Final Results

HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) track & field teams combined to win nine events at the Victor Lopez Classic, hosted by Rice, on Saturday at Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field.
 
Graduate student Desirea Buerge things rolling as she won the women's discus with a throw of 50.60 meters while redshirt junior Alexandrea Hurst finished in third place with a throw of 45.41 meters. 
 
Graduate student Paul May won the men's discus throw with a mark of 51.47 meters while freshman Michael Campbell finished in second with a mark of 49.69 meters. May also won the men's shot put with a toss of 17.80 meters, which broke his own program record of 17.51 meter that was set in 2018. 
 
Hurst followed up with a win in the women's shot put with a throw of 16.04 meters, which broke the program record set by Samariae Bonds in 2019. 
 
Graduate student Aviana Goode won the women's high jump after clearing a height of 1.71 meters. 
 
Junior Harry Barthelemy finished in third place in the men's triple jump after a leap of 15.39 meters, which broke the program record of 15.09 meters set by David Hunter in 1993. 
 
In the running events, freshman Josefine Eriksen won the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.16 seconds. Goode then then followed with a win in the 100-meter hurdles after crossing the finish line with a time of 14.02 seconds. 
 
Junior Max Carmona added a win in the 800-meter run after posting a time of 1:52.65. Carmona then teamed up with junior Mariano Hernandez, freshman Jermarrion Stewart, and graduate student Yariel Matute to win the men's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:18.52. 
 
Overall the Vaqueros combined for 34 top-five finishes to close out the event. 
 
UTRGV is back in action April 9-10 at the Texas A&M Invitational and the UIW Invitational.
 
UTRGV Results
FIELD EVENTS
Women's Hammer Throw
6. Alexandrea Hurst, 47.48m
10. Esmeralda Ruiz, 42.91m
11. Brittany Cantu, 42.76m
 
Men's Hammer Throw
3. Paul May, 56.79m
5. Christian Hall-Gardner, 52.21m
7. Michael Campbell, 48.24m
8. Michael Gonzalez, 47.56m
10. Aaron Williams, 45.40m
 
Women's Discus
1. Desirea Buerge, 50.60m
3. Alexandrea Hurst, 45.41m
8. Esmeralda Ruiz, 41.95m
15. Brittany Cantu, 36.78m
 
Men's Discus
1. Paul May, 51.47m
2. Michael Campbell, 49.69m
7. Christian Hall-Gardner, 44.17m
9. Aaron Williams, 43.87m
 
Women's Long Jump
2. Zarrey Sams, 5.89m
7. Daniella Muniz, 5.46m
9. Aviana Goode, 5.32m
 
Women's Triple Jump
6. Zarrey Sams, 11.35m
7. Estrella Medellin, 11.03m
 
Men's Long Jump
6. Harry Barthelemy, 7.20m
15. Julian Trevino, 6.51m
 
Men's Triple Jump
3. Harry Barthelemy, 15.39m (Program record)
 
Men's Shot Put
1. Paul May, 17.80m (Program record)
5. Michael Campbell, 15.63m
9. Aaron Williams, 14.76m
10. Christian Hall-Gardner, 14.56m
12. Michael Gonzalez, 14.39m
 
Women's Shot Put
1. Alexandrea Hurst, 16.04m (Program Record)
3. Desirea Buerge, 14.69m
6. Brittany Cantu, 13.50m
10. Esmeralda Ruiz, 11.14m
 
Women's High Jump
1. Aviana Goode, 1.71m
7. Annelle Rodriguez, 1.50m
8. Uxia Pereira, 1.40m
 
Men's High Jump
3. Noah Trevino, 1.92m
 
Women's Javelin
8. Kayleen May, 26.20m
 
TRACK EVENTS
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles
2. Wes Franklin, 54.12s
3. Roel Renteria, 54.96s
 
Women's 400-Merer Hurdles
4. Uxia Pereira, 1:06.01
6. Jasmyn Tulloch, 1:09.51
7. Lisa Sanchez, 1:11.44
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
8. Jorge Salazar, 50.35s
13. Sir Hubbard, 52.95s
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
1. Josefine Eriksen, 55.16s
8. Diamond Lilly, 58.95s
10. Devon Goodwin, 1:02.04
 
Men's 100-Meter Dash
4. Yashawn Hamilton, 11.09s
8.  Alex Galvan, 11.73s
 
Women's 100-Meter Dash
3. Zarrey Sams, 12.25s
7. Daniella Muniz, 12.56s
8. Mystique Brown,   12.56s
12. Mikayla Roell, 13.48s
 
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
4. Roel Renteria, 15.56s
5. Wes Franklin, 15.58s
10. Alex Galvan, 17.14s
 
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
1. Aviana Goode, 14.02s
4. Uxia Pereira, 14.88s
5. Zarrey Sams, 14.95s
 
Men's 800-Meter Run
1. Max Carmona, 1:52.65
3. Ricardo Mendoza, 1:53.40
5. Miguel Escamilla, 1:55.50
 
Women's 800-Meter Run
7. Estrella Medellin, 2:21.21
13. Natalie Garza, 2:27.17
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
3. Yariel Matute, 21.75s
5. Jermarrion Stewart, 21.89s
9. Alex Galvan, 23.35s
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
2. Tamara Woodley, 24.62s
9. Mystique Brown, 25.32
19. Mikayla Roell, 27.69s
 
Men's 1,500-Meter Run
11. Jeremy Nino, 3:59.60
 
Women's 1,500-Meter Run
11. Ana Hernandez, 4:53.67
12. Aaliyah Garza, 4:57.07
 
Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
10. Ricardo Garcia, 10:10.40
14. Edward Ramos, 10:26.35
 
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
1.  Mariano Hernandez, Max Carmona, Jermarrion Stewart, Yariel Matute , 3:18.52
 
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
3. Josefine Eriksen, Diamond Lilly, Natalie Garza, Tamara Woodley, 3:52.93
 
Women's 5,000-Meter Run
3. Samantha Gonzalez, 18:07.04
9. Alma Villanueva, 19:17.43
11. Anahi Romo, 19:56.67
13. Dorcas Koech, 20:42.02
 
Men's 5,000-Meter Run
3. Abraham Chirchir, 14:47.79
5. Tristan Pena, 15:11.70
6. Alex Munoz, 15:16.02
13. Dominik Medrano, 15:46.85

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