SAN MARCOS, Texas – After a regular season in which the Bobcats set five outdoor school records and posted marks or times that pace the Sun Belt in 10 different events, Texas State track and field is set to compete in the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships this Thursday-Saturday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
 
On the men's side, based on performance lists going into the conference championships, it will be a battle between Arkansas State, Texas State, South Alabama and Louisiana. Each team has its strengths: Arkansas State in distance events, Texas State in sprints, South Alabama in distance and vertical jumps, and Louisiana in short sprints and 400 hurdles.
 
For the women, the top teams going into the championships are Arkansas State, Texas State, Louisiana and South Alabama. While Coastal Carolina and Southern Miss have performed well so far this spring, the top-four teams are evenly spread among the events with potential point-scorers based on performance lists going into the championships. The Red Wolves dominate in the distance events which gives them an overall points advantage while the Bobcats are strengthened against the rest of the conference by their throws squad.
 
Last year, Texas State finished third on the men's side and fourth in women's. The Texas State women have won the Sun Belt team championship twice (2017, 2018) while the men have won it once (2019).
 
Several Bobcats will be aiming for repeat individual conference championships this weekend. Katherine Stuckly, who has won three individual championships so far in her high jump career, is looking to repeat last year's outdoor title when she cleared 1.79 meters/5-10.5 at the conference meet in Lafayette, La. Dominick Yancy, who has won six Sun Belt championships, won the 400 meter title in 2022 and also helped the men's 4x400 win the championship alongside Brian West, Taahir Kelly and Avery Veiseh.
 
Yancy enters the weekend with the top time in the Sun Belt this season in the 200 and 400 while Stuckly has the second-best women's high jump.
 
All three days of the meet will have live results available. The meet will also be streamed on ESPN+ throughout the weekend.
 
Bobcats in the USTFCCCA National Rankings
Team Rankings
Men's: #71
Women's: #84
 
 
Bobcats in the Sun Belt
Bobcats Leading the Sun Belt
Women's

• Sedrickia Wynn: 200 meters
• Anayah Washington: Long jump
• Melanie Duron: Shot put
• Elisabet Runarsdottir: Hammer throw

 
Men's

• Dominick Yancy: 200 meters, 400 meters
• 4x100 Relay: Pierre, Callahan, Harrold, Yancy
• 4x400 Relay: West, Kelly, Pierre, Yancy
• Chris Preddie: Long jump
• Grady Leonard: Shot put

 
Bobcats in the Sun Belt's Top-Five
Women's
Men's
100 Meters

• 4. Ashton Callahan (10.32)

200 Meters

• 1. Dominick Yancy (20.38)
• 2. Taahir Kelly (20.70)
• 3. Bervensky Pierre (20.73)
• 5. Ashton Callahan (20.89)

400 Meters

• 1. Dominick Yancy (45.72)
• 3. Ashton Callahan (46.42)
• 4. Taahir Kelly (46.52)

110 Hurdles

• 3. Daniel Harrold (13.82)

4x100 Relay

• 1. Texas State (39.46)

4x400 Relay

• 1. Texas State (3:03.93)

High Jump

• 4. Aiden Hayes (2.10m/6-10.75)

Pole Vault

• 4. Simon Thor (5.10m/16-8.75)

Long Jump

• 1. Chris Preddie (7.87m/25-10)

Shot Put

• 1. Grady Leonard (18.99m/62-3.75)

Hammer Throw

• 2. Grady Leonard (66.65m/218-8)

Javelin

• 2. Simon Thor (64.51m/211-8)

Decathlon

• 3. Simon Thor (7,223 points)