| April 8, 2006
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907 Men’s 4x1 breaks 40-second barrier on final day of Texas Relays Final Results | Wednesday/Thursday Recap | Friday Recap
AUSTIN, Texas – The UTSA men’s 4x100-meter relay team of junior Scott Briscoe (right) and sophomores Steven Brown, Cedric Harris and William Vese posted the first sub-40 second clocking in school history to highlight final day action at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday at Myers Stadium.
Vese, Briscoe, Harris and Brown passed the baton to a blistering time of 39.91 to finish fourth in the Invitational section of the 4x1. That time is an NCAA regional qualifier and breaks the school record of 40.15 set last year by Brown, Harris, Curtis Johnson and T.R. Sissel. Team USA’s Red squad won the race in 38.62, followed by USA Blue (39.36) and France (39.64).
The men’s 4x400m relay team of Briscoe, Sissel, senior David Burnett and junior Larry Brooks also was impressive, finishing fourth in the University final with a regional-qualifying 3:08.81. The same foursome clocked a season-best 3:08.22 on Friday in the prelims, the fourth-best time in school history. Houston won the race in 3:06.80.
The women’s distance medley relay team of senior Rita Lambert and juniors Diane Smith, Veronica Silva and Hope Jimenez finished ninth with a 12:08.77 clocking in a race won by Baylor in 11:19.45.
The men’s DMR of senior Justin Pitchford, sophomores Eric Miller and Dominic Brown and freshman Gaston Griffin finished 10th with a time of 10:19.38. Texas won the event in 9:48.56.
In other action, UTSA senior All-American Ryanne Dupree, competing unattached, finished seventh in the women’s Invitational 100m hurdles with a windy 13.57 two days after setting a personal best and qualifying for the U.S. Outdoor Championships with 5,606 points in the heptathlon.
The men return to the track on Friday-Sunday, April 14-16, when they travel to Walnut, Calif., to compete in the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays. The women are off until the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday, April 22.
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