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HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) track & field teams beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi head-to-head for two victories in the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union, at Rice's J. Fred Duckett Twilight on Saturday at Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field.
 
Student-athletes from UTRGV and Corpus Christi earned points in a 5-3-2-1 format, with the top two finishers from each team in each event scoring.
 
The women won 80-70 and the men won 89-55.
 
Graduate student Desirea Buerge followed up last week's program-record 58.90-meter discus throw that got her into the U.S. Olympic Trials with a first-place throw of 57.51 meters, the second-best in program history. Buerge is now responsible for the top three discus throws and five of the top seven in program history.
 
Buerge followed that up with a 15.30-meter shot put, good for fourth place and tied for ninth in program history. Junior Alexandrea Hurst finished third at 15.31 meters, the eighth-best in program history.
 
Graduate student Paul May shattered the program record in the men's discus with a throw of 55.84 meters, surpassing his own record from 2018 by 3.54 meters. May now holds the top four spots in program history. Senior Christian Hall-Gardner uncorked the 11^th-best throw in program history and second-best of his career, placing sixth at 48.95 meters.
 
May also PRed in the hammer throw with a fourth-place throw of 60.06 meters, the second-best in program history.
 
May rounded out the day with an 18.01-meter shot put, the second-best in program history and just 0.08 meters off the program record he set earlier this season, to finish second. May now holds the top four spots in the shot put. Graduate student and PSJA Memorial alum Michael Gonzalez placed fifth with a throw of 16.57 meters, the seventh-best in program history.
 
The 4x100-meter relay team of sophomore Yashawn Hamilton, graduate student Juarez Lincoln alum Yariel Matute, junior Mariano Hernandez, and freshman Jermarrion Stewart broke the program record with a fourth-place time of 40.18 seconds. That squad has recorded the top four times in program history this season.
 
Hernandez followed that up by finishing fifth in the 400-meter dash with a PR time of 47.31, the fourth-best in program history.
 
Sophomore Tamara Woodley PRed in the 400-meter dash, finishing second with a time of 54.28, the fourth-best in program history.
 
Sophomore Mystique Brown PRed in the 200-meter dash, finishing seventh with a time of 24.39, tied for sixth-fastest in program history.
 
Junior Abraham Chirchir placed third in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:32.71, the fifth-best in program history.
 
Junior Brownsville Veterans Memorial alum Max Carmona won the 800-meter race with a time of 1:51.26.
 
UTRGV hosts the Western Athletic Conference Championships May 13-15 at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
 
UTRGV Results
THROWS
Women's Hammer Throw
13. Esmeralda Ruiz, 49.47m (5 points)
14. Juvae Williams, 49.02m (3 points)
16. Alexandrea Hurst, 47.91m
18. Brittany Cantu, 47.30m
 
Men's Hammer Throw
4. Paul May, 60.06m (5 points)
•Second-best in program history
6. Christian Hall-Gardner, 53.06m (3 points)
14. Ricardo Espinoza, 45.67m
19. Michael Campbell, 40.68m
 
Women's Discus
1. Desirea Buerge, 57.51m (5 points)
•Second-best in program history
6. Alexandrea Hurst, 43.92m (3 points)
14. Juvae Williams, 38.54m
15. Esmeralda Ruiz, 38.53m
17. Brittany Cantu, 37.40m
 
Women's Shot Put
3. Alexandrea Hurst, 15.31m (5 points)
•Eighth-best in program history
4. Desirea Buerge, 15.30m (3 points)
•Tied for ninth-best in program history
11. Brittany Cantu, 13.05m
21. Esmeralda Ruiz, 10.79m
 
Men's Discus
3. Paul May, 55.84m (5 points)
•Program record
6. Christian Hall-Gardner, 48.95m (3 points)
•11^th-best in program history
8. Michael Campbell, 47.98m
12. Michael Gonzalez, 44.33m
18. Ricardo Espinoza, 41.78m
19. Aaron Williams, 41.36m
 
