Day 2 Results | Sunday Heat Sheets | Championship Central
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Day two of the 2018 #SunBeltOTF Championships came to a close on Saturday with the running of the men's and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. South Alabama continues to lead the women's team race, adding 33 points on Saturday for a two-day total of 84. Texas State surged in front on the men's side as they lead after Saturday's events with 52 points.
Appalachian State sits in second on the women's side with 56.5 points while Arkansas State is third with 55.5 points. Louisiana is just behind the Bobcats on the men's side with 45 points and the Red Wolves are also third on the men's side with 43 points.
Sunday's events get underway with the men's discus scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT). Running event finals start at 5 p.m. (CT) with the 4x100-meter relay.
Saturday saw one record fall and a fantastic race in the men's 100-meter prelims. USA's Emile Berge successfully defended her heptathlon title with a two-day total of 5,632 points. That total reset the six-year old Sun Belt record held by USA's Lindsay Schwartz. Berge tallied 2,241 points on Saturday morning to add to her 3,391 points totaled on Friday. Troy's Riley Schwietz was the runner-up just behind Berge.
The much anticipated men's 100-meters did not disappoint as A-State's Jaylen Bacon looks primed to run a fast time on Sunday. Bacon, running in the third heat on Saturday, easily qualified for Sunday's final with an NCAA leading 9.99. His time was three-tenths of a second faster than the next fastest time. It was the second time Bacon has run sub-ten seconds in the event.
Bacon will look to repeat his sprint double on Sunday as he qualified on Friday in the 200-meters.
Texas State's T'Mond Johnson moved into the top ten in the NCAA in the men's shot put with a new PR of 19.79m (64'11.25"), just one foot off of the all-time Sun Belt record. Johnson moved into No. 2 all-time in Sun Belt history earlier this year before Saturday's result.
Little Rock's Shanieke Watson, a multiple Athlete of the Week winner in 2018, claimed the title in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Watson's time of 10:43.08 was ten seconds faster than runner-up Kate Butler of Appalachian State.
UTA's Justin Domangue won the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, the final event of the night on Saturday, with a time of 9:14.15.
Action continues on the final day with finals in the remaining events on both the men's and women's side. Texas State's women will be looking to become the first women's program to claim the "Triple Crown" since the 2010-11 season while USA is seeking its second title in the last three seasons.
UTA will be gunning for its fourth title in the last five years and a back-to-back championship on Sunday while Texas State hopes to claim its first men's outdoor title.
Men’s Results – through 7 events
1. Texas State - 52 pts; 2. Louisiana - 45 pts; 3. Arkansas State - 43 pts; 4. ULM - 36 pts; 5. UT Arlington - 30 pts; 6. South Alabama - 23 pts; 7. Troy - 22 pts; 8. Coastal Carolina - 18 pts; 9. Appalachian State - 2 pts; 9. Little Rock - 2 pts
Women’s Results – through 9 events
1. South Alabama - 84 pts; 2. Appalachian State - 56.5 pts; 3. Arkansas State - 55.5 pts; 4. UT Arlington - 43 pts; 5. Georgia State - 32 pts; 6. Texas State - 25.5 pts; 7. Troy - 24 pts; 8. Little Rock - 10 pts; 8. Coastal Carolina - 10 pts; 10. Louisiana - 8.5 pts; 11. ULM - 2 pts