MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Mulerider Track and Field gears up for their final regular season meet, as the group will cap off the regular season with the eighth annual Dan Veach Invitational for Southern Arkansas University's annual home track and field meet. With the annual meet, nine senior athletes across the men's and women's teams will be recognized for their dedication to their team and SAU. This season's DVI will be the Muleriders' lone home meet as the group will prepare for the Great American Conference Championships in just about two weeks.
 
The namesake of the Mulerider Track and Field home meet comes from the program's legendary and hall of fame head coach, Dan Veach. Coach Veach, who was an impact member of Coach Rip Powell's powerful track and field teams from 1966 until 1969, returned to his alma mater to coach the Mulerider track and field and cross country teams from 1988 through 2008. At SAU, he coached 84 All-AIC picks and 28 track and field All-Americans. Five of his Lady Mulerider teams won AIC championships, and his men's teams were runner-up four times. In 1992, the Mulerider 400-meter relay team won the NAIA national championship in Abbotslord, Canada. Veach was named AIC Coach of the Year five times. After Southern Arkansas moved to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference in 1995-96, he coached 12 Lady Muleriders to All-GSC honors, with 11 Muleriders named All-GSC. He had two men and two women make All-South Region.
 
Meet Information
Dan Veach Invitational
Host: Southern Arkansas University | Magnolia, Arkansas
Stadium: Mulerider Track & Field Complex
 
Mulerider Senior Student-Athletes
Kelis Boutte | Jeanerette, La.
Alexis Martin | Magnolia, Ark.
Alyzah McGlasson | East Sundown, Texas
Kailyn Thomas | Houston, Texas
Logan Warren | Katy, Texas
Irieyanna Wilson | Allen, Texas
Korbin McAuliffe | El Dorado, Ark.
Derrick Onyeador | Arlington, Texas
Dontrelle Robinson | Nashville, Ark.
 
Southern Arkansas is coming off a fantastic weekend, as the squad is coming off a trip to Nacogdoches, Texas, where the Muleriders recorded four new program records with one on the men's side and three others for the women.
 
Enrico Tapia comes off a record-breaking weekend as the freshman long-distance runner finished first in the 10,000-meter with a program record time of 31:43.71.
 
For the women, Diamond Brunn, Ambree Collinsworth, and Irieyanna Wilson all set new standards in the program as Brunn came off breaking her own long jump record with a distance of 6.10m (20' 0.25"). Collinsworth threw the javelin for 41.42m (135' 11") to set a new program record in the event and break a six-year-old record. Finally, but not least, Wilson's broken record came in the shot put toss as the senior accounted for a throw of 13.92m (45' 8") and earned a provisional mark in the process.
 
For more information on this season's Dan Veach Invitational, check out the Mulerider Men's and Women's Track and Field pages on www.MuleriderAthletics.com.