For the men’s team, the long distance events saw a lot more success than the shorter runs. Junior Gabe Montague ran his first ever 3000-meter outdoors race and took home the gold with a time of 8:54.31 seconds. In the 2000-meter steeplechase, freshman Will Battershill also got first place as he ran the event in a time of 6:03.72.

TEXAS SOUTHERN RELAYS

The following day, members of the team traveled to the Texas Southern Relays hosted at the university’s Alexander Durely Stadium. There, Okwelogu and Nunally again excelled.

Claiming her third gold medal of the weekend, Okwelogu won discus with a season best throw of 53.8 meters. She won the meet by exactly 12 feet. On the men’s side, Nunally picked up two more gold medals, giving him also three on the weekend. In discus, the co-captain won first with a throw of 48.28 meters, just under 12 feet ahead of his closest competition. Nunally also won shot put on his fourth toss of the meet, a throw of of 16.42 meters.

Also in men’s shot put, freshman Gunnar Allison claimed his medal with a throw of 14.19 meters, leading to a fourth place finish. Classmate McLennan, competing in the 400-meter hurdles, took the fifth place position with a time of 54.76 seconds.

“I am very excited to see what the outdoor season holds for us,” Trenchard said. “The women's program has become more and more of a contender on the national stage, and it has been incredible to be a part of a team that is constantly climbing in rankings and breaking records.”

—Staff writer Cade Palmer can be reached at cade.palmer@thecrimson.com.