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Track & Field Andrew Loewe

Tarleton State Track and Field prepares for regular season finale weekend

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State Track and Field heads into their final regular season weekend at both the Tyson Invitational hosted by Arkansas and the Jarvis Scott Invite hosted by Texas Tech on Friday and Saturday.
 
The majority of the Texan contingent is heading to the Jarvis Scott Invite for their final tune up before the WAC Championships at the end of the month. The Two-day meet will be held at the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center, the Texans' third trip to Lubbock this season. A few Texan jumpers and sprinters will head to the Tyson Invitational to compete at the same facility that will host the NCAA Indoor National Championships in March.
 
Both meets will be streamed with the Jarvis Scott Invite on ESPN+ and the Tyson Invitational on SEC Network+. Live results are provided by flash results. For results and highlights followed @tarletontrackxc on Instagram and X.
 
In the USTFCCCA's third week of indoor track and field rankings, the Texan women are ranked ninth in the South Central Region. The men are slated 13th in the latest rankings on Feb. 10. The Texans are slotted second in both the men and women WAC rankings behind Utah Valley. The Texan long jumpers are ranked as the third event group in the nation only behind Kansas State and Texas. On the women's side, the Texans 60-meter group is ranked seventh in the nation. In addition, women's long jump is 16th and the 200-meter group is slotted 17th in the NCAA.
 
Three Texan women rank in the top 50 in the NCAA heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Lauren Roy ranks seventh in the 200 with a personal best of 22.96 seconds and 16th in the 60 meters in 7.25 seconds. Victoria Cameron owns the 14th best time in the 60 meters in the country this year at 7.24 seconds. In field events, Prestina Ochonogor who was a First Team All-American in the women's long jump last season, ranks 17th with a best leap of 6.40 meters.
 
On the men's side, four field athletes have posted top 50 performances. Sir Jonathan Sims is ranked in both the long and triple jumps. In the long jump, he is 20th with a best leap of 7.73 meters. In the triple jump he is 44th with a best of 15.52 meters. Lokesh Sathyanathan ranks 12th in the NCAA in the long jump with a best jump of 7.83 meters. Jalen Cadet also ranks 35th in the long jump with a personal best of 7.60 meters this year. Davi Torres is 46th in the nation in the high jump clearing the 2.13-meter bar in the first meet of the season.
 
Tarleton State will begin their postseason slate at the WAC Championships on Feb. 27-28 at The Podium in Spokane, Wash.
 
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Players Mentioned

Davi Torres

Davi Torres

Sophomore
Victoria Cameron

Victoria Cameron

Freshman
Prestina Ochonogor

Prestina Ochonogor

Sophomore
Lauren Roy

Lauren Roy

Senior
Lokesh Sathyanathan

Lokesh Sathyanathan

Senior
Sir Jonathan Sims

Sir Jonathan Sims

Senior
Jalen Cadet

Jalen Cadet

Senior

Players Mentioned

Davi Torres

Davi Torres

Sophomore
Victoria Cameron

Victoria Cameron

Freshman
Prestina Ochonogor

Prestina Ochonogor

Sophomore
Lauren Roy

Lauren Roy

Senior
Lokesh Sathyanathan

Lokesh Sathyanathan

Senior
Sir Jonathan Sims

Sir Jonathan Sims

Senior
Jalen Cadet

Jalen Cadet

Senior