BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Texas Southern won its 13th overall and third consecutive SWAC Indoor Track & Field Championship at the Birmingham Crossplex on Sunday.
TSU finished with 108 total points as 17 events were scored.
On Saturday, Manual Garcia scored TSU's first running points of the day with a fifth-place and personal-best run of 8:53.50 in the 3,000-meter run. Later that night, Garza, Patrick Goodman, Kaseem Ibraheem-Washington and Brandon Adolphus ran 10:34.12 to place third in the distance medley relay.
Chris Johnson jumped 23-10 to place third in the long jump while Adam Hines continued his dominance in the pole vault with a first-place 15-foot mark. Donovan Brooks (12-0.5) and Albert Hurd (11-6.5) placed 6-7 in the pole vault, respectively, to also score points. In the shot put, Blaine Nunn threw a season-best 51-9.25 feet to place third, while Jalen Walker also followed with a season-best and fourth-place throw of 51-5.75 feet.
On Sunday, Jalen Walker opened the day with a fourth-place throw of 56-9.25 feet in the weight throw. Ahmad Muhammad jumped a personal-best 52-1.25 feet to win the triple jump, which ranks 28th nationally, while Braylon Carr (51-0) and Johnson (48-2.5) finished 4-5, respectively.
Donovan Brooks posted a personal-best 4,646 points to win the heptathlon while Garrett Wilkins scored a season-best 4,425 points to place third. On the track, Chris Johnson placed third in the 60 with a time of 6.82, while Joshua Brown placed eighth in a time of 6.93. Brandon Adolphus finished fifth (4:22.13) in the mile while Michael Strange placed third (1:51.66) in the 800 on the same track he set his previous personal-best in earlier this year. Brown set a personal-best 21.54 to place sixth in the 200 while Kacy Kincade earned a point with an eighth-place run of 21.79. Garza placed seventh in the 5,000 with a personal-best run of 15:28.43, while the mile relay of Goodman, Brown, Ibraheem-Washington, and Strange won its heat and finished fifth overall with a season-best run of 3:15.84.
The team returns to action in March for the start of outdoor season.
