The field was loaded with Division I schools last weekend at the Bobby Lane Invitational track and field meet in Arlington and Incarnate Word's women's team used the competition to post one NCAA Division II provisional mark and to break some school record including one of the oldest on the UIW book.

In the 4x100 relay the Cardinals ran a 47.01 and that put them on the provisional list for the end-of-May NCAA national meet.  This would be the third time in the last four years that Incarnate Word has qualified a team in the sprint relay.  The newest foursome of Cardinals includes Brittney Holcombe, Lauren Pratt, Stephanie Nelson and Shaneve Swift.

In that particular race perennial power Abilene Christian was the only team to beat the Cardinals who finished ninth.  The others were all Division I squads save NAIA power Wayland Baptist.

Freshman Irma Garza used the 1,500-meters to etch her name onto the Incarnate Word book.  Running a 4:43.87 in the metric mile Garza lowered one of the older marks at UIW.  The previous 1,500 best was 4:43.92 set by Yvonne Rodriguez back in April of 2008.

In another lengthy race freshman Emma Jewell posted an 11:47.50 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for a school mark.  Competing in her first steeplechase ever, Jewell bested by almost a full minute the previous mark of 12:40.03 set a year ago by teammate Stephanie Glatt.

Meanwhile back in San Antonio Lilya Piskunova was competing in a heptathlon meet at Trinity and came within a whisper of breaking her own school record.  In the seven-event Piskunova ran up 4,307 points, a mere nine notches above her own mark from a year ago.  She finished seventh in the meet which was won by the defending Division II national champion from Central Missouri.

BOBBY LANE INVITATIONAL RESULTS