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Saints Men Win RRAC Track and Field Championships

Saints Men Win RRAC Track and Field Championships

SAN ANTONIO (April 29, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) men's track and field team won the 2023 Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships after recording 252 points. Xavier University of Louisiana came in second with 204 points, followed by Huston-Tillotson University with 92, Jarvis Christian University with 65 and Paul Quinn College with 21.

OLLU placed fifth in its inaugural season in 2015, and the following year, the Saints came in third. In 2017, the Saints were runners-up, and in 2018, the team came in third. In 2019, OLLU was the second-place winner, while the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19. In 2021, the Saints came in second, and last year, the Saints finished in third place.

After the event that spanned two days, the university honored seniors David Dada, Gordon, Hector Puente and Jose Zarate.

OLLU had several champions including the 4x100m relay team with Tr'Darius Taylor, Jesus Riefkohl Delgado, Rodney Webber and Jalen Bell; Cerrone Thompson in the 400m; Puente in the 10000m; Zarate in the 5000m and 1500m; Taylor in the 100m; and Bell in the 200m.

Zarate, and three others tied for the High Point Track Athlete of the championships.

Listed below are OLLU's all-conference winners, which included the top four finishers in each category.

Gordon was also recognized as her team's Champions of Character representative.

Name

Event

Results

Place

Tr'Darius Taylor, Jesus Riefkohl Delgado, Rodney Webber, Jalen Bell

4x100mR

40.77

1st Place

Kruz Malesich

3000m

9:39.14

2nd Place

Robert Rios

3000m

9:52.90

4th Place

Cerrone Thompson

400m

47.63

1st Place

Hendrick Ramirez, Jose Saucedo, JoseCarlos Hernandez, Chris Davila

4x800mR

8:10.16

2nd Place

Hector Puente

10000m

37:55.69

1st Place

Sebastian Moreno

10000m

38:53.27

2nd Place

Diego Moran

10000m

38:53.61

3rd Place

Jose Zarate

5000m

16:16.18

1st Place

Diego Moran

5000m

16:36.02

2nd Place

Sebastian Moreno

5000m

17:41.03

3rd Place

Matthew Fleming

800m

1:57.60

2nd Place

Julian Verastegui

800m

2:00.04

4th Place

Tr'Darius Taylor

100m

10.40

1st Place

Jalen Bell

100m

10.65

2nd Place

Richard Davis

400mH

55.49

2nd Place

Francisco Contreras

400mH

57.40

4th Place

Jalen Bell

200m

21.44

1st Place

Jesus Riefkohl Delgado

200m

21.82

2nd Place

Jose Zarate

1500m

4:08.83

1st Place

JoseCarlos Hernandez

1500m

4:12.08

3rd Place

Julian Verastegui, Richard Davis, Tr'Darius Taylor, Cerrone Thompson

4x400m relay

3:13.62

1st Place

David Dada

High Jump

1.80m

4th Place

Victor Delos Santos

Shot Put

11.18m

4th Place

Victor Delos Santos

Discus

33.69

3rd Place

Spencer Williams

Long Jump

6.70m

3rd Place

De'Jon Lewis

Long Jump

6.67m

4th Place

Ian Lee Heung

Triple Jump

14.16m

4th Place

Jonathan Sanchez

Javelin

54.36m

1st Place

Shakeel Zahid

Javelin

40.90m

2nd Place

David Dada

Javelin

35.30M

3rd Place

 

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