Seven Indoor Track & Field Athletes at NCAA Championships This Weekend
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Outdoor Track & Field Opens Saturday At Corpus Christi Meet VOLUME XIV, NO. 31 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MARCH 12, 2014 Seven Indoor Track & Field Athletes at NCAA Championships This Weekend Texas A&M-Kingsville will champion in the high jump and has Christi (Carroll), is back this the 400-meter dash and Shykilia have seven athletes competing in the best jump this season at 7-3.25. season after missing the 2013 Sheppard, junior from Houston the NCAA Division II national Jordan Yamoah, sophomore campaign. He will be in the 200- (Reagan), in the long jump. indoor track and field meet Friday from Arlington, N.Y., won the pole meter dash. Yamoah’s event will be the and Saturday at Winson-Salem, vault last winter and has the third He was an indoor All- first of the meet, starting at 1 p.m. N.C., including two defending best jump this season. American in 2012 after finishing Friday. It will be the finals. national champions. Micah Idziak, sophomore fourth in the 200-meter dash. Sheppard will compete in the The Javelina entries qualified from Mosina, Poland, was fourth The other Javelina entries are long jump finals at 2 p.m. Friday. by meeting NCAA standards. in the 800-meter run at last year’s Javan Gray, junior from Perry will run in the 400 Jeron Robinson, junior from meet and returns. Springfield, Ore., in the shot put; prelims at 3:50 p.m. Friday and the Houston (Travis), is the defending Tim Price, junior from Corpus Amber Perry, junior from Goliad, in finals are at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Robinson will be competing in the high jump finals at 4:55 p.m. Outdoor Track & Field Teams Open Friday. Idziak will run in the 800-meter Saturday in Corpus Christi Invitational run preliminaries at 4:35 p.m. The Texas A&M-Kingsville the 3000-meter run finals. seven of their top athletes, who Friday and the finals are at 5 p.m. men’s and women’s outdoor track The first of the field event will be entered in the NCAA Saturday. and field team will open its spring finals are set for 11 a.m. and the Division II national indoor meet in Price enters the 200-meter dash season Saturday at an invitational running event finals start at 1 p.m. Winston-Salem, N.C. prelims at 5:35 p.m. Friday and the meet in Corpus Christi. All events will be at the Having to wait a week to finals are at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is Dugan Soccer and Track Stadium begin their outdoor seasons are The shot put finals are at 2:05 host for the event. on Nile Drive. Javan Gray, junior shot putter from p.m. with Gray as an entrant. The meet opens at 8 a.m. with The Javelinas will be missing (Continued on Page 2) All times are Eastern Daylight Shykilia Sheppard Time. Javan Gray Michal Idziak Amber Perry Tim Price Jeron Robinson Jordan Yamoah Javelina Hash 10 Track & Field Athletes All-Region Javelina Hash Ten members of the Texas on the NCAA Division II All- Javelina women on the team are By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs A&M-Kingsville men’s and South Central Regioin team. Amber Perry, junior from Goliad in women’s indoor track and field The squad was selected by the 400-meter dash; Shykilia THE JAVELINA INDOOR track and field athletes who will be team were named to 12 positions the U.S. Track & Field Coaches Sheppard, junior from Houston in the NCAA Division II national indoor championships this Association. (Reagan) in the long jump; Kathy weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C., will see at least one familiar face. Outdoor Track & Tim Price, junior from Corpus Trevino, junior from Rio Grande City Marc Heinecke is the strength and conditioning coach at Field Season Christi (Carroll), and C.J. Griggs, in the 400-meter dash, and Alexis Winston-Salem University, the host school for the nationals. senior from Van Vleck, were on the Williams, freshman from Yoakum in team twice. the pole vault. Heinecke held the same position with the Javelinas until he Opens Saturday Price made the squad in the Joining the Javelinas from the joined the WSU staff in the spring of 2012. (Continued from Page 1) 55-meter and 200-meter dashes Lone Star Conference, West Texas Springfield, Ore.; Michal Idziak, and Griggs made the lineup in the A&M had 18 individuals in 23 THE NATIONAL INDOOR track and field meet will be held sophomore 800-meter run entry long and triple jump. events, Tarleton State had seven on the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem and is maintained by the from Mosina, Poland; Amber Javan Gray, sophomore