· Final results
HOUSTON — Led by sophomore Ashley Allen’s win in the pentathlon Friday and senior Lyndsey Sidney’s runner-up performance in the 60-meter hurdles, the UTSA women’s track and field team finished sixth at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships held at Bill Yeoman Field House.
Allen scored 3,630 points to win the pentathlon on Friday, helping UTSA to fourth place after the first six events on Friday.
Sidney skimmed the 60m hurdles in 8.71 for second place behind Northwestern State’s Shanae Steward (8.48), one day after posting a personal-best 8.54 in the semifinal round, which made her the No. 2 performer in school history. Freshman Jessica Jones finished fifth in 8.85 as UTSA scored 12 points in the event.
Senior Veronica Silva placed third in the 800m, clocking 2:18.10 for all-conference honors in a close race behind Katya Kostetskaya of Texas State (2:16.38) and Ida Landgraff of Texas-Arlington (2:17.18). Sophomore Brittney Britton was fifth in 2:20.76.
The 1,600-meter relay team of senior Diane Smith, freshman Ashley Jackson, Jones and junior Brittany Epps also picked up a third-place medal, passing the baton in 3:50.13.
Jackson also finished fourth in the 200m with a season-best 24.99, while Smith took sixth in the 400m in 57.11.
Senior Hope Jimenez added five points in two events, placing sixth in the mile in 5:09.42 and seventh in the 3,000m in 10:23.27.
The Roadrunners tallied 67 points for sixth place. Sam Houston State won its first-ever women’s indoor league crown with 135 points, followed by Texas State (112.92), Texas-Arlington (98.14), Stephen F. Austin (85.28) and Lamar (84.14).
