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2021 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

May 13-15 | #WACotf

Championship Central

Due to WAC and UT Rio Grande Valley COVID-19 Protocols, and in an effort to make sure teams and officials have proper space to conduct the championship, Spectators will NOT be allowed at the meet.

2021 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Edinburg, Texas

THURSDAY 05.13.21   FRIDAY 05.14.21   SATURDAY 05.15.21  
10:00 a.m. Combined Events   9:30 a.m. Combined Events   5:00 p.m. Field Events*  
10:00 a.m. Field Events   12:00 p.m. Field Events   7:00 p.m. Running Events  
8:00 p.m. Running Events   5:00 p.m. Running Events     *Due to a weather delay, field and track event start times have changed.  

All Times Local/Subject to Change

Individual Awards

Women
Coach of the Year: Tom Flood, Grand Canyon
Freshman of the Year: Tamara Woodley, UT Rio Grande Valley
Outstanding Track Performer: Tamara Woodley, UT Rio Grande Valley
Outstanding Field Performer: Niki Xydona, Grand Canyon
High Point Award Winner: Niki Xydona, Grand Canyon

Men
Coach of the Year: Tom Flood, Grand Canyon
Freshman of the Year: Giedrius Valincius, California Baptist
Outstanding Track Performer: Aaron Johnson, Utah Valley 
Outstanding Field Performer: Paul May, UT Rio Grande Valley
High Point Award Winner: Aaron Johnson, Utah Valley

Event Schedule/Winners

Note: Saturday's weather delay has altered the day's event schedule.

Men   Final/Winner   Women   Final/Winner
100m - Aaron Johnson, UVU - 10.53    100m - Jasmine McQuirter, TAR - 11.90 
200m - Aaron Johnson, UVU - 21.28   200m - Tamara Woodley, UTRGV - 23.96
400m - Jan Kral, GCU - 47.38   400m - Tamara Woodley, UTRGV - 53.54
800m - Max Carmona, UTRGV - 1:52.69   800m - Alexa Hokanson, GCU - 2:09.47
1500m - Jacob Lewis, GCU - 3:51.19    1500m - Elin Brink, CBU - 4:28.65
5000m - Tyson Green, UVU - 14:19.31   5000m - Elizabeth Balsan, GCU - 16:48.18
10,000m - Ivo Balbanov, CBU - 30:41.78   10,000m - Erika Wallace, GCU - 36:47.80
110m Hurdles - Andre Jones, UVU - 14.19 (14.183)    100m Hurdles - Aviana Goode, UTRGV - 13.60   
400m Hurdles - Andre Jones, UVU - 52.32     400m Hurdles - Terice Steen, NMSU - 1:00.57
3000m Steeplechase - Giedrius Valincius, CBU - 9:09.58   3000m Steeplechase - Paige Hildebrandt, GCU - 10:23.05
4x100m Relay - UTRGV - 40.73   4x100m Relay - NM State - 46.15
4x400m Relay - Tarleton - 3:12.67   4x400m Relay - NM State - 3:48.28   
High Jump - Ethan Harris, GCU - 2.10m (6-10.75)    High Jump - Gentrye Munden, TAR - 1.69m (5-6.50) 
Pole Vault - Evan Dudley, GCU - 4.81m (15-9.25)   Pole Vault - Alyson Schwartz, GCU - 4.06m (13-3.75)
Long Jump - Alan Palmer, TAR - 7.61m (24-11.75)   Long Jump - Idatonye Cheetham-West, UTRGV - 6.22m (21-5)
Triple Jump - Albert MacArthur, UVU - 15.60m (51-2)   Triple Jump - Dascha Robinson, NMSU - 12.83m (42-1.25) 
Shot Put - Paul May, UTRGV - 18.09m (59-4.25)   Shot Put - Yemisi Oroyinyin, NMSU - 15.82m (51-10.75)(
Discus - Oscar Rodriguez, TAR - 53.18m (174-6)       Discus - Desirea Buerge, UTRGV - 53.34m (175-00)
Hammer - Jorden Okyere, GCU - 58.89m (193-2)   Hammer - Samaria McDonald, GCU - 56.59m (185-08)
Javelin - Jesse Newman, GCU - 64.13m (210-5)   Javelin - Nicole Whittern, SU - 42.63m (139-10)
Decathlon - Aidan Diggs, GCU - 6,848 points   Heptathlon - Niki Xydona, GCU - 5,018 points

Participants

California Baptist Lancers

Chicago State Cougars

Dixie State Trailblazers

Grand Canyon Lopes

NM State Aggies

Seattle U Redhawks

Tarleton Texans

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

Utah Valley Wolverines

Location

UTRGV Track & Field Complex • Edinburg, Texas

The 2021 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships are headed to Edinburg, Texas as UT Rio Grande Valley will serve as the host after last year's championships were canceled due to the pandemic. This year's meet is set for May 13-15.

UT Rio Grande Valley

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions. UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016. Eleven colleges and schools form the academic foundation for UTRGV, including the College of Medicine and Health Affairs, the College of Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Fine Arts, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Business and Entrepreneurship, the College of Education and P-16 Integration, the Honors College, the Graduate College and the University College. The medical school offers students the most technologically advanced resources, including a 15,000-square-foot Smart Hospital complex. With a multidisciplinary approach to the curriculum and an emphasis on active learning, teamwork, and early patient care, the medical school is an invaluable resource. UTRGV offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate programs and the Rio Grande Valley, with close proximity to the Gulf Coast, provides unparalleled opportunities to study in areas ranging from international business and cultural border issues to marine biology and environmental science. With the SpaceX launch site in Brownsville, the region is also an emerging global hub for the aerospace industry. UTRGV is the second largest Hispanic-serving institution in the nation, with an emphasis on educating 21st-century leaders and professionals who are culturally fluent and have a deep understanding of the perspectives, languages, and values of different cultures.

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