BACK-TO-BACK: Men’s Track & Field Wins 2nd Straight Outdoor Title, SWAC Track Trifecta
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Texas Southern men’s track & field team made history once again with its second consecutive SWAC Outdoor Championship Tuesday night.
TSU won the title with 136 total points as they held off a late charge from Jackson State. With the win, TSU becomes the first SWAC men’s track & field program since 2001-02 and 2002-03 to win back-to-back trifectas (cross country, indoor/outdoor track & field).
TSU started off day one (Sunday) strong as Jalen Walker won the hammer with a throw of 195-1 feet followed by Blaine Nunn’s personal-best and third-place mark of 177-1 feet. Trevon Hill would place seventh after a throw of 164-3 feet. Malachi Byrd finished third in the javelin as he threw 167-04 feet while Jaden Brooks placed fifth (164-03) and Hill seventh (160-0).
In the Sunday night distance run, Manuel Garza and Gael…
