BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Day two of the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships saw five Bobcats and a relay team earn individual championships. Dominick Yancy (men's 200 meters), Daniel Harrold (men's 60M Hurdles), Melanie Duron (women's shot put), Brian West (men's 400 meters) and Chris Preddie (men's triple jump) all claimed the individual conference titles while the men's 4x400 relay made up of Brian West, Avery Veiseh, Shawn Collins and Dominick Yancy also earned a first-place finish.  

"We had several tremendous performances from our athletes and potentially having two men going to NCAA Indoor Championships is a huge plus," said Texas State Director of Track & Field/Cross Country John Fraizer.

The Texas State women's team finished third overall in the meet with 77 points. They finished only nine and a half points behind conference champion Arkansas State. The Bobcats men's team placed fourth with 104 total points, which was 40.5 behind the leader.  

 

Yancy earned the title of men's top scorer at the indoor conference championships. He earned the Bobcat men's team 20.50 points after placing first in the men's 200 with a time of 20.93, second in the men's 60 meters with a time of 6.78 and being part of the men's 4x400 relay team that placed first with a mark of 3:10.70.  

 

To cap off his spectacular indoor campaign in the men's 60-meter hurdles, Harrold ran his fastest time of the season, clocking a 7.62. This mark broke the school record and the Sun Belt Conference and meet record.  

 

In the women's shot put, Duron put her name in the first-overall in theTexas State record book, when she recorded a mark of 16.76m/55-0 on her final throw of the event and earned the gold medal.  

 

After winning the men's long jump yesterday, Preddie came back for another gold medal on day two of the meet. He recorded a new PR in the men's triple jump with a mark of 15.54m/51, which places him sixth all time in the school record books.  

 

In the men's 400 meters, the Bobcats won the gold and silver medal in the event. Brian West placed first with a time of 47.51 and his teammate Shawn Collins finished behind him in second and set a new PR of 47.67.  

 

Both West and Collins along with Yancy and Veiseh, were a part of the men's 4x400 team that placed first and set a new meet record with a time of 3:10.70. This mark was also the sixth-best time in school history.  

 

Taejha Badal brought home a silver medal in the women's 200 meters, after recording a new PR of 23.63 and put herself 6th in the record books for the event. Badal also raced in the finals of the 60 meters, where she recorded a 7.49.  

 

Freshman Easton Hammond recorded five PRs in his heptathlon performance and placed third overall in the event. Hammond set a PR in the high jump (2.03m/6-8), shot put (12.7m/41-8.5), pole vault (4.32m/14-2) and the 1000 meters (2:43.44). He totaled 5196 total points, which set his PR and was the seventh-best point total in Texas State history.  

 

Aiden Hayes recorded a 2.07m/6-9.5 mark in the men's high jump, which was enough to earn him the bronze medal on day two of the meet.  

 

Jake Smith shined again for the distance squad on day two of the meet. In the men's 3000 meters, Smith placed fourth and recorded the second-fastest time in school history after running 8:20.61. Smith joined the record books in both the men's 5000 and 3000 meters during the SBC meet.  

 
 
Results from Day Two of the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships  
 
Heptathlon  

3. Easton Hammond - 5196; PR; 7th-best in school history  

6. 60m - 7.37 6th 

5. LJ - 6.54m/21-5.5  

2. SP - 12.7m/41-8.5; PR 

4. HJ - 2.03m/6-8; PR 

8. 60mH - 9.17  

4. PV - 4.32m/14-2; PR 

1. 1000M - 2:43.44; PR 

 

9. Victor Petrov - 3618 

9. 60m 7.58 9th  

10. LJ 5.41m 10th 

8. SP - 10.19/33-5.25; PR 

9. HJ - NH 

9. 60mH - 9.39; PR 

7. PV - 3.62m/11-10.5 

2. 1000M - 2:47.21 

 

Women's Mile  

8. Alexia Macias 5:03.96 

 

Men's Mile  

8. Franco Melhado 4:18.86  

 

Men's 60 Meters  

2. Dominick Yancy - 6.78 

Shedrack Akpeki - DNS 

 

Women's 60 Meters  

4. Taejha Badal - 7.49 

 

Men's 60M Hurdles  

1. Daniel Harrold - 7.62; School Record; Meet Record; SBC Record 

 

Men's 400 Meters 

1. Brian West - 47.51 

2. Shawn Collins - 47.67; PR 

7. Taahir Kelly - 52.02 

 

Men's 800 Meters 

7. Ka'Bren Mitchell - 1:55.56 

 

Women's 200 Meters 

2. Taejha Badal - 23.63: PR; 8th-best in school history  

 

Men's 200 Meters  

1. Dominick Yancy - 20.93; 7th-best in school history  

 

Women's 3K 

14. Abigail Parra - 10:06.85 

17. Daniela Wisniewski - 10:09.24; PR 

21. Alexia Macias - 10:16.13; PR 

 

Men's 3K  

4. Jake Smith - 8:20.61; PR; 2nd-best in school history  

9. Nathan Morales - 8:35.31; PR 

10. Jon Hrivnak - 8:35.47; PR 

13. Jack Deelman - 8:38.75; PR 

19. Anthony Sandoval - 8:52.83 

Franco Melhado - DNF 

 

Women's 4x400  

9. Texas State - 3:50.63  

 

Men's 4x400  

1. West, Veiseh, Collins, Yancy - 3:10.70; Meet Record; 6th-best in school history  

 

Women's High Jump  

4. Mathilde Canet - 1.69m/5-6.5 

7. Chinenye Uzoh - 1.64m/5-4.5 

 

Women's Shot Put  

1. Melanie Duron - 16.76m/55; School Record; PR 

4. Carly Watts - 15.47m/50-9.25 

7. Sophia Haberer - 14.83m/48-8; PR 

8. Lauryn Small - 14.63m/48  

 

Men's Triple Jump  

1. Chris Preddie - 15.54m/51; PR; 6th-best in school history  

 

Women's Pole Vault  

9. Matilde Poli - 3.68m/12.75 

9. Breanna Brandes - 3.68m/12.75 

 

Women's Triple Jump  

4. Precious Okougbodu - 12.41m/40-8.75 

 

Men's High Jump  

3. Aiden Hayes - 2.07m/6-9.5 

9. Easton Hammond - 1.97m/6-5.5; PR