KINGSVILLE, Texas- The Texas A&M-Kingsville track and field completed day two of the 2022 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with redshirt senior Johnathon Harper (Lorena, Texas) finishing the decathlon as the league's best, with a new school record mark of 7,401, that also sits second in the nation. 
 
Harper cruised to a personal best of 14.32 in the 110m hurdles kick-starting the day, before vaulting 4.70m (15-5) to cement himself atop the pack. Before climbing atop the podium, he capped off the day with a 4:42.73 time in the 1500m run. 
 
Classmate Dean Wallace (Geronimo, Texas) joined Harper on the podium, with Wallace claiming bronze with a new personal-best 6,797 that tentatively places him 12th nationally. His best event of the day was the pole vault, where he tacked 760 onto his total thanks to a 4.50m (14-9) clearance. Additionally, Wallace set career bests in the discus throw with a toss of 36.24m (118-11) and in the javelin with a mark of 51.47m (168-10), the best attempt of any decathlete. 
 
Junior Roel De Leon (Edinburg, Texas) also picked up points in the multi-event, posting a 5,934 score through 10 events. 
 
Five Javelina throwers placed in the women's discus, including senior Gertrudis Balli (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) and freshman Devon Williams (Gonzales, Texas), finished back-to-back in second and third. Balli unleased a throw of 49.93m (163-9) to get to the podium, while Williams logged the first NCAA provisional mark of her career at 46.29m (151-10).
 
Also finishing in order, senior Diana Bustos (Mission, Texas) and sophomore Mackenzie Contreras (Edcouch, Texas) placed seventh and eighth for 17 total points in the event. Bustos measured at 41.64m (136-7) , while Contreras's best toss was 41.00m (136-7).
 
In the men's iteration of the event, redshirt senior D.J. Delancy (Bethel Town, Jamaica) placed sixth, reaching 47.26m (155-1) on his second attempt. 
 
Sophomore Jezell Shows (San Antonio, Texas) finished fifth in the heptathlon, logging a new personal record and climbing into fifth on the all-time Javelina leader board. She provided four points following a solid back half of competitions that was capped off with a 2:30.97 time in the 800m run. 
 
Setting a new personal best and placing fourth, junior Dustin Richardson (Natalia, Texas) reached 2.05m (6-9.75) on his first attempt. Senior Tayvion Johnson (Houston, Texas) joined him in the event, claiming sixth at 2.00m (6-6.75).
 
Meanwhile, the women's high jump saw senior Criselda Cruz (Alice, Texas) clear a height of 1.55m (5-1) en route to a seventh-place finish. 
 
In the running prelims, freshman Cody Fountain (Portland, Texas) punched his ticket to the final in the 800m run, after clocking in at 1:56.55. 
 
Fellow newcomer Cynai Christopher (Missouri City, Texas) advanced in the 400m dash after winning her heat with a time of 57.00. Sophomore Sterling Riles (Houston, Texas) and classmate Bryson Dyer (New Braunfels, Texas) will reach the finals in the men's quarter-mile as the pair ran the sixth and seventh fastest preliminary times. 
 
West Texas A&M leads the women's division totaling 88 points, while A&M-Commerce tops the men's side with 64, The Javelina men sit fourth with 35 points, while the women maintain third with 26 heading into the final day of competition.
  
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