COMMERCE, Texas – McNeese Cowboy javelin thrower Hunter Longino and middle-distance runner Omer El-Fadl won gold medals in their respective events during Saturday's final day of the 2023 Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
Longino won the javelin event with a throw of 214-0 while fellow thrower Darren Taylor joined him on the medal stand with a silver medal after a personal best throw of 201-04. In addition, Trey Marsh finished fifth in the event and scored four points following a season-best mark of 185-06 while Tyler Challis collected a point with an eighth-place finish on PR throw of 164-04.
 
The four combined to score 23 points in the event and helped lead the Cowboys to their second-straight top five finish in the team standings as they placed fifth with 89 points.
 
El-Fadl scored 16 points alone for the team after he won the title in the 1500-meters with a time of 3:57.20 and placed third in the 800-meters with a time of 1:51.51.
 
The Cowboys' 4x400-meter relay team clocked the fourth-fastest time in school history and won a bronze medal in the process after timing out at 3:11.44. That team included Jaden Powell, Samuel Gray, Jalon White and Ondray Miles.
 
The Cowgirl finished in sixth place with 76 points. One Cowgirl reached the medal stand on the day, that being Reese Grossie in the discus where she won a gold medal after throwing a season-best 155-05. Chloe Hernandez finished fourth in the event to pick up five points with her personal best mark of 152-03.
 
Incarnate Word won the men's team title with 142 points while Lamar captured the women's team championship with 155 points.
 
Women's Final Team Scoring:
1, Lamar 155; 2, Northwestern State 145; 3, New Orleans 98; 4, Houston Christian 87.5; 5, TAMU-Commerce 79; 6, McNeese 76; 7, Incarnate Word 67; 8, Southeastern La. 61.5; 9, Texas A&M-CC 35; 10, Nicholls 14.
 
Men's Final Team Scoring:
1, Incarnate Word 142; 2, Northwestern State 116.5; 3, TAMU-Commerce 108; 4, Southeastern La. 100; 5, McNeese 89; 6, New Orleans 79.5; 7, Texas A&M-CC 77; 8, Lamar 52; 9, Houston Christian 51.
 
Cowgirl Results (points scored):
Discus – 3, Reese Grossie 155-05 SB (6); 4, Chloe Hernandez 152-03 PR (5); 10, Jaslyn Russell 124-04; 14, Madison Freeman 109-05; 17, Ashari Jones 99-09.
4x100 Relay – 8, 47.07 (1) Heath, Akinwande, West, Heggar.
4x400 Relay – 5, 3:48.62 SB (4) Akinwande, Carter, Harrison, Warner.
800m - 7, Ciara Gilroy 2:17.67 (2)
1500m - 6, Ciara Gilroy 4:44.74 (3); 10, Grace Sullivan 5:00.19.
5000m – 5, Sorcha Moloney 17:53.40 (4); 9, Marta Pascoa 18:25.81 PR
 
Cowboy Results (points scored):
Javelin - 1, Hunter Longino 214-00 (10); 2, Darren Taylor 201-04 PR (8); 5, Trey Marsh 185-06 SB (4); 8, Tyler Challis 164-04 PR (1); 13, Logan Broussard 133-06.
Discus – 7, Tyler Challis 149-02 (2); 8, Marcus Francis 144-00 (1); 10, Garrett Dietert 141-06.
4x100 Relay - 7, 41.67 (2) Blalock, Gray, Powell, White.
4x400 Relay – 3, 3:11.44 SB (6) Powell, Gray, White, Miles.
400m - 7, Jalon White 47.82 (2), 8, Ondray Miles 48.29 (1).
800m - 3, Omer El-Fadl 1:51.51 (6).
1500m - 1, Omer El-Fadl 3:57.20 (10).
5000m – 6, Gilbert Kimutai 15:15.74 PR (3); 8, Jacob Kipkogei 15:17.64 (1).