SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Angelo State track & field teams are set for the 2023 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships as the eighth-ranked Rams and seventh-ranked Rambelles head to Lubbock Christian for the three-day meet.
 
2023 LONE STAR CONFERENCE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN
Thursday, May 4 – Saturday, May 6 | LCU Soccer & Track Facility | Lubbock, Texas
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Tickets: $15 per day, and $25 for a three-day pass. Tickets may be purchased at the gate or online here.
 
Participating Men's Teams (11): Angelo State, Cameron, DBU, Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward's, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler, West Texas A&M, Western New Mexico.
 
Participating Women's Teams (12): Angelo State, Cameron, DBU, Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian, Midwestern State, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward's, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler, West Texas A&M and Western New Mexico.
 
The Belles enter the championships with 26 marks that rank top five in the conference. Maricia Spence leads the conference in both the 100-meter hurdles (13.66) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.24) and holds the top mark in the heptathlon with 5,513 points.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Spence, Zykia McDaniel, Shiean Walters and Shadae Findley also hold the top time in the LSC at 3:38.64 which is the second fasted time in Division II. Findley leads the conference in the 800-meter run as well at 2:09.74.
 
Talena Murray holds the top mark in the javelin with a throw of 44.70m (146-8) while the Belles have three of the top five fastest times in the 400-meter dash with Findley in second (53.42) followed by Walters in third (53.66) and McDaniel in fourth (53.99).
 
On the men's side, the Rams have collected 16 top-five marks in the conference. Elvis Kryukov leads the decathlon with a high of 7,296 points followed by Kyle Lumpkins with 7,197 points.
 
Devoux Deysel holds the top performance in the javelin with a throw of 74.37m (244-0) while Joshua Body leads the triple jump at 15.11m (49-7).
 
Oussama El Bouchayby leads all of Division II in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:45.31.
 
The Rams have four of the top five marks in the pole vault with Jacobee Jones ranking second overall at 5.22m (17-1.5) followed by Lumpkins in third (4.91m | 16-1.25) while Simon Rey and Pacer Hill are tied at fourth (4.90m | 16-0.75).
 
2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Provisional List (Top 10):
Men:
- (1^st) Oussama El Bouchayby, 800-meter – 1:45.31
- (2^nd) Devoux Deysel, Javelin – 74.37m (244'-0")
- (2^nd) Elvis Kryukov, Decathlon – 7,296 points
- (7^th) Cason Brown, Discus – 54.21m (177'-10")
- (6^th) Kyle Lumpkins, Decathlon – 7,197 points
- (7^th) Jacobee Jones, Pole Vault – 5.22m (17'-1.5")
- (7^th) 4x400-meter Relay – 3:10.05
 
Women:
- (2^nd) 4x400-meter Relay – 3:38.64
- (4^th) Maricia Spence, 100-meter hurdles – 13.66
- (4^th) Shadae Findley, 400-meter – 53.42
- (4^th) Maricia Spence, Heptathlon – 5,513 points
- (6^th) Shiean Walters, 400-meter – 53.66
- (7^th) Maricia Spence, 100-meter hurdles – 13.66
- (9^th) Maricia Spence, Long Jump – 6.11m (20'- 0.5")
- (10^th) Talena Murray, Javelin – 44.70m (146-8)
- (10^th) Zykia McDaniel, 400-meter – 54.94