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For the Central State men's track and field team, the 1993 season was the first time the program claimed a NAIA national title.
With back-to-back second-place finishes in the 1991 and 1992 NAIA Outdoor Championships and third and fourth place finishes at the Indoor Championships, the CSU men were poised to make the '93 season their year to come out on top.
At the indoor championship, they finished with a team score of 77 points, edgeing second-place finisher Lubbock Christian by winning the mile relay in the final event. Hugh Powell, Neil DeSilva, Anthony Pryce, and Wayne Lawrence won the event with a time of 3:21.46.
DeSilva also won the 600-yard run with a pace of 1:12.34. Floyd Howell followed DeSilva in second-place and Pryce came in third.
Michael Dwyer took the top spot in the triple jump with a mark of 51 feet, 11 inches. CSU also earned valuable points in the 880-yard dash with a second-place finish from Lawrence. Howell record a second-place finish in the 440-yard dash. Lawrence Lenin added to the point totals with a fourth-place finish in the 1000-yard run.
A few months later, DeSilva set the standard for the CSU men at the NAIAOutdoor Championships. DeSilva finished with two individual victories. He ran 21.0 in the 200-meter dash and a 46.05 in the 400-meter dash. He later teamed up with Pryce, Adrian McDaniel and Howard Rhoden to win the 4x100 meter relay with a pace of 40.58.
Behind DeSilva, CSU swept the 400-meter dash as Hugh Powell finished in second at 46.6. Pryce came in third at 47.03. Howell also added to the CSU point total with a fifth-place finish at 47.48.
Dean Richards posted a winning mark of 50 feet, 6.5 inches in the triple jump. Lenin won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.32.
Other Marauders who participated included James Rollins (8th in 110-meter hurdles) and Lucian Scott (13th in shot putt) to help CSU earn 99 total team points to beat 70 points from second-place finisher Prairie View A&M.
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