LUBBOCK, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) indoor track & field teams set two program records Saturday as they wrapped up competition at the Jarvis Scott Invite at Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team of junior Brownsville Hanna alum
Alejandro Arellano, sophomore
Richard Young and seniors
Daniel Siaffa and
Derrius Henry ran a program-best time of 3:09.99 to finish ninth.
Senior
Kaliyah Poston broke her first program record as she took ninth in the women's 200-meter dash in 23.85, a personal best. Additionally, junior
N Vanee Anchike earned a win in the women's mile, running 4:48.91 to take the No. 2 spot in program history behind her own record.
Poston's 200 performance was one of many solid races in the event. The Vaqueros women collected nine personal bests in the 200 and made four entries into the record books. Sophomore
Jizzale Davis, senior
Nayla Harris and junior
Aniya Heckstall earned top 25 finishes in 12
th, 19
th and 21
st, respectively, with the second, fifth and sixth-best times in program history. Junior
Treasure Vallerie, freshman
Dior Williams, sophomore
Saniyah Richardson, senior Brownsville Hanna alum
Aliyah Castillo and sophomore
Trezur Connley all ran personal bests.
Junior
Lilliana Guerrero and senior PSJA High alum
Faith Cruz followed Anchike with success in the mile. Guerrero ran the No. 7 time in program history of 5:00.76 in the event and Cruz notched a personal best. Junior
Kailey Salazar and sophomore
Diego Pina both ran personal bests in the women's and men's 600-yard races, respectively. Salazar was seventh in the women's race in 1:23.82 and Pina ran 1:12.71 to take 13
th, adding to another good weekend for the mid and long-distance runners.
The men's 200-meter dashers also stacked up personal bests. Young led the pack with a personal best 21.29 to take the No. 3 spot in the record books, and senior
Corin Burns followed in 25
th in 21.34 to take No. 5. Five other Vaqueros had their best races, including junior
Keamonie Archie, freshman
Derrick Hahn, Henry, freshman
Braydn Gilliam, and sophomore
Jefferson Jean.
UTRGV's women's 4x400-meter relay team of Castillo, freshmen
Talyna Ligier and
Madisyn Jackson, and junior
Treasure Vallerie ran the fifth-fastest relay in program history of 3:45.51 to finish 12
th.
The men's jumps duo of redshirt junior
Aaron Cooper and freshman
Antwoine Warren headlined the field event performances. Cooper was seventh in men's triple jump with a mark of 14.86 meters, good for No. 10 in the record book. Warren finished eighth in men's high jump with the No. 3 clearance in program history of 2.10 meters. Senior
Efe Latham was ninth in women's shot put.
Junior
Elizabeth Hernandez made her UTRGV debut in the women's 3,000-meter run and finished 10
th. Junior
La'Zariah Bethany was 18
th in women's triple jump.
UTRGV collected 18 personal bests on Day 2 of the meet and made 12 entries into the indoor record books. For the weekend, they racked up 29 personal bests and 25 new top times and marks.
The Vaqueros will be back in action Feb. 25-26 at the Southland Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham.
UTRGV SATURDAY RESULTS
Field Events
Women's shot put
9.
Efe Latham, 14.52m
Men's shot put
Antoine Walker, NM
Women's triple jump
18. La'Zariah Bethany, 11.77m
Men's triple jump
7.
Aaron Cooper, 14.86m
· 10
th in program history
10.
Hebrew Hunter, 14.73m
Men's high jump
8.
Antwoine Warren, 2.10m
· 3
rd in program history
Track Events
Women's 200-meter dash
9.
Kaliyah Poston, 23.85
· Program Record
12.
Jizzale Davis, 23.97
· 2
nd in program history
19.
Nayla Harris, 24.07
· 5
th in program history
21.
Aniya Heckstall, 24.14
· 6
th in program history
37. Tresure Vallerie, 24.59
38.
Dior Williams, 24.60
62.
Ashley Lingueno, 24.99
73.
Talyna Ligier, 25.23
86.
Saniyah Richardson, 25.36
92.
Aliyah Castillo, 25.45
124.
Trezur Connley, 26.97
127.
Avianna Miller, 34.54
Men's 200-meter dash
20.
Richard Young, 21.29
· 3
rd in program history
25.
Corin Burns, 21.34
· 5
th in program history
40.
Joshua Mascall, 21.52
51.
Alejandro Arellano, 21.72
58.
Keamonie Archie, 21.80
77.
Derrick Hahn, 21.99
79.
Derrius Henry, 22.03
119.
Braydn Gilliam, 22.64
127.
Jefferson Jean, 23.39
Women's 600-yard run
7.
Kailey Salazar, 1:23.82
15.
Mia Picazo, 1:26.29
Men's 600-yard run
13. Diego Pina, 1:12.71
Women's mile
1.
N Vanee Anchike, 4:48.91
· 2
nd in program history
9.
Lilliana Guerrero, 5:00.76
· 7
th in program history
17.
Faith Cruz, 5:09.40
Women's 3,000-meter run
5.
Elizabeth Hernandez, 10:34.67
Women's 4x400-meter relay
12.
Aliyah Castillo,
Talyna Ligier,
Madisyn Jackson, Treasure Vallerie, 3:45.51
· 5
th in program history
Men's 4x400-meter relay
9.
Alejandro Arellano,
Richard Young,
Daniel Siaffa,
Derrius Henry, 3:09.99
· Program Record