Henry Buckles, Melanie Duron, Kason O’Riley and Aiden Hayes will all represent Texas State at the 2025 NCAA National Qualifiers, hosted in Virginia Beach, Va., from March 14-15.

Buckles will compete in the men’s shot put and he showcased his abilities during the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships. The sophomore claimed the gold medal with a recorded mark of 19.91m. This mark not only gives him the Texas State record, but also the SBC meet record. His 19.91m performance ranked No. 5 in all of the NCAA.

Duron will compete in the women’s shot put event. At the SBC Indoor Championships, she claimed a gold medal with a mark of 18.21m. With this performance, Duron set a new SBC record, SBC Meet record and the Texas State record. The junior’s 18.21m mark ranked her at No. 8 in the NCAA.

O’Riley and Hayes will compete in the men’s high jump event. O’Riley collected many accolades during the indoor season, finishing as the SBC Champion (2.21m) in the high-jump and also recording the second, fourth and fifth best high-jumps in Texas State history. Hayes secured a second-place finish behind O’Riley at the SBC Indoor Championships with a 2.18m jump. Hayes owns the third, sixth and eighth-best high jump in Texas State history.

The 2025 NCAA Championship Qualifiers are scheduled to begin events on Friday at 9:15 a.m., with the last event scheduled for 8:50 p.m. On Saturday, events will kick off at 9:30 a.m., with the last event scheduled for 7:20 p.m.