Men's Track & Field Captures LSC Championship
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Good Luck Javelina Baseball Team at the LSC Tournament Go Javelinas!! VOLUME XVI, NO. 40 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MAY 11, 2016 Men’s Track & Field Captures LSC Championship The Texas A&M-Kingsville qualifiers for the NCAA Division qualifier for nationals. men’s track and field team II national meet. Kaina Martinez, senior from Lone Star Conference Track & Field Meet Standings captured the Lone Star Conference The Javelina women had four Seine Bight, Belize, was a double Men’s Division Women’s Division championship last weekend in first-place finishes and the 12 captured winner, taking the 200-meter (23.50) 1. A&M-Kingsville 180 1. West Texas A&M 194.5 Stephenville, and won its second by the Javelina men and women were and 400-meter (54.75) dash titles. 2. Angelo State 173.5 2. Angelo State 186 title in the past three seasons. the most of any LSC school for the Her time in the 200 was better 3. A&M-Commerce 167 3. Tarleton State 128 The Javelina men won second consecutive year. than the automatic qualification 4. West Texas A&M 162 4. A&M-Commerce 122.5 eight gold medals and had six One of the women’s first- standard. 5. Tarleton State 100.5 5. A&M-Kingsville 96 performances that were automatic place finishers had an automatic (Continued on Page 2) 6. Eastern New Mexico 29 6. Eastern New Mexico 61 7. Midwestern State 21 Lone Star Conference Champions PAGE 1 The Javelina men’s track and field team won the Lone Star Conference championship last weekend in Stephenville. It is the second title for the squad in the past three seasons. Men’s Track & Field Takes LSC Title (Continued from Page 1) Glendale, Ariz.; Martinez and …Jamey Malvern, junior The Javelina men compiled Teandria Taylor, freshman from from Evansville, Ind., in the 180 points to beat out second-place Rosebud-Lott. 110-meter hurdles (14.14). THE JAVELINA MEN’S track and field team has become Angelo State, which had 173.5. The Javelinas with automatic …Bryce Martin, junior from one of the top-ranked programs in NCAA Division II, and it gave Defending champion Texas qualifying performances were: Salado in the pole vault (15.9.25). A&M-Commerce was third with this reputation a boost last weekend when the Javelinas captured the …Cervantes in the discus. …Martinez in the 400 167 points, West Texas A&M …Jackson in the 100. (54.75). Lone Star Conference championship. fourth with 162, host Tarleton …Lopez in the 110-meter …James Passley, junior from The squad won eight gold medals in amassing 180 points, and State fifth with 100.5 and Eastern hurdles. Portland, Jamaica, in the triple taking the title for the second time in the past three years. New Mexico sixth with 29. …Martinez in the 200. jump (48-2.5). Congratulations to the Javelina coaches and athletes. In the women’s division, West …Robinson in the high jump. …Aaron Vasquez, junior Texas A&M took the title with …Yamoah in the pole vault. from Garden City, Kan., in the JAVELINA WORLD-CLASS high jumper Jeron Robinson 194.5 points. Angelo State was …The men’s sprint relay. decathlon (6597). continued to get national publicity last week. second with 186, Tarleton State Sixteen additional …Valerie Vrana, senior from The U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association website featured a third with 128, Texas A&M- performances met the provisional Seguin (Navarro) in the shot put story on Robinson and his ranking as the best jumper in the nation. Commerce fourth with 122.5, the standards for the national event. (47-6.5). The Corpus Christi daily also had an article on the front-page of Javelinas fifth with 96, Eastern These were by: …Kenny Zamorano, the sports section on Robinson and his bid to win four consecutive New Mexico sixth with 61 and …LaGae Brigance, freshman sophomore from Harlingen Lone Star Conference outdoor championships. Midwestern State seventh with 21. from Missouri City (Hightower) in (South) in the hammer (176-8). He got his fourth gold medal last weekend at the LSC The gold medals were won the high jump (5-6). …The women’s 400-meter Championships in Stephenville. by: …Cervantes in the shot put relay team. Robinson has been one of the top college jumpers in each of the …Lutalo Boyce, junior from (54-1.25). The men’s championship past three seasons. Westbury, N.Y., with a 26-1 mark …Garcia in the shot put (56- was the fourth for the Javelinas. He and Trey Culver of Texas Tech and Jah-Nhai Perinchief of in the long jump. 11.25). The 2014 squad took the title in Iowa Central College had each jumped 7-5 for the collegiate lead …Richard Cervantes, …Roman Hernandez, Kingsville. going into last weekend’s competitions. sophomore from Mission sophomore from Harlingen in the The latest trophies have come (Sharyland) with a 185-0 throw in 400-meter hurdles (53.30). with Ryan Dall as head coach. In 2015, Robinson and Jacorian Duffield of Texas Tech had bests the discus. …Hope in the 100 (10.38) Prior to that, the last track and of 7-7 to lead the nation. …Chrisian Garcia, senior and 200 (21.37). field titles had come in 1969 and And in 2014, Robinson and Nick Ross of Arizona each had best from Eagle Pass with a 56-11.25 …Jackson in the 200 (20.87). 