5/7/2022 | Track & Field
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS – Eastern New Mexico Track & Field closed out competition at the 2022 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Texas A&M-Kingsville at Javelina Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The women’s team finished in 8th place for team scoring with 27 points, while the men’s team landed in 10th place with six points. West Texas A&M took a sweep of both championships, the WT men’s team scored 214 team points, and WT women’s program scored 230 points.
Maletabo Seema took home 3rd place in the 800 meters, crossing the line in 2:16.47. It’s their third medal in the event in the last three conference championships (2021 Outdoor, 1st, 2022 Indoor, 1st, and 2022 Outdoor, 3rd). Lethabo Seema clocked a time of 4:55.11 in the 1500m finals, to finish in seventh place and earn two points towards team scoring.
In the women’s 5,000 meters, three Greyhounds took the course. Aminata Kenyawani and Dorcas Kosgei scored points for team scoring, with Kenyawani finishing in 18:53.80, 6th place, and Kosgei registering a 19:01.03, 8th place. Marta Pascoa crossed the line in 19:21.73, 13th place.
Kelvin Kipkemboi landed in 5th place with a time of 15:40.88 for the men’s 5K. The result scored four points towards team scoring. Kipkemboi was responsible for the whole of ENMU’s points on the men’s side, six total.
Tamia Smith placed 9th in the shot put, with a throw of 13.05m (42′ 9.75″) on their third attempt. The mark is 3rd in the program record books (Smith owns the top five marks in program history).
In the long jump, Arianna Hayde recorded a leap of 5.60m (18′ 4.5″), finishing in 10th place. Hayde also competed in the javelin, posting a season’s best throw of 33.54m (110′ 0″), taking 9th place. Tatiana Hall also competed in the javelin throw, recording a distance of 26.38m (86′ 6″). Additionally, Paige Graham took part of the pole vault.
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“We were up and down today,” said Head Track & Field Coach Jeff Kavalunas. ” Our field events struggled, while we had some runners come back after a hard first event or rough prelim. Noticeably, L. Seema and M. Seema came back after struggling some in their qualifying round and did great in some very competitive finals,” said Kavalunas. ” After coming back off of some tough 10,000 meter races, Aminata (Kenywani) and Kelvin (Kipkemboi) ran really tough in the 5,000 meter runs”.
Eastern will have one last opportunity to qualify for the 2022 NCAA Division Track & Field national championships at the WT Last Chance Qualifier next weekend. The meet will take place at West Texas A&M on Sunday, May 15.
