get a number of athletes into the meet this coming weekend at Texas State. It is set to be a very large meet this year in conjunction with Texas Relays in nearby Austin. It will be a great opportunity to show our talents on the D1 level."