Texas Relays Complete Results |
Texas State Complete Results
AUSTIN, Texas – Another day at the Texas Relays, another school record for the UIW Track and Field team on Saturday. The men 4x800m beat the old record, set two years ago, by 13 seconds.
LEADERS
The team – consisting of
Deion Hardy,
Cameron White,
Garett Cortez, and Joshua LeCesne – ran a 7:40.54 to finish sixth out of 11 teams. Both Hardy and LeCesne were on the 2015 school record. Their time was less than a minute from a Top 5 placement and four of the five teams ahead of the Cardinals were big-time, such as Clemson, Texas A&M, Kansas, and Baylor.
At Texas State,
McKenna Moses matched her PR for the second week in a row in the pole vault with a mark of 3.35m.
Desmond Burnett won his flight with a toss of 13.16m in the shot put, while
Brianna Blagowsky threw 10.54m in the women's division.
After helping break a school record the night before in Austin in the women's DMR,
Keila Rodriguez led all Cardinals with a 2:15.49 to place 10th in the women's 800m at Texas State.
Vivian Diaz finished 18th with a 2:23.57 clocking. In the men's 800,
Jordan Cherin came just .62 from matching his PR, as he placed 33rd Saturday with a 1:58.64 showing.
In the women's 200m,
LaShawnda Simmons ran a season-best 24.67 to finish 17th out of 78 runners.
Tiffani Mays earned a Top-30 finish with a time of 25.00, a new PR for her. Jane Arinza ran a season-best 25.39 and
Jasmine Williams ran a 26.06 to round out the Cardinals.
Austen Waters sprinted to a season-best 25.05 and came close to matching his personal best in the men's 200.
QUOTES
Head Coach Derek Riedel
"The 90th running of the Texas Relays ended up being our best in school history! In terms of event placement and the amount of school records we set this weekend was a fantastic early season weekend for us. Texas Relays weekend always signifies the true kick off of outdoor track season for us. We weren't at full strength with either gender but those that competed represented UIW very well and we know after this week that once we start rounding into full strength, we will have a strong second half of the season. The team did a great job of persevering through the hectic nature of being in two locations over a three-day period."
"We are hosting a small Invitational this upcoming Friday and Saturday. It is our final home event of the school year and it gives us an opportunity to recognize five outstanding seniors -
Jacob Ulbricht,
Rainy Castaneda,
Kathleen Hoffman,
Jasmine Williams, and
Vivian Diaz. I hope people will come out and watch our fantastic team compete!"
UP NEXT
The Cardinals return to Benson Stadium to host their annual UIW Invitational from April 7-8. Friday's field events begin at noon and the first running event will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday's first field event commences at 10 a.m. with the first running event at 1 p.m. On April 8, the team's five seniors will be recognized. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the gate.
STAY TUNED
The Cardinals return to Austin to compete in the Texas Invitational spanning April 14-15.
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