Pueblo, CO - The Texas A&M - Kingsville women's and men's track and field teams dominated the weekend at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Nationals meet, producing an individual National Champion, two runner-up performances, a third-place relay finish, and an incredible sixth-place team finish on the men's side.

With just 10 athletes competing at the meet for the men's team, the squad took home its highest finish since placing in the same spot in 2019 - just one year after its National Title. Along the way, the teams produced 16 All-Americans, including 10 First Teamers. Among them was senior Ronald Grueso Mosquera, who had one of the best throwing weekends in Javelina history, bringing home two top-two finishes, and senior Thomas Nieto, who smashed a record that had stood since before the turn of the century to bring home a National runner-up title in the men's pole vault. 

Grueso Monsquera put together a weekend for the ages, following up a National runner-up performance in the men's discus with a National Title in the men's shot put just one day later. In his final throw of the prelims in shot, he threw an incredible 18.92m, the longest throw in all of D2 this season and, eventually, the event's winning throw. His trip to the podium in disc, on the other hand, came down to the wire. With the final discus throw of his collegiate career he threw 57.29m, flying up the leaderboard into second place and inducing a Reggie Miller-esque celebration from the Colombian native. In his first and only year in the blue and gold, Grueso Mosquera left his fingerprints all over the Javelina record books, finishing as a four-time Lone Star Conference Champ, a three-time First Team All-American and, now, a National Champion. He is the first individual outdoor men's champ in any event for the Javelinas since 2018.

Finishing out his wildly-decorated career in similarly-stellar fashion, Nieto left his mark on the record books with his weekend as well. In a battle for a National Title, Nieto cleared 5.52m, the same mark as the eventual Champion, falling just short of the top spot on the podium by losing the tiebreaker on attempts. His 5.52m vault, which he cleared on his final attempt, is one of the greatest vaults in D2 history: not only is is a new school record (breaking the outdoor record that had stood since 1998), but it is also a top-10 height ever cleared in D2, and allowed Nieto to reclaim the all-time Colombian record. He finishes his career as one of the most decorated Javelina athletes of all time, a six-time All-American, and a three-time outdoor National Runner Up.

As if that wasn't enough history for one weekend, the men's 4x400m relay team made plenty more. Working against a condensed Saturday schedule due to forecasted inclement weather, the crew of Sterling Riles, Tony Benitez, Michael Samihamba, and Taylor Chaney broke the school record in the event on back-to-back days, running a stellar 3:07.61, despite a chaotic second handoff, in the prelims Friday night before following it up with an almost-unbelievable 3:05.57 on Saturday afternoon, earning a National third-place finish. Following a trend that defined the weekend, the squad's finals time, entering the weekend, would have been a top-10 time ever run in the event in D2 history.

Another senior closing out her career in dramatic, history-making fashion, Jazmin Ray, added a second All-American performance to her calendar year, this time making the First Team. In her first competition since returning from injury, Ray didn't skip a beat. She broke her own school record in the women's triple jump twice on Saturday, highlighted by a 12.82m leap that placed her sixth in the nation, earning her a spot on the podium in her final collegiate competition.

Yet another senior ending his career the right way, Paxton Hair, was one of three different Javelina throwers to make an All-American team in men's discus. His first throw of 53.50m placed him in 10th, just shy of a spot in the event's finals and earning him the Second Team All-American title to close out his career.

In the first outdoor nationals of his collegiate career, freshman David Guzman made quite the impact as well, making an All-American team in two separate events, including a seventh-place finish in the men's shot put and a spot on the podium beside Grueso Mosquera. After finishing his indoor season as a Second Team All-American in the shot put, he used a 17.73m toss in his final throw of the finals to secure a spot on the All American First Team. Just a day earlier, he threw 54.12m in his first throw of the men's discus finals, placing ninth in the event and earning the Second Team All-American title. 

The final First Teamer of the weekend was sophomore Jhonatan Rodriguez-Osorno, who ran 1:49.26 in the men's 800m prelim, using a stellar second lap to finish seventh overall, earning a bid to the event's finals, where, with the help of a disqualified runner ahead of him, he placed eighth, earning the first All-American title of his career.

Much like their male counterparts, the women's 4x400m relay team made an All-American team. Freshmen Oneika Brissett and Sakara Wade, and seniors Vitiana Robert and Cynai Christopher overcame a messy first handoff in the prelims to sneak into the event's finals, running a 3:37.04. Another historically-fast finals in the event kept the Javelinas in ninth, earning them Second Team All-American honors. For Christopher, it marked her second time receiving such honors on the weekend. Her 53.73 in the prelims of the women's 400m placed her in 12th, earning the final spot on the All-American Second Team.

On Friday, TAMUK's two qualifiers in the women's high jump both earned spots on the All-American Second Team. Senior Madison Alegria, in her final collegiate competition, cleared 1.73m, the second-best jump of her season, placing ninth. Not far behind her was sophomore Afaf Benhadja, who cleared 1.68m and tied for 10th. 

After yet another impressive season, it seems fitting that the Hogs finished by jamming an amazing amount of history and broken records into the final weekend of their year.