2023 OUTDOOR SEASON
 
PUEBLO, CO. – West Texas A&M Buffs are the 2023 NCAA Outdoor National Championship runner-up for the second year in a row. The Buffs scored a team total 47 points, with majority of their points coming on the last day of competition. The three-day NCAA DII Outdoor National Championship took place in Pueblo, Colorado at CSU-Pueblo Thunderdome from May 25-27. 

Head Coach Matthew Stewart  said about the weekend, "I'm very proud of all our men and women this weekend.  They competed hard and represented WT at the highest level.  To have both programs in the top 3 outdoor as well as excelling in indoor and cross country is what we envision for our program: to be a complete program."
 
No. 2 BUFFS
The Buffs had scored two points on Friday from decathlete, Gerard Bryant. It was the first and only time in the first two days that the Buffs had scored. But the third day the Buffs scored a whopping 45 points. 
 
The Buffs 4x100 relay team consisting of Joseph Manu, Jerry Jakpa, Jalen Purcell and Isaac Botsio ran a 38.70 making them the fastest NCAA Division II 4x100 in NCAA history and the fifth fastest time in all collegiate division records for this year. The Buffs broke a record set back in 2013 by St. Augustine's at 38.91. 
 
The Buffs 4x400 relay team consisting of Ohdel James, Jamarkus Birks, Brien Pittman and Quinton Sansing placed first with their time of 3:05.80. They own the WT school record and broke the prior record set back in 1979 by Chris Knighton, Michael Moore, Mike Brown and David Thomas at 3:07.30.
 
Freshman Isaac Botsio and graduate student Joseph Manu also ran in the 100 meter placing second and fourth, respectively. They both ran their fastest time this season with Botsio at 10.03 and Manu at 10.05. 
 
Recent WT graduate Quinton Sansing ran the 400 meter and placed third for the Buffs with a time of 46.09.  Sansing ran the fifth best time for WT and is now cemented into WT history in seven of the top-10 fastest times in the 400 meter. 
 
Recent WT graduate Butare Rugenerwa ran his fastest 800-meter time of 1:47.92 and broke his own school record in WT history. He owns eight of the top-10 fastest records ever recorded in WT history in the 800 meter. 
 
FINAL RESULTS

Athlete	Event	Place	Time/Distance/Height	Records
Joseph Manu, JerryJakpa,    Jalen Purcell,  Isaac Botsio	4x100	1st	38.70	#1 NCAA DII History #1 WT History #5 Collegiate Best All Divisions (2023) NCAA DII Outdoor National Championship Meet Record
Ohdel James, Jamarkus Birks, Brien Pittman,  Quinton Sansing	4x400	1st	3:05.80	#1 NCAA DII Collegiately (2023) #1 all-time in WT History Broke WT record held since 1979
Isaac Botsio	100m	2nd	10.03	Tied 5th all-time in WT History
Butare Rugenerwa	800m	3rd	1:47.92	#1 all-time in WT History Owns 8 out of top-10 times in WT History (800m)
Quinton Sansing	400m	3rd	46.09	Tied 5th fastest all-time in WT History Owns 7 out of top-10 times in WT History (400m)
Joseph Manu	100m	4th	10.05	8th fastest all-time in WT History
Gerard Bryant	Decathlon	7th	7,187 pts	#6 all-time in WT History
Hamdi Ali	High Jump	9th	2.12m	Tied 6th all-time in WT History