Men's Relay Team Named NAIA All-American After Fifth-Place Finish at Nationals
MARIO, IND. (May 27, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) Saints 4x400m relay team made it to the finals of the 2023 NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and finished in fifth place overall. This marks the first time in program history that members of the OLLU track and field team have finished as finalists. All four members of the team – all freshmen, including Richard Davis, Julian Verastegui, Troy Stinson and Cerrone Thompson – have earned NAIA All-American honors – the first ever at OLLU.
They placed 11th out of 21 teams in the preliminary run with a time of 3:17.58, which qualified them for the finals on Friday. Their time in the finals was 3:12.55 for a fifth-place finish overall.
Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, "We had some good things happen and some lessons learned. The jewel of the meet for us was definitely the men's 4x400m finishing All-American with four freshmen. I'm so excited that these young men are at the foundation of what we are building."
See below for a full list of participants from OLLU, and their results:
|
Participants |
Event |
Results |
|
Spencer Williams, Jesus Riefkohl Delgado, Rodney Webber, Jalen Bell |
4x100m Relay |
40.78 |
|
200m |
21.31 |
|
|
Javelin |
53.62m |
|
|
100m |
14.60 |
|
|
Long Jump |
6.42m |
|
|
400m |
49.59 |
|
|
400m |
49.70 |
|
|
Richard Davis, Julian Verastegui, Troy Stinson, Cerrone Thompson |
4x400m Relay |
3:17.58 |
|
Richard Davis, Julian Verastegui, Troy Stinson, Cerrone Thompson |
4x400m Relay |
3:12.55 |
