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HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) indoor track & field teams broke the program records in the women's distance medley relays (DMR) and the men's 60-meter dash during the first of the Houston Invitational on Friday at Yeoman Fieldhouse.
 
Junior Sierra Spinler, senior Destiny Rutherford, freshman Monica Rivera and freshman Dorcas Koech finished the DMR in a time of 12:16.43, shattering the record of 12:26.44 set in 1997 by Gracie Salinas, Esmer Aguilera, Linda Moncivais and Martha Gonzalez.
 
Freshman Maxime Gardes broke the program record for the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.95 seconds. The previous record was 7.03, set by Ruben Cantu in 2006. Freshman Yashawn Hamilton finished in a time of 7.07, the fifth-fastest time in program history.
 
The men's DMR team of senior Omer Almog, senior Yariel Matute, freshman Brownsville Veterans alum Max Carmona and sophomore Abraham Chirchir came within less than half a second of breaking a program record themselves, finishing in a time of 10:09.80, the second fastest time in program history and just shy of the record of 10:09.37 set in 2009 by Wally Gonzalez, Gilroy Martinez, Omar Doria and Luis Nava.
 
UTRGV is set to compete in 21 events to close out the Houston Invitational on Saturday.
 
UTRGV Results
Track Events
Men's 60-Meter Dash Qualifiers
13. Maxime Gardes, 6.95
•Program record
24. Yashawn Hamilton, 7.07
•Fifth-fastest time in program history
34. Ronnie Ollivierre, 7.22
 
Women's Distance Medley Relay
2. Sierra Spinler, Destiny Rutherford, Monica Rivera, Dorcas Koech, 12:16.43
•Program record
 
Men's Distance Medley Relay
3. Omer Almog, Yariel Matute, Max Carmona, Abraham Chirchir, 10:09.80
•Second-fastest time in program history
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
6. Natalie Garza, 1:00.40
8. Elizabeth Ortiz, 1:01.51
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
11. Carlos Serna-Hernandez, 51.44
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
12. Felicia Wills, 26.19
20. Mariana Hernandez, 27.70
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
12. Maxime Gardes, 22.73
 
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Qualifiers
13. Felicia Wills, 9.43
18. Alyssa Salazar, 10.24
21. Eleanor Arndt, 10.92
22. Jasmyn Tulloch, 11.11
 
Women's 60-Meter Dash Qualifiers
13. Destiny Rutherford, 7.86
22. Zarrey Sams, 7.98
25. Valerie King Mancha, 8.08
27. Felicia Wills, 8.13
28. Dai'ja Coleman, 8.21
34. Mariana Hernandez, 8.49
 
Field Events
Women's Weight Throw
5. Diamond Thomas, 16.36m
12. Alexandrea Hurst, 14.40m
15. Samariae Bonds, 13.74m
20. Brittany Cantu, 13.09m
 
Men's Weight Throw
8. Christian Hall-Gardner, 14.08m
10. Michael Gonzalez, 13.89m
11. Sky Tatum, 13.32m
 
Women's Long Jump
4. Keely Satterfield, 5.60m
12. Zarrey Sams, 5.40m
19. Elizabeth Ortiz, 5.14m
 
Men's Long Jump
10. Julian Trevino, 6.49m
11. Pedro Segura, 6.35m
 
Pentathlon
14.Eleanor Arndt, 2,373 points
 
60-Meter Hurdles
14.Eleanor Arndt, 13.40
 
High Jump
11. Eleanor Arndt, 1.49m
 
Shot Put
14. Eleanor Arndt, 6.76m
 
Long Jump
10. Eleanor Arndt, 5.18m
 
800-Meter Run
9. Eleanor Arndt, 2:35.60

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