AUSTIN, Texas – The Mavericks start a busy day at the Texas Relays with athletes also competing down the road at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational.
Joel Bengtsson continues his stellar season with a trip to the finals in the men's 110-meter hurdles. He finished 9th and matched his collegiate personal record of 13.54, the same time he ran in the prelims at Texas Relays last season.
Khalid Mendez set a collegiate PR in the men's 100-meter dash timed final with a time of 10.52. He placed 37th in a field with almost 150 athletes.
In the women's timed final,
Madison Pippins placed 5th with a collegiate PR of 11.51.
Mikeya Washington also set a colligate PR of 11.73, placing 23rd out of 127 athletes.
Shelby West,
Glodis Thuridardottir,
Zaire Moore and
Tatyana Terrell competed in the 4x400 meter relay prelims and finished 23rd with a season's best time of 3:44.70.
The women's 4x100 meter relay team,
Madison Pippins,
Adeyemi Talabi,
Tatyana Terrell and
Mikeya Washington competed in the prelims and finished 22nd with a time of 45.63.
In the men's distance medley,
Jackson Cichon started strong with a 3:04.93 in the 1200-meter followed by Jarvis miles with a 48.58 400-meter split and ended with
Jacob Ye in the 800-meter and Alfredo Corona closing with a 4:15.98 1600-meter. They finished in 9th place with a time of 10:04.83.
Down the road at the Bobcat Invitational, Tayana Terrell and
Madison Pippins both set collegiate PRs in the women's 200-meter. Terrell finished in the top 10 with a time of 23.79 and not far behind was Pippins in 12th with a time of 23.91.
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