SPOKANE, Wash. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) track & field graduate student thrower Marlene Gutierrez and junior sprinter Aisha Gay both earned medals during the final day of competition at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Indoor Championships at The Podium in Spokane, Wash. on Saturday. 
 
Gutierrez won silver in the women's weight throw with a personal-best throw of 19.23 meters – the second-best throw in program history. 
 
Gay won bronze in the women's 400-meter dash, finishing in 55.07 – the third best time in program history. She also finished sixth in the 200-meter dash, running the fifth best time in program history of 24.64. 
 
UTRGV's women's team finished ninth of 12 teams with 37 points. The men's team was 10^th with five points. Stephen F. Austin (99.5 points) won the women'st title and Grand Canyon (139.5) won the men's title. 
 
Freshman Symoria Adkins placed fourth in the women's 60-meter dash and turned in the second-best performance in program history as she ran 8.53. Graduate student Jada Hoffman finished eighth in the women's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.63, tying her own fifth-best run in program history. 
 
The men's 4x400-meter relay comprised of freshman Jaqualand Fields, junior Jermarrion Stewart, freshman Derrius Henry and freshman Sam Johnson II earned a sixth-place finish in 3:15.66, which is the second-best time in program history. The women's 4x400-meter relay team took ninth in the ninth-best time in program history of 3:53.61. Freshman Ja'Nyla Tucker, junior Uxia Pereira, freshman Aliyah Castillo and Gay represented UTRGV.
 
Freshman Hannah Hilding set a PR in the women's weight throw with a mark of 15.56 meters. 
Freshman Noel Asiedu cleared 1.97 meters, a new personal best, in the men's high jump as he finished 12^th. Senior Edinburg North alum Tristan Pena and sophomore Rio Grande City alum Alex Canales both ran personal bests in the men's 3,000-meter race. 
 
The Vaqueros recorded six PRs on Saturday and 39 total at the conference meet. They made seven additional entries into the program record books. 
 
SATURDAY RESULTS
Women's high jump
T17. Ashley Lingueno, 1.55m 
 
Men's high jump
12. Noel Asiedu, 1.97m 
 
Women's weight throw
2. Marlene Gutierrez, 19.23m 
• 2^nd best in program history 
18. Hannah Hilding, 15.56m 
21. Zoe Vlk, 15.13m 
 
Women's triple jump
13. Rayja'nae Pettit, 11.44m 
 
Men's triple jump
13. Marco Guajardo, 13.54m 
 
Women's 60-meter hurdles finals
4. Symoria Adkins, 8.53 
• 2^nd best in program history 
 
Women's 60-meter dash finals
8. Jada Hoffman, 7.63 
• T-5^th best in program history 
 
Women's 400-meter dash finals
3. Aisha Gay, 55.07 
• 3^rd best in program history 
 
Women's 200-meter dash finals
6. Aisha Gay, 24.64 
• 5^th best in program history 
 
Women's 3,000-meter run
17. Samantha Gonzalez, 10:23.04 
27. Faith Cruz, 10:30.73 
30. Ana Hernandez, 10:35.16 
 
Men's 3,000-meter run
15. Tristan Pena, 8:32.71 
31. Alex Canales, 8:50.03 
36. Abraham Morales, 8:55.28 
39. Sebastian Salinas, 9:01.37 
 
Women's 4x400-meter relay
9. Ja'Nyla Tucker, Uxia Pereira, Aliyah Castillo, Aisha Gay, 3:53.61 
• 9^th best in program history 
 
Men's 4x400-meter relay
6. Jaqualand Fields, Jermarrion Stewart, Derrius Henry, Sam Johnson II, 3:15.66 
• 2^nd best in program history