Final Results
SAN MARCOS, Texas - The WKU women and UT Arlington men claimed the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field team titles. The Lady Toppers led from start to finish in the three-day event and finished with 173 points.
The UT Arlington Mavericks claimed the men's team title with 145 points and secured the school’s first-ever Triple Crown - winning the Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field and Outdoor Track & Field titles in the same season.
Georgia State finished second in the women’s team standings with 111 points and Texas State was third with 108.
WKU's men were second with 138 points and South Alabama was third with 132 points.
The day got started with the final field events of the meet, starting with the men's discus, followed by the women's discus and men's pole vault.
South Alabama's Jan-Louw Kotze claimed the discus title for the Jaguars as USA strengthened its team lead by 15 points through the first event final of the day. Kotze's toss of 56.20m (184'4") was over ten feet further than runner-up Kole Knutson of Texas State who threw 52.74m (173'). UL Monroe freshman, Jevaughn Shaw, was third.
Kaitlyn Beans of South Alabama took top honors in the women's triple jump with a leap of 13.19m (43'3.25"). Ana Camargo of WKU was second with Tarvia Conway of UL Lafayette taking third. WKU's France Makabu and Klara Michalska finished fourth and fifth, respectively, earning 17 points for the Lady Toppers.
UL-L's Michael Vani won the men's pole vault claiming the title and clearing the bar at 5.09m (16'8.25"). USA's Connor Smith was second as he cleared 5.02m (16'5.5"). Texas State's Seth Arnold was third. Smith's teammate, Garrett Schumacher, placed fourth for the Jags as USA pushed their team lead to 25 points.
WKU's Jessica Ramsey won her third event of the weekend when she claimed the title in the women's discus with a throw of 52.50m (172'3"). Troy's Corina Cox was second and USA's Phoebe Dawson was third.
A-State's Roelf Pienaar won his second event title winning the men's triple jump at 15.60m (51'2.25"). WKU's Ventavius Sears was second at 15.46m (50'8.75") and UTA's Omar Barnes third.
WKU's foursome of Carroll Hardy, Gelela Cooley, Chioma Agwunobi and Sandra Akachukwu claimed the women's 4x100-meter relay title with a time of 44.92 seconds. Georgia State was second in 45.24 seconds and Texas State was third.
The UTA foursome of Christian Clark, Quentin Butler, Cameron Newsome and Clayton Vaughn won the men's 4x100-meter relay with a time of 40.03 seconds. Troy was second and WKU's contingent, third.
A-State's Kristina Aubert won her second event, this time claiming the 1,500-meter title in a time of 4:31.84. She earlier won the women's 10,000-meters on Friday.
Texas State's Michelle Jones was second (4:33.66) and Georgia State's Katharine Showalter finished third (4:36.92).
USA's Michael Pienaar won the men's 1,500-meter title with a time of 3:49.93 with ULM's Dusan Makevic earning second and UTA's Emil Blomberg finishing third.
A-State's Sharika Nelvis won her signature event, the 100-meter hurdles, with a wind-aided time of 12.67 seconds. UTA's DeOna Stafford was second and Antonisha Stewart of Texas State was third.
Troy's Thaddeus Curtis won the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.85 seconds. UTA's Renan Palma was second with a time of 13.95 seconds and Ravaughn Pope of USA was third.
WKU's Gelela Cooley crossed the line first in the women's 400-meters with a time of 54.09 seconds. DeAndrea Smith of UTA was second at 54.52 seconds and Tatiana Colbert of GSU was third.
Cooley's teammate on the men's side, Elvyonn Bailey, took home the title in the men's 400-meters with a time of 45.85. Troy's Jordan Landburg was second and Texas State's Anthony Johnson, third.
A-State's Nelvis claimed her second event title of the day, this time winning the 100-meter dash, just minutes after winning the 100-meter hurdles. Nelvis' time of 11.17 was two-tenths of a second better than the nearest competitor. Freshmen Marika Brown and Carrol Hardy of Texas State and WKU finished second and third, respectively, behind Nelvis.
A-State's Kashef Daniel took home first-place honors in the men's high jump as he cleared the bar at 2.15m (7'0.5"). UTA's Roland Sales also cleared 2.15m but Daniel earned the title as he cleared the height in fewer attempts.
Texas State's Garrett Robinson was third.
UTA's Vaughn and Troy's Ben Martin tied for first in the men's 100 - both clocking 10.11 seconds. Vaughn's teammate, Quentin Butler, was third.
UTA's Tamerah Gorham won the women's 800-meters with a time of 2:11.88. Texas State's Briana Sharp was second and Gorham's teammate, Ashly Wright was third.
WKU's Christopher Chamness won the men's 800-meters with a time of 1:54.31. UTA's Philip Critelli was second, earning much needed points for the Mavericks. Justin Housley of USA was third.
UL Lafayette freshman, Joya Tardieff, won the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.98, besting GSU's Carole Idolphine. Troy's Taylor McDonald was third.
ULM's Jamel Sams won the men's 400-meter hurdles followed by Texas State's James Hilliard. Sams' time of 52.19 bested Hilliard's 52.27. UL Lafayette's Morgan Cormier was third.
Nelvis won her third event of the evening in the women's 200-meters with a wind-aided time of 22.70 seconds. With her win she claimed her third event title and 38th point of the meet. Texas State's Marika Brown was second and WKU's Carroll Hardy was third.
WKU's Bailey took the men's 200-meter title with a wind-aided time of 20.15 seconds. UTA's Vaughn was second at 20.47 and WKU's Sears third.
Kristina Aubert of A-State claimed her third event title of the weekend and second of the evening as she won the women's 5,000 meters in the second-to-last women's event. Aubert's time of 16:44.55 is a new SBC Championship and Complex record.
WKU's Katie Lever and Lindsey Hinken finished second and third, respectively.
WKU freshmen Endalow Takele won the men's 5,000 meters with a time of 15:06.08. ULM's Dusan Makevic was second and USA freshman Michael Pienaar was third.
UTA's women claimed the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:39.85. Texas State was second and Georgia State finished third.
WKU won the men's 4x400-meter relay as they moved into second place in the team standings. ULM finished second and USA was third.