HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's 4x100-meter relay team and men's 4x400-meter relay team set outdoor track & field program records Saturday to headline another strong outing for UTRGV at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight.
Junior
Aisha Gay, graduate student
Jada Hoffman, junior
Yaria Akers and freshman
Symoria Adkins made up the women's 4x100 relay and ran 46.18 to take third in the event and insert themselves into UTRGV history.
Freshmen
Derrius Henry, Jaqualand Fields and
Jamari Harts teamed with junior
Jermarrion Stewart to win the men's 4x100 in 3:11.41, the top time in program history. Those season-best performances and the 15 personal records hit by Vaqueros student-athletes showcased the great strides the program continues to make from week to week.
As has become the expectation, UTRGVs field student-athletes got the day started strong and the women's throwing crew was dynamic. Graduate student
Marlene Gutierrez claimed another top-three finish in the women's hammer throw, taking third with the second-best throw in program history of 61.71 meters. She was also third with a throw of 14.61 meters in the shot put.
Freshman
Jedidiah Udunna notched the second-best mark in program history in the men's long jump as he finished second overall and was the top collegiate finisher with a jump of 7.63 meters. Udunna now owns the top three long jumps in outdoor program history. He followed that up with a first-place finish in the afternoon session's men's 100-meter dash.
Freshman
Hannah Hilding took third with a PR toss of 48.12 meters in the women's discus, and junior
Zoe Vlknotched a PR of 14.13 meters to finish sixth in the women's shot put.
Freshman
Jaylen Critton won the afternoon session of the men's 400-meter hurdles, running 54.54. Critton and junior Mission Veterans Memorial alum
Alex Galvan, who finished third, both ran personal records in the event. Freshman
Sam Johnson II also picked up a win during the afternoon session, running 21.89 to finish first in the men's 200-meter dash.
The Vaqueros came out firing on all cylinders to get the evening session started with the women's relay record and continued to show their speed throughout the night. The men's 4x100-meter relay team of redshirt sophomore
Jaleel Scott, Stewart, Fields and Johnson won their event in 41.59, the 10
th best time in program history.
Gay and Johnson turned in solid performances in the women's and men's 400-meter dash races, respectively. Gay finished fifth, and Johnson was third with a time of 47.00, good for No. 3 in program history. Gay followed that race with a fourth-place finish in the women's 200-meter dash, running a PR and the fifth-best time in program history at 24.01.
Stewart tallied a pair of 10
th place finishes in the men's 100- and 200-meter dashes, running well to compete in deep fields.
The relay success continued as the women's 4x400-meter relay team took fourth. In the late-night distance races, freshman
Abraham Morales ran a PR in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase and freshmen
Faith Cruz from PSJA High and
Natalie Guillen from Los Fresnos ran personal bests in the women's 1,500-meter run.
Up next for the Vaqueros will be the Texas Invitational April 27-28.
UTRGV Results
Women's hammer throw
3.
Marlene Gutierrez, 61.71m
• 2
nd best in program history
Women's long jump
12.
Rayja'nae Pettit, 5.74m
27.
Ashley Lingueno, 5.30m
Men's long jump
2.
Jedidiah Udunna, 7.63m
• 2
nd best in program history
Men's triple jump
6.
Aaron Cooper, 14.38m
13.
Marco Guajardo, 13.55m
Women's discus
3.
Hannah Hilding, 48.12m
21.
Ana Rodriguez, 37.19m
Women's shot put
3.
Marlene Gutierrez, 14.61m
6.
Zoe Vlk, 14.13m
12.
Hannah Hilding, 12.91m
19.
Ana Rodriguez, 11.81m
Running Events – Afternoon Session
Women's 100-meter hurdles
9.
Ashley Lingueno, 15.63
Women's 100-meter dash
T5.
Symoria Adkins, 12.27
Men's 100-meter dash
1.
Jedidiah Udunna, 10.85
T2.
Yashawn Hamilton, 10.88
25.
Jaleel Scott, 11.21
29.
Jalen Nero, 11.27
T30.
Alex Galvan, 11.28
37.
Jaylen Critton, 11.36
Women's 800-meter run
16.
Selissa Gonzales, 2:26.36
Men's 800-meter run
10.
Jorge Salazar, 1:55.25
Women's 400-meter hurdles
10.
Kalissa Cavazos, 1:07.61
Men's 400-meter hurdles
1.
Jaylen Critton, 54.54
3.
Alex Galvan, 55.64
Women's 400-meter dash
T16.
Lani Brewer, 57.87
21.
Aliyah Castillo, 58.54
26.
Jalyn Williams, 1:00.09
Men's 400-meter dash
4.
Derrius Henry, 48.61
11.
Alejandro Arellano, 49.17
14.
Jaqualand Fields, 49.30
Women's 200-meter dash
9.
Yaria Akers, 25.62
Men's 200-meter dash
1.
Sam Johnson II, 21.89
7.
Jaqualand Fields, 22.21
T10.
Jalen Nero, 22.36
12.
Alejandro Arellano, 22.37
14.
Jaleel Scott, 22.51
Running Events – Evening Session
Women's 4x100-meter relay
3.
Aisha Gay,
Jada Hoffman,
Yaria Akers,
Symoria Adkins, 46.18
• Program Record
Men's 4x100-meter relay
1.
Jaleel Scott,
Jermarrion Stewart,
Jaqualand Fields,
Sam Johnson II, 41.59
• 10
th fastest in program history
Women's 400-meter hurdles
19.
Uxia Pereira, 1:04.94
Women's 400-meter dash
5.
Aisha Gay, 55.95
Men's 400-meter dash
3.
Sam Johnson II, 47.00
• 3
rd fastest in program history
10.
Jamari Harts, 48.21
Women's 100-meter dash
15.
Jada Hoffman, 12.24
T18.
Yaria Akers, 12.27
Men's 100-meter dash
10.
Jermarrion Stewart, 10.70
Women's 100-meter hurdles
11.
Uxia Pereira, 14.42
Women's 800-meter run
14.
Estrella Medellin, 2:18.16
Women's 200-meter dash
4.
Aisha Gay, 24.01
• 5
th fastest in program history
16.
Jada Hoffman, 25.40
Men's 200-meter dash
10.
Jermarrion Stewart, 21.69
Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase
11.
Abraham Morales, 9:39.90
12.
Ricardo Garcia, 9:40.06
Women's 4x400-meter relay
4.
Ashley Lingueno,
Aliyah Castillo Lani Brewer,
Aisha Gay, 3:52.04
Men's 4x400-meter relay
1.
Derrius Henry,
Jaqualand Fields,
Jermarrion Stewart,
Jamari Harts, 3:11.41
• Program Record
Women's 1,500-meter run
34.
Faith Cruz, 4:56.72
41.
Janie Delgado, 5:03.86
43.
Natalie Guillen, 5:06.84
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