BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros track & field teams saw another program record fall Saturday as they wrapped up competition at Texas A&M's 44 Farms Team Invitational at E.B. Cushing Stadium with sophomore Symoria Adkins headlining the day with her seventh No. 1 spot in the record books. 
 
Adkins ran 11.55 to finish eighth in the women's 100-meter dash, claiming her fourth outdoor program record in the process. Sophomore Nayla Harris followed in 12^th in 11.72, a personal best and tying the No. 4 time in program history. 
 
Sophomore Aaron Cooper leapt to the No. 2 spot in program history with his third-place finish in the men's triple jump. Cooper tabbed a personal best with a mark of 15.24 meters, and freshman Hebrew Hunter also hit a personal record as he was ninth with a mark of 14.59 meters. Graduate student Gabrielle Thomas led the women's triple jumpers as she finished eighth with a jump of 12.25 meters to take the No. 9 spot in the record books. 
 
Sophomore Hannah Hilding recorded her second personal best of the meet with a fourth-place finish in the women's hammer throw. She was one of two competitors to hit on all six attempts and used her final throw to mark 54.81 meters. In the women's shot put, Hilding was seventh behind freshman Omolola Kuponiyi who finished fifth. Freshman Antoine Walker finished 11^th in the men's shot put. 
 
UTRGV's women's 4x100-meter relay team of Harris, junior Zoë Adams, sophomore Brownsville Hanna alum Aliyah Castillo and Adkins took second in 45.75, starting the running session with the third-fastest race in program history. 
 
The short hurdlers had a good day on the track. Adkins clocked the second-fastest time in program history in the women's 100-meter hurdles as she took eighth in 13.51. Freshman James Voss and junior Daniel Siaffa were seventh and eighth, respectively, in the men's 110-meter hurdles with the No. 3 and No. 4 times in program history. Voss ran a personal record. 
 
Adams and senior Jermarrion Stewart paced the women's and men's 400-meter races. Adams was sixth in 54.14, the 10^th fastest time in program history. Freshman P'soularia Maxey added a personal record in the women's race, clocking in at 56.43 to take 17^th. Stewart was fifth in the men's race, followed by sophomore Sam Johnson II in eighth. 
 
UTRGV's men's 100-meter dashers added to the sprint success. Sophomore Jamari Harts was 14^th as he ran a personal-best 10.48 to take the No. 2 spot in program history. Freshman Weslaco East alum Gael Romo followed closely in 10.49, taking 15^th and the No. 3 spot in the record books. 
 
Freshman Kailey Salazar tabbed a personal best to finish fifth in the women's 800-meter run in 2:13.65. In the men's 800 run, senior Brownsville Porter alum Jorge Salazar took seventh in a personal record time of 1:55.11 and sophomore Abraham Morales was 10^th, also running a personal best (1:55.83). 
 
Morales and junior Samantha Gonzalez were solid in the men's and women's 1,500-meter races, respectively. Morales was sixth in the men's race and Gonzalez took fourth in the women's run. 
 
UTRGV hit 12 personal bests Saturday, bringing the total for the weekend to 27, and made 11 additional entries into the consistently rewritten record books. 
 
Up next for the Vaqueros is Texas A&M-Kingsville's Cactus Cup running April 13. 
 
UTRGV Saturday Results
Women's hammer throw
4. Hannah Hilding, 54.81m 
 
Women's triple jump
8. Gabrielle Thomas, 12.25m
· 9^th best in program history 
12. Tolu Odetola, 11.59m 
 
Men's triple jump
3. Aaron Cooper, 15.24m 
· 2^nd best in program history 
9. Hebrew Hunter, 14.59m 
12. Kevin Washington, 14.30m 
 
Women's shot put
5. Omolola Kuponiyi, 14.62m 
7. Hannah Hilding, 13.94m 
 
Men's shot put
11. Antoine Walker, 14.96m 
 
Women's 4x100-meter relay
2. Nayla Harris, Zoë Adams, Aliyah Castillo, Symoria Adkins, 45.75 
· 3^rd fastest in program history 
 
Women's 1,500-meter run 
4. Samantha Gonzalez, 4:50.68 
 
Men's 1,500-meter run 
6. Abraham Morales, 3:58.92 
10. JD Corona, 3:59.69 
19. Mario Cantarero, 4:06.72 
 
Women's 100-meter hurdles 
8. Symoria Adkins, 13.51 
· 2^nd fastest in program history 
 
Men's 110-meter hurdles 
7. James Voss, 14.57 
· 3^rd fastest in program history 
8. Daniel Siaffa, 14.60 
· 4^th fastest in program history 
 
Women's 400-meter dash 
6. Zoë Adams, 54.14 
· 10^th fastest in program history 
17. P'soularia Maxey, 56.43 
18. Trinity Kirk, 56.52 
22. Aliyah Castillo, 57.26 
 
Men's 400-meter dash 
5. Jermarrion Stewart, 47.63 
8. Sam Johnson II, 48.14 
15. Derrius Henry, 49.35 
25. Emmanuel Wanga, 50.75 
 
Women's 100-meter dash 
8. Symoria Adkins, 11.55 
· Program Record 
12. Nayla Harris, 11.72
· T-4^th fastest in program history 
18. Yaria Akers, 11.96 
24. Kailah Gilmore, 12.23 
 
Men's 100-meter dash 
14. Jamari Harts, 10.48 
· 2^nd fastest in program history 
15. Gael Romo, 10.49 
· 3^rd fastest in program history 
31. Jaleel Scott, 10.78 
34. Jaqualand Fields, 10.95 
 
Women's 800-meter run 
5. Kailey Salazar, 2:13.65 
8. Estrella Medellin, 2:20.16 
 
Men's 800-meter run 
7. Jorge Salazar, 1:55.11 
10. Abraham Morales, 1:55.83 
18. Mario Cantarero, 2:01.08 

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