Results

CORPUS CHRISTI – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley men's and women's track and field teams combined to win 10 events at the Islander Open on Saturday at the Dugan Soccer and Track & Field Stadium.
 
UTRGV got things started in the morning distance races as freshman Krysta Martinez won the women's 3,000-meter run after crossing the finish line with a time of 10:33.12 while on the men's side it was sophomore Brian Yanez winning the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:08.82.
 
In the women's 2,000-meter steeplechase, it was junior Jennifer Zapata winning with a time of 7:18.94 while sophomore Alberto Herrera won the men's 2,000-meter steeplechase after crossing the finish line with a time of 6:23.26.
 
In the jumps, sophomore Idatonye Cheetham-West recorded a win in the women's long jump after a leap of 5.46 meters. Freshman Keely Satterfield and sophomore Dai'ja Coleman rounded out the top three with jumps of 5.30 meters and 5.18 meters, respectively. On the men's side, sophomore Anthony Magallon won the long jump after a leap of 6.50 meters.
 
In the throws, junior Antonio Salinas won the men's discus throw after a mark of 47.30 meters as sophomore Paul May finished in third with a throw of 44.70 meters.
 
Freshman Ricardo Mendoza won the 1,500-meter run after finishing with a time of 4:07.60 and then junior Christian Williams made it back-to-back weeks winning the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.27 seconds.
 
Junior Roxanna Vidaurri added a win in the 800-meter run after finishing with a time of 2:25.
 
UTRGV fell in the men's and women's dual meet against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with the results going towards the South Texas Showdown, Presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union. The men's team lost 113-59 while the women's team fell 123-57.
 
With the losses, UTRGV now trails 34-19 with the next event in the showdown coming on Sunday with the second baseball game of the series at 12 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
UTRGV track & field will be back in action on March 16 when they head to San Antonio for the UIW Quadrangle Meet.
 
Results
Men
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 113
UTRGV – 59
 
Women's
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 123
UTRGV - 57
 
Women's 3,000-Meter Run
1. Krysta Martinez, 10.33.12
4. Alma Villanueva, 11:10.16
 
Men's 3,000-Meter Run
1. Brian Yanez, 9:08.82
 
Women's 2,000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Jennifer Zapata, 7:18.94
3. Bryana Rios, 7:49.07
 
Men's 2,000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Alberto Herrera, 6:23.26
3. Rolando Ramon, 6:29.80
 
Men's Shot Put
2. Paul May, 15.34m
3. Antonio Salinas, 15.24m
4. Michael Gonzalez, 13.79m
5. Venancio Jaramillo, 13.71m
8. Christian Hall-Garner, 11.58m
 
Women's Long Jump
1. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 5.46m
2. Keely Satterfield, 5.30m
3. Dai'ja Coleman, 5.18m
7. Leslie Luna, 3.79m
 
Women's High Jump
2. Marta Vargues, 1.56m
4. Kimberly Kuriata, 1.46m
 
Men's Pole Vault
2. Samuel Alvarez, 4.27m
 
Women's Shot Put
3. Jazmin Cortez, 11.09m
4. Sabrina Nieto, 10.79mm
5. Pamela Cruz, 9.94m
 
Men's Long Jump
1. Anthony Magallon, 6.50m
3. Jonathan Gaston, 6.28m
4. Christian Williams, 5.62m
 
Women's Triple Jump
3. Marta Vargues, 10.74m
 
Men's High Jump
2. Antonio Gonzalez, 1.91m
 
Women's Discus
2. Sabrina Nieto, 39.57m
3. Jazmin Cortez, 39.54m
4. Pamela Cruz, 37.32m
5. Ashley Pierce, 36.38m
 
Men's Discus
1. Antonio Salinas, 47.30m
3. Paul May, 44.70m
5. Lucas Rios, 40.08m
8. Christian Hall-Garner, 35.20m
 
Women's 1,500-Meter Run
4. Alexandria Canchola, 5:38.57
 
Men's 1,500-Meter Run
1. Ricardo Mendoza, 4:07.60
 
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
3. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 17.26s
4. Leslie Luna, 17.46s
 
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
1. Christian Williams, 15.27s
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
5. Halley Allen, 1:04.79
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
4. Carlos Serna-Hernandez, 50.13s
6. File Patiño, 53.77s
 
Women's 100-Meter Dash
4. Dai'ja Coleman, 13.35s
 
Men's 100-Meter Dash
3. Anthony Magallon, 11.32s
4. Cristian Reyna, 11.40s
5. Mar Gonzalez, 11.46s
6. Samuel Alvarez, 12.33s
7. Jonathan Gaston, 12.42s
8. Antonio Gonzalez, 12.58s
 
Women's 800-Meter Run
1. Roxanna Vidaurri, 2:25.00
5. Dej'Onay Miles, 2:32.73
6. Valerie Mancha, 2:32.83
7. Destiny Rutherford, 2:33.88
8. Monica Yanez, 2:36.79
10. Felicia Wills, 2:38.70
 
Men's 800-Meter Run
3. Samuel Mendiola, 2:02.04
4. Blake Bloomquist, 2:03.05
5. Yariel Matute, 2:09.52
6. Dimitris Levantinos, 2:11.30
7. Trevion Williams, 2:26.54
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
3. Keely Satterfield, 26.87s
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
3. Mar Gonzalez, 23.34s
4. Cristian Reyna, 23.34s
 
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
2. Valerie Mancha, Dej'Onay Miles, 3:57.19
    Destiny Rutherford, Idatonye Cheetham-West
3. Monica Yanez, Haley Allen, 4:22.70
    Roxanna Vidaurri, Leslie Luna
 
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
2. Yariel Matute, Samuel Mendiola, 3:21.11
    Carlos Serna-Hernandez, Blake Bloomquist

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