COLLEGE STATION, Texas –The Washington State men’s track and field team concluded competition at the 2025 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Track & Field West First Round, Friday, at Texas A&M University. The Cougar 4×100 relay team set a school record and clinched a spot in the Outdoor Championships next month in Eugene, Oregon. Junior Mason Lawyer led the Cougs in the sprints, qualifying for nationals in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash, while running second on the record-setting relay team.
WSU started the evening quickly off the blocks, as the 4×100 relay team of Bryson Stubblefield, Lawyer, Parker Duskin, and Keenan Kuntz set a school record. The quartet broke a 35-year-old program record that stood since 1991 with a 39.09 finish, seventh fastest in the west, and earned a spot in the national semifinals next month for the first time since 2011.
Lawyer returned to the track for individual entries in the 100- and 200-meter quarterfinals, punching his ticket to Eugene in the 100-meter dash with a wind-aided PR sprint of 9.95 (+2.1). The Idaho native ran the fourth-fastest time at the regional championship, earning his first-career berth to the outdoor national championship. He returned to clinch a spot in the 200-meter dash with a lifetime best and the 10th-fastest time of the quarterfinals, clocking 20.34 seconds.
Senior Kelvin Limo, a four-time qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, raced to the second-fastest time of his career, finishing 13th in 8:40.99 and just one spot shy of qualification for the national semifinal. Limo’s performance marked his best postseason placement of his career, besting his 15th-place finish as a sophomore.
Junior John Paredes qualified for the 110-meter hurdles quarterfinal with his previous performance Wednesday afternoon, returning to the oval to clock a 13.76 in his heat. Paredes finished 18th overall, marking his second-consecutive season in the national quarterfinals.
Sophomore Evans Kurui concluded the evening in the 5,000 meter semifinals, clocking a time of 13:34.89. Kurui will settle for a national bid in the 10,000-meter, finishing one hundredth of a second out of position for a 5,000-meter berth. The sophomore finished 13th overall in his first trip to the outdoor regional championship.
On the field, WSU began the day with the discus duo of freshman Kai Twaddle-Dunham and senior
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