Day One Recap | Results

SAN ANTONIO – Senior Diamond Thomas recorded the second longest discus throw in program history to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) track & field teams during the final day of the UIW Invitational on Saturday at Gayle & Tom Benson Stadium and the UIW Northeast Facilities.
 
Thomas won the discus with a throw of 51.05 meters, the second-best in the Western Athletic Conference, 29^th-best in the west region and 50^thbest in the NCAA this season. The throw was 0.45 meters longer than her previous personal record, set a week prior during the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union.
 
The result was one of three wins for UTRGV, as senior Felicia Wills took the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:04.23, freshman Economedes alum Kyle Marroquin won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.91, and freshman Brownsville Veterans Memorial alum Max Carmona won the 800-meter run in a time of 1:53.60.
 
As teams, both UTRGV finished second in both the women's and men's competitions, behind host Incarnate Word and ahead of South Florida.
 
UTRGV competes at the Bryan Clay Invitational, hosted by Azusa Pacific, on Thursday and Friday before competing at Rice's J. Fred Duckett Twilight on Saturday.
 
Team Results
Women
1. Incarnate Word, 235.50
2. UTRGV, 179.50
3. South Florida, 176
 
Men
1. Incarnate Word, 257
2. UTRGV, 151
3. South Florida, 126 
 
UTRGV Results
Field Events
Women's Triple Jump
6. Jovanni Solis, 10.81m (3 points)
7. Zarrey Sams, 10.60m (2 points)
8. Keely Satterfield, 10.50m (1 point)
 
Men's Triple Jump
4. Mauricio Campos, 13.00m (5 points)
5. Julian Trevino, 11.98m (4 points)
 
Women's Discus Throw
1. Diamond Thomas, 51.05m (10 points)
•Second-best in program history
2. Alexandrea Hurst, 44.00m (8 points)
5. Juvae Williams, 39.02m (4 points)
6. Ciera Gonzalez, 38.30m (3 points)
7. Taylar Kregness, 34.06m (2 points)
 
Men's Discus Throw
2. Sky Tatum, 48.10m
3. Sergio Tijerina, 34.32m

Track Events
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
1. Kyle Marroquin, 14.91 (10 points)
 
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
5. Felicia Wills, 15.08 (4 points)
7. Alyssa Salazar, 15.87 (2 points)
8. Jovanni Solis, 16.49 (1 point)
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
5. Destiny Rutherford, 58.60 (4 points)
7. Natalie Garza, 1:00.24 (2 points)
8. Jasmyn Tulloch, 1:00.60 (1 point)
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
5. Roel Renteria, 53.24 (4 points)
 
Women's 100-Meter Dash
5. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 11.99 (4 points)
8. Keely Satterfield, 12.67 (2 points)
9. Kassandra Rocha, 13.50 (1 point)
 
Men's 100-Meter Dash
6. Maxime Gardes, 10.93 (3 points)
7. Ronnie Ollivierre, 10.94 (2 points)
 
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
1. Felicia Wills, 1:04.23 (10 points)
 
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles
3. Kyle Marroquin, 56.60 (6 points)
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
5. Zarrey Sams, 25.22 (4 points)
8. Elizabeth Ortiz, 25.81 (1 point)
10. Keely Satterfield, 26.75
11. Dai'ja Coleman, 26.82
12. Eleanor Arndt, 26.85
13. Alyssa Salazar, 27.35
14. Kassandra Rocha, 29.50
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
8. Mariano Hernandez, 22.10 (1 point)
9. Julian Trevino, 23.12
10. Jon Zapata, 25.14
 
Women's 800-Meter Run
2. Kyra Keurentjes, 2:17.17 (8 points)
3. Monica Rivera, 2:22.33 (6 points)
6. Sierra Spinler, 2:26.80 (3 points)
7. Lauryn Asiedu, 2:38.38 (2 points)
8. Monica Yanez, 2:42.87 (1 point)
 
Men's 800-Meter Run
1. Max Carmona, 1:53.60 (10 points)
6. Tristan Pena, 2:01.39 (3 points)
8. Isaac Arevalo, 2:05.14 (1 point)
 
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
2. Destiny Rutherford, Kyra Keurentjes, Elizabeth Ortiz, Ashley Hughes, 4:08.57 (8 points)
3. Felicia Wills, Monica Rivera, Natalie Garza, Jasmyn Tulloch, 4:14.18 (6 points)
 
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
2. Mariano Hernandez, Brandon Sanders, Dimitris Levantinos, Max Carmona, 3:20.73 (8 points)

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