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| Senior Dana Mecke won the mile and was second in the 800m at this weekend's meet. |
HOUSTON — Senior Dana Mecke won the mile and posted a runner-up showing in the 800 meters to lead a solid effort by the UTSA women’s track & field team at the Houston Invitational/Multis held Friday-Saturday at Bill Yeoman Field House.
The Smithson Valley High product registered a personal record in her victorious mile run, stopping the clock in a time of 4:54.77 to better her previous best of 4:56.64 turned in at the same meet one year ago. Mecke beat Nicole Mericle, running unattached, to the line by less than a second (4:55.36), while senior Pernilla Savestrand was fourth in 5:05.96.
Mecke was the second collegian to cross in the 800m, contested about two hours later. She timed a 2:13.19 for third overall in the race won by Rice’s Keltie John in 2:10.65.
In the field, freshman Brooke Townzen matched her school record in the pole vault for the third consecutive week, clearing 11-1 ¾ to finish third. Freshman school record-holder Katie Bragg also picked up a bronze medal in the weight throw, measuring 53-4 ¼.
Freshman Zaquita McClanahan nearly put her name at the top of the UTSA shot put list with her fourth-place throw of 45-1 ¾, which at 13.76 meters was just shy of Kim Bush’s school standard of 13.79m posted in 1993.
Freshman Jessica Edwards leaped to a 17-0 ½ measure to finish fourth among collegians and ninth overall in the long jump, while freshman Shartanae Swearengin tallied 3,230 points for a third-place finish in the pentathlon. Junior Aimee Jonas was eighth in the pentathlon with 3,037 points and junior Shavonne Armbrister clocked a 58.66 for fourth in the “B” section of the 400m.
The Roadrunners will split their squad next weekend between the New Balance Invitational in New York City (Feb. 5-6) and the Houston All-Comers (Feb. 6).
The Smithson Valley High product registered a personal record in her victorious mile run, stopping the clock in a time of 4:54.77 to better her previous best of 4:56.64 turned in at the same meet one year ago. Mecke beat Nicole Mericle, running unattached, to the line by less than a second (4:55.36), while senior Pernilla Savestrand was fourth in 5:05.96.
Mecke was the second collegian to cross in the 800m, contested about two hours later. She timed a 2:13.19 for third overall in the race won by Rice’s Keltie John in 2:10.65.
In the field, freshman Brooke Townzen matched her school record in the pole vault for the third consecutive week, clearing 11-1 ¾ to finish third. Freshman school record-holder Katie Bragg also picked up a bronze medal in the weight throw, measuring 53-4 ¼.
Freshman Zaquita McClanahan nearly put her name at the top of the UTSA shot put list with her fourth-place throw of 45-1 ¾, which at 13.76 meters was just shy of Kim Bush’s school standard of 13.79m posted in 1993.
Freshman Jessica Edwards leaped to a 17-0 ½ measure to finish fourth among collegians and ninth overall in the long jump, while freshman Shartanae Swearengin tallied 3,230 points for a third-place finish in the pentathlon. Junior Aimee Jonas was eighth in the pentathlon with 3,037 points and junior Shavonne Armbrister clocked a 58.66 for fourth in the “B” section of the 400m.
The Roadrunners will split their squad next weekend between the New Balance Invitational in New York City (Feb. 5-6) and the Houston All-Comers (Feb. 6).