Destiny Garza, a junior from Houston, TX, competed at the Victor Lopez Classic hosted by Rice University. Garza lined up to run her first 10k since finishing second at the 2015 NCCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championship. In that race last year, Destiny set the school record at 37:49.7, but demolished that mark with a time of 37:12.33. Garza placed first overall by 26 seconds and qualified for both the 2016 NCCAA and NAIA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD – TRACK NOMINEES: Destiny Garza, Southwestern Assemblies of God University; Abby Hoover, Oklahoma Baptist University; Shy’Keya Wimberly, Southern Wesleyan University