Kansas City
Summit League Outdoor Championships
Lanham & Houston Take Gold at Summit League Outdoor Championships
5/17/2025 10:03:00 PM | Track and Field
Roos 4x400 team won a gold medal, 4x100 took the silver
VERMILLION, S.D. – Kansas City Track & Field got busy this weekend, finding success at the Summit League Outdoor Championships. The Roos accounted for five medal placements performances, three individual and two as a team. KC totaled 58 points on the men's side to place seventh and racked up 15 points on the women's side where they finished sixth.
The highlight of Kansas City's outing came from the electric 4x400-meter relay that saw the Roos remain in the middle of the pack for three quarters of the race. Enter Tory Lanham, the speedy sophomore slingshot his way from fourth to second in the first 300 meters of the final leg. Lanham used the final 100m to heroically chase-down South Dakota State's James Pierce and narrowly edge out the 400-meter champion in a photo finish.
Lanham finished with a remarkable closing split of 45.3 seconds as Kansas City took the gold medal in the men's 4x400 relay by two thousandths of a second and notched a total time of 3:12.04 which is also a new school record. Additionally, the Roos also nabbed the silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 40.46 as Lanham once again dawned his superman cape, propelling KC from fifth to second in the final leg.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Tory Lanham - Not only did Lanham put together two closing relay performances for the ages, he also defended his outdoor 200-meter dash title, winning the event again with a time of 20.83 in the final. Lanham made Summit League history day one of the meet on Thursday, recording a 200m time of 20.52 in the preliminary round which is a new Summit League Championships record. In total, Lanham took away two gold medals and a silver from the championship, not too shabby for the soon-to-be NCAA regional qualifier.
- Nahshon Houston - Lanham wasn't the only Roo to defend a title on Saturday. Houston backed up his gold medal in the long jump from the Summit League Indoor Championships with another first place finish against conference competition. The senior notched a lifetime best mark of 7.67 meters on his last jump of the final round to seal the individual title. Due to 5.9 mile per hour wind, the mark will not count as a regional qualifying jump or go in the Roos history books, but Houston still delivered a jump that won't be soon forgotten.
- Amari Eugene - Despite only being a freshman, Amari Eugene delivered a star-worthy performance on all fronts in Vermillion. Eugene took home the silver medal in the 200-meter dash, notching a brilliant time of 21.12 to earn second place in the finals. Eugene darted an even faster time in the prelims, taking the tape in 21.05 seconds. Furthermore, Eugene earned another silver and a gold medal as the ultra-important third leg of both the Roos 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads.
- Hunter Ross - Kansas City got a swell showing from Hunter Ross in the men's triple jump. The senior notched fourth place in the conference thanks to a beautiful jump of 14.65 meters. That mark is Ross' second best triple jump of the outdoor season behind his career-best mark of 14.83 meters. While Ross came just shy of a medal placement, the senior still tacked on five key points to the Roos total.
- Maddie Dial - The former Oklahoma State Cowboy continued to improve her time in the 400-meter hurdles as the outdoor season waged on. Dial did no less at the Summit League Outdoor Championships as the graduate student finished strong with a time of 1:00.23, a new lifetime best. Dial's excellent outing in the 400m hurdles was good for fifth place among a tough field of competitors and chipped in four points to Kansas City's cause.
UP NEXT
Kansas City will await to see who will make it to regionals as the Roos next stop will be in College Station, Tex. for the NCAA West Preliminary on May 28-31.
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