SAN MARCOS – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros outdoor track & field program notched 10 top-three finishes and 26 personal records during the final day of competition at the Charles Austin Classic Saturday at the Texas State Track & Field Complex. 
 
Junior Uxia Pereira won the women's 100-meter hurdles with a personal record time of 14.23, which is the 10^th best time in program history. Freshman Ashley Lingueno was seventh in the event and also ran a PR. Pereira added a second PR in the 400-meter hurdles in a fourth-place finish.  
 
Junior Aisha Gay won the women's 400-meter dash as she ran a PR 55.46. Freshman Brownsville Hanna alum Aliyah Castillo was fourth in the event with a personal best. In the men's 400-meter dash, freshman Sam Johnson II placed third with the fifth best time in program history of 47.35. Johnson and his four freshmen teammates – Jamari Harts, Jaqualand Fields, Derrius Henry and Brownsville Hanna alum Alejandro Arellano – all PR'd in the race. 
 
Gay earned her second win of the day in the 200-meter dash, finishing in a personal record time of 24.23 seconds, the sixth-fastest in program history. Graduate student Jada Hoffman finished right behind Gay with a second-place time of 24.51. Junior Rio Grande City alum Daniella Muniz and freshman Nayla Harris also set new personal records, as Muniz finished in 25.48 while Harris finished in 26.31. 
 
UTRGV's men's 4x100-meter relay team of sophomore Jaleel Scott, junior Yashawn Hamilton, sophomore Jalen Nero and junior Jermarrion Stewart turned in a season-best performance to take third in 40.84, which is the sixth fastest time in program history. 
 
Junior Sharyland High alum Ana Hernandez finished second in the women's 1,500-meter run in a PR of 4:52.24. Senior Edinburg North alum Tristan Pena was second in the men's 800-meter run. 
 
Hoffman took third in the women's 100-meter dash in a PR time of 11.92, which is the fifth fastest race in program history. Harris and Muniz also ran PRs in the women's 100-meter dash. UTRGV had four of five men's 100-meter dash runners place in the top five, led by Scott's sixth-place finish in a PR time of 10.76. Nero also hit a PR in the race. 
 
Freshman Hannah Hilding notched a new personal record in the women's discus, finishing fifth with a throw of 46.24 meters. Hilding and freshman PSJA Southwest alum Ana Rodriguez both hit PRs in the women's shot put.
 
Freshman Aaron Cooper set a personal record in the triple jump with a distance of 14.46 meters, the 10^th best in program history, to finish second.
 
Freshman Jaylen Critton set a personal record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.36.
 
Johnson II led the men's 200-meter dash contingency with a 10^th place finish. Nero and Fields recorded PRs in the race. 
 
UTRGV returns to the Texas State Track & Field Complex next week to compete Thursday through Saturday in the Bobcat Invitational. 
 
UTRGV Saturday Results
Women's discus 
5. Hannah Hilding, 46.24m
11. Zoe Vlk, 35.12m 
13. Marlene Gutierrez, 32.23m 
 
Men's 4x100-meter relay
3. Jaleel Scott, Yashawn Hamilton, Jalen Nero, Jermarrion Stewart, 40.84 
• 6^th best time in program history 
 
Women's 1,500-meter run
2. Ana Hernandez, 4:52.24 
6. Andrea Gallardo, 5:17.17 
 
Women's shot put
7. Zoe Vlk, 13.67m  
9. Hannah Hilding, 13.01m 
14. Ana Rodriguez, 11.85m 
 
Women's 100-meter hurdles
1. Uxia Pereira, 14.23
• 10^th best time in program history 
7. Ashley Lingueno, 15.61 
 
Women's 400-meter dash
1. Aisha Gay, 55.46 
4. Aliyah Castillo, 58.22 
5. Lani Brewer, 58.30 
 
Men's 400-meter dash
3. Sam Johnson II, 47.35 
• 5^th fastest in program history 
6. Jamari Harts, 48.34 
11. Jaqualand Fields, 48.65 
13. Derrius Henry, 49.43 
14. Alejandro Arellano, 49.51 
 
Women's triple jump
5. Rayja'nae Pettit, 11.37m 
 
Men's triple jump
2. Aaron Cooper, 14.46m
• 10^th best in program history 
5. Marco Guajardo, 13.92m 
 
Women's 100-meter dash
3. Jada Hoffman, 11.92
• 5^th fastest in program history 
6. Nayla Harris, 12.28 
10. Daniella Muniz, 12.48 
 
Men's 100-meter dash
6. Jaleel Scott, 10.76 
7. Yashawn Hamilton, 10.79 
8. Jedidiah Udunna, 10.81
9. Jermarrion Stewart, 10.85
19. Jalen Nero, 11.16 
 
Men's 800-meter run
2. Tristan Pena, 1:54.12 
 
Women's 400-meter hurdles
4. Uxia Pereira, 1:03.47 
 
Men's 400-meter hurdles 
7. Jaylen Critton, 55.36 
11. Alex Galvan, 56.48 
 
Women's 200-meter dash
1. Aisha Gay, 24.23 
• 6^th fastest in program history
2. Jada Hoffman, 24.51
10. Daniella Muniz, 25.48 
11. Ashley Lingueno, 25.52 
16. Aliyah Castillo, 26.05
17. Nayla Harris, 26.31 
20. Lani Brewer, 26.94 
 
Men's 200-meter run
10. Sam Johnson II, 21.75
12. Jermarrion Stewart, 21.86 
16. Yashawn Hamilton, 22.11
17. Alejandro Arellano, 22.25 
22. Jalen Nero, 22.39 
26. Jaqualand Fields, 22.54 
33. Jaleel Scott, 22.94 

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