Pair of First Team All-GAC Winners Highlight 2025 Track & Field Championships

SHAWNEE, Okla. – The SWOSU track & field team wrapped up the 2025 Great American Conference Championships with six all-conference awards, highlighted by Marleigh West and Jaci Shelton’s First Team All-GAC honors. The Bulldogs accumulated 22 points, finishing eighth overall, while Oklahoma Baptist claimed its fourth consecutive conference title.

On the academic front, six SWOSU athletes earned spots on the Academic Honor Roll, boasting a minimum 3.5 GPA. The honorees included West, Shelton, Breegan Barnett, Samantha Kuzma, Makenlee Shieldnight, and Delaney York.

This season marked a milestone for the program, with two athletes earning First Team All-GAC selections for the first time since its inception in 2017. West led the charge, securing first-team honors with a third-place finish in shot put while earning honorable mention recognition in both discus and hammer throw. Shelton’s record-breaking discus throw of 42.98m earned her first-team honors and a third-place finish as the program’s new furthest throw. 

Other notable performances included Deuna Miller’s sixth-place finish in the 100m, securing second-team honors, and Torri Tottress’s seventh-place finish in shot put, earning honorable mention.

West and Miller will compete at the West Texas A&M Last Chance Meet on May 11, aiming to qualify for the national championships later this month.

Great American Conference Championships
Wednesday-Friday, April 30-May 2

Shawnee, Okla. (Hurt Memorial Athletic Complex)
Final Results (link)