HOUSTON, Texas – It was a day full of personal bests and top finishes for the UT Arlington's track and field teams.
Freshman
Calen Jones finished 2nd overall in the men's high jump with a PR mark of 2.14m. This puts him at the top of the WAC leaderboards and ties him for 31st in the nation. This is also a top 5 mark in program history.
Senior
Joel Bengtsson finished in 2nd place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.95, and finished the preliminary round with a time of 7.92. He still stands atop the WAC leaderboards and is tied for 17th in the nation.
Khalid Mendez matched his PR in the men's 60m preliminary round with a time of 6.91 to qualify for the finals. In the finals, Mendez went on to set a new PR with a time of 6.89 and a 5th place finish. He also finished 4th in the men's 200m with a time of 21.96.
4 Mavericks made the women's 60m finals, with freshman
Diamond Mathis setting a PR with a time of 7.60.
Mikeya Washington also finished with a time of 7.60.
Faith Shaw finished with a time of 7.74 and
Madison Pippins finished with a time of 7.85. All 4 of them sit in the top 20 of the WAC standings with Washington sitting in 3rd,
Diamond Mathis moves into a tie for 4th with teammate
Adeyemi Talabi, while
Faith Shaw moves into 10th and
Madison Pippins sits in 17th.
Malaiya Jedkins set a new indoor PR in the women's triple jump with a mark of 12.52m and a 2nd place finish. She currently sits in 2nd overall in the WAC standings.
Marvin Walford tied his indoor PR in the men's triple jump of 14.77m for a 4th place finish and moves him into 5th in the WAC standings.
In the men's 3000m, the top 3 finishers were all Mavericks.
Rogelio Aguirre set a new PR with a time of 8:27.70 and a 1st place finish. This also placed Aguirre in the top 20 of the WAC standings, landing at 18. Alfredo Corona finished in 2nd with a time of 8:30.49.
Patrick Estes set a new PR with a time of 8:30.91 for a 3rd place finish.
Lucas Van Klaveren set a new indoor PR in the men's 400m with a time of 49.20 and a 7th place finish. He currently sits 16th overall in the WAC standings.
Tatyana Terrell had a pair of 2nd place finishes, in the women's 200m with a time of 24.40 and in the women's 400m with a time of 56.11.
Simona Cabella finished 2nd in the women's pole vault with a mark of 3.75m, nearly besting her PR of 3.88m.
Isabel Borrego finished 2nd overall in the women's 3000m with a time of 10:25.90.
In the women's weight throw,
Abigail Flores finished 3rd overall with a mark of 17.16m. She now sits in 8th place of the WAC leaderboards.
Among the other UTA top-10 finishers and/or personal bests set on Friday:
- McKinley Novacek finished 4th in the women's high jump, matching her PR mark of 1.65m.
- Erlend Raa tied for 4th in the men's high jump with a mark of 2.04m, nearly besting his PR of 2.05m.
- Josh Hoekendorf set a PR in the men's weight throw with a distance of 16.48m. He now sits in 9th in the WAC standings.
- Racheal Hartley set a new PR in the women's 3000m with a time of 10:44.03, good for an 8th place finish.
- Scarlett Johnson set 2 PRs today. First in the women's mile with a time of 5:26.29 and then in the 3000m with a time of 11:00.06 and a 10th place finish.
- Lauren Walls-Portillo finished 6th in the women's 800m with a time of 2:19.39.
- Tres Rodriguez set a new indoor PR in the men's shot put with a mark of 14.56m, moving him into 13th place in the WAC standings.
- Shelby West qualified for the finals in the women's 60m hurdles, finishing 6th overall in the finals with a time of 9.07.
- Brady Shadrick posted a new PR in the men's shot put with a mark of 12.56.
- Krianne McBride finished 9th in the women's 800m with a time of 2:19.62.
- Jackson Cichon finished 5th in the men's 800m with a time of 1:54.57.
- In the men's 200m: Davontay Kennedy finished 5th with a time of 22.02, Robert Griffin finished 7th with a time of 22.12 and Jarvis Miles finished 9th with a time of 22.40.
NEXT UP
The regular season for indoor is over as UTA prepares for the WAC Indoor Championships starting on February 24 and lasting through the 26 in Spokane, Washington.
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