Men's Track & Field Runnerup at NCAA Championships, Javelina
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Congratulations Track & Field Teams For Outstanding Showings at the NCAA Division II Championships! VOLUME XVI, NO. 43 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 JUNE 1, 2016 Men’s Track & Field Runnerup at NCAA Championships, Javelina Men & Women Earn 16 All-America Positions The Texas A&M-Kingsville championship. Kaina Martinez, junior from Seine hurdles (13.84 in the preliminaries and as a member of the sprint men’s track and field team was The finish is the highest for a Bight, Belize; Teandria Taylor, and 13.96 in the finals). relay. runnerup in the NCAA Division Javelina track and field team since freshman from Rosebud-Lott, and And winning bronze was the Johnson and Lopez each II Championships last week in the program became affiliated with Plaserae Johnson, junior from men’s 400-meter relay unit. made the All-America roster Bradenton, Fla., and the Javelina the NCAA in the early 1980s. Glendale, Ariz., running legs. Running legs were Lutalo twice, Johnson in the 100 and as a athletes earned 16 All-American One Javelina individual and a The relay team posted a 44.51 Boyce, senior from Westbury, 400-meter relay member and Lopez positions with their performances relay team won gold medals. time in the preliminaries and 44.60 N.Y.; Deon Hope, sophomore from in the 110-meter hurdles and as a at the national event. Jordan Yamoah, senior from in the finals. St. Michael, Barbados; Kenneth member of the sprint relay unit. The Javelina men, ranked No. Arlington, N.Y., won the pole vault Winning silver medals were Jackson, junior from Compton, The Javelina women finished 2 going into the national meet, took with a height of 17-7.75, and the Jeron Robinson, senior from Calif., and Lopez. 14th among the 60 teams that scored second place behind champion St. women’s 400-meter relay unit Houston (Travis), in the high jump Martinez was a three-time All- in the meet. Augustine’s (N.C.), which won took gold with Brittney Holcombe, (7-1), and Javier Lopez, junior from American, making the team in the Seventy-two men’s teams scored. its fourth consecutive national senior from Corpus Christi (King); Cordova, Spain, in the 110-meter 200-meter and 400-meter dashes (Continued on Page 2) Javelina Men NCAA Division II Track & Field National Runnerup The Javelina men’s track & field team, coaches and administrators on the victory stand after finishing runnerup at the NCAA Division II Championships last week in Bradenton, Fla. PAGE 1 NOTES FROM THE NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships: …Javelina head track and field coach Ryan Dall had double duty at the national championships. As president of the U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association Division II, he served on the committee that oversaw the meet. And he had a busy coaching schedule with a large delegation of athletes competing in the meet. …The IMG complex in Bradenton, Fla., was the site of the meet and it will be back at the location again next spring. The facility is very nice and those associated with it did a good job hosting the meet for the first time. …The Javelina men would have finished alone in second place in the final point standings had it not been for a qualification. Claflin (S.C.) defeated Tiffin (Ohio) for fourth place in the final Enjoying Postponed Golf Tournament event (1600-meter relay) and that would have left Tiffin a point shy These former Javelina football players and a former athletic trainer got together for a reunion after the Javelina Football Alumni Golf Tournament was postponed recently in Castroville. Left to right are of the Javelinas. But Claflin was disqualified in the event, moving Roberto Garza, Richard Rose, Mike Barrera, Cliff Clemons and Lane Tobola. The tournament has been Tiffin up a notch and into a tie with the Javelinas. rescheduled for June 11. It was postponed after hail damaged the Alsatian Golf Club course. ...Bradenton is “across the bridge” from St. Petersburg, which is a familiar site for long-time Javelina fans. It was host to the 1959 NAIA national football championship game in which the Javelinas won their first of seven national titles. …While the weather in Bradenton wasn’t a lot different than that Robinson Named Regional in South Texas in late May, it took some adjusting for many of the teams. Field Athlete of the Year Texas A&M-Kingsville high jumper Jeron Robinson was named the The temperature was much hotter than most of the athletes were NCAA Division II South Central Region Field Athlete of the Year by the accustomed to. U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association. …The