SAN ANTONIO — Fresh off an impressive showing at the UTSA Invitational last weekend, the UTSA track & field teams will make the short trek to San Marcos for the Charles Austin Classic on Friday-Saturday, March 24-25, at the Texas State University Track & Field Complex.
The Roadrunners will line up against athletes from Our Lady of the Lake, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas State, UIW and UTRGV in the two-day meet.
Action will get underway with the hammer throw beginning at 10 a.m. Friday with six distance races scheduled to start 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, field events are slated to begin at 10 a.m. and running events will follow at 2 p.m.
The Roadrunners won 10 events and piled up 26 top-three performances last weekend at their annual home meet. The women were victorious in six events and registered 12 podium finishes, while the men tallied four golds and 14 total medals.
Lauren Roy sped to victory in the 100 meters, cruising to a time of 11.86 seconds before returning to the oval later in the afternoon to clock a 23.93 for first in the 200m.
Marie Duvigneau made it a UTSA sweep of the sprints on the women's side, as the senior from France circled in 56.42.
Alanah Yukich also joined the winner's circle by cruising to gold in the 400m hurdles in 1:01.13 despite a stiff headwind down the final stretch.
The UTSA women also collected a pair of gold medals in the field. Ingeborg Gruenwald scored a close victory in the long jump with a leap of 5.78 meters (18-11.75). Marilis Remmel picked up UTSA's first victory of the weekend with a 45.94m (150-9) measurement to claim gold in the javelin on Friday night.
On the men's side, Trevion McCalla won the 100m in 10.73 and also teamed up with Antony Ma, Brice Chabot and Dennis Phillips for a winning time of 39.94 in the 4x100m relay.
Mike Roth clocked a 46.96 for victory in the 400m, while Jemuel Miller skipped to a distance of 15.54m (51-0) to win the triple jump, earning Conference USA Field Athlete of the Week accolades for the second time this year for his performance.
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