DALLAS – Tarleton State Track and Field closed their regular season on Saturday at the SMU Invite at the Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium earning 10 event individual champions, a new school record and a new facility record.
The Texans set a season record with ten athletes claiming individual titles. The Purple and White also posted 10, top 10 event performances in school history. Tarleton State made a statement at the first SMU Invite since 1998.
Victoria Cameron broke her own school record in the 100 meters for the third time this season. The Stephenville native not only broke the school record again but she also set the Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium record as well. Cameron notched her third consecutive 100-meter title clocking in at 11.25 seconds. She was .30 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, her teammate Hanna Dudley. Dudley finished second in 11.56 seconds to improve her fifth best time in program history. Prestina Ochonogor made her collegiate and US soil debut in the 100-meter dash later on in the heats. The freshman from Nigeria crossed in 11.80 seconds, the seventh fastest time in program history.
The Texan men went 1-2-3 in the 110 hurdles. The reigning WAC Track Athlete of the Week Ca’terrin Cox won the title posting the only sub-14 second time in the race clocking in at 13.97 seconds. Omar Mahmoud and Nathan Franco followed tightly behind rounding out the top three.
The Purple and White placed four men in the top five of the 400-meter hurdles. Noah Newman won the battle finishing first in the heat of four Texans in 53.34 seconds. Newman is now tied for eighth in program history with his new personal best. Braylon Hoffman finished in third followed by Jordan Ferguson and Bryson Crippen.
Angel Gomez earned the title in the men’s 1500 meter run and claimed a top 10 performance in school history in his third different event. Gomez owns the school record in the 10K and ranks second in the 5K and is now seventh in the 1500. The senior led the group of five Texans that all placed in the top six clocking in at 3:53.41.
Jourdaine Cerenil won the first event of the day for the Texans. Cerenil was the only jumper in the field to clear each of her first three heights on her first attempt. Her final clearance at 1.68 meters was matched by a pair of Oklahoma State jumpers, but Cerenil was awarded the title due to the least misses.
Tayler Wessely was the second Texan to win an individual crown. Wessely won the hammer throw in quick fashion with a best toss of 48.87 meters on her third attempt.
Mason Hill notched his second shot put individual title of the season. Hill set a new personal best with a pair of throws of 16 meters, his best at 16.75 meters. The sophomore now ranks fourth in program history in the event. Hill adds his second title of the season in the shot put after his first collegiate win at the Clyde Hart Invitational earlier this year.
Jacob Thomas also secured his second event crown of the season. Thomas was one of two jumpers to clear the 4.81-meter mark forcing a jump-off. After a series of jumps, the other vaulter conceded the title to Thomas. Aston Kollatschny improved his ninth best mark in school history setting a new personal best clearing 4.71 meters. He finished third in the event.
David Mvundura won the 200 in the final sprints race of the afternoon. Mvundura turned in a 21.17-second performance to win his heat and earn his second consecutive 200-meter title. Mvundura won the Joe Gillespie Invitational in a non-wind legal 20.65 second performance.
Hanna Dudley took home the 200-meter title posting the second-fastest time in program history. The senior clocked in at 23.56 seconds to win her second individual title in as many weeks. Dudley won the 400 at the Joe Gillespie Invitational last Saturday. Amandine Estival finished second at the SMU Invite in the 200 crossing in 23.61 seconds to earn silver. In her collegiate debut in the 200, Cameron logged the fourth fastest time in the 200 in school history. The sophomore sensation stormed away in the sixth and final heat crossing in 23.73 seconds.
Amandine Estival posted the fourth best time in program history in the 400 meters. The Mogneville, France, native, crossed in second in 55.03 seconds. Estival posted the second fastest time ever ran in the facility only to the event champion.
In her collegiate debut in the 3000-meter steeplechase, Ella Smart posted the sixth-best time in school history in 11:51.67.
AJ Alfaro ran the ninth fastest time in program history in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Alfaro set a new personal best finishing in 9:59.13 to claim second place in the event.
Kaitlyn Gale notched the tenth-best time in program history in the 1500. The freshman won her heat and crossed in 4:47.26.
Tarleton State will have two weeks of rest before heading to the 2025 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Arlington, Texas. The Texans will look to post their best finishes in program history after posting their best team finishes at the indoor championships earlier this year.
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