Javelina women have pulled off upsets in relay races the Robinson, senior from Houston (Travis), was undefeated this past two years. spring, winning at meets such as the Texas Relays, LSU Alumni Gold The 1600-meter team was an upset winner of its event in the and Rice Twilight Meet. He competed against mostly NCAA Division I 2015 meet and the 400-meter relay unit pulled off a gold medal upset jumpers in those events. in the finals last weekend. His 7-5 best height was the best in Division II during the regulation The Javelinas entered the meet with the third best time in the event. season and he had the second best height among all college jumpers. Running legs were Brittney Holcombe, Plaserae Johnson, Kaina Robinson was runnerup in the national meet last weekend, after Martinez and Teandria Taylor. winning three consecutive outdoor titles Teandria is a freshman and her twin sister, Keandria, was a NCAA Division II South Central Region Track & Field Athletes, redshirt this spring and will be a sprinter beginning in 2016-17. Coaches of the Year …Going into the national competition, the Lone Star Men’s Track Athlete of the Year Conference was ranked as the No. 2 league in the men’s division and Luis Perez, Angelo State the No. 3 conference in the women’s division. Women’s Track Athlete of the Year The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was No. 1 Georgia Porter, Western (Colo.) State in the men’s division and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Men’s Field Athlete of the Year Association was the leader in the women’s division and the GLIAC Jeron Robinson, Texas A&M-Kingsville Women’s Field Athlete of the Year was No. 2. Norma Cunigan, West Texas A&M The Javelina men were the No. 1-ranked squad in the South Men’s Coach of the Year Central Region. Rock Light, Adams (Colo.) State …The Javelinas had a big support group in Florida. Some of the Women’s Coach of the Year senior members of the team had families there to see their sons or Bradley Gamble, Chadron (Neb.) State daughters compete collegiately for the last time. Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year …One of the coaches at the meet was Adriane Wunderlich, who Chris Siemers, Colorado Mines was on the Javelina staff last year and is now coaching at Saint Leo Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year (Fla.). Matt Stewart, West Texas A&M (Continued on Page 3) Jeron Robinson PAGE 2 Upcoming Javelina Events June 16 – General: Javelina Football Skill Development Camp in Edinburg, Cats Stadium, 4-7 p.m., registration at 3 p.m., for campers entering grades 7-12. For additional (Continued from Page 2) information contact David Brown at (361) 593-4524 or at [email protected]. …Also at the meet was former Javelina athletic director and June 17 – General: Javelina Football Skill Development Camp in women’s basketball coach Jill Willson, who is now with the NCAA Harlingen, Boggus Stadium, 9 a.m.-noon, registration and was in Bradenton for a Division II community service project. at 8 a.m., for campers entering grades 7-12. For additional information contact David Brown at (361) THE FIRST FOOTBALL pre-season poll came out last week 593-4524 or at [email protected]. in Lindy’s College Football Magazine. June 20 – General: Javelina Football Youth Camp in Kingsville, Javelina Stadium, 8:30-12:30 p.m., registration at 8 Two Lone Star Conference teams were ranked. a.m.; for campers entering grades 1-6. For additional Midwestern State was No. 6 and Texas A&M-Commerce No. 24. information contact David Brown at (361) 593-4524 The Javelinas open LSC play against MSU Sept. 17 in or at [email protected]. Kingsville and will be at TAMUC Sept. 24. General: Javelina Football Skill Development Camp in There were no LSC players listed on the pre-season All-America Kingsville, Javelina Stadium, 5-8 p.m., registration at squad named in the publication. 4 p.m., for campers entering grades 7-12. For Incarnate Word was picked seventh among the 11 teams in the additional information contact David Brown at (361) Southland Conference preseason poll. 593-4524 or at [email protected]. The Javelinas open with UIW Sept. 3 in San Antonio. June 22 – General: Javelina Football Skill Development Camp in Corpus Lindy’s College Football Magazine Christi, Cabaniss Stadium, 4-7 p.m., registration at NCAA Division II Pre-Season Poll 3 p.m., for campers entering grades 7-12. For additional Rank Team information contact David Brown at (361) 593-4524 1. Northwest Missouri or at [email protected]. 2. Shepherd (W. Va.) July 1-3 - General: Volleyball Skills Camp in Kingsville, Steinke 3. Ashland (Ohio) Center, phone (361) 593-2413 or (361) 593-4872 for 4. Grand Valley (Mich.) State additional information. 5.