NEW ORLEANS – University of North Texas at Dallas men's track and field team concluded the RRAC Track and Field Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium on Saturday.
 
Bryson Mcrae became the first men's field athlete to win a conference postseason event, as he won the Long Jump with a record-breaking mark of 7.24m. Another highlight on the day was the 4x400m relay qualifying for the NAIA Championships with a ninth-best ranking of 3:13.15 seconds. The time broke a school record and was less than two seconds from a second gold medal. The 4x100m relay, which won gold on Friday, already qualified for nationals entering the weekend and gives the Trailblazers their first-ever qualifiers for NAIA Championships.
 
It was a historic conference championship on the UNT Dallas men's track and field program, as the program's first two gold medals were claimed. Several program records fell, many personal records and season-best times posted, and a second national qualifier obtained. Competing in its first Red River Athletic Conference Championships, UNT Dallas earned seven all-conference awards, as the top four individuals in each event received all-conference recognition.
 
UNT Dallas came in fourth place as a team with 60 points.
 
RRAC Championships Results
Overall Results
UNT Dallas Results
 
(Event Notables)
Mcrae was the lone field event participant for the Trailblazers, but made history as the first men's track and field gold medalist with a record time that shattered his previous school mark of 7.20m at the War Hawk Classic (4/11-12/2025). His season-best mark this spring was 7.13m.
 
Ben Perin registered the most points by an individual Trailblazer as he had 13 points combined on the 200m (8 pts.) and 100m (5 pts.). perin also was part of the first-place 4x100m relay (10 pts.) and second-place 4x400m relay (8 pts.). Perin ran a 21.55 time in the 200m for second. The winning mark was 21.47 by Karri Noel of Xavier (La.). He added a 10.76 in the 100m.
 
Markevian White was sixth in the 100m with a 10.78 time and three points added towards UNTD's overall team score.
 
Devin Page also was an all-conference winner with third place and a season-best time 1:55.32 in the 800m.
 
The 4x400m relay group that qualified for nationals at No. 9 featured Jahaden Jackson, Page, Perin, and Ernest Ayanugo with a 3:13.15 time. Xavier (La.) won with a 3:11.57 and are ranked No. 5 nationally.
 
(Personal Records/Season-bests)
Mcrae ran a personal-best in the 200m with a time of 22.27.
 
Keilond Wright and Julian Adigler each had a personal-best in the 400m Hurdles with respective times of 59.86 and 1:03.24.
 
Page posted his best season time in the 800m, while Major Mcgill IV (2:02.16) and Korey Grant (2:08.46) had PRs.
 
Grant added a PR in the 1500m with a 4:47.29.
 
Mcrae and the 4x400m relay also had best marks of the career and season, as mentioned previously.
 
Jackson, Ayanugo, Page, and Adigler all set PRs in the 400m race on Friday. Specific times are Friday's review below.
 
(Friday's Recap)
The 4x100 Meter Relay team made history for UNT Dallas men's track and field, as it captured the program's first event conference championship. Jackson Danner, Ernest Ayanugo, Markevian White, Ben Perin ran a 40.91 time for the event title, which was 0.03 seconds shy of the program record and season-best time that this unit has earned to qualify for the NAIA National Championship in May.
 
Another record was earned Friday, as the Trailblazers competed in their first 4x800 Meter Relay and logged a time of 8:18.90 for third place. Major McGill IV, Santos Vega, and Korey Grant were part of the team's first group to run that event. The time ranks No. 49 in NAIA.
 
A quartet of Trailblazers ran PR's in the 400-Meter Dash led by Jahaden Jackson breaking his own school record 49.49 for seventh place. Ayanugo (49.45), Devin Page (50.27), and Julian Adigler (52.38) also posted their fastest collegiate times in the event.
 
The men's team is in fourth place with 18 points. The 4x100m relay squad contributed 10 points, while the 4x800m relay added six points, and Jackson scored two points.
 
(Conference Postseason History)
Omarion Smith held the men's only previous all-conference award, which was in the 2023 Sooner Athletic Conference for discus (4/28-29).
 
100-Meter Dash

• Ben Perin (10.76 – 4th)
• Markevian White (10.78 – 6th)
• Jackson Danner (10.87 – 9th)
• Bryson Mcrae (10.98 – 13th)

200-Meter Dash

• Ben Perin (21.55 – 2nd)
• Ernest Ayanugo (22.01 – 12th)
• Markevian White (22.22 – 16th)
• Bryson Mcrae (22.27 – 17th)

400-Meter Dash

• Jahaden Jackson (49.29 – 7th)
• Ernest Ayanugo (49.45 – 9th)
• Devin Page (50.27 – 10th)
• Julian Adigler (52.38 – 13th)

400-Meter Hurdles

• Keilond Wright (59.86 – 8th)
• Julian Adigler (1:03.24 – 10th)

800-Meter Dash

• Devin Page (1:55.32 – 3rd)
• Major McGill IV (2:02.16 – 8th)
• Korey Grant (2:08.77 – 11th)
• Santos Vega (2:10.46 – 12th)

1500 Meters

• Santos Vega (4:39.55 – 10th)
• Major McGill (4:43.66 – 11th)
• Korey Grant (4:47.29 – 13th)

Long Jump

• Bryson Mcrae (7.24m -1st)

4x100m Relay

• Danner, Ayanugo, White, Perin (40.91 – 1st)

4x400m Relay

• Jackson, Page, Perin, Ayanugo (3:13.15 – 2nd)

4x800m Relay

• McGill IV, Vega, Grant, Page (8:18.90 – 3rd)