After three days of dominant performances at the 2021 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, the UH track and field teams came out victorious as the men’s team ran away its fifth straight conference championship scoring a total of 221.5 points and the women’s team scored 153 points to capture the title.
Here’s a breakdown of how both UH track and field teams became AAC champions:
Men’s team
Senior Miles Marhofer earned UH’s first points of the meet, placing seventh in the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 56.66 meters.
Junior Triston Gibbons added his mark to the Cougars’ success by winning the men’s shot put on the second day of action,making it back-to-back seasons that a Cougar has won the conference title for the event.