BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Texas A&M University-Commerce track and field teams finished off a monumental Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Monday at the Birmingham Crossplex with the Lion men taking third and the women finishing seventh.
 
In their first time competing in the Southland championships, the Lion men totaled 91 points for third, while the women totaled 46 points for seventh.
 
The Lions were crowned Southland Conference Champions in three events, their first conference titles since joining the Southland and moving up to NCAA Division I. J.T. Smith (Klein Oak) won the men's 60 meter dash, Delan Edwin (Castries, Saint Lucia) won the men's 200 meter dash, and the women's 4x400 meter relay team closed the meet out with a gold medal as well.
 
A&M-Commerce was the only school to finish in top three in both the men's and women's 4x400 relays.
 
The full results of the meet can be found HERE. After a couple of weeks off, the Lions begin the outdoor season on March 17-18 in San Antonio at the UTSA Invitational.

COACH GEORGE PINCOCK'S THOUGHTS
 
MEN
Micky Ferdinand (Micoud, Saint Lucia) started the day in the lead for the heptathlon and ended up finishing second with 5,325 points. He was the top finisher in the high jump and finished in the top three in the long jump, shot put, and pole vault. Trey Wheeler (Scurry-Rosser) was in last place after five events, but climbed in the final two events to finish seventh. He placed seventh in the pole vault and finished third in 1,000 meter run to secure two points for the Lions.
 
Smith clocked in at 6.65 seconds to win the 60 meter dash, while Ibrahim Fuseini (Accra, Ghana) timed 6.72 seconds for third, Edwin finished fifth with a time of 6.77 seconds, and Emmanuel Agenor placed seventh with a time of 6.89 seconds. In the 200 meter dash, Edwin timed 21.04 seconds for the title, his first individual conference title, and Smith timed 21.22 seconds for third. The Lion men totaled 38 points in the two short sprint races.
 
Conner Stockerl (The Woodlands) took seventh in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.64 seconds. Casey Novelo (Trinity) timed 4:27.90 in the one mile run, securing a point with a eighth place finish.
 
In field events, Trayveon Franklin (Montgomery) jumped 49 feet 6.25 inches (15.09m) in the triple jump for a second place finish, while Chandler King (Hughes Springs) placed seventh with a mark of 46 feet 5.5 inches (14.16m).
 
To close out the meet, the Lions 4x400 meter relay quartet of Philip Krenek (Kostelní Strimelice, Czech Republic), Eddie Barrientes (Chisholm Trail), Stockerl, and Edwin placed second with a time of 3:14.08.
 
MEN'S POINT SCORERS

Student-Athlete	Event	Mark/Time	Place (Points)
J.T. Smith	60 Meter Dash	6.65 seconds	Champion (10)
Delan Edwin	200 Meter Dash	21.04 seconds	Champion (10)
Micky Ferdinand	High Jump	7-01 (2.16m)	Second (8)
Trayveon Franklin	Triple Jump	49-06.25 (15.09m)	Second (8)
Micky Ferdinand	Heptathlon	5,325 points	Second (8)
Philip Krenek, Eddie Barrientes, Conner Stockerl, Delan Edwin	4x400 Meter Relay	3:14.08	Second (8)
Micky Ferdinand	Pole Vault	15-07 (4.75m)	Third (6)
J.T. Smith	200 Meter Dash	21.22 seconds	Third (6)
Ibrahim Fuseini	60 Meter Dash	6.72 seconds	Third (6)
Tyke Owens	High Jump	6-08.25 (2.04m)	Fifth (4)
Josh Schutter, Adrian Taylor, Jan Lenfert, Nicholas Deutsch	Distance Medley Relay	10:19.01	Fifth (4)
Delan Edwin	60 Meter Dash	6.77 seconds	Fifth (4)
Chandler King	Triple Jump	46-05.5 (14.16m)	Seventh (2)
Trey Wheeler	Heptathlon	4,176 points	Seventh (2)
Emmanuel Agenor	60 Meter Dash	6.89 seconds	Seventh (2)
Conner Stockerl	400 Meter Dash	48.64 seconds	Seventh (2)
Casey Novelo	One Mile Run	4:27.90	Eighth (1)

 
MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Place	School	Total
1	UIW	143.5
2	Northwestern State	104
3	A&M-COMMERCE	91
4	Southeastern	81
5	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	65
6	Houston Christian	57.5
7	New Orleans	43
8	Lamar	42
9	McNeese	33
10	Nicholls	1

 
WOMEN
Jenneil Jacobie (Piat Gros Islet, Saint Lucia) cleared 5 feet 8.5 inches (1.74m) for third in the high jump, while setting the new school record. Maia Maury (Noisy-Le-Grand, France) tied the previous school record of 1.71m on Sunday during the pentathlon and finished tied for sixth on Monday by clearing 5 feet 3 inches (1.60m). Amaka Ezukanma (Fort Worth – Timber Creek) placed sixth by clearing 39 feet 3 inches (11.96m) in the triple jump.
 
To start out the day on the track, Leah Pettis (McKinney North) finished fifth in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.67 seconds, while Sofia Khenfar (Lyon, France) timed 7.69 seconds for seventh. Pettis also finished sixth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.42 seconds, while Khenfar took eighth with a time of 24.88 seconds.
 
Mariana Shostak (Lviv, Ukraine) and Naomi Ndukwe (Perserville, France) went 5-6 in the 400 meter dash with times of 55.65 seconds and 55.96 seconds, respectively.
 
Ndukwe, Maury, Khenfar, and Shostak teamed up to win the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:44.66, marking the third consecutive season that the Lions won the indoor conference title in the women's 4x400 meter relay.
 
WOMEN'S POINT SCORERS

Student-Athlete(s)	Event	Mark/Time	Place (Points)
Naomi Ndukwe, Maia Maury, Sofia Khenfar, Mariana Shostak	4x400 Meter Relay	3:44.66	Champion (10)
Maia Maury	Pentathlon	3,622 points (School Record)	Third (6)
Jenneil Jacobie	High Jump	5-08.5 (1.74m) (School Record)	Third (6)
Leah Pettis	60 Meter Dash	7.67 seconds	Fifth (4)
Mariana Shostak	400 Meter Dash	55.65 seconds	Fifth (4)
Amaka Ezukanma	Triple Jump	39-03 (11.96m)	Sixth (3)
Naomi Ndukwe	400 Meter Dash	55.96 seconds	Sixth (3)
Leah Pettis	200 Meter Dash	24.42 seconds	Sixth (3)
Maia Maury	High Jump	5-03 (1.60m)	T-Sixth (2)
Sofia Khenfar	60 Meter Dash	7.69 seconds	Seventh (2)
Destiny Skidmore	Pole Vault	10-0 (3.05m)	Eighth (1)
Cailey Johnson, Elizabeth Ortiz, Alondra Campa, Nour Almasri	Distance Medley	13:22.36	Eighth (1)
Sofia Khenfar	200 Meter Dash	24.88 seconds	Eighth (1)

 
WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Place	School	Total
1	Northwestern State	111
2	Lamar	108
3	UIW	103
4	New Orleans	87
5	McNeese	81
6	Houston Christian	65
7	A&M-COMMERCE	46
8	Southeastern	32
9	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	27
10	Nicholls	2