Wildcats move to the WAC championship after you have set up personal records

Ja'dasia Sims, Junior jump and Sprinter from Rosharon, practices on the track. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

February 28, 2025 By Tyson Williams Leave a comment

This weekend, the Wildcats Trail & Field team will compete at the WAC Championship of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in Spokane, Washington, and ACU is ready to take part in competitions.

Two weeks ago at the Jarvis Scott Invitational in Lubbock. ACU athletes burned and had several season best (SB) and personal record (PR).

On the first day of the meetingMiguel Hall ran a 7.92 in the 60 hurdles of the men who moved him to 3rd place in the ACU Top 10 ranking, and now has 5th place in the WAC.

In the The 5000 meters of men, the newcomer Andruw Villa, ran his first indoor college race and took third place with a time of 14: 42.85Present that put him #3 in the WAC. Kevin Castruita ran a time of 14: 51.61 and ranked #6 in the WAC. His team -mate Zach Martin ran a PR with 15:27.94 and put him #14 in the WAC. In the first college meeting of Freshman Carlos Cortez, he ran a time of 15: 28.82 and ranked 15th in the WAC.

In the 5000 of the women, Hannah Kasper headed her first collegiate meeting and ran a time of 18: 26.96, with her number 14 in the WAC.

In the 400-meter-dash of women, Ja'dasia Sims ran a best seasonal 56.15 and put it #6 in the WAC, while Ja'kaylon record ran a PR of 58.24 that puts your #23 in the WAC.

On the second day, the Wildcats continued to heat up with Donovan Ramirez, jumped in a triple jump with 49-1.75/14.98 m and moved him to the #10 position on the ACU list of all time and also ranked #4 in the WAC after a season 2024 with injuries.

In the women's diving of women, Lusize Velmere jumped an inner PR of 39-9.25/12.12 m, which puts their number 3 in the WAC.

According to Ja'dasia Sims, Emma Santoro, Ja'kaylon Record and Jess Reyes, the 4 × 400 -meter relay of the women put a time of 3: 47.22 in WAC.

The 4 × 400 of the men placed #3 in the WAC after compiled the best time of ACU in Kenan Reil with 3: 11.89 since 2020. Cooper GoggansPresent Ethan Krauseand Kanaan Fairley.

In the 200, Ethan Krause set a PR of 21.51 that switched to #11 in the WAC.