{"id":280345,"date":"2026-05-05T21:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:59:16","slug":"lsc-outdoor-championships-open-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280345\/","title":{"rendered":"LSC Outdoor Championships Open Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        By: Everett Corder (everett.corder@lcu.edu)&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 LUBBOCK, Texas (May 5, 2026) \u2013 The Lubbock Christian University track and field teams will head north on I-27 this week to compete in the 2026 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, hosted by West Texas A&amp;M.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBoth the Chaps and Lady Chaps have competed well so far this season in the sprints.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the 200-meter, four LCU men and two LCU women have already recorded provisional marks this season in sprint events. On the men&#8217;s side, both <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/daniel-sianez\/4990\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4990\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Sianez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/reuel-campbell\/4976\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4976\" target=\"_blank\">Reuel Campbell<\/a> have recorded them in both the 200-meter and 400-meter. Campbell has the 20th fastest time in Division II in the 400 at 46.65s. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/chris-moffett\/4986\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4986\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Moffett<\/a> also ha a 400-meter provisional time and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/nathaniel-luna\/4983\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4983\" target=\"_blank\">Nathaniel Luna<\/a> has recorded one in the 200.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/elizabeth-florez\/4941\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4941\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Florez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/joy-egwu\/4940\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4940\" target=\"_blank\">Joy Egwu<\/a> have been the top sprinters for the Lady Chaps. Florez&#8217;s 400-meter time of 54.58s is 31st in D-II, and Egwu has run a 54.84. LCU has also had a school record broken this season in the 400-meter hurdles, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/annabell-phillips\/4951\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4951\" target=\"_blank\">Annabell Phillips<\/a>. Her time of 1:03.37 topped a mark that had stood since 1990.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe men&#8217;s sprinters have also competed well as a team in the 4X400-meter relay. Sianez, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/aden-soto\/4991\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4991\" target=\"_blank\">Aden Soto<\/a>, Campbell and Moffett have made up the best foursome so far this season. They ran a time of 3:09.75 at the prestigious Texas Relays, which is the 15th-best mark in D-II this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn the distance side, the Lady Chaps have gotten strong marks all season from <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/olivia-weider\/4959\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4959\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Weider<\/a>. The Austria native took second in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the LSC Outdoor Championships last season and has already broken the Lubbock Christian program record this season with a time of 10:53.80 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Lady Chaps have also broken a number of school records in field events already this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/esperanza-cruz\/4939\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4939\" target=\"_blank\">Esperanza Cruz<\/a> opened outdoor season with a bang, setting a new javelin record with a throw of 37.85 meters and threw over 37 meters again last week at the Corky\/Crofoot Shootout. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/shelby-robinson\/4953\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4953\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby Robinson<\/a> set a new discus record with a toss of 44.21 meters, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-track-field\/roster\/drew-grellhesl\/4944\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4944\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Grellhesl<\/a> broke her own record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.38 meters.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor the men&#8217;s field side, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-track-field\/roster\/maurice-gray\/5007\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5007\" target=\"_blank\">Maurice Gray<\/a> has already recorded provisional marks in both the long jump and triple jump. His long jump mark of 7.57 meters at the Jo Meaker Classic is the 12th-best mark in D-II.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe three-day event will have live results, which are available here.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; By: Everett Corder (everett.corder@lcu.edu)&#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; LUBBOCK, Texas (May 5, 2026) \u2013 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-280345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}