SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA women’s track and field team opens the 2007 indoor season this Friday-Saturday, Jan. 19-20, at the Wes Kittley Invitational in Lubbock. The two-day meet gets underway at 3:30 p.m. Friday and continues through Saturday at Texas Tech’s Athletic Training Center.
The Roadrunners will compete against teams from Abilene Christian, McMurry, New Mexico JC, North Texas, SMU, South Plains College, Southwest (N.M.), Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas-Arlington, Texas Tech and Wayland Baptist. For complete meet information and results, please click here.
Head coach James Blackwood welcomes back 20 letterwinners, including seniors Jessica Bush, Ryanne Dupree, Hope Jimenez, Brianna Mendez, Lyndsey Sidney, Veronica Silva, Diane Smith and Crystal Ward.
Jimenez earned all-conference honors with an eighth-place finish at the Southland Conference (SLC) Cross Country Championships in October. She posted top-six finishes in middle distance races at both conference track meets last spring.
Sidney is a two-time regional qualifier and three-time all-conference performer in the hurdles and relays. She won a pair of conference titles with the indoor 4x400m relay and outdoor 4x100m relay in 2005.
Silva is the defending conference champion in the 800 meters, clocking a 2:12.79 for top honors at the SLC Outdoor in Arlington last May. She earned all-conference honors in cross country in 2005 with a seventh-place finish.
Smith is a six-time all-conference performer in the middle distances and relays, including a runner-up showing in the 800m at the 2006 SLC Outdoor. Smith ran on UTSA’s conference champion indoor 4x400m relay team in 2005 and runner-up indoor distance medley relay squad in 2006.
Dupree, a three-time All-American and two-time Southland Conference (SLC) Athlete of the Year, has one outdoor season of eligibility remaining. She finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships, scoring 4,193 points to break her own school record. Dupree has captured six individual or relay conference crowns and holds four school records.
