Spokane, Wash. – Tarleton State Track and Field posted their two best finishes at any WAC Track and Field or Cross Country Championships since joining the WAC in 2020. The Women’s squad earned runners-up status setting a school-record with 148 points while the men finished fourth with an indoor all-time best 86 points after the two-day 2025 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships across Friday and Saturday at The Podium.
After a first day that saw 13 athletes combined to win 14 All-WAC honors, and broke six school records, the Texans posted 27 All-WAC performances, broke three school records and broke a meet record on day two.
“These Texans fought all the way down to the wire, ” said head coach Bobby Carter. “When I say I’m very excited for this team, I really do mean that. Yesterday I spoke about how they were ready to shock the world. Well today, they did just that. To see the women score 103 more points than last year at these championships was very impressive. That just shows what’s in store for the future. Also seeing the men score 34 more points than last year was great as well! This team has set the standard and we are just getting started!”
The Texan women posted their best-ever team finish accumulating 148 total points. The crew was overtaken by Utah Valley in the final three events. The Wolverines won the team title with 169 total points. On the men’s side, they also posted their best finish at any track and field or cross country WAC Championships. The squad finished in fourth with 86 total points. Grand Canyon won the team crown edging Utah Valley by three points. The Lopes totaled 157 points across the two days.
Sofia DeGroot and Sir Jonathan Sims were each named the WAC’s Most Outstanding Field Athletes at the end of the meet. DeGroot totaled 16 points for the Texans in the long jump and triple jump. She earned a pair of silver medals across the two events. Sims recorded 18 total points for the Texans across the two days. He won the long jump crown on day one and followed up that performance with a silver medal in the triple jump on day two.
Day 2 Field Events
The Texans placed four in the top eight in the women’s high jump to open the day. Jourdaine Cerenil finished second clearing the 1.71-meter bar. Cerenil matched her personal best that ranks third in program history. She missed all three of her attempts at 1.74 which would have tied the school record and the eventual WAC champion. Vanessa Rolan and Jasmine Pullins notched fifth and sixth place with a best height of 1.66 meters. Pullins tied for ninth in school history setting her new personal best. Kassidy Kirkpatrick also earned All-WAC Second Team honors claiming seventh place clearing 1.61 meters.
Gabriele Tosti notched back-to-back indoor triple jump titles as part of a Texan 1-2 punch. Tosti won the indoor title for the second straight year, and the third straight triple jump crown including his outdoor title last season. Tosti’s best jump came on his first leap, totaling 15.90 meters. He held onto title across the next five jumps. Sir Jonathan Sims earned runner-up with his best jump of 15.53 meters. Two other Texans scored points with Jaden Hall and Jordan Flores coming in sixth and seventh overall. Hall’s best jump of 14.29 meters earned him sixth. Flores notched a seventh-place finish leaping 14.23 meters.
Joren McKeever earned a bronze medal in the men’s high jump. After passing the first three heights, he cleared the bar on his first jump in each of the first two attempts. His second jump of the day over the 2.11 mark, brought him within 0.01 meters of his school record. Unfortunately, he missed all three of his attempts at setting a new program record of 2.14 and earned himself, third place. Freshman Aislee Bynum notched sixth in his first WAC Championships to earn All-WAC Second Team. Bynum posted the ninth best height in school history setting a new personal best of 2.00 meters.
Sofia DeGroot notched her second top-three finish of the weekend finishing second in the triple jump. She improved her second-best mark in school history to 12.61 meters. She was just 0.04 meters short of tying the program record set by Euphemia Eden in 2015. In her first time competing in the triple jump, Amelie Monzie earned a fifth-place finish. Her best leap of 11.79 meters came on her fifth jump. She improved on each of her jumps from the first to her fifth throughout the competition.
Tayler Wessely notched fourth place in the shot put after winning the weight throw on Day 1. Wessely tossed her best throw on her last attempt, a 12.82-meter toss. With that throw, she moved up to third all-time by a Texan. She improved her personal best in the event by over a meter after her 11.73 toss at the first meet of the season.
Day 2 Track Events
Morgan Lamberson turned in a pair of bronze medal performances in both the 800 and the mile. In her first event of the day, she absolutely shattered the school record she set a few weeks ago of 4:58.67 at the Jarvis Scott Invite. She beat her mark by almost five seconds crossing in 4:53.74. Just a few hours later, Lamberson competed in the 800 also finishing in third. She crossed in 2:12.19, about three tenths of a second away from breaking her school record she set in the event a few weeks prior.
Malak Rashwan earned a silver medal in the 60-meter hurdles. She set a new school and Egyptian national record crossing in 8.49 seconds. The freshman was second to WAC Champion UVU’s Quincy Bonds who set a meet record in 8.18 seconds. Rashwan broke the school record in the event for the fifth time this season, and her third new time as the Egyptian national record holder.
In the men’s 60-meter hurdle finals, a pair of Texans earned All-WAC recognition. Nathan Franco set a new personal best and improved his seventh best time in program history by 0.01 seconds to 8.15 seconds. Omar Mahmoud came in seventh in 8.30 seconds.
The Texans claimed three of the top four spots in the women’s 60-meter sprint. For the second-consecutive day, a Texan set a new WAC meet record with Victoria Cameron setting the new Indoor Championships record in the 60 in 7.21 seconds. Cameron beat the previous record of 7.24 seconds set in 2012. She beat the second-place finisher by .14 seconds. Her season best time of 7.14 seconds earlier in the season has qualified her for the NCAA Championships in two weeks. Hanna Dudley crossed in third setting a new personal best and the second-best time in school history, 7.37 seconds. Lauren Roy crossed in fourth in 7.41 improving her third best time in school history.
Aidan Matthews earned a pair of Second Team All-WAC honors in the 60 and the 200 meters. Matthews started the day finishing seventh in the 60 in 6.78 seconds. Later in the day, he finished fourth overall in the 200 in 21.05 seconds.
Amandine Estival tied her own school record running 55.47 in the 400. Estival finished fifth in the event to earn All-WAC Second Team honors.
Roy took home gold and set a new school record in the 200 for the second day in a row. In the prelims broke the program record running in 23.58 seconds. In the finals she won the event in 23.54 seconds to break her own program record. Estival notched her second medal of the day earning bronze. She posted the second fastest time in school history finishing in 23.73 seconds. Dudley recorded a fifth-place performance crossing in 23.93 seconds.
Kaitlyn Gale crushed her personal best by over 12 seconds in the 3000. Gale finished in tenth in 10:08.16, improving her mark as the second fastest time in program history. Ella Smart ran the third fastest time in school history in 10:24.26, beating her previous best by over eight seconds. Sage Lancaster shaved a second off her fifth best time in program history to 10:28.93.
In the men’s 3000 freshman Toby Eaton improved his third-best time in program history by a second to 8:32.82 finishing 11th overall and third among freshman in the event. Angel Gomez the fifth best time by a Texan all-time crossing in 8:34.58.
In the final women’s event of the night, the 4×400 relay team set a new school record. The quartet of Estival, Cameron, Nyla Barlow and Taylor McFarland were edged out by Grand Canyon to earn runners-up in the event. The squad broke the school record by 1.5 seconds finishing in 3:42.78.
Following the conclusion of the conference meets across the nation this weekend, the top 16 individuals in the NCAA in each event will head to the NCAA Indoor Championships. The championships will be held from March 14-15 in Virginia Beach, Va. at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
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