March 5, 2005
The University of Texas - Pan American track and field teams finished competition at the Border Olympics on Saturday (Mar. 5) in Laredo, TX. The women's side saw a school record broken in the 100-meter hurdles, while the men finished with several personal-bests at the meet.
For the Lady Broncs, sophomore Brittani Hilton (Texas City,TX/Texas City H.S.) finished second in the 100-meter hurdles and broke the school record with a time of 14.95 in the event. Also competing in the event was Rowena Hamlet (Mississauga, ONT/Lorne Park S.S.), who finished fifth at the 15.29 mark. Both girls also had good showings in the 400-meter hurdles where Hamlet would finish second with a 1:04.29 finish, and Hilton was third with a mark of 1:07.74.
The Lady Broncs finished with the one and two spots in the 100-meter race where Adriana Herbert (Road Town, Virgin Islands/B.V.I. High School) and teammate Deon Marquis (Tortola, Virgin Islands/B.V.I. High School) both finished with a time of 12.83. Herbert would then also finish second with a 26.72 finish in the 200-meters at the meet.
Hitting personal-bests at the meet were sophomores Karla Hernandez (Edinburg, TX/Edinburg H.S.) and Lorraine Garcia (Laredo, TX/Nixon H.S.). Hernandez finished fourth overall in the 1500-meter race with a 4:57.19 finish while Garcia ran the 3000 in 10:55.67 to post a personal-record for herself in the event. Also finishing strong on the track was Jacinta McMahon (Tucson, AZ/Pima C.C.), who finished in second place with a 2:26.58 mark in the 200-meters.
On the field, the Lady Broncs proved to be just as successful as Liliana Cavazos (Weslaco, TX/Weslaco East H.S.) posted a first-place finish with a jump of 38.75 in the triple jump. Victoria Salinas (Mission, TX/Sharyland H.S.) proved strong in the long jump, finishing second with a jump of 17-2.75 in the event.
The throwers on the women's side both posted first-place finishes as Amanda Ferris (San Antonio, TX/Dillard McCollum H.S.) threw 40-1 in the shot put, and Rachel Reida (Garden Plain, KS/Cowley County C.C.) launched a throw of 122.4 in the javelin for the win. Competing in the pole vault, Sabrina Montalvo (Rio Grande City, TX/Rio Grand City H.S.) finished third clearing the bar at 9-6.
On the men's side, Westly Keating (Pharr, TX/University of Texas) took the crown in the 1500-meter race with a 3:51.61 finish. David Trevino (Brownsville, TX/Hanna H.S.) finished second in that event with a personal-best of 3:59.37.
Marlin Manley (Hampton, VA/Bethel H.S.) posted a high jump mark of 6-6 while Jeff Martzall (Fort Wayne, IN/Northrop H.S.) took first in the pole vault clearing 15-0 feet while battling the elements.
"It was a tough in some of the events because we had to compete under really poor weather conditions," stated head coach Ricky Vaughn, "I was really impressed with how the kids responded and feel that for our first meet of the season we competed very solid. We had a lot of athletes record personal-bests, and got to see a school record broken. I think this shows that we have a lot to look forward to this season."
UTPA track and field will be back in competition at Angelo State (Mar. 16-17) for a multi-event meet.
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