sports briefs

Track and Field

AUSTIN, Texas — Six Lobos qualified at the 2012 NCAA West Preliminary over the weekend for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June. Django Lovett, Sarah Waldron, Beejay Lee, Floyd Ross, Ruth Senior and Richard York will compete in the championships in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 6 to 9.
Lee posted the second-fastest 100-meter run time in UNM history with a time of 10.26 seconds.

Senior posted a time of 10:21.58 in the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase to qualify for her third straight championship.
Waldron came in fourth place in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:54.56.

Volleyball

The volleyball team will travel to Italy and Slovenia on Wednesday for a European competition.
The team will play against the Italian and Slovenian Junior National teams and the Algerian National Team.
Players will spend 12 days overseas and return June 10.

Baseball

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The baseball team won its second straight Mountain West tournament over the weekend, beating SDSU 22-3 in the championship game. It defeated UNLV 13-0 on Thursday and TCU 5-2 on Friday to set up the championship match with SDSU.
Junior infielder Josh Melendez was awarded the tournament MVP after going 3-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBIs against SDSU.

The No. 3 Lobos are set to take on No. 2 San Diego in Los Angeles for the first round of the NCAA regional.

Swimming and Diving

Tracy Ljone resigned as the head women’s swimming coach May 8 after seven seasons with the team. Her overall record was 31-53-1 and 6-39 in the MW. Her teams never placed higher than sixth place in the MW.

Despite her record, Ljone had 25 individuals break UNM school records and 12 swimmers named to the First Team All-MW. In 2010, she had 12 swimmers receive MWC Scholar-Athlete honors, more than any other team in the conference.

Ljone started as an assistant coach in 2002 and became the head coach after the 2004-05 season.