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University of North Texas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The UNT track and field teams completed competition at the 2025 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday evening, highlighted by individual titles from Jake Parchman and London Culbreath. Parchman won his second conference championship of the season after having come up short of the podium in each […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The UNT track and field teams completed competition at the 2025 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday evening, highlighted by individual titles from Jake Parchman and London Culbreath.
Parchman won his second conference championship of the season after having come up short of the podium in each of his first three seasons. After winning the weight throw at the AAC Indoor Championships, Parchman claimed the program’s first ever gold medal in the men’s hammer throw. His winning throw came on his fifth attempt when he launched it 65.13 meters, marking his third-longest throw of the season and his career.
Culbreath broke through on Saturday to claim her first career conference title in the 1,500 meters. She posted the best time of her career in the finals, clocking a 4:24.60, which gave her a cushion of over three seconds to the runner-up from Tulane. Culbreath also placed in the 800 meters where she took seventh and finished fifth in the 5,000 meters, totaling a team-high 16 points for the meet across the three events.
In total, the Mean Green recorded all-conference honors in 10 events, including eight individual performances and the men’s 4×100 and men’s 4×400-meter relay. The men’s team collected 80 points to finish fifth in the team standings and ended up just three points shy of third place. The women’s team landed in eighth with 66 points.
“I’m proud of both the men and women for their resilience this entire weekend,” head coach Doug Marshall said. “We fought hard from start to finish and as a coach that is all you can ask for. We have some improvements to make moving into regionals for those that make it. We will attack recruiting hard this summer and build a complete team to fight for a championship next year. I want to give a special shout out to our amazing administration for all their support.”
The men’s team made a consistent push toward the top of the leaderboard throughout the meet, beginning with Parchman on Thursday. Akeel Hanchard also earned a spot on the podium, taking third in the men’s javelin for the second consecutive year. Hanchard and Vitus Hansgaard, who placed fourth, both posted personal bests to become the third and fourth best performers in school history in the event.
Derrick Warren added eight points to the men’s score with a runner-up finish in the long jump on Friday. The Sam Houston transfer became the first Mean Green male to earn outdoor all-conference honors in the long jump since Jarrod Stone in 2005.
After breaking his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles prelims on Friday with a 13.76, Hendrick Hundl claimed third place in the finals, clocking a 13.85. Chase Lehr also finished on the podium for the second time this season in the 800 meters, taking second with a time of 1:49.76. Finally, both men’s relay teams placed third on Saturday, with the 4×100-meter group clocking a season best 39.84 and the 4×400 team posting the second-fastest time in school history at 3:07.62.
On the women’s side, the throwers had an impressive meet with true freshmen Ava Roberts and Bolaji Subair earning all-conference honors. Roberts followed up an incredible indoor conference meet where she placed third in the shot put with an even better outdoor meet, taking second with a personal-best mark of 15.58 meters. Subair placed second in the discus with a school-record throw of 51.55 meters for her first all-conference finish. Mackenzie Kuehl was another female thrower to earn all-conference accolades for the first time, placing third in the javelin with a PR of 48.51 meters.
Other notable finishes for the women included the 4×100-meter team taking fourth with the fifth-fastest time in program history, and Aariyana Williams placing fifth in the 400 meters with a 53.16. The nationally ranked women’s 100 meters group combined for six points courtesy of C’Nai Childress and Trezeguet Taylor, who placed fourth and eighth in the finals.
In total, the North Texas saw 24 athletes record personal bests at the conference championships. The Mean Green will wait to see who advances to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in College Station May 28-31.
Parchman won his second conference championship of the season after having come up short of the podium in each of his first three seasons. After winning the weight throw at the AAC Indoor Championships, Parchman claimed the program’s first ever gold medal in the men’s hammer throw. His winning throw came on his fifth attempt when he launched it 65.13 meters, marking his third-longest throw of the season and his career.
Culbreath broke through on Saturday to claim her first career conference title in the 1,500 meters. She posted the best time of her career in the finals, clocking a 4:24.60, which gave her a cushion of over three seconds to the runner-up from Tulane. Culbreath also placed in the 800 meters where she took seventh and finished fifth in the 5,000 meters, totaling a team-high 16 points for the meet across the three events.
In total, the Mean Green recorded all-conference honors in 10 events, including eight individual performances and the men’s 4×100 and men’s 4×400-meter relay. The men’s team collected 80 points to finish fifth in the team standings and ended up just three points shy of third place. The women’s team landed in eighth with 66 points.
“I’m proud of both the men and women for their resilience this entire weekend,” head coach Doug Marshall said. “We fought hard from start to finish and as a coach that is all you can ask for. We have some improvements to make moving into regionals for those that make it. We will attack recruiting hard this summer and build a complete team to fight for a championship next year. I want to give a special shout out to our amazing administration for all their support.”
The men’s team made a consistent push toward the top of the leaderboard throughout the meet, beginning with Parchman on Thursday. Akeel Hanchard also earned a spot on the podium, taking third in the men’s javelin for the second consecutive year. Hanchard and Vitus Hansgaard, who placed fourth, both posted personal bests to become the third and fourth best performers in school history in the event.
Derrick Warren added eight points to the men’s score with a runner-up finish in the long jump on Friday. The Sam Houston transfer became the first Mean Green male to earn outdoor all-conference honors in the long jump since Jarrod Stone in 2005.
After breaking his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles prelims on Friday with a 13.76, Hendrick Hundl claimed third place in the finals, clocking a 13.85. Chase Lehr also finished on the podium for the second time this season in the 800 meters, taking second with a time of 1:49.76. Finally, both men’s relay teams placed third on Saturday, with the 4×100-meter group clocking a season best 39.84 and the 4×400 team posting the second-fastest time in school history at 3:07.62.
On the women’s side, the throwers had an impressive meet with true freshmen Ava Roberts and Bolaji Subair earning all-conference honors. Roberts followed up an incredible indoor conference meet where she placed third in the shot put with an even better outdoor meet, taking second with a personal-best mark of 15.58 meters. Subair placed second in the discus with a school-record throw of 51.55 meters for her first all-conference finish. Mackenzie Kuehl was another female thrower to earn all-conference accolades for the first time, placing third in the javelin with a PR of 48.51 meters.
Other notable finishes for the women included the 4×100-meter team taking fourth with the fifth-fastest time in program history, and Aariyana Williams placing fifth in the 400 meters with a 53.16. The nationally ranked women’s 100 meters group combined for six points courtesy of C’Nai Childress and Trezeguet Taylor, who placed fourth and eighth in the finals.
In total, the North Texas saw 24 athletes record personal bests at the conference championships. The Mean Green will wait to see who advances to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in College Station May 28-31.