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Three female track and field athletes earn All-Academic honors

Three members of the OLLU women’s Track and Field team received 2024 U.S. Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches’ Association Academic Awards for their performance in the classroom. Aziza Clark, Madison Perez and Victoria Sweeney are OLLU’s representatives.

Clark qualified for the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay at the NAIA Outdoor Championships. In addition, she qualified for the 60m hurdles at the NAIA Indoor Championships. Clark earned a 3.43 GPA. Perez qualified for the 800m in the NAIA Outdoor Championships. She earned a 3.61 GPA. Sweeney earned a 3.55 GPA. 

Saints women end season at NAIA Track and Field championships

Members of the OLLU women’s track and field team participated in the 43rd Annual NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field National Championship last week. The women competed in the 400mH, 4x100mR, 4x400mR and 5000m.

Aziza Clark and Loreaya Turner finished with a great season. Clark placed 11th in the prelims, missing the 400m hurdle finals by three tenths of a second. Turner finished 21st in the same event. Both finished the season as the two fastest freshman 400m hurdlers in the NAIA.

Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, “We keep elevating our performance at the national meet. Our individuals didn’t make the finals, but they put themselves in contention. Our relays also didn’t disappoint. I’m excited for next year; with development and new pieces, we will be even better.”

Twelve women headed to NAIA Track and Field championships

The official final rosters for the 43rd Annual NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field National Championships qualifiers have been announced. The event will be hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., May 22-24. 

Twelve athletes from OLLU women’s track and field team have qualified for the meet – the most in program history.

The Saints representatives include: hurdlers Aziza Clark and Loreaya Turner; 800-meter runner Madison Perez; 5000-meter runner Kristen Torres; and sprint relay members Kamdyn Burgess, JaDae Freeman, Tara Madrid, Larissa McHenry, Morgan Neely, Autumn Roberts, Alexandria Segura and Madison Walker.

Women’s indoor relay qualifies for nationals at New Mexico meet

The OLLU women’s 4X400 relay team set a school record and qualified for nationals this past weekend at the University of New Mexico Collegiate Classic.

Aziza Clark ran the 60m hurdles with a NAIA “B” Standard time of 8.99, while the 4x400m relay team of Morghan Neely, Autumn Roberts, Aziza Clark and Alexandria Segura set the school record at 3:58.44.

Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, “I feel like the relay qualifying is extra special because of how elusive 4×400 qualifying has been for us as a team in the past. Aziza Clark getting a B in the hurdles added to the great feeling we left the track with.”