HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros indoor track & field teams collected 10 personal records and made seven entries into the program record books as they closed out the Robert Platt Invitational Saturday at Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse. 
 
Sophomore Symoria Adkins added to her season success in the women's 60-meter hurdles, advancing from the semifinals and taking fourth in the finals (8.54) Saturday. Her times in both rounds were the sixth and fifth-fastest in program history, and she now owns the nine best times in the indoor record books. Adkins also matched the program's fifth-fastest performance in the semis of the 60-meter dash and took the No. 8 spot in the 200-meter dash. 
 
UTRGV's field student-athletes turned in several big marks. In the men's long jump, sophomore Jedidiah Udunna and junior Kevin Washington both made their way into the program record books. Udunna was eighth with a jump of 7.23 meters, good for No. 3 in history. Washington cleared a personal record of 7.01 meters to finish 16^th and take the No. 8 spot in school history. Sophomore Hannah Hilding secured a two-PR weekend with a good outing in the women's shot put. She finished 11^th with a mark of 13.63 meters and freshman Omolola Kuponiyi followed in 14^th. 

Freshman James Voss tied his third-best time in the record books, 8.14, as he finished 11^th in the men's 60-meter hurdles semifinals. 
 
In the mid-distance races, junior Samantha Gonzalez ran a personal best in the women's mile, finishing 12^th. Freshman Kailey Salazar lowered her best time to 2:19.04 in the women's 800-meter run as she placed 12^th, and senior Brownsville Porter alum Jorge Salazar also took 12^th in the men's 800 with a new PR of 1:58.50. 
 
Gonzalez notched her second PR of the day in the women's 3,000-meter run, taking ninth in 10:13.06. 
 
Sophomores Nayla Harris, Brownsville Hanna alum Aliyah Castillo and Lani Brewer all notched personal bests in the women's 200. Sophomore Los Fresnos alum Penny Alanis tabbed a PR in the women's high jump. 
 
The next meet for UTRGV will be the Jarvis Scott Open in Lubbock Feb. 9-10. 
 
Saturday Results 
Women's high jump
18. Penny Alanis, 1.55m 
 
Women's shot put
11. Hannah Hilding, 13.63m 
14. Omolola Kuponiyi, 13.36m 
 
Women's 60-meter dash semifinals (top eight advance)
10. Symoria Adkins, 7.56 
· T-5^th fastest in program history 
 
Men's 60-meter hurdles semifinals (top eight advance) 
11. James Voss, 8.14 
· T-3^rd fastest in program history 
 
Women's 60-meter hurdles semifinals (top eight advance) 
5. Symoria Adkins, 8.56 (advanced to final) 
· 6^th fastest in program history 
 
Women's long jump
6. Rayja'nae Pettit, 5.69m 
9. Kailah Gilmore, 5.63m 
25. Jordyn Tiggs, 5.29m 
 
Men's long jump
8. Jedidiah Udunna, 7.23m 
· 3^rd best in program history 
16. Kevin Washington, 7.01m
· 8^th best in program history 
 
Women's mile
12. Samantha Gonzalez, 5:08.06 
 
Men's mile
21. Abraham Morales, 4:23.51 
 
Women's 60-meter hurdles final
4. Symoria Adkins, 8.54 
· 5^th fastest in program history 
 
Women's 800-meter run
12. Kailey Salazar, 2:19.04 
20. Estrella Medellin, 2:21.43 
 
Men's 800-meter run
31. Jorge Salazar, 1:58.50  
 
Women's 200-meter dash
14. Symoria Adkins, 24.70 
· 8^th fastest in program history 
32. Zoë Adams, 25.27 
51. Nayla Harris, 25.71 
64. Aliyah Castillo, 26.11 
84. Yaria Akers, 26.51 
91. Lani Brewer, 27.09 
 
Men's 200-meter dash
25. Jamari Harts, 22.13 
38. Sam Johnson II, 22.37 
44. Emmanuel Wanga, 22.44 
51. Jalen Nero, 22.62 
63. Jaleel Scott, 22.99 
72. Jaylen Critton, 23.64 
 
Women's 3,000-meter run
9. Samantha Gonzalez, 10:13.06  

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