LAFAYETTE, La. – Dominick Yancy won the 400-meter dash title and was the anchor leg in the conference-winning men's 4x400 relay while Alyssa Wilson won her third Sun Belt outdoor championship this weekend to highlight Texas State's final day at the 2022 Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at the Home Bank Soccer/Track Facility.
 
Yancy helped the Texas State men's team finish third in the team standings, scoring 107 points. The women's team finished fourth with 77 points.
 
The run by Yancy in the 400 was the fifth-fastest in school history as the junior posted a time of 46.37. Yancy's title also gave Texas State the outdoor 400 conference championship for the third straight time as Jaylen Allen won in 2019 and 2021 while the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the pandemic.
 
In the 4x400 relay, Yancy staved off a challenge in the final turn before pulling away to help the group win the championship with a time of 3:08.24. Brian West, Taahir Kelly, Avery Veiseh and Yancy became the sixth different 4x4 relay team in school history to win a conference championship and second in a row.
 
Wilson continued her dominance in the throws as she won the discus title with a toss of 54.29 meters/178-1, which was the sixth-farthest in program history. With the discus championship, Wilson became the first Bobcat – male or female – to win three different throwing implements at conference championships in a single year. Wilson won the hammer on Thursday and shot put on Friday.
 
Wilson, in her first season at Texas State after joining as a graduate transfer, has won five Sun Belt championships in her brief career, including two in the indoor season.
 
For the entire Sun Belt championships, Texas State had 35 performances score team points, 14 earn podium finishes and six of those take first-place. Katherine Stuckly added to Wilson, Yancy and the men's 4x4 titles with her own in the high jump on Friday.
 
The men's and women's 4x100 relay teams also reached the podium with both teams finishing second. The women's side ran the second-fastest time in school history (44.83) while the men's team ran sixth-fastest (39.98).
 
Bervensky Pierre added a second-place finish of his own on Saturday. He ran a personal-best 20.64 in the 200 meters, which was the third-fastest in school history.
 
Lee-Anne Blake (800 meter), Isaac Sadzewicz (pole vault), and Kelly (400 meter) each finished third in their events to place on the podium.
 
South Alabama won the overall team championship on the men's side (148.5 points) while Arkansas State won the women's title (157).
 
Texas State will next compete in the NCAA West Regionals in Fayetteville, Ark. from May 25 to 28. To qualify, athletes must rank in the top-48 in the region in their respective events.
 
Final Team Standings
Men's
1. South Alabama – 148.5
2. Arkansas State - 137
3. Texas State - 107
4. UTA - 94
5. Louisiana – 86.5
6. App State – 58
7. Troy – 54
8. Little Rock – 52
9. Coastal Carolina - 43
10. ULM - 37
 
Women's
1. Arkansas State – 157
2. Coastal Carolina - 136
3. UTA - 120
4. Texas State - 77
5. Louisiana – 72
6. South Alabama – 59.5
T-7. App State - 51
T-7. ULM - 51
9. Georgia State – 36
10. Troy – 35.5
11. Little Rock – 20
12. Georgia Southern - 2
 
 
First place finishes
Katherine Stuckly – High jump
Alyssa Wilson – Hammer throw
Alyssa Wilson – Shot put
Alyssa Wilson – Discus
Dominick Yancy – 400 meter dash
Men's 4x400 meter relay (West, Kelly, Veiseh, Yancy)
 
Podium finishes
Lee-Anne Blake – 800 meters (3rd)
Ronnie Briscoe, Jr. – Long jump (2nd)
Bervensky Pierre – 200 meters (2nd)
Isaac Sadzewicz – Pole vault (3rd)
Taahir Kelly – 400 meters (3rd)
Simon Thor – Decathlon (3rd)
Men's 4x100 Relay (2nd)
Women's 4x100 Relay (2nd)
 
Top-10 finishes
Will Blaser – Shot put (4th, 17.11m)
Ashton Callahan – 100 meters (6th, 10.36)
Ashton Callahan – 200 meters (4th, 20.92)
Mathilde Canet – Long jump (7th, 5.80m)
Sadi Giles – 100 meters (8th, 11.84)
Daniel Harrold – 110 meter hurdles (4th, 13.93)
Drue Jackson – Long jump (5th, 7.38m)
Kwanele Mthembu – 5000 meters (4th, 14:49.01)
Tyler Noles – Discus (9th, 48.62m)
Luize Opola – Heptathlon (4th, 4,984 points)
Dias Redmond II – Shot put (5th, 16.72m)
Dias Redmond II – Hammer (8th, 53.95m)
Aubrey Schmidt – 3000 meter steeplechase (8th, 11:36.73)
Lauryn Small – Shot put (7th, 14.52m)
Simon Thor – Pole vault (5th, 4.83m)
A.J. Tyler – 800 meters (4th, 1:53.01)
Anayah Washington – Long jump (6th, 5.84m)
Brian West – 400 meters (4th, 47.63)
Ebony Wolridge – Shot put (5th, 15.25m)
Sedrickia Wynn – 100 meters (6th, 11.51)
Sedrickia Wynn – 100 meter hurdles (7th, 14.05)
 
 
2022 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Day Three (May 14, 2022)
 
Men's triple jump
11. Ronnie Briscoe, Jr. – 14.13m/46-4.25
 
Men's discus
9. Tyler Noles – 48.62m/159-6
 
Men's pole vault
3. Isaac Sadzewicz – 4.98m/16-4
6. Simon Thor – 4.83m/15-10
 
Women's discus
1. Alyssa Wilson – 54.29m/178-1
15. Lauryn Small – 40.44m/132-8
 
Women's triple jump
DNS Alexa Valenzuela
 
Men's high jump
T-9. Garrett Vasso – 1.93m/6-4
 
Women's 4x100 relay
2. 44.83 (2nd fastest in school history)
 
Men's 4x100 relay
2. 39.98 (6th fastest in school history)
 
Women's 100 meter hurdles
7. Sedrickia Wynn – 14.05
 
Men's 110 meter hurdles
4. Daniel Harrold – 13.93w
 
Men's 400 meter
1. Dominick Yancy – 46.37
3. Taahir Kelly – 46.76
4. Brian West – 47.63
 
Women's 100 meter
6. Sedrickia Wynn – 11.51
8. Sadi Giles – 11.84
 
Men's 100 meter
6. Ashton Callahan – 10.36w
 
Men's 110 meter hurdles
4. Daniel Harrold – 13.93w
 
Women's 800 meter
3. Lee-Anne Blake – 2:08.43
 
Men's 800 meter
4. A.J. Tyler – 1:53.01
 
Men's 200 meter
2. Bervensky Pierre – 20.64 (PR; 3rd fastest in school history)
4. Ashton Callahan – 20.92 (PR)
 
Men's 5000 meter
4. Kwanele Mthembu – 14:49.01
 
Men's 4x400 meter relay
1. West, Kelly, Veiseh, Yancy - 3:08.24