EMPORIA, KS – University of Mary men's and women's track and field will have eight athletes competing at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this week. The meet will be held at the Welch Stadium in Emporia, KS, from May 21 to 23.
Live results can be found here with the livestreams as follows:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
SCHEDULE OF UMARY EVENTS (CDT)
Thursday
10:30am –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon 100m
11:15am –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon Long Jump
12:45pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon Shot Put
1:45pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon High Jump
4:00pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon 400m
5:00pm –
Laila Cleare,
Tayen Werner,
Tionce Walrond,
Kelescia Downes – 4x100m Prelims
5:30pm –
Anna Bruno – Long Jump Finals
5:55pm –
Tayen Werner – 400m Prelims
6:25pm –
Laila Cleare – 100m Prelims
Friday
9:30am –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon 110m Hurdles
10:30am –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon Discus
12:15pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon Pole Vault
1:30pm –
Sean Erickson – Discus Finals
3:30pm –
Lucas Kupfer – High Jump Finals
4:00pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon Javelin
5:15pm –
Kenny Moxey Jr. – Decathlon 1500m
5:45pm –
Laila Cleare,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond – 200m Prelims
8:10pm –
Laila Cleare,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Tayen Werner – 4x400m Prelims
Saturday
3:40pm –
Laila Cleare,
Tayen Werner,
Tionce Walrond,
Kelescia Downes – 4x100m Finals*
4:45pm –
Tayen Werner – 400m Finals*
5:05pm –
Laila Cleare – 100m Finals*
6:10pm –
Laila Cleare,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond – 200m Finals*
7:30pm –
Laila Cleare,
Kelescia Downes,
Tionce Walrond,
Tayen Werner – 4x400m Finals*
*
if advanced
NATIONAL STANDINGS
Here is where the national qualifiers currently stand in Division II:
Laila Cleare (100m) – 2nd (11.21)
Laila Cleare (200m) – 7th (23.28)
Anna Bruno (Long Jump) – 8th (6.17m)
Kenny Moxey Jr. (Decathlon) – 8th (7,086)
Sean Erickson (Discus) – 9th (55.95m)
Lucas Kupfer (High Jump) – 11th (2.11m)
Tionce Walrond,
Kelescia Downes,
Tayen Werner,
Laila Cleare (4x100m) – 12th (45.07)
Tionce Walrond,
Kelescia Downes,
Tayen Werner,
Laila Cleare (4x400m) – 12th (3:39.70)
Kelescia Downes (200m) – 17th (23.53)
Tayen Werner (400m) – 21st (54.09)
Tionce Walrond (200m) – 24th (23.71)
LAST TIME OUT
The women's team placed 2nd and the men's team placed 3rd at the NSIC Championships. Individual titles were won by
Faith Jepchumba (10000m),
Caleb Hansen (10000m),
Kristine Kalthoff (5000m),
Kelescia Downes (200m),
Anna Bendish (Javelin),
Amber Rosemeier (800m),
Gideon Hammah (800m), and
Tayen Werner (400m). All-NSIC performances were had by
Lucas Kupfer (High Jump),
Anna Bruno (Long Jump),
Kristine Kalthoff (10000m),
Kaydee Boyce (Heptathlon),
Siena Lambert (Hammer),
Kelescia Downes (400m),
Tionce Walrond (200m),
Cameron Brusven (Javelin),
Mark DeArmond (200m),
Xavier Ifill (200m),
Dylan Payer (1500m), and the women's 4x100m and 4x400m Relays.
SCHOOL RECORDS
Throwers
Sean Erickson and
Siena Lambert have both broken Hammer Throw records this season. The men's record was held by Tad Harman since 2012. The women's record had stood since 2014 and belonged to Stephanie Fey. Erickson and Lambert went on to improve upon their marks.
Gideon Hammah set two school records at the Bryan Clay Invitational. He broke Jesse Bennett's record in the 800m that had stood since 2012. The sophomore followed that with a record-breaking performance in the 1500m, breaking his own mark from last year.
Kenny Moxey Jr. journeyed to Iowa and broke UMary's Decathlon record at the Drake Relays. His score of 7,086 blew away the previous record of 6,460, which was set by Kevin Ford in 1998.
Four school records fell at the final meet of the regular season.
Laila Cleare was responsible for two of them, breaking her own record in the 100m with a 11.21 second run. She then broke
Tionce Walrond's 2025 record in the 200m, finishing with a time of 23.28.
Cleare and Walrond joined
Tayen Werner and
Kelescia Downes in the 4x100m and finished with a time of 45.07, breaking the school record by 0.01 second. The previous record was held by the same group, with
Sakena Massiah taking Werner's spot last year.
Sean Erickson crushed his own record with a 55.92m Discus throw. That broke he previous best mark by over three meters.
Siena Lambert broke her own school record at the NSIC Championships in the Hammer Throw, becoming the first women's Marauder to ever score in the event.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Mark DeArmond earned his first NSIC Athlete of the Week honor after a strong performance at the Marauders Outdoor Opener. DeArmond won both the 100m and 200m races with PRs and ranked 1
st in the NSIC in both events at the time.
Kelescia Downes had a great showing at the Yellowjacket Open, earning NSIC Athlete of the Week honors for the first time in her career. She set two PRs, winning the 200m and finishing as the runner-up in the 400m with NCAA provisional times in both events.
Laila Cleare was named the NSIC Athlete of the Week after finding success in California. Cleare tallied the 11
th best 100m time in the nation at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate and the 18
th best 200m time in the nation at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She also was a member of the 4x400m Relay that earned the 5
th best time in the nation.
Kenny Moxey Jr. was named the NSIC Field Athlete of the Week after his record-breaking performance in the Decathlon at the Drake Relays. His score of 7,086 was the 6
th best in the nation and he is the first men's outdoor field athlete of the week for UMary since 2017.
Laila Cleare was named the NSIC Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after a phenomenal outing at the UMary Last Chance meet. Her times in the 100m (2
nd) and 200m (6
th) ranked top-6 in the nation, setting school records in both events. She also was a member of the school record 4x100m Relay that now ranks 12
th in the nation.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
The UMary women's track and field heads into the national championships ranked 19
th in the nation. The Marauders have been as high as 18
th this season..
#marauders#
