PUEBLO, CO – The University of Mary men's and women's track and field teams will be well represented at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. A total of 13 Marauders athletes across 10 events will be competing this weekend. The meet will last three days – Thursday, May 22, to Saturday, May 24 – from the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl in Pueblo, CO.
The schedule of competition (in central time) for UMary is as follows:
Thursday
3:30pm –
Anna Bruno – Long Jump Finals
5:40pm –
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah,
Kelescia Downes,
Laila Cleare – 4x100m Relay Prelims
5:55pm –
Jorgen Paulson,
Raheem Taitt-Best,
Xavier Ifill,
Michael Cartwright – 4x100m Relay Prelims
6:30pm –
Hayden Von Wald – Long Jump Finals
7:10pm –
Laila Cleare – 100m Prelims
8:40pm –
Morgan Hertz – 400mh Prelims
Friday
6:30pm –
Laila Cleare,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah – 200m Prelims
6:45pm –
Raheem Taitt-Best – 200m Prelims
7:00pm –
Elizabeth Acheson – 800m Prelims
8:50pm –
Tayen Werner,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah – 4x400m Relay Prelims
Saturday
6:10pm –
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah,
Kelescia Downes,
Laila Cleare – 4x100m Relay Finals*
6:20pm –
Jorgen Paulson,
Raheem Taitt-Best,
Xavier Ifill,
Michael Cartwright – 4x100m Relay Finals*
7:40pm –
Laila Cleare – 100m Finals*
8:00pm –
Elizabeth Acheson – 800m Finals*
8:25pm –
Morgan Hertz – 400mh Finals*
8:45pm –
Laila Cleare,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah – 200m Finals*
8:55pm –
Raheem Taitt-Best – 200m Finals*
9:55pm –
Tayen Werner,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah – 4x400m Relay Finals*
*
if advanced through prelims
Live results from the National Championships
can be found here.
LAST TIME OUT
UMary track and field had a great weekend in Duluth, MN, at the NSIC Championships with both the men's and women's teams placing 2
nd.
Individually,
Laila Cleare won the 100m and 200m dash.
Sakena Massiah won the 400m dash.
Elizabeth Acheson won the 800m run.
The Marauders won three of the four relay events, with the men's and women's 4x400m relays claiming victory and the women's 4x100m relay winning.
For the men's team, 2
nd place is the best finish since 2019.
NATIONAL STANDINGS
Here is where the Marauders' NCAA qualifiers stand in Division II:
Jorgen Paulson,
Raheem Taitt-Best,
Xavier Ifill,
Michael Cartwright (4x100m) – 3rd (39.72)
Laila Cleare (100m) – 5th (11.29)
Elizabeth Acheson (800m) – 5th (2:06.62)
Raheem Taitt-Best (200m) – 9th (20.58)
Hayden Von Wald (long jump) – 13th (7.50m)
Laila Cleare (200m) – 13th (23.38)
Tionce Walrond (200m) – 13th (23.38)
Tayen Werner,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah (4x400m) – 14th (3:39.79)
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah,
Kelescia Downes,
Laila Cleare (4x100m) – 16th (45.08)
Sakena Massiah (200m) – 20th (23.44)
Morgan Hertz (400mh) – 22nd (59.94)
Anna Bruno (long jump) – 22nd (6.07m)
ALL-REGION ATHLETES
The USTFCCCA named 9 individual athletes and 3 relay teams All-Central Region. In order to be named All-Region, an individual must be top-5 in their event in the region and a relay team must be top-3. The following athletes were named All-Region, the most for UMary since 2019:
Raheem Taitt-Best (200m, 4x100m)
Hayden Von Wald (Long Jump)
Xavier Ifill (4x100m)
Jorgen Paulson (4x100m)
Michael Cartwright (4x100m)
Tionce Walrond (200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Tayen Werner (4x400m)
Sakena Massiah (200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Kelescia Downes (4x100m, 4x400m)
Laila Cleare (100m, 200m, 4x100m)
Elizabeth Acheson (800m)
Alyssa Becker (5000m)
Andrijana Fundak (10000m)
Morgan Hertz (400mh)
SCHOOL RECORDS
Many school records were broken in the outdoor season by UMary.
Tionce Walrond broke teammate
Sakena Massiah's record in the 200m dash with a 23.31 at the Yellowjackets Open. The previous record, which was set last year, was 23.55.
A pair of records fell at the Chuck Haering Classic in Colorado. Freshman
Gideon Hammah cleared a mark that had stood since 2012 in the 1500m run with a 3:53.99. Jesse Bennett owned the previous record at 3:54.04.
Elizabeth Acheson broke her own record in the 800m run with a 2:05.74. Her best time from last season was 2:07.28.
Records were established in new events by the following relay teams:
Men's 4x200m Relay (1:25.52) –
Izaak Kudrna,
Dawson Hawkinson,
Osvaldo Cano,
Jorgen Paulson
Women's 4x200m Relay (1:40.35) –
Tayen Werner,
Morgan Hertz,
Kelescia Downes,
Kendall Berg
Men's 4x300m Relay (2:25.67) –
Osiel Cano,
Berkley Munnings,
Emanuel Latawiec,
Preston Lemar
Women's 4x300m Relay (2:51.85) –
Grace Brandt,
Aspen Eslinger,
Anna Tisch,
Bernadette Belzer
Another pair of relay records fell at the Al Bortke Open, both in the 4x100m. The men's team of
Jorgen Paulson,
Raheem Taitt-Best,
Prithviraj Chougule, and
Michael Cartwright ran a 40.27. The previous record of 40.71 was set last year by largely the same group, with
Akil Howell taking Chougule's place.
The record went on to be broken later in the season by
Jorgen Paulson,
Raheem Taitt-Best,
Xavier Ifill, and
Michael Cartwright with a 39.72. That time is 3rd in the nation.
The women's group was
Gabriella Apelian,
Tionce Walrond,
Tayen Werner, and
Laila Cleare. They ran a 45.65 and broke a record that had stood since 2012. The previous record of 45.84 was held by Kristyn Nelson, Nicketa Coombs, Rikki Schmidt, Kathryn Stewart.
The record went on to be broken later in the season by
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah,
Kelescia Downes, and
Laila Cleare, with a 45.08.
A pair of school records fell in California.
Gideon Hammah broke his own record in the 1500m run with a 3:52.31, beating his previous record by over a second.
He went on to break that record at the NSIC Championships with a 3:51.07.
The women's 4x400m relay team of
Tayen Werner,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Sakena Massiah broke a record that had stood since 2019 with a time of 3:39.79. The previous record was held by Julia Hammerschmidt, Nicolyn Brown, Abbey Zastrow, and Monique McPherson.
Raheem Taitt-Best broke his own record in the 200m dash with a 20.58 time. His previous best was 20.71, which was accomplished last year.
Michael Cartwright narrowly broke the school record in the 100m dash with a 10.34 time. The previous record, owned by Luxon Glor since 2019, was 10.35.
Laila Cleare crushed the school record in the 100m dash with a 10.29. It was previously 10.45 and was set by
Arianna Passeri last year.
Sean Erickson broke the school record in the discus with a 52.92m throw. The previous record was held by Bryan Harris since 2003.
Sakena Massiah broke her own record in the 400m dash at the NSIC Championships with a 53.78. Her previous record, which she set last year, was 54.08.
NATIONALLY RANKED
In the eighth release of the USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field Rankings, the UMary women's track and field team earned the 20
th spot. The Marauders have been as high as 7
th this season, which is the highest ranking for the Marauders during outdoor season since 2021.
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