from individuals in eight events, Texas city. Perry, 400-meter dash entry from Springfield,Ore., was on the team A&M-Commerce had five It was opened in January 2012 and is considered a state-of-the- Goliad; Tim Price, junior 200-meter as a shot putter; Jeron Robinson, individuals in five events, Angelo art facility for indoor competition. dash runner from Corpus Christi junior from Houston (Travis), was State had five individuals in 10 Numerous North Carolina high school meets have been held in (Carroll); Jeron Robinson, junior named as a high jumper; Jordan events, Eastern New Mexico had the building and college teams from throughout the Southeast have high jumper from Houston Yamoah, sophomore from two individuals in two events and used the facility. (Travis); Shykilia Sheppard, junior Arlington, N.Y., was on the team Harding had one individual in one There are eight straightaway lanes and six oval lanes as well as long jumper from Houston as a pole vaulter. event. ample warmup areas and multiple field event competition sites. (Reagan), and Jordan Yamoah, The facility was built in an old storage building formerly used sophomore pole vaulter from by Josten’s. Arlington, N.Y. The remainder of the two CAMERON, THE JAVELINAS’ baseball opponent last teams will be in Corpus Christi for the competition. weekend, may have the tallest pitching corps in NCAA Division II. These include C.J. Griggs, The Aggies had one 6-7 righthander, a 6-6 righthander, a 6-5 senior from Van Vleck, in the triple righty and a 6-3 righthander. jump; Alexis Williams, freshman The starting shortstop for the visitors was 6-6. from Yoakum, and Macario Zarate, junior from Alamo (Pharr-San JAVELINA INFIELDER JAMES Black had a perfect game at Juan-Alamo Memorial). the plate in the third game of the Cameron series last weekend. Griggs won the recent Lone He was three for three at the plate, had five runs batted in, Star Conference indoor triple jump scored twice and had two home runs. gold medal, Willams was the pole Black drove in five of the Javelina runs in the 7-2 victory. vaultchampion and Zarate took Outfielder Travis Laird had a similar game in the fourth outing first in the 55-meter hurdles. of the series. The meet is the first of two He was three for three at the plate, had a run batted in, scored consecutive appearances for the 2014 Javelina Indoor and Outdoor twice and had a home run and a double. Javelinas in the Coastal Bend. Track & Field Schedules The Javelinas host the IBC Indoor THE LONE STAR Conference baseball schedules are Bank Cactus Cup March 22 in March 14-15 – NCAA Division II Championships in Winston- somewhat confusing this spring. Javelina Stadium. Salem, N.C. Each team is playing the others in the league home-and-home. Outdoor But it’s not that simple. March 15 – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Invitational in Corpus The teams will meet at one home site for a four-game series but Christi. will play only a three-game series when they meet in a return match March 22 – Cactus Cup in Kingsville. at the opponent’s field. March 27-29 – Texas Relays in Austin. The Javelinas met West Texas in four games in Canyon and will March 28 – Trinity Tiger Relays in San Antonio. play a three-game series April 4-5 in Kingsville. April 5 – Angelo State Relays in San Angelo. The Javelinas hosted Cameron in four contests last weekend in April 10-11 – Angelo State Multi Event in San Angelo. Kingsville and will play three games April 11-12 in Lawton, Okla. April 12 – Hurricane Alumni Invitational in Coral Gables, Fla. April 12 - Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio. TAMUK goes to Eastern New Mexico this weekend for four April 19 – Louisiana State Alumni Gold Meet in Baton Rouge, La. games and the Greyhounds come to Nolan Ryan Field April 18-19 May 1-3 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Kingsville. for three. May 11 – Javelina Last Chance Meet in Kingsville. The Javelinas and Angelo State play a four-game series March May 22-24 – NCAA Division II Championships in Allendale, Mich. 21-23 in San Angelo and will clash in three games April 25-26 in Kingsville. (Continued on Page 3) JavelinaJavelinaJavelina HashHash Hash Upcoming Javelina Events By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs March 13 – Softball: Lone Star Conference Showcase in Wichita Falls vs. West Texas A&M, 5 p.m., Mustang Park. March 14 – Baseball: *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 6 p.m. (Continued from Page 2) Men’s, women’s indoor track & field: NCAA Division II And Tarleton State will come to Kingsville March 28-30 for Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C.