James earns first collegiate win; Results from TWU Dual
DENTON, Texas — D’Mysha James earns her first collegiate victory as the Lyon College women’s wrestling team competed at Texas Woman’s University.
The Scots competed in a tri-dual in Denton, Texas, where they took on both Texas Woman’s University and Schreiner University.
Coach Emma de Brum had five of her wrestlers compete at the event, as Rubi Gonzalez competed at 110, Mikayla Wallace in the 138, Madisen Nash in the 145, Sidney Milligan at 160, and D’Mysha James in the 180.
The day of competition began for the Scots at 3 p.m., when they had their first dual against host, Texas Woman’s University. Later in the evening, they held their final dual against Schreiner, which began at 7:30 p.m.
Gonzalez first took on Victoria Pena of TWU, and fell via pin fall at the 1:10 mark. Later on, Gonzalez competed against Prestejah Yockeman of Schreiner, where she lost on a pin fall at the 1:52 mark.
Wallace also finished 0-2 on the day, losing both matches via technical fall, 10-0 Laisha Rios of TWU and then 12-1 to Brooke Wieczorek of Schreiner.
Nash made her first appearance of the 2024-25 season at today’s tri-dual. She opened her day of competition against Maegan Flaherty of TWU, where she fell via 10-0 technical fall. Nash then again fell via 11-1 technical fall at the 3:11 mark against Azana King of Schreiner.
Milligan lost both her matches via narrow decisions, first to Mia Howell of TWU (5-1) and then to Scarlett Snodgrass of Schreiner (2-2).
James finished 1-1 on the day, with both her matches being exhibitions. She opened the day with a pin fall loss to Pauline Grace Heimuli of TWU at the 2:35 mark. James then earned her first collegiate win in a hard-fought battle against Symphanie Simpson of Schreiner, taking the match via pin fall at the 5:21 mark.
The Scots will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 15 when they compete at the SLIAC Conference Championships, which will be held at the University of the Ozarks.
Lyon College archers medal in State Indoor tournament
The Lyon College archery team took home gold, silver and bronze medals at the Arkansas State Indoor Collegiate tournament held in the turf room of the Lyon College football field house on Saturday.
After two rounds of 60 arrows, the following archers brought home a win for the Scots.
Enoch Busbin brought home first place in the Men’s Bowhunter class and Landon Jackson was third in the category.
Delacey Kell was first in the Women’s Compound competition for Lyon College.
Kaitlyn Lucio was second in the Women’s Bowhunter class and Maggie Mason gained a bronze medal for third place.
The Scots archers are scheduled to go to Hattisburg, Mississippi on Feb. 6 through February 9 to compete in the Regional Indoor Tournament.
Lyon College men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams compete at Snow Bird Invite in Jacksonville, Illinois
JACKSONVILLE, Illinois – The Lyon College men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed on Saturday at the Snow Bird Invite hosted by Illinois College.
For the entire results, click here: SNOW BIRD INVITE
The Scots results in specific events were as follows:
Samantha Love was 11th with a 1.40 in the women’s high jump.
Jakobe Alcorn was 7th with a 1.70 in the men’s high jump.
Sawyer Seat was 9th with a 1.70 in the men’s high jump.
Olivia Letkey was 18th with a 4.23 in the women’s long jump
Lana Ballard was 19th with a 4.22 in the women’s long jump
Novalee Lackey 21st with a 3.78 in a women’s long jump
Xiyiah Spencer-Cole was 25th with a 5.73 in the men’s long jump
Michael Woods-Caw was 29th with a 5.54 in the men’s long jump
Sawyer Seat was 31st with a 5.39 in the men’s long jump
Ashton Dunn was 32nd with a 5.33 in the men’s long jump
Sean Hall was 37th with a 4.85 in the men’s long jump
Aziza Takhi was 28th with a 8.48 in the women’s shot put
Sean Hall was 37th with a 8.62 in the men’s shot put
Aziza Takhi was 31st with a 8.26 in the women’s weight throw
Lyon A was third with a 15:39.35 in the women’s DMR
Lyon A was fifth with a 12:43.46 in the men’s DMR
Olivia Letkey was 25th with a 6:25.47 in the women’s one mile run
Novalee Lackey was 31st with a 7:24.59 in the women’s one mile run
James McNew was 40th with a 5:06.20 in the men’s one mile run
Noah Cordes was 49th with a 5:36.89 in the men’s one mile run
Daniel Thomas was 50th with a 5:41.48 in the men’s one mile run
Timothy Brady was 56th with a 5:56.87 in the men’s one mile run
Brianna Krantz was 10th with a 1:04.86 in the women’s 400 meter dash
Alora Huver was 22nd with a 1:10.71 in the women’s 400 meter dash
Lakendra Bishop was 24th with a 1:12.97 in the women’s 400 meter dash
Emely Alvarenga was 28th with a 1:14.60 in the women’s 400 meter dash
Lana Ballard was 29th with a 1:16.27 in the women’s 400 meter dash
Emmanuel White was 20th with a 55.87 in the men’s 400 meter dash
Gabriel Morris was 32nd with a 1:03.92 in the men’s 400 meter dash
Olivia Letkey was 16th with a 2:59.79 in the women’s 800 meter run
James McNew was 36th with a 2:19.06 in the men’s 800 meter run
Noah Cordes was 42nd with a 2:25.83 in the men’s 800 meter run
Timothy Brady was 44th with a 2:42.14 in the men’s 800 meter run
Brianna Krantz was 19th with a 28.46 in the women’s 200 meter dash
Lakendra Bishop was 35th with a 30.61 in the women’s 200 meter dash
Lana Ballard was 42nd with a 31.98 in the women’s 200 meter dash
Neveah Dugger was 46th with a 33.47 in the women’s 200 meter dash
Samantha Love was 47th with a 34.24 in the women’s 200 meter dash
Jakobe Alcorn was 44th with a 25.58 in the men’s 200 meter dash
Xiyiah Spencer-Cole was 45th with a 25.58 in the men’s 200 meter dash
Michael Woods-Caw was 54th with a 26.30 in the men’s 200 meter dash
Chance Wheeler was 64th with a 30.05 in the men’s 200 meter dash
Michael Woods-Caw was 13th with a 11.58 in the men’s triple jump
Images: Lyon College Athletics
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