MONROE, La. – ULM track and field will host the annual Warhawks Classic in Monroe to close out the outdoor regular season on Saturday, May 2. ULM will have senior day before the running events and will honor 13 Warhawk seniors.
 
Competition for the Warhawks includes in state schools with Louisiana Tech, McNeese and Southeastern Louisiana.
 
Last Time Out –
ULM traveled to Baton Rouge for the LSU Alumni Gold, where it took home four first-place finishes, three for the men and one for the women. Francisco Calhau won the hammer throw event with a distance of 66.07m, while Stafon Roach (15.46m) and Gionni Wiltz (2.16m) won in the triple and high jump. It is the first win of the outdoor season for the freshman in the high jump event. Tuva Sandberg took the top result in the 3000m events with a time of 10:06.06.
 
Along with the four top results were four more placements on the podium. Benedikt Schweizer and Blake Stevens finished second and third place in the hammer throw event. Sydney Lake recorded a second-place result in the women's hammer throw, while Sandberg made the podium for the second time in the 1500m race.
 
Hammer to Fall –
The Warhawks have presented a strong hammer throw group in the 2026 outdoor season. Francisco Calhau leads the way in the men's event, reaching the podium in all five meets he's competed in with three wins. His career-best 66.07m distance ranks first in the Sun Belt Conference and second in the South-Central Region. He was named Sun Belt Men's Field Athlete of the Week this season. Benedikt Schweizer is also a top athlete, with his 64.88m result being second and third best in the Sun Belt and region. In the women's event, Sydney Lake has three wins and four total podiums in the season. She achieved a career-high mark of 59.59m, which ranks third in the Sun Belt.
 
Roach Extermination –
An all-American in the 2025 outdoor season, Stafon Roach made his 2026 outdoor debut in the triple jump at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational. He reached a mark of 15.82m, which secured first place in the event. His mark ranks first in the Sun Belt, second in the East division and eighth in the NCAA. He is also the reigning indoor champion in the event. Roach is the most recent recipient of the Sun Belt Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor for ULM.
 
Owning the Discus –
Raquel Gomes produced a strong result in the women's discus throw this past weekend in College Station. She collected a result of 52.68m in the event, good for second place. Her mark is atop the conference while also being in the top ten in the region. The thrower earned Sun Belt Women's Field Athlete of the Week recently, the first Warhawk to do so since 2024.