MONROE, La. -- Hosting the first Sun Belt Conference Tournament in school history, the ULM track & field team completed the first day of competition on Thursday (May 9) at Groseclose Track at Brown Stadium in Monroe. The first day of competition was halted in the early evening due to thunderstorms in Monroe, with action picking back up tomorrow morning at 8 a.m.

ULM's Claudine Raud-Gumiel leads the heptathlon standings after the first day with a score of 3,315 points while her teammate Savanna Lawson is in third place at 3,014 points. Raud-Gumiel won three events with personal-best marks including the 100m hurdles (13.66) the high jump mark of (1.70m) and the 200m (25.00). Lawson placed second in the 100m hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.40 and the 200m with a personal-best time of 25.02. Katerina Natsiopoulou earned a spot in the 400m Hurdles finals after placing eighth in the prelims with a time of 1:02.32. On the men's side, a trio of Warhawks qualified for the 1500m finals after Juwan Blignaut, Rojs Puks and Carlo Martinez-Jaramillo all registered qualifying times in the prelims.

Day two begins with the women's 10,000m run at 8 a.m. with events continuing throughout the day at Brown Stadium. The complete day two schedule can be found here.
 

Sun Belt Championship Day One Women's Results - ULM only  

Place	Athlete	Event	Result
8	Katerina Natsiopoulou	400m Hurdles - Prelims	1:02.32 - Q
11	Olivia McCrary	Javelin	38.42m (126-0)
15	Sydney Lake	Hammer Throw	51.22m (168-0)
17	Anna Naff	1500m Prelims	4:53.05 - PB
18	Sohalia Schoen	1500m Prelims	4:58.77
19	Mikayla Douglas	400m Hurdles – Prelims	1:04.48
24	Ansley Long	1500m Prelims	5:04.81

   

Sun Belt Championship Men's Results - ULM only  

Place	Athlete	Event	Result
4	Juwan Blignaut	1500m Prelims	3:55.28 - Q
7	Rojs Puks	1500m Prelims	3:56.78 - Q
9	Carlo Martinez-Jaramillo	1500m Prelims	3:58.49 - Q
23	Jeya Kandola	1500m Prelims	4:13.02 - PB
24	Jay Parker	1500m Prelims	4:13.79
25	Teddy Gowen	1500m Prelims	4:15.30
17	Joshua Qualls	Hammer Throw	44.48m (145-11)
--	Blake Stevens	Hammer Throw	--