CSU Men's and Women's Track Compete in Final Day of WAC Chmapionship

The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams competed at the WAC Championship in Seattle, Washington at the Husky Track for the final day. On the women's side, the team placed tied at twelfth with a final score of 1, while Yasmin Grace placed eighth with an impressive score of 11.59m in the Women's Triple Jump final. On the men's side, the team placed eleventh with 5 points, while Jonnathan Fernandez placed 27th in the Men 5000 with a final time of 15:22.25.

Grand Canyon won the men's competition with 155.5 points, followed by Sam Houston (135.5), Utah Valley (112), Stephen F. Austin (105) and CBU (92) rounded out the top five while Stephen F. Austin won the women's team title with 160 points, outdistancing  Abilene Christian (143), Utah Valley (99), Grand Canyon (98) and Sam Houston (76). Complete team standings listed below.

This concludes the Cougars season as they will now head into the off-season. All events and times from Cougars who participated in an event tonight are listed below as well as complete team standings.

Final Standings
2022 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship
Husky Stadium
Seattle, Washington

Women's Team
1    Stephen F. Austin-160
2    Abilene Christian-143
3    Utah Valley-99
4    Grand Canyon-98
5    Sam Houston-76
6    New Mexico State-74
7    Lamar-71
8    CBU-53
9    Tarleton State-31
10  Seattle U-10
11  Dixie State-2
12  Chicago State-1
      UTRGV-1

Men's Team
1    Grand Canyon-155.50
2    Sam Houston-135.50
3    Utah Valley-112
4    Stephen F. Austin-105
5    CBU-92
6    Abilene Christian-91.50
7    Tarleton State-50.50
8    Lamar-37
9    UTRGV-26
10  Seattle U-8
11  Chicago State-5

Men 4x100 Meter Relay
10) Lavell Patterson, Jalen Jones, Mikhail Watson, Olesson Cesalien - 42.71

Men 4x400 Meter Relay
10) Wesley Keith, Jalen Jones, Brian Kiptanui, Javon Bruce - 3:29.61

Women Triple Jump
8) Yasmin Grace - 11.59m
 

About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.

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