SAN MARCOS – Junior Christian Williams set a program record in the decathlon to lead the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley men's and women's track and field team in the second day of the Bobcat Invitational on Friday at the Texas State Track & Field Stadium.
 
Williams finished in eighth place with 4,863 points, which broke the program record of 4,818 points set last year by Samson Sewell. Williams had a strong push on the second day with a second place finish in the 110-meter hurdles after finishing with a time of 15.40 seconds while also finishing in fourth place in the discus throw with a throw of 27.22 meters.
 
In the heptathlon, senior Leslie Luna finished in eight place with 3,829 points while senior Jermica Lee finished in 11^th with 3,502 points and sophomore Idatonye Cheetham-West finished in 12^th with 3,501 points.
 
UTRGV had other strong performances on Friday as sophomore Anthony Magallon finished in sixth place in the men's high jump after clearing a height of 1.90 meters.
 
Sophomore Rodrigo Silva posted a 10^th place finish out of 27 total runners in the men's 400-meter hurdles after finishing with a time of 54.87 seconds. Sophomore Dimitris Levantinos finished in 12^th place with a time of 55.09 seconds and Carlos Serna-Hernandez finished in 15^th with a time of 55.44 seconds.
 
Sophomore Yariel Matute turned in a 13^th place finish in the men's 400-meter dash with a time of 48.38 seconds out of 56 total runners.
 
UTRGV will wrap the Bobcat Invitational on Saturday starting with the women's javelin throw.
 
Results
 
Decathlon (Final)
8. Christian Williams, 4,863 points
 
Heptathlon (Final)
8. Leslie Luna, 3,829 points
11. Jermica Lee, 3,502 points
12. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 3,501 points
 
Decathlon – 110-Meter Hurdles
2. Christian Williams, 15.40s
 
Decathlon – Discus Throw
4. Christian Williams, 27.22m
 
Decathlon – Pole Vault
8. Christian Williams, 2.80m
 
Decathlon – Javelin Throw
8. Christian Williams, 10.15m
 
Decathlon – 1,500-Meter Run
6. Christian Williams, 5:26
 
Heptathlon – Long Jump
5. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 5.13m
10. Jermica Lee, 4.80m
10. Leslie Luna, 4.80m
 
Heptathlon – Javelin Throw
8. Leslie Luna, 27.23m
10. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 19.05m
9. Jermica Lee, 17.60m
 
Heptathlon – 800-Meter Run
9. Leslie Luna, 2:45.99
12. Jermica Lee, 3:02.30
14. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 3:16.67
 
Women's High Jump
14. Kimberly Kuriata, 1.55m
 
Men's High Jump
6. Anthony Magallon, 1.90m
 
Women's Hammer Throw
16. Ashley Pierce, 45.26m
 
Men's Hammer Throw
24. Jonathan Ojeda, 36.72m
 
Women's Long Jump
20. Keely Satterfield, 5.53m
27. Kassandra Rocha, 5.26m
30. Dai'ja Coleman, 5.15m
 
Men's Long Jump
19. Anthony Magallon, 6.59m
 
Men's Pole Vault
18. Samuel Alvarez, 4.25m
 
Women's 100-Meter Dash
59. Kassandra Rocha, 13.25s
 
Men's 100-Meter Dash
35. Anthony Magallon, 11.03s
 
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles
10. Rodrigo Silva, 54.87s
12. Dimitris Levantinos, 55.09s
15. Carlos Serna-Hernandez, 55.44s
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
30. Valerie Mancha, 58.59s
52. Haley Allen, 1:02.12
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
13. Yariel Matute, 48.38s
34. Blake Bloomquist, 50.14s
35. Trevion Williams, 50.26s
48. Samuel Mendiola, 51.34s

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