Outdoor Track Has Strong Start to Season

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The Our Lady of the Lake (OLLU) men's and women's outdoor track and field teams are off to an impressive start to their 2025 season. The teams most recently competed at the UTSA Invitational, The Bobcat Invitational, and the Texas Relays. 

"Our men's and women's teams have had a strong start to the outdoor season," said head coach Brett Charlton. "This has been some of the fastest times we have ran this early in an outdoor season. Right now, we are continuing to focus on getting better each week. We are eager to see if the early season momentum we have created will help carry us through the back half of our season."

The OLLU men's team is currently ranked 13th nationally and #3 in the South Central Region. 

"This is the most personal best and National standard marks we have ever had this early in the season," continued Charlton. "To continue our success, we must get better each week and ensure our student-athletes are staying healthy."

Jalen Bell has hit four National standards in just two outdoor meets. Bell ranks in the top-10 nationally with all four of those marks. At the UTSA invitational, Bell ran 10.42 in the 100m and 21.17 in the 200m, both National B-standards. At the Texas State Bobcat Invitational, Bell was apart of the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams who both hit National A-standards with time of 40.81, and 3:15.07, respectfully. The 4x100m relay team consists of Spencer Williams, Jesus Riefkohl-Delgado, Malik White, and Bell ran the fourth fastest time in the NAIA. The 4x400m relay team of Richard Davis, Julian Verastegui, Yvann Agag, and Bell currently rank 6th in the NAIA with their mark at the Bobcat Invitational. 

White also impressed in the 100m hurdles at the Bobcat Invitational, setting a new school record with a time of 14.42. His time currently ranks him #5 in the NAIA and was good enough for a National B-standard. 

Verastegui his a National B-standard in the 400m at Texas State with a time of 47.77 which his second-best in school history and 9th best in the NAIA. 

On the distance side, Damon Gutierrez set the school reocrd in the 10,000m run with a time of 31:27.95, good enough for an 8th place finish at the Texas Relays and the 10th-fastest time in the NAIA. 

The OLLU women's team is currently ranked #10 in the South Central Region. 

In their opening meet of the season at UTSA, Lawren Tanner picked up where she left off in indoor season, breaking the school record in the long jump with mark of 5.85m, the third-best jump in the NAIA and a mark good enough for a National B-standard. Larrisa McHenry ran a personal best in the 200m with a time of 25.22, while also running the 100m in 12.09, the 24th best time in the NAIA. Aziza Clark just missed hitting a national standard in the 400m hurdles, running a time of 1:04.12, the 11th fastest time in the NAIA. 

At the Bobcat Invitational, the women's 4x400m relay team of Alexandria Segura, Tara Madrid, Autumn Roberts, and Aziza Clark ran the 8th fastest time in the NAIA with a time of 3:56.29.

The Saints will return to action on April 18 as they compete in the Michael Johnson Invite at Baylor University. 

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