| March 25, 2005
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907
UTSA set for Texas Invitational Saturday
SAN ANTONIO – Fresh off a dominating performance at the Whataburger/UTSA Relays last weekend, the UTSA track and field teams travel up I-35 to compete in the Texas Invitational on Saturday, March 26, in Austin.
Field events get underway at 11 a.m., followed by running events at 1:30 p.m. UTSA will compete against teams from Texas, Texas-Pan American, Texas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Roadrunners combined to win 21 events and post five NCAA regional qualifying marks at the Whataburger/UTSA Relays last Friday-Saturday at Comalander Stadium.
Senior Rosalind Holmes was honored as Southland Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the third time this year after winning the 100 meters and running on UTSA’s victorious 4x200m relay team. Holmes clocked a regional qualifying 11.51 in the 100m prelims, the fastest time ever recorded at the meet, and cruised to gold in the final with an 11.53. Holmes helped the 4x200m foursome nearly eclipse the meet record with a 1:37.43 clocking. She also ran on runner-up 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
Freshman Cedric Harris continued to impress on the men’s side, winning the 100m with a regional 10.50 after posting a season-best 10.49 in the prelims. Harris also helped the 4x100m and 4x200m relay squads set meet records of 40.91 and 1:24.40, respectively.
Sophomore Morgan Moszee dominated in the horizontal jumps, winning the long jump with a personal best and regional qualifying 20-2 Ľ measure and skipping to top honors in the triple jump with a 37-1 effort.
Junior All-American Ryanne Dupree and sophomore Lyndsey Sidney both posted regional marks in the women’s 100m hurdles. Dupree won the final in 13.74 while Sidney posted a career-best 13.90 in the prelims to punch her ticket to the regional meet. Sidney also won the 400m hurdles.
Other winners on the women’s side included senior Chonna Wright (400m), freshman Rikki Gray (high jump), freshman Chelsea Malina (javelin), freshman Ashley Allen (heptathlon) and the shuttle hurdle relay.
Other winners for the men included junior David Burnett (400m), junior Justin Pitchford (800m), freshman Brian Weirich (1,500m), freshman Jaziel Crisostomo (3,000m), junior Joseph Burton (javelin) Bryan Wolfe (decathlon) and the 4x400m relay.
For complete meet information and results from the Texas Invitational, please visit http://www.texassports.com.
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