MOBILE, Ala. – A third-straight day with a UT Arlington member winning a gold medal highlighted the Mavericks' performance on the final day of the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday from South Alabama's Jaguar Track Complex.
 
The UTA men closed the championships in 4th place with 102 points – 18 ahead of 5th-place Louisiana – as the Mavs have now finished in the top-4 in each of their seven outdoor Sun Belt appearances. On the women's side, the Mavs secured 70 points – 8.5 more than the last time the championships were held in 2019 – to finish in 7th place, 31 points clear of 8th.
 
Madeleine Rowe highlighted the day for UTA as she came from behind to win the women's 1500m in convincing fashion with the 3rd-fastest time in program history at 4:26.28. That mark is nearly seven seconds better than the Arlington native's previous personal best, and almost nine seconds quicker than her qualifying time of 4:35.19. Rowe's win gave the Mavs 10 big points on the women's side.
 
In total, UTA had eight podium finishes on the day, with additional information about each of those and more included below.
 
MEN'S 5000M
Cole Klashinsky (14:22.01) finished 2nd with Justin Domangue (14:22.83) right behind him in 3rd as the duo picked up a silver and bronze medal in the 5000m to notch 14 total points for the Mavs. For Domangue, the performance completed a three-medals-in-three-day showing as he earned a bronze in the 10000m on Thursday before picking up a silver in the 3000m steeplechase on Friday.
 
MEN'S HIGH JUMP
Bryson DeBerry won silver in the high jump with a clearance of 2.13m (6-11 ¾) to collect eight points for the Mavs. DeBerry – who has won the Sun Belt indoor high jump title each of the last two years – got over the 2.13m bar on his second attempt, but could not clear 2.16m (7-01) which would have set a PR and moved him into the top-5 in program history.
 
MEN'S 1500M
Connor Butterfield claimed bronze in the 1500m with a time of 3:48.57, nearly two seconds clear of 4th place to tally six points. Marquentin Barnes picked up two other points for the Mavs in the event as he crossed in 3:54.35.
 
MEN'S 800M
In impressive form, Butterfield closed strong in the 800m to post another bronze medal as he took 3rd place in a time of 1:52.00 for six points only about one hour after he wrapped up the 1500m. Victor Bocanegra added another point for the Mavs as he crossed in 1:55.65 for 8th place.
 
MEN'S 110M HURDLES
Joel Bengtsson took bronze in the 110m hurdles in a wind-aided time of 13.87. Had he not had the +2.5 m/s wind, Bengtsson's time would have shattered his previous PR of 14.10 and also been .01 shy of tying the 5th-fastest time in program history. However, he still wrapped up six points for the Mavs.

WOMEN'S 400M HURDLES
Shelby West established a PR in the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.99 to take bronze and pick up six points for UTA.
 
RELAYS
The men's 4x400m relay team clocked a season-best time of 3:17.54 to post a 5th-place finish and net four points. The women's 4x400m relay team also registered a season-best time of 3:46.41 to finish in 6th place and collect three points.
 
THIS AND THAT

• Juleen Lewis posted a 12.25m (40-02 ¼) in the women's triple jump to finish in 6th place and secure three points.
• The team of Trishawna Crawford, Vanessa Ugorji, Erica Cormier-Jordan and Teressia Grant-Corsey tied a UTA season best in the women's 4x100m relay (46.45).
• In the men's 4x100m relay, Seth Texada, Joel Bengtsson, DaVontay Kennedy and Jordan Watkins finished 5th in a time of 41.09 to pick up four points.
• Texada added another point for UTA in the 100m dash as he crossed in 10.65.
• Mathilde Ruud finished 5th in the women's 800m (2:16.23) to grab five points, while Rowe – only about an hour after winning the 1500m – contributed a point with a time of 2:22.00 as she was 8th.
• Valeria Diaz just missed scoring a point in the women's 5000m as she finished 9th with a PR time of 17:49.80 – 11 seconds better than her previous best.
• In the men's 5000m, Barnes (14:53.65) and Patrick Estes (15:02.23) both established PRs.

NEXT ON THE BLOCKS
Numerous Mavs are expected to qualify for the 2021 NCAA West Region Preliminary Round to be contested in College Station May 26-29. More information about those qualifiers – who will be in the top-48 in the West Region in their respective event – will be released in the coming days as they are finalized.
 
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