GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Tiger men's and men's track & field teams are both leading after the opening day of action at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in Georgetown, Texas.

Trinity's women scored 136 points and lead second-place Colorado College by nearly 40 points, followed by hosting Southwestern University in third, and Texas Lutheran University in fourth. The University of St. Thomas, Schreiner University, and Centenary College round out the women's standings. The Tiger men finished with 142 points scored after the first day, nearly 30 points better than Texas Lutheran in second. Colorado College is third, followed by St. Thomas, Southwestern, and Centenary.

Saturday's results yielded 22 All-SCAC performances by the men and women, as well as nine total individual SCAC Champions. Kierra Francois (Angleton, Texas / Angleton) won both the hammer throw and the javelin throw, breaking her own school record in the hammer and setting a new personal-best in the javelin. Francois won the hammer with a throw of 50.85 meters to beat her previous best by nearly six meters. She had a throw of 36.46 meters to win the javelin event with a new PR that remains sixth in school history.

Cooper Tyler (Austin, Texas / Anderson) won the men's javelin with a huge PR that moved him from seventh to third all-time at Trinity. He surpassed his previous best by more than three meters in today's event. Pierce Jackson (Addison, Texas / Dallas Jesuit) finished third for the second straight season, though he set a new PR with a throw of 53.58 meters that moves him into the top 10 in school history.

In addition to sweeping the gold in the javelin, Trinity also won both the men's and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and the long jump. Diego Flores (San Antonio, Texas / Great Hearts Monte Vista North) won the men's steeple for the second straight year with a time of 9:46.10, while Ellie Catron (The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands Christian Academy) won for the second time in three years with a time of 11:34.44. The long jump was won by Joy Areola (Tomball, Texas / Rosehill Christian) and Casey Hampton (Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian), who both finished as runners-up to former teammates last year. Areola jumped a Trinity season-best 5.35 meters to win this year's event, while Hampton set a new PR by 0.01 meters with a mark of 7.22 meters that keeps him fourth in school history.

Rounding out the Tiger individual winners were Justin Johnson (Houston, Texas / Manvel) in the 400-meter hurdles and Madeline Wietstruck (Houston, Texas / Northland Christian) in the pole vault. Johnson won the hurdles even in 54.09 seconds, which is a new PR that moves him from seventh to fourth on Trinity's all-time list. Wietstruck is also now alone in fourth in Trinity's record book, vaulting 3.33 meters to win the SCAC title today. In addition to winning the pole vault, she was also the runner-up in the long jump with a leap of 5.31 meters that is a new PR and is in the top 10 in school history.

Nathaniel Trevino (San Antonio, Texas / Central Catholic) earned All-SCAC honors in the men's 10,000-meter run, finishing in a time of 32:26.91 that ranks fourth in school history. He was one of eight men's and women's runners to break personal records in the event today, while Elaine Kaster (Lewisville, Texas / Founders Classical Academy) finished with the second fastest time of her career. She was the top women's finisher with a time of 40:08.93.

Logan Nasky (Irving, Texas / MacArthur) was third behind Flores in the steeple to earn All-SCAC honors with his time of 10:02.04.

Both 4x100-meter relays teams also earned All-SCAC recognition. The men's relay team of Legend Grigsby (Houston, Texas / Cypress Creek), Orie Piken (Torrance, Calif. / West Torrance), Brian Rainey (Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill), and Ethan Gilmore (Houston, Texas / Lamar) moved up to fourth in school history with a silver medal time of 41.68 on Saturday. The women's team of Avery Puig (Laredo, Texas / Alexander), Sealan Ledat (Richardson, Texas / Richardson), Areola, and Danya Selber (Edinburg, Texas / Robert Vela) was third with a time of 48.81 that is seventh all-time at Trinity.

Puig and Selber also took bronze individually in the 400 hurdles and the 200-meter dash to add to a successful opening day for Trinity. Puig finished third in the hurdles with a time of 1:07.83, with teammate Hayley Huck (Prosper, Texas / Prosper) right on her heels in fourth to just miss out on all-conference honors. Selber moved into a tie for fifth all-time at Trinity with a time of 25.93 seconds in the 200. In a very competitive event, Taylor Kotfas (Blanco, Texas / Blanco) posted a time of 26.03 seconds that moved her to seventh in school history and sixth place in today's meet.

Kyle Anderson (Cave Creek, Ariz. / Cactus Shadows) moved up from 10th to sixth in school history with an All-SCAC race in the men's 400 hurdles, finishing third in 54.99 seconds. Gilmore also had a time of 22.09 seconds in the 200 that moved him into the top 10 all-time with the Tigers.

Will Salony (Dallas, Texas / JJ Pearce) was Trinity's only All-SCAC runner in the 800-meter race, finishing third in 1:57.05; however, two Tiger women moved into the top 10 in school history after strong finishes. Paige Tangney (Wilmette, Ill. / New Trier Township) and Josette Gurule (Santa Fe, N.M. / Academy for Technology and the Classics) tied for fourth in the race today, finishing in a time of 2:21.55 that ties the duo for eighth on Trinity's all-time list.

One of the most successful overall events was the pole vault. In addition to Wiestruck's victory, the Tiger women saw Bailey Dueitt (The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands) earn All-SCAC honors by finishing as the runner-up with a height of 3.18 meters, while Kaelin Leishman (Wheaton, Ill. / North) was fourth with a new PR that puts her in the top 10 at Trinity. On the men's side, both Adrian Suarez (Carrollton, Texas / Greenhill) and Seth Jacobs (Santa Fe, Texas / Santa Fe) earned All-SCAC honors by finishing second and third. Both cleared 4.09 meters to snag their first conference awards.

The SCAC Championships conclude with a full slate of events tomorrow at Southwestern. Trinity is attempting to sweep both the men's and women's team championships for the third straight year, while the Tiger women are eyeing an eighth consecutive SCAC title.