Men's Shot Put
2. Paul May, 18.01m (5 points)
•Second-best in program history
5. Michael Gonzalez, 16.57m (3 points)
•Tied for seventh-best in program history
6. Christian Hall-Gardner, 15.93m
13. Ricardo Espinoza, 15.20m
14. Michael Campbell, 14.93m
23. Aaron Williams, 13.57m
 
Women's Javelin, 5:30 p.m.
16. Kayleen May, 24.71m (5 points)
 
JUMPS
Women's Long Jump
11. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 5.70m (5 points)
34. Uxia Pereira, 4.82m (1 point)
35. Jovanni Solis, 4.62m
 
Men's Long Jump
5. Harry Barthelemy, 7.17m (5 points)
18. Yashawn Hamilton, 6.89m (2 points)
34. Julian Trevino, 6.22m
 
Women's Triple Jump
13. Zarrey Sams, 11.72m (5 points)
19. Estrella Medellin, 10.60m (3 points)
 
Men's High Jump
T-11. Noah Trevino, 1.87m (3 points)
 
Women's High Jump
T-17. Annelle Rodriguez, 1.50m (2 points)
 
TRACK EVENTS
Men's 4x100-Meter Relay
4. Yashawn Hamilton, Yariel Matute, Mariano Hernandez, Jermarrion Stewart, 40.18
•Program Record
 
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
22. Lisa Sanchez, 1:08.11 (2 points)
 
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles
9. Wes Franklin, 54.51 (2 points)
11. Roel Renteria, 55.31 (1 point)
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
2. Tamara Woodley, 54.28 (5 points)
•Fourth-best in program history
18. Diamond Lilly, 57.63 (1 point)
30. Devon Goodwin, 1:01.69
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
5. Mariano Hernandez, 47.31 (5 points)
•Fourth-best in program history
15. Yariel Matute, 48.90 (3 points)
24. Jorge Salazar, 49.73
 
Women's 100-Meter Dash
8. Mystique Brown, 12.20 (3 points)
19. Idatonye Cheetham-West, 12.51 (1 points)
27. Mikayla Roell, 12.76
 
Men's 100-Meter Dash
7. Yashawn Hamilton, 10.73 (5 points)
10. Jermarrion Stewart, 10.78 (3 points)
35. Julian Trevino, 11.36
 
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
15. Zarrey Sams, 14.74 (2 points)
 
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
16. Wes Franklin, 15.25 (3 points)
17. Roel Renteria, 15.30 (2 points)
25. Marco Guajardo, 17.46
26. Julian Trevino, 18.62
 
Women's 800-Meter Run,
10. Estrella Medellin, 2:18.22 (5 points)
 
Men's 800-Meter Run, 7:30 p.m.
1. Max Carmona, 1:51.26 (5 points)
16. Ricardo Mendoza, 1:54.49 (2 points)
18. Miguel Escamilla, 1:54.99
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
7. Mystique Brown, 24.39 (5 points)
•Tied for sixth-best in program history
41. Mikayla Roell, 26.17 (1 point)
 
Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
18. Ricardo Garcia, 10:00.43 (5 points)
22. Edward Ramos, 10:19.93 (3 points)
 
Women's 1,500-Meter Run
20. Estrella Medellin, 4:55.50 (3 points)
21. Aaliyah Garza, 4:56.12 (2 points)
39. Ana Hernandez, 5:06.18
 
Men's 1,500-Meter Run, 9 p.m.
9. Tristan Pena, 3:52.52 (5 points)
53. Albino Rodriguez, 4:21.60 (1 point)
 
Men's 5,000-Meter Run
3. Abraham Chirchir, 14:32.71 (3 points)
•Fifth-best in program history
11. Alex Munoz, 15:04.71 (2 points)
25. Dominik Medrano, 15:38.16
 
Women's 5,000-Meter Run
14. Anahi Romo, 18:33.66 (2 points)
25. Alma Villanueva, 19:28.51 (1 point)
27. Andrea Gallardo, 19:32.67
30. Janie Delgado, 20:28.59

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