1970 when Ken Kelley was the marks of 7-6-5 to lead the collegiate field. throw in the shot put. …Johnson in the 100 (11.58). head coach. …Kenneth Jackson, junior JAVELINA SENIOR HAYDEN Vesely received mentioned from Compton, Calif., with a in the latest issue of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper for his 10.28 time in the 100-meter dash. performance against Angelo State when he got seven hits, eight runs …Javier Lopez, junior from batted in and four doubles in two games. Cordova, Spain, with a 13.83 time He also pitched and had seven strikeouts, allowed just two hits in the 110-meter hurdles. and worked seven innings in taking the victory. …Martinez in the 200-meter He was named the Lone Star Conference pitcher and hitter of the and 400-meter dashes. week. …Cheyanne Nalle, sophomore from Woonsocket, R.I., FORMER JAVELINA DEFENSIVE player Eric John has been with a 163-8 throw in the hammer. named defensive coordinator at Alice High School. …Jeron Robinson, senior John played for the Javelinas in 2008-09 and has been a coach at from Houston (Travis) with a Santa Gertrudis Academy High School. 7-2.5 clearance in the high jump. …Jordan Yamoah, senior from Arlington, N.Y., with a 17- THE FIRST-EVER NCAA national collegiate beach volleyball 6.5 height in the pole vault. championship was held last weekend in Gulf Shores, Ala. …The men’s 400-meter relay Eight teams were selected from the 61 NCAA institutions team with a time of 40.27. sponsoring the sport. Three teams were selected from the East …The women’s 400-meter Region and three from the West Region, and the remaining two were relay unit with a time of 45.59. at-large berths. Running on the men’s All eight of the schools are NCAA Division I, although beach relay were Boyce; Deon Hope, volleyball competes as one division at the present. sophomore from St. Michael, Teams playing were Florida State, Southern California, Barbados; Jackson and Lopez. Pepperdine, UCLA, Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia State and Stetson On the women’s relay team Four in a Row (Fla.). were Brittney Holcombe, senior Jeron Robinson, right, senior from Houston (Travis), won his fourth There were three programs in Texas this spring: TCU, Houston from Corpus Christi (King); Lone Star Conference outdoor high jump gold medal last weekend. Left is Javelina head track and field Coach Ryan Dall. (Continued on Page 3) Plaserae Johnson, junior from PAGE 2 Track & Field Upcoming Javelina Events Teams Enter May 12 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Tournament in San Angelo.. May 13 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Tournament in San Angelo. Huntsville Meet May 14 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Tournament in San Angelo. (Continued from Page 2) The Texas A&M-Kingsville Men’s & Women’s Track & Field: Sam Houston State Last Baptist and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. men’s and women’s track and field Chance Meet in Huntsville. teams will enter a Last Chance The Javelinas will begin competing in the sport next spring May 19 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament Meet in Huntsville Saturday. and have already hired a coach and have recruited players for the at site of No. 1 seed. The meet is hosted by Sam May 20 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament inaugural team. Houston State at Bowers Stadium. Six new beach volleyball courts will be built on campus at site of No. 1 seed. The events is held to allow May 21 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament beginning in June. those who are near qualifying for at site of No. 1 seed. With the Javelinas, NCAA Division II has seven schools with the the NCAA national meets to reach May 22 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament sport. NCAA Division III has two and the remaining 52 teams are the qualifying standards. at site of No. 1 seed. from Division I schools. Ryan Dall, Javelina head track May 26 – Men’s & Women’s Track & Field: NCAA Division II According to USA Volleyball, the colleges with programs are: and field coach, said he will be NCAA Division I entering most of his individuals Championships in Bradenton, Fla.