Trinity University Track and Field will compete in a pair of Last Chance Meets to try to qualify for the 2024 NCAA III Outdoor Championships.
The Men's Track Team claimed their fourth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship while the women finished in second. The Tigers won a total of eleven events, finished with 36 All-SCAC performances, and broke five school records.
Justin Johnson (Houston, Texas / Manvel) was named the SCAC Male Athlete of the Meet for the second year in a row after winning the triple jump, 400-hurdles, and being a part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team.
Preview - APU Franson & Trinity Last Chance
The Tigers will send a few distance runners to Azusa, California to compete in the APU Franson Last Chance Meet on May 10th and 11th. The rest of the squad will run in the Trinity Last Chance Meet on Sunday, May 12th.
In The Hunt
To automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, an athlete or relay team must rank at the top 22 in their respective event. Right now, there are 10 events where Trinity athletes rank in the top 50. In the 200-meters,
Price Schultea (Cypress, Texas / Cypress Christian) ranks 42nd with a time of 21.46.
CC Gray (Scottsdale, Arizona / Notre Dame Prep) ran a time of 56.89 in the 400-meter to rank 39th.
Will Salony (Dallas, Texas / JJ Pearce) ranks 19th in the 1500-meters and 32nd in the 5000-meters.
Azariah Anderson (St. Charles, Missouri / Francis Howell North) ranks 14th in the 110-meter hurdles.
Joy Areola (Tomball, Texas / Rosehill Christian School) has her hand in two events as she is 38th in long jump and 8th overall in triple jump, marking the highest ranking among Trinity Athletes.
Justin Johnson is also ranked in two events as he sits in 20th in the 400-meter hurdles and 21st in the triple jump. In the 3000-meter steeplechase,
Diego Flores (San Antonio, Texas / Great Hearts Monte Vista North) is in 20th while
Ellie Catron (Spring, Texas / The Woodlands Christian) ranks 32nd.
Tias McClarty (Norman, Oklahoma / Norman) and
Bocar Diagana (Edina, Minnesota / Edina) rank 38th and 49th in long and triple jump, respectively. Finally, both men's and women's 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams are in the top 50, with the men's 4x100 team being the highest ranked at 17th.
Up Next
The Tigers will compete in the Augustana Last Chance Meet on May 16th.
