HOUSTON – Graduate student Aviana Goode broke the program record in the 60-meter hurdles to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) track & field teams during the indoor season opener on Saturday at the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge at Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse. 
 
Goode finished in a time of 8.78 in both the preliminary and finals races, earning sixth place. She is the only woman in UTRGV history to break nine seconds in the event. Goode also tied for the program's sixth-best women's high jump mark by clearing 1.62 meters in an eighth-place finish. She brought home third place in the long jump with a mark of 5.68 meters. 
 
Freshman Jermarrion Stewart tied for the fastest qualifying time in the men's 60-meter dash opening race, running a 6.98. He trimmed his time down to 6.95 in the preliminary round, tying for the seventh-best time in program history, to advance to finals. Stewart placed seventh with a 6.94 in the finals, entering the record books once again, tied for the fifth-best mark. Stewart also took 18^th place in the 200-meter dash, clocking in at 22.27. 
 
Junior Alexandrea Hurst earned a third-place finish in the women's shot put with a throw of 14.85 meters. Hurst took 12^th in the weight throw with a toss of 14.56 meters. Senior Christian Hall-Gardner also turned in a strong performance in field events, taking third place in the men's weight throw with a toss of 16.78 meters and a 14^th place finish in shot put. Freshman Michael Campbell clinched a sixth-place finish with a 15.55-meter throw in the shot put. 
 
Junior Edinburg North alum Tristan Pena finished fifth in the men's 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.13. Freshman PSJA High alum Marco Guajardo claimed an eighth-place finish in the men's triple jump, hitting a mark of 13.43 meters, which ranks third in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Goode's long jump ties for third among WAC athletes, and Hurst's shot put mark is the second-best toss in the conference. 
 
Sophomore Yashawn Hamilton finished 11^th in the men's long jump, setting a new personal record with a mark of 6.59 meters. Sophomore Uxia Pereira ran a personal best 9.02 in the women's 60-meter hurdles prelims and enters the UTRGV record books with the third-best time in program history. 
 
Freshman Brownsville Porter alum Jorge Salazar ran the men's 400-meter dash in 50.91 seconds to take 10^th place. Sophomore Miguel Escamilla finished 10^th with a time of 1:59.91 in the men's 800-meter run. Freshman Brownsville Porter alum Estrella Medellin clocked in at 2:31.51 to take 11^th in the women's 800-meter run. 
 
UTRGV returns to Yeoman Fieldhouse for the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational on Friday and Saturday. 
 
UTRGV Results
Field Events
Women's Shot Put
3. Alexandrea Hurst, 14.85m 
26. Laura Duma, 10.85m  
27. Esmeralda Ruiz, 10.59m 
 
Men's Shot Put
6. Michael Campbell, 15.55m 
14. Christian Hall-Gardner, 14.51m 
16. Ricky Espinoza, 14.12m 
 
Women's High Jump
T8. Aviana Goode, 1.62m 
•Tied for sixth-best in program history
T21. Annelle Rodriguez, 1.47m 
 
Women's Long Jump
3. Aviana Goode, 5.68m 
16. Daniella Muniz, 4.99m 
 
Men's Long Jump
11. Yashawn Hamilton, 6.59m
19. Alex Galvan, 6.44m
23. Vincent Nguyen, 6.27m 
 
Women's Weight Throw
12. Alexandrea Hurst, 14.56m
19. Esmeralda Ruiz, 13.66m 
 
Men's Triple Jump
8. Marco Guajardo, 13.43m
13. Vincent Nguyen, 12.51m 
 
Men's Weight Throw
3. Christian Hall-Gardner, 16.78m 
14. Ricky Espinoza, 14.42m 
 
Track Events
Women's Mile Run
17. Samantha Gonzalez, 5:34.34 
20. Anahi Romo, 5:38.55
26. Andrea Gallardo, 5:47.53 
 
Men's Mile Run
19. Ricardo Garcia, 4:35.86
25. Alex Canales, 4:39.77
33. Dominik Medrano, 4:47.21
34. Edward Ramos, 4:47.67
40. Alex Munoz, 5:04.92
 
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles
6. Aviana Goode, 8.78
•Best in program history
 
Men's 60-Meter Dash
7. Jermarrion Stewart, 6.94
•Tied for fifth-best in program history
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
14. Diamond Lilly, 1:01.98
16. Elizabeth Ortiz, 1:02.64
18. Lauryn Asiedu, 1:02.77
22. Jasmyn Tulloch, 1:03.76
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
10. Jorge Salazar, 50.91 
 
Women's 800-Meter Run
11. Estrella Medellin, 2:31.51 
 
Men's 800-Meter Run
5. Tristan Pena, 1:58.13
10. Miguel Escamilla, 1:59.91
27. Alex Galvan, 2:13.76
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
34. Uxia Pereira, 27.04
46. Laura Duma, 27.90
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
18. Jermarrion Stewart, 22.27
59. Jaleel Scott, 23.63


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