Texas Southern Men's Track and Field wins 2015 SWAC Indoor Championship

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The 2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship was awarded to the Tigers of Texas Southern University Sunday afternoon at the Birmingham Crossplex.

TSU ended the day with a total of 128 points as head coach Clyde Duncan was presented the 2015 Men's Indoor Coach of the Year award.

Grambling State Tigers placed second with 124 points. Prairie View finished third with 85 points. Rounding out the final standings include: Mississippi Valley (64), Alabama State (62), Jackson State (57), Southern (29), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (29), Alcorn State (21) and Alabama A&M (18).

TSU's Demetrious Williams was awarded the 2015 Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer. He claimed two victories in long jump with a leap of 7.20m and in Triple Jump with a length of 15.21m.

This title marks the Texas Southern Flying Tigers Men's Track and Field teams' first championship since 1994 under then head coach Dave Bethany.

2015 SWAC Indoor Men's Track and Field Championship Highlights

Pole Vault
Texas Southern's Jawalyn Brooks set a new SWAC record for men's pole vault, jumping a height of 4.65m (15-03.00). Alabama State's Christopher Amisial and O'Shane Shaw placed second and third with heights of 3.85m (12-07.50) and 3.75m (12-03.50), respectively.

Triple Jump
Demetrious Williams came in first place in triple jump with a leap of 15.21m (49-11.00). Second place was captured by Grambling State's Chauncey Wells with a jump of 14.76m (48-05.00) and third place was awarded to Southern's Akil Bennett with a leap of 14.72m (48-03.50).

Mile
Texas Southern's D'Andre Lewis claimed the 1600m SWAC title with a new record time of 4:18.71. Coming in second was Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Matthew Agard with a time of 4:26.20 and finishing in third place was Mississippi Valley's Simeyon Bobbett, running a time of 4:27.19.

5000 Meter
Syed Hussain of Prairie View A&M captured first place in the 5k meter run with a time of 16:05.51. Coming in second place was Grambling State's Jesus Hernandez with a time of 16:08.98. Finishing third was Texas Southern's Jose Medina clocking in with a time of 16:10.10.

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