KINGSVILLE, TEXAS – The University of the Incarnate Word track and field teams traveled to Texas A&M-Kingsville for their annual IBC Bank Cactus Cup on Saturday.  The UIW women finished third while the men finished fifth overall. (Results)

The Cardinal women racked up 12 top three finishes on the day, including two wins in the 19 events.  Daniela Anane-Bediakoh (Brampton, Ont./Texas State) won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.92 which eclipsed the NCAA Division II provisional mark.  She also anchored the 4x100-meter relay team that took second place in a time of 47.59.

Brittney Holcombe (Corpus Christi/King HS) took third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.17.  She joined Anane-Bediakoh, Shaneve Swift (San Antonio/Clark HS) and Ebony Moore (Round Rock/Round Rock HS) in the 400-meter relay.

Freshman Rainy Castaneda (Laredo/United South HS) picked up the team's other win with a first place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.  In her first career steeplechase race she crossed the finish line in 12:20.63.  Teammate Lindsey Frost (Portland/Gregory-Portland HS) took third in a time of 12:38.24.

Zariah Noyola (Harlingen/South HS) nabbed a pair of third place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.  She team with Stacy Stanush (La Vernia/La Vernia HS), Nikki Sanders (Corpus Christi/King HS) and Jasmine Waring (San Antonio/Randolph HS) for a second place finish in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 4:02.89.

Marissa Shinsky (Brownsville/St. Joseph HS) had a pair of top-three finishes in the high jump (5-3.75) and pole vault (10-3.25).  Swift took third in the 200-meter dash in 25.40 and Emma Jewell (San Antonio/Taft HS) was second in the 1500 meters in a time of 4:51.89.

Angelo State won the meet with 168.5 points while Texas A&M-Kingsville (139) was second.  The Cardinals were third with 133 points.

Senior Tommy Brown (Schertz/Steele HS) led the UIW men's team with three victories.  He won the 100-meter dash in a wind-aided 10.37 and followed it with a 21.73 in the 200-meter dash.  His final win came as part of the 4x100-meter relay team.  The quartet of Adan Narvaez (Corpus Christi/Incarnate Word Academy), Brown, Matthew Harris (Waverly Hall, GA/Harris County) and Chris DeWitt (San Antonio/Churchill HS) just missed a provisional time of 41.49.

DeWitt added a pair of bronze medals in the 100 and 200-meter dashes.  He had a wind-aided time of 10.46 in the 100 and 21.91 in the 200.

Freshman Jacob Ulbricht (Spring Branch/Smithson Valley HS) was the top field athlete for the Cardinals.  He cleared 14-11 in the pole vault to take third place.  Harris contributed a third place in the long jump with a wind-aided distance of 21-11.5.

The Cardinals finished in fifth place with 92 points as a team.  Angelo State won with a total of 166 points.  A&M-Kingsville (109) finished second, A&M-Corpus Christi (104) was third and UT-Pan American (100) took fourth.

The Cardinals are back in action next Friday and Saturday at the UT-Arlington Invitational.
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