COMPLETE RESULTS

Abilene, Texas – Justin Gonzalez won the triple jump and placed second in the high jump to lead the Concordia University Texas men's track & field team at the American Southwest Conference Championships on Friday, Apr. 26 at the HSU Track & Field Complex. The Tornados, who have never finished higher than fifth at the competition, stand in second place among five schools with 57 points after six events.

Concordia racked up a league-best 18 points in each of the two jumping events during the afternoon. Gonzalez was victorious in the triple jump by recording a school-record leap of 45-feet, 3.50-inches before finishing second in the high jump behind teammate Matthew Denman by clearing 5-10. Like Gonzalez, Denman accumulated 18 points for the Tornados after winning the high jump by clearing six feet, placing third in the triple jump with a mark of 43-6 and finishing fifth in the javelin throw with a toss that sailed 164-1.

Other notable performances were made by Zach Domingues, Michael Normand and Brian Stefanoff. Domingues was third in the hammer throw with a school-record mark of 138-6, while Stefanoff placed fourth in the javelin throw by throwing the spear 166-2. Normand completed the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a fourth-place time of 10:49.96.

Concordia will finish competing at the championship meet tomorrow morning.

Notes: The Concordia University Texas men's track & field program is well on its way to posting its best team performance in school history at the ASC Championships … The program, which is only in its fourth year of varsity competition, has never finished higher than fifth or accumulated more than 58 points at the league's championship meet … The Tornados have already racked up 57 points with 15 events remaining in the competition.
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Team Standings (Through Six Events):
1. Texas-Tyler 93; 2. Concordia 57; 3. Hardin-Simmons 16; 4. Mississippi College 13; 5. Sul Ross State 7.

Concordia Results:
10,000-Meter Run: 6. Riley Zoch 37:33.91. 3,000-Meter Steeplechase: 4. Michael Normand 10:49.96; 10. Richard Aragon 13:08.26; DNF. Matthew Mecum. High Jump: 1. Matthew Denman 6-0; 2. Justin Gonzalez 5-10; 4. Michael Normand 5-6. Triple Jump: 1. Justin Gonzalez 45-3.50 (School Record); 3. Matthew Denman 43-6; 5. Xzavier Beachum 38-2.25. Hammer Throw: 3. Zach Domingues 138-6 (School Record); ND. Steve Horlacher. Javelin Throw: 4. Brian Stefanoff 166-2; 5. Matthew Denman 164-1; 7. Lucas Driscoll 154-9.