NM State seeks back-to-back outdoor titles.
Source: NMSU Athletics (Photo: Courtesy Emilio Garcia for NMSU)
Following a successful and fruitful regular season, NM State is back in action as it prepares to partake in the CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Hosted at UTEP’s Kidd Field in El Paso, this marks the first time the Aggies will compete at an outdoor championship as a member of Conference USA. Last season, Rice took home the women’s title, while Charlotte earned their fifth straight men’s championship.
Starting Line
- The Aggies are set to compete in their first Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted at UTEP’s Kidd Field from Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12.
- Each of the nine Conference USA member institutions are slated to make an appearance – FIU, Jax State, Liberty, LA Tech, MTSU, Sam Houston, UTEP, WKU and NM State.
- The Aggies are slated to compete in 17 events on the weekend.
- This is the first and only weekend of the season where the Aggies will participate in a three-day meet.
- NM State looks for its second consecutive outdoor track & field championship after securing the 2023 WAC championship in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Aggies Across the Nation
The Aggies currently have multiple athletes eligible for the NCAA West Preliminaries, held May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Ark. The top-48 student-athletes will be eligible to compete, with the top 16 moving onto the NCAA Championships, held June 5-8 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Below is how the Crimson & White currently rank on the West Preliminary Qualifying List;
200m – Jhana Downie, 23.18 (22nd)
400m – Jhana Downie, 53.45 (40th)
10,000m – Maggie Gibbs, 33:55.79 (36th); Emily Stutesman, 34:05.98 (42nd)
100m hurdles – Aliyah Logan, 13.06 (12th)
400m hurdles – Terice Steen, 58.259 (31st)
4x100m relay – 44.64 (29th)
4x400m relay – 3:35.78 (24th)
Shot put – Rebecca Green, 16.59m (17th)
Javelin – Bailey Beene, 48.79m (32nd)
Back Track | Desert Heat Classic | 4.27.24
- Kicking off the track portion of competition in the late afternoon, Aliyah Logan recorded the top finish among the Crimson & White, crossing the line with a time of 13.24 seconds to take third overall.
- Makiya Moore claimed the top spot for the Aggies in the hammer throw, finishing in ninth place with a new personal best of 54.87 meters (180-0″). Alongside Moore, Iysis-Tellez Briggs (47.62m [156-2″]) and Kamryn Cadle (46.27m [151-9″]) posted personal bests in the afternoon.
- Taking part in the shot put, Los Alamos native Rebecca Green recorded her fifth top-five finish this season, finishing in third place with a mark of 16.20m (53-1.75″).
One Year Ago… | 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships | 5.11-13.23
- After a tumultuous, weather-laden weekend that included torrential downpours and lightning delays, NM State was crowned the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Champions, their first since the 2020 season.
- Jhana Downie led the way for NM State, winning both the 200m and 400m titles, sweeping the events at both the Indoor and Outdoor 2023 WAC Track & Field Championships en route to earning Outstanding Track Perfromer.
- In the deepest field of the afternoon, NM State had four student-athletes representing them in the 5000m. Maggie Gibbs recorded a sixth-place finish after posting a time of 16:46.82, while Emily Stutesman posted a final time of 16:51.37 to take eighth.
- Earning the top spot and middle lane with her time of 58.81 in Thursday’s prelims, Terice Steen finished the race in second, recording a time of 58.36 – a personal best and the top time in NM State history.
Schedule of Events (All Times MDT)
Friday
LJ – 4:00 p.m.
Javelin – 5:00 p.m.
SP – 6:00 p.m.
1500m – 6:15 p.m.
100m H – 6:50 p.m.
400m – 7:25 p.m.
100m – 8:00 p.m.
10,000m – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday
Hammer Throw – 4:30 p.m.
800m – 6:45 p.m.
400m H – 7:20 p.m.
200m – 8:00 p.m.
3000m Steeplechase – 9:00 p.m.
Sunday
Discus – 2:00 p.m.
TJ – 4:30 p.m.
4×100 – 6:05 p.m.
1500m – 6:25 p.m.
100m H – 6:40 p.m.
400m – 6:55 p.m.
100m – 7:10 p.m.
800m – 7:25 p.m.
400m H – 7:40 p.m.
5000m – 8:25 p.m.
4x400m – 9:00 p.m.
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