Box Score San Antonio - Three Tiger track &
field student-athletes capped impressive seasons by finishing in
the top 20 in their respective events at the NCAA
Championships.
Justin Campbell, George Warren, and Vanessa Moreno competed in
the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Championships on May 23-24 at the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse.
Campbell (Victoria, TX/Memorial), a recent Trinity graduate,
placed 13th (of 20 competitors) in the men's discus event, with a
throw of 49.14 meters (161-03). Moreno (El Paso, TX/Horizon) was
18th in the women's 10,000 meters, finishing the event in 37:41.52.
Warren recorded a best mark of 2.00 meters (6-06.75) in the
men's high jump finishing in a three-way tie for 14th place.
In 2009, Campbell earned All-America honors with a third-place
NCAA finish (50.18 meters, 164.58 feet) in the discus. He was
Trinity's top men's points earner at last month's Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships. In
addition to the discus title, Campbell won the hammer throw and
shot put for the conference champion Tigers, who hosted the
meet.
Warren won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference high jump
title last month, with a mark of 2.00 meters, and was a member
of the champion 4x400-meter relay team.
Moreno was instrumental in helping the Tiger women
capture the SCAC Track and Field champions, by winning the
1,500 and 5,000 meter events. Last fall, Moreno won the SCAC
Women's Cross Country Championship, and was named conference Cross
Country Runner of the Year. Trinity's men and women won their
first-ever cross country team titles, and advanced to the
NCAAs.
The Trinity coaches were named the SCAC Track and Field Staff of
the Year. Both Tiger teams are led by first year Head Coach Marcus
Whitehead. Other members of the coaching staff are Derick Lawrence
(also head men's and women's cross country coach), Thomas Dimitri,
Emily Daum, Joe Meno, Greg Roberts, and Todd Wildman.
The Tiger men's and women's teams won the SCAC Championships by
record margins (136.5 points and 277 points,
respectively).