SSAC Indoor Championships begin Friday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's track and field teams started the two-day Southern States Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Friday, as two punched their tickets to the NAIA National Championships with their performances. 
 

The championship meet continues on Saturday with a full slate of events. Follow along throughout the day here: http://live.halfmiletiming.com/meets/892/events
 

NAIA National Championship Qualifier

• Jordyn Minor earned an NAIA B qualifying mark for the NAIA National Championship with her long jump performance. She placed third with a jump of 5.68 meters to record the third-best jump in program history. It's also her best indoor long jump since the 2024 season for the junior, and she now has all five of the Top 5 best indoor jumps in program history. 

• Ollie Brumfield IV placed fourth in the 200 meters with a personal best time of 21.57. That was good enough for an NAIA B qualifying mark as well, topping his previous best by nearly a full second. 
   

Podium Finishers

• Tenosh Landry had the best finish among Wolf Pack competitors, placing second in the high jump with a 1.57-meter mark. She had already hit an NAIA A mark earlier this indoor season to qualify for the NAIA National Championship. 

• The Loyola men's distance medley relay team of Dylan Brown, Caleb Curry, Joseph Medina and Jace Luckoski took second place with a time of 10:35.12. That narrowly missed the program record time by less than two seconds. 
   

Indoor Program Record

• Connor Meigs crushed his previous best in the 5000-meter indoor run while also breaking the program record. He ran a 15:25.64 in a third-place effort, topping the six-year-old record by three seconds and his previous PR by 50 seconds. 
   

Indoor Record Book Updates

• Joseph Medina added another Top 5 time in Wolf Pack indoor history, running 1:58.43 in the 800-meter race to place seventh in the SSAC. That time was the second-fastest time in program history, only behind his own program record time of 1:58.23, which he set last week at the Samford Bulldog Invitational. 

• Carter Dural also ran in the 800-meter event, finishing in ninth with a time of 1:59.39 for the fifth-fastest indoor time in program history. It was also a personal record for the sophomore.

• Landon Dixon would have had a Top 5 time in the 800-meter race with a 1:59.90 if it weren't for his teammates' efforts on Friday. Dixon does join Medina and Dural as the only Wolf Pack track and field student-athletes with a sub-2:00.00 time in the event. 

• Leila Santana set a new personal best time in the 400-meter race and also captured the fourth-fastest time in the women's indoor record book. She ran a 1:01.10 on Friday, which was .1 of a second faster than her previous PR. 
   

Women's Results 

400M: 10, Leila Santana, 1:01.10; 13, Madison Reado, 1:03.81; 14, Andrea Bardales, 1:04.63. 
5000M: 6, Meera Hijazi, 20:12.51; 7, Sela Myers, 20:44.75; 8, Emma Meneses, 20:59.85; 10, Vivian Bravo, 21:47.72. 
800M: 12, Caitlyn Summers, 2:37.61; 14, Sophia Freeze, 2:49.39.
Long Jump: 3, Jordyn Minor, 5.68m; 11, Jenna Galeas, 4.86m. 
High Jump: 2, Tenosh Landry, 1.57m. 
Weight Throw: 15, Cameron Diaz, 8.55m. 
DMR: 4, Loyola (Freeze, Bardales, Santana, Summers), 14:28.15. 
 

Men's Results 

400M: 17, Jack Ourso, 53.44. 
5000M: 3, Connor Meigs, 15:25.64; 10, Elijah Reeves, 16:48.42; 13, Jacob Mullis, 17:29.73. 
800M: 7, Joseph Medina, 1:58.43; 9, Carter Dural, 1:59.39; 11, Landon Dixon, 1:59.90. 
200M: 4, Ollie Brumfield IV, 21.57; 18, Jack Ourso, 23.62. 
Long Jump: 8, Jaden Thomas, 6.37m. 
Weight Throw: 11, Richard Magann, 11.01m
DMR: 2, Loyola (Brown, Curry, Medina, Luckoski) 10:35.12. 
 

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