OREM, Utah – Sophomore Jedidiah Udunna won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) men's long jump championship Friday as The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros track & field program completed Day Two of the WAC Outdoor Championships at Hal Wing Track & Field Stadium in Orem, Utah. 
 
Udunna's top mark of 7.62 meters ranks seventh in program history. This is the first championship of the sophomore's career and third conference medal. He improved from a conference runner-up finish his freshman season. Udunna currently ranks 10^th on the NCAA West performance list and 13^th in the nation in long jump with a season and career-best mark of 7.92 meters. 
 
In the women's long jump, junior Kailah Gilmore earned a second-place finish with a mark of 5.88 meters, collecting her second WAC silver medal in the event after taking second at indoors. Sophomore Rayja'nae Pettit followed in seventh with a mark of 5.63 meters. The jumpers added 10 points to UTRGV's women's score. 
 
UTRGV's throwers continued to rack up success as the women's shot put duo of freshman Omolola Kuponiyi and sophomore Hannah Hilding finished second and third, respectively. Kuponiyi tabbed a mark of 14.87 meters while Hilding threw 14.77 meters as they combined to add 14 points to the women's team score.  
 
Also scoring for the Vaqueros women was junior Samantha Gonzalez, who ran 11.01.91 to take fifth in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Gonzalez's time ranks fifth in program history. 
 
Sophomore Symoria Adkins punched two tickets to finals Friday after breaking her own program records in the women's 100-meter hurdles (13.39) and 100-meter dash (11.47). She'll be the No. 1 seed in both events, plus the 200-meter dash, which she qualified for on Thursday. Sophomore Nayla Harris narrowly missed advancing in the 100-meter dash as she ran the program's No. 9 time in 11.79, finishing 10^th. 
 
Senior Brownsville Porter alum Estrella Medellin advanced to the women's 800-meter run final after notching a personal-best 2:14.33. Fellow senior Brownsville Porter alum Jorge Salazar also tabbed a personal best as he finished 16^th in the men's 800-meter run. 
 
Junior Zoë Adams ran 54.37 in the prelims of the women's 400-meter dash to advance to finals as the No. 3 seed. 
 
UTRGV will have three runners in the men's 400-meter dash final. Sophomore Sam Johnson II paced the Vaqueros and moved on as the No. 2 seed in 47.02 – the No. 9 time in program history. Senior Jermarrion Stewart was the fourth-place qualifier in 47.13 and sophomore Derrius Henry clocked in with a personal-best 47.34 to take the seventh spot. 
 
After two days of competition, UTRGV's women's team is sitting in third with 41 points, behind Utah Valley (82 points) and Grand Canyon (65). The men's team is in seventh with 10 points. 
 
The Vaqueros tallied five more personal bests and six entries into the program record books Friday, bringing the meet total to 10 and 11, respectively. 
 
The meet wraps up Saturday with action starting at 10 a.m. (CT) for UTRGV with the women's discus. The first running final will be the women's 4x100-meter relay at 2:30 p.m. (CT). Fans can watch the running session domestically on ESPN+ or internationally on WAC International. 
 
UTRGV Friday Results
Men's long jump
1. Jedidiah Udunna, 7.62m 
· 7^th in program history 
 
Women's shot put
2. Omolola Kuponiyi, 14.87m
3. Hannah Hilding, 14.77m 
 
Women's long jump
2. Kailah Gilmore, 5.88m  
7. Rayja'nae Pettit, 5.63m 
16. Gabrielle Thomas, 5.15m 
 
Women's 3,000-meter steeplechase
5. Samantha Gonzalez, 11:01.91
· 5^th in program history 
 
Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase
10. Ricardo Garcia, 9:58.54
14. Abraham Morales, 10:32.65 
 
Women's 100-meter hurdles prelim
1. Symoria Adkins, 13.39 (advanced to final) 
· Program Record
 
Men's 110-meter hurdles prelim
12. Jaylen Critton, 14.93
13. James Voss, 14.94
 
Women's 800-meter prelim
8. Estrella Medellin, 2:14.33 (advanced to final)
 
Men's 800-meter prelim
16. Jorge Salazar, 1:54.87
 
Women's 400-meter prelim
3. Zoë Adams, 54.37
11. P'soularia Maxey, 56.59
14. Trinity Kirk, 56.93 
20. Aliyah Castillo, 58.00 
 
Men's 400-meter prelim
2. Sam Johnson II, 47.02
· 9^th in program history 
4. Jermarrion Stewart, 47.13
7. Derrius Henry, 47.34
16. Emmanuel Wanga, 49.74
 
Women's 100-meter dash prelim
1. Symoria Adkins, 11.47 (advanced to final) 
· Program Record
10. Nayla Harris, 11.79
· 9^th in program history 
15. Yaria Akers, 12.05
 
Men's 100-meter dash prelim
12. Jamari Harts, 10.65
22. Gael Romo, 10.83
22. Jalen Nero, 10.83 
26. Jaleel Scott, 10.91
 
Saturday Schedule
Women's discus, 10 a.m. 
Adelaide Fleischmann 
Hannah Hilding 
 
Men's triple jump, 12 p.m. 
Aaron Cooper 
Hebrew Hunter 
 
Women's triple jump, 3 p.m. 
Tolu Odetola 
Gabrielle Thomas 
 
Men's javelin, 4 p.m. 
Julian Trevino 
 
Women's 4x100-meter relay, 2:30 p.m. 
 
Men's 4x100-meter relay, 2:40 p.m. 
 
Women's 100-meter hurdles final, 3:15 p.m. 
Symoria Adkins 
 
Women's 400-meter dash final, 3:35 p.m. 
Zoë Adams 
 
Men's 400-meter dash final, 3:50 p.m. 
Sam Johnson II 
Jermarrion Stewart 
Derrius Henry 
 
Women's 100-meter dash final, 4 p.m. 
Symoria Adkins 
 
Women's 800-meter final, 4:15 p.m. 
Estrella Medellin 
 
Men's 400-meter hurdles final, 4:40 p.m. 
Daniel Siaffa
Jaylen Critton
 
Women's 200-meter final, 4:55 p.m. 
Symoria Adkins 
 
Women's 5,000-meter final, 5:10 p.m. 
Samantha Gonzalez 
Faith Cruz 
 
Men's 5,000-meter final, 5:30 p.m. 
Ricardo Garcia 
 
Women's 4x400-meter relay, 5:50 p.m. 
 
Men's 4x400-meter relay, 6 p.m.