Emporia, Kan. – The Angelo State track and field team earned seven All-American honors during the first day of action at the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships today at Emporia State.

Marie Schuler collected the lone First Team All-American honor of the day for ASU, doing so after an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw. The German finished with a best throw of 186-5 (56.82m).

The Rambelles currently sit in a tie for 19th place with the lone point scored from Schuler's eighth-place finish in the hammer throw.

Kamryn Williams finished ninth, earning Second Team All-American plaudits. The Wall native threw a new personal best throw of 185-2 (56.45m); senior Esma Pajt joined Williams on the second team with an 11th-place finish with a season-best throw of 182-9 (55.71m).

The other four All-American honors came by way of the men's 4x100m relay team of Bautista Diamante, Francis Patanpatan, Lamont Reed, and Taylor Briggs, who finished 12^th overall in the prelims with a time of 41.08 to be named Second Team All-Americans.

In other action, Abril Okon sits in tenth place after day one of action in the heptathlon with 3,046 points. The junior's day was highlighted by a personal best in the high jump with a mark of 5-7.75 (1.72m), which is a personal best and resulted in a three-way tie for the win in the event.

Okon wraps up the heptathlon tomorrow, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the long jump.

In preliminary action on the track, William Opare and Jahleel Armstrong advance to the finals in the 400 meters. Opare finished second with a time of 45.93 seconds while Armstrong clocked a 46.62 to finish sixth.

Kaylee Price advances to the finals in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 59.37, good enough to finish eighth in the prelims.

Okon kicks off Friday's action, while Vanam Sharma will compete in the discus at 1:30 p.m. and Dayvon Williams goes in the high jump at 3:30 p.m. Running prelims begin at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow with the 200 meters.