American Athletic Conference Performances List
 
NCAA Division I Performances List

Every American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for week four of the season picked up at least one event win over the weekend at three elite events: the Texas Invitational, All-Ohio Championships and Spec Towns Invitational. SMU senior Helena Perez repeated as Female Field Athlete of the Week, with Rutgers junior Corey Crawford earning Male Field Athlete of the Week honors. Cincinnati sophomore Kenya Woodall was named Female Track Athlete of the Week, and Houston’s Errol Nolan garnered Male Track Athlete of the Week honors.
 
Perez extended her conference bests list lead in both the shot put and hammer throw, taking first in both events at the Texas Invitational. Her shot put toss of 15.92m (52’-2.75”) leads The American by nearly two feet, while her hammer mark of 60.34m (197’-11”), a personal best, leads by over seven feet. Perez currently ranks 27^th nationally in the shot put and 25^th in the hammer throw.
 
Crawford picked up where he left off from indoor season in his premiere event, the long jump, winning the Spec Towns Invite with a leap of 7.80m (25’-7.25”). That mark was the best of his career, and also broke the Rutgers school record. He leads The American, and also sits tied for fourth in the nation.
 
Woodall raked in three event wins over the weekend, leading her Bearcats to a second place team finish at the All-Ohio Championships. She place herself second on The American lists with her 53.92 time in the 400-meter dash, and she was a key member of both the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays teams that took gold medals in times of 45.62 and 3:42.10, respectively, making up a 50-meter deficit in the 4x400 to seal the victory.
 
Nolan met expectations at the Texas Invitational, taking four top-five finishes which included two event victories. He won the 400-meter dash in 46.55 and anchored the 4x100-meter relay team to a 40.19 time and first place finish. Nolan’s 20.62 wind-aided time in the 200-meter dash was good for third place, while his anchor effort in the 4x400-meter relay led Houston to a fourth-place finish in 3:18.84. As a result, he catapulted himself to the top of The American in 400m and bettered his top 200m mark.
 
Weekend Highlights
 
Both Texas schools and USF traveled to Austin to compete in the Texas Invitational, while Rutgers and the UConn men each descended upon Athens, Ga. for the Spec Towns Invite.
 
Houston’s men’s program walked away with an impressive second-place team finish, scoring 124 points and falling only to No. 3 Texas on the heels on Nolan’s performances and several other strong showings. Yonas Tesfai and John Horton also earned event wins, with Tesfai taking the 800-meter run in 1:53.57. Horton made his season debut in the triple jump, opening with a 15.17m leap to take gold.
 
The Cougar women performed strongly as well, taking third in the team competition with 77.5 points and bettering league rivals SMU and USF. Justine Price put up a conference-best toss of 51.35m in the discus, earning second place in the event. Hurdler extraordinaire Sade-Mariah Greenidge also maintained her top spot on the bests list, placing second in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.17 (wind-aided).
 
The Mustangs were again anchored by their throwers to finish fifth as a unit. In addition to Perez, Rayann Chin picked up third place finishes in both the discus (50.07m) and the hammer throw (49.98m), with Tochi Nlemchi placing second in the shot put with a toss of 14.80m.
 
USF earned three wins in Austin. For the women, sophomore Mira Carroza took the javelin with a distance of 44.31m, a personal best, while Courtney Anderson continued her high jump dominance, winning at 1.78m and tying her season best. On the men’s side, Michael Babinec topped the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:37.76. The Bull women placed sixth, with the men taking fifth.
 
In Georgia, Rutgers’ men’s 4x400-meter relay team also saw Crawford’s hand in a win, taking first in a conference-best 3:10.36. The women’s 4x400-meter relay also took gold, with the A squad crossing the line in 3:37.97. Asha Ruth’s strong senior campaign continued, as she added second place finishes in the long jump and 100-meter dash to her part in the 4x400 performance.
 
The UConn men tallied two event wins, which went to Michael O’Donnell in the 1,500-meter run in a conference-best 3:51.08 and Robert Rhodes in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.06. The Huskies’ decathletes also made a mark, as Jesse Chapman (6,871 pts) and Kris Horn (6,859) picked up the two highest point totals in The American thus far.
 
