SAN ANTONIO ? The UTSA women’s track & field team will travel to Nacogdoches to compete in the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by Stephen F. Austin this Friday-Sunday, May 8-10, at Homer Bryce Stadium.
The three-day meet kicks off with the first event in the heptathlon ? the 100-meter hurdles ? at 10:30 a.m. on Friday and continues through the 1,600m relay slated for 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The Roadrunners scored 70.66 points to finish fourth at last year’s meet. Jessica Jones won the 100m hurdles with a 13.76 clocking, while Dana Mecke posted runner-up finishes in the 800m (2:12.16) and 1,500m (4:36.51) and Aimee Jonas placed third in the heptathlon (4,746).
Sam Houston State is the defending champion, as the Bearkats tallied 175.5 points to capture the 2008 crown at their home complex. For complete meet information and real time results, click here.
UTSA has several athletes who rank at or near the top of their respective events on the latest SLC performance list.
Jones, a junior from Hightower High, leads the league in the 100m hurdles with a personal-best and NCAA regional-qualifying time of 13.74 posted at the Texas Twilight on April 18, while Jonas has registered the SLC’s second-best point total in the heptathlon, a 4,612-point effort at the Texas Relays on April 3-4.
In the distance events, sophomore Jayde James ranks third in the 800m (2:13.75) and seventh in the 1,500m (4:43.14), while freshman Courtney Nelson stands seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:57.35). In the field, sophomore Rebekah Hill is third in the triple jump (39-0 ?), while freshman Amber Byars ranks sixth in the discus (139-3).
UTSA has won five outdoor championships in its SLC history, three in a row from 1992-94 and back-to-back in 1996-97. The Roadrunners have finished in the top five each of the last five years, including two consecutive fourth-place efforts. Individually, UTSA has captured 49 team and relay titles and the Roadrunners hold meet records in five different events ? Tameka Roberts in the 100m (11.25), 200m (22.94) and long jump (6.66m), Ryanne Dupree in the heptathlon (5,818) and Rosalyn King, Tamny Booker, Lisa Addison and Portia Matthews in the 4x400m relay (3:34.05).
