HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) indoor track & field teams rewrote the program record books and set 12 personal bests during day one of the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational on Friday at Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse. 
 
Graduate student Aviana Goode and sophomore Uxia Pereira both set program records in their prelim and semifinal women's 60-meter hurdles races. Goode matched her program-best time of 8.78 in the semifinals and set the second-best time with an 8.92 in prelims. Pereira now owns the third-best time in program history with an 8.95 she notched in prelims, which is also a personal best. She tied the fourth-best time of 9.01 in the semis. 
 
Goode and Pereira finished 10^th and 19^th, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles semifinals. The top eight times advanced to finals. Goode also hit a season-best mark of 5.75 meters to earn third place in the women's long jump. 
 
Senior Christian Hall-Gardner took fifth place in the men's weight throw with a personal best and the program's eighth-best toss of 17.36 meters. 
 
Sophomore Miguel Escamilla made the medal stand in the men's 800-meter run, clocking in at 1:55.58 to earn third place. Freshman Mission Veterans Memorial alum Alex Galvan ran a personal best 2:13.06 to finish 24^th in the event. In the women's 800-meter run, freshman Brownsville Porter alum Estrella Medellin took 11^th with her personal best time of 2:24.72. 
 
All three of UTRGV's women's weight throwers finished in the top 15. Junior Alexandrea Hurst took eighth place with a throw of 15.61 meters, followed by freshman Miranda Tcheutchoua in ninth. Freshman Brownsville Pace alum Esmeralda Ruiz notched a personal record toss of 14.40 meters to finish 12^th. 
 
Sophomore Yashawn Hamilton placed 11^th with his personal best mark of 6.73 meters in the men's long jump.  
 
In the men's mile run, junior Edinburg North alum Tristan Pena clocked in at 4:21.63 to earn 10^th place. Freshman Edcouch-Elsa alum Dominik Medrano set a new personal record in the event with a time of 4:40.63, finishing 22^nd right behind sophomore Harlingen High alum Edward Ramos. Freshman Sharyland High alum Andrea Gallardo placed 19^th with a personal best time of 5:42.74 in the women's mile run. 
 
Freshman Brownsville Porter alum Jorge Salazar and junior Harlingen High alum Jasmyn Tulloch each ran personal bests in the men's and women's 400-meter dash, respectively. Salazar took 11^th place with a time of 50.83. Tulloch ran a 1:01.15 and finished 24^th. 
 
Galvan also posted a personal record of 8.93 to take 13^th in the men's 60-meter hurdles prelims. Freshman Rio Grande City alum Daniella Muniz was 39^th in the women's 60-meter dash prelims, clocking in at 8.22, which is her personal best. 
 
The meet finishes Saturday with field events beginning at 12 p.m. and track events starting at 3 p.m. 

UTRGV Results
Field Events
Women's Long Jump
3. Aviana Goode, 5.75m
27. Daniella Muniz, 4.82m
 
Women's Weight Throw
8. Alexandrea Hurst, 15.61m
9. Miranda Tcheutchoua, 15.30m
12. Esmeralda Ruiz, 14.40m 
 
Men's Long Jump
11. Yashawn Hamilton, 6.73m
23. Alex Galvan, 6.15m 
25. Marco Guajardo, 6.08m
27. Vincent Nguyen, 5.99m 
 
Men's Weight Throw
5. Christian Hall-Gardner, 17.36m
•Eighth-best in program history
10. Ricky Espinoza, 14.50m
16. Chase Harrell, 13.37m 
 
TRACK EVENTS 
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Prelims
12. Aviana Goode, 8.92 (advanced to semis)
•Second-best in program history
T14. Uxia Pereira, 8.95 (advanced to semis)
•Third-best in program history

Women's 400-Meter Dash
24. Jasmyn Tulloch, 1:01.15 
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
11. Jorge Salazar, 50.83 
 
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Semifinals
10. Aviana Goode, 8.78
•Tied for best in program history
19. Uxia Pereira, 9.01 
•Tied for fourth-best in program history

Women's 1 Mile Run
19. Andrea Gallardo, 5:42.74
 
Men's 1 Mile Run
10. Tristan Pena, 4:21.63
21. Edward Ramos, 4:40.14
22. Dominik Medrano, 4:40.63
 
Women's 800-Meter Run
11. Estrella Medellin, 2:24.72
20. Aaliyah Garza, 2:34.65
 
Men's 800-Meter Run
3. Miguel Escamilla, 1:55.58
24. Alex Galvan, 2:13.06

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