The Huskies’ women’s squad competed at the Sea Ray Relays at the University of Tennessee, with Odrine Belot setting a new league high in the triple jump with her distance of 12.71m to place fourth. The 4x400-meter relay team of Celina Emerson, Deysha Smith-Jenkins, Faith Dismuke and Nyanka Joseph broke their own UConn record, running a league-best 3:35.04.
 
Both Cincinnati programs claimed second place at the All-Ohio Championships, with nine total individual titles. Highlighted by Woodall on the women’s side, the men were propelled by senior Josh Dangel, who set a Cincinnati record in the pole vault with his 5.44m height. He also claimed the event title.
 
Louisville hosted the Border Battle, and saw a school record and two meet records in along with seven individual victories. Freshman Chanel Krause picked up the school record on the women’s side, reaching a height of 3.92m to finish fourth in the event. Jenna Wargo and Brittany Owens each hit meet-record marks to earn wins, in the javelin and long jump, respectively. For the Cardinal men, Calvin Arsenault reclaimed his spot atop The American, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 13.65.
 
Top Conference Marks (Courtesy of TFRRS.org)
 

EVENT	MEN	WOMEN
100m	Cameron Burrell, HOU (10.37) Leshon Collins, HOU (10.37)	Stephanie Kalu, SMU (11.15)
200m	Errol Nolan, HOU (20.62)	Stephanie Kalu, SMU (23.21)
400m	Errol Nolan, HOU (46.55)	Celina Emerson, UCONN (53.09)
800m	Yonas Tesfai, HOU (1:50.96)	Erica Winston, UCF (2:07.91)
1,500m	Michael O’Donnell, UCONN (3:51.08)	Brigitte Mania, UCONN (4:21.46)
3,000m	Sam Habib, RU (8:43.14)	Emily Durgin, UCONN (9:44.99)
5,000m	Tyler Byrne, LOU (14:12.88)	Anne-Marie Blaney, UCF (16:34.57)
10,000m	Alex Izewski, TEM (30:58.77)	Karoline Skatteboe, SMU (35:46.57)
100H		Sade-Mariah Greenidge, HOU (13.17)
110H	Calvin Arsenault, LOU (13.65)
400H	Paul Barrett, USF (52.66)	Sade-Mariah Greenidge, HOU (59.68)
3000 Steeple	Mattias Wolter, LOU (8:51.91)	Tova Magnusson, SMU (10:23.85)
4x100m Relay	Houston (39.85)	Houston (44.22)
4x400m Relay	Rutgers (3:10.36)	UConn (3:35.04)
4x800m Relay	Houston (7:31.58)	UConn (9:26.42)
High Jump	Darius Lynwood, MEM (2.10m)	Courtney Anderson, USF (1.78m)
Pole Vault	Pauls Pujats, MEM (5.54m)	Karley King, HOU (4.10m) Alyssa McBride, CIN (4.10m)
Long Jump	Corey Crawford, RU (7.80m)	Natasha Stewart, USF (6.32m)
Triple Jump	Matthew O’Neal, USF (16.15m)	Odrine Belot, UCONN (12.71m)
Shot Put	Yannik Schaly, MEM (17.40m)	Helena Perez, SMU (15.92m)
Discus	Macklin Tudor, CIN (58.20m)	Justine Price, HOU (51.35m)
Hammer	Nils Westrich, LOU (61.65m)	Helena Perez, SMU (60.34m)
Javelin	Thomas Carr, RU (69.98m)	Lucija Cvitanovic, SMU (49.15m)
Heptathlon		Lucija Cvitanovic, SMU (5,455 pts)
Decathlon	Jesse Chapman, UCONN (6,871 pts)

 
*converted on TFRRS lists for track size or altitude
 
The Week Ahead
 
April 17-20
UCF – Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, Calif.)
Cincinnati – Heart of Bluegrass Classic (Lexington, Ky.)
UConn men – UConn Home Meet (Storrs, Conn.)
UConn women – Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, Calif.); Larry Ellis Invite (Princeton, N.J.)
Houston – Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, Calif.); UTSA Invitational (San Antonio, Texas)
Louisville – Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, Calif.)
Memphis – War Eagle Invitational (Auburn, Ala.)
Rutgers – Larry Ellis Invite (Princeton, N.J.)
USF – Tom Jones Memorial Invite (Gainesville, Fla.); LSU Alumni Gold (Baton Rouge, La.)
SMU – Michael Johnson Invitational (Waco, Texas)
Temple – Owls Alumni Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.)