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| Senior All-American Teddy Williams posted the nation's sixth-fastest 60-meters time (6.68) on Saturday. |
HOUSTON — Senior All-American Teddy Williams improved his ranking on the NCAA's 60-meter dash leaderboard to highlight the UTSA men's track & field team's two days of action at this weekend's Houston Invitational/Multis.
Williams raced to a season-best and NCAA provisional 6.68 in finishing as the top collegian (third overall) on Saturday and that performance moved him from 12th to seventh nationally. Earlier in the day, the Tyler native peeled off a 6.75 in the prelims, which was the third-fastest qualifying time.
Meanwhile, freshman Tyler Williamson won the long jump B flight on Friday with the third-longest performance in program history. The Houston native broke the sand with a leap of 23-9/7.24m to win the event by more than four inches. The measurement ranks second on this year's Southland Conference leaderboard.
Freshman Richard Garrett Jr. continued his hot start to begin his career. The Garland native hurled the shot put 56-9 ½/17.31m on Saturday and was a mere four-and-three-quarter inches behind winner Adonson Shallow of Southeastern Louisiana. The current Southland leader now has placed second or better in all three meets this season.
The Birds saw two of their entries earn medals in the 800m on Saturday, as juniors Brandon Chiuminetta (1:56.23) and Canel Cole (1:56.51) finished second and third, respectively.
Junior Kyle Kaase cleared a personal-best 15-7/4.75m in Saturday's heptathlon pole vault competition and moved from 10th on the league's ledger to second.
UTSA returns to the track next weekend at the prestigious New Balance Invitational in New York City (Feb. 5-6) and Houston All-Comers (Feb. 6).
Williams raced to a season-best and NCAA provisional 6.68 in finishing as the top collegian (third overall) on Saturday and that performance moved him from 12th to seventh nationally. Earlier in the day, the Tyler native peeled off a 6.75 in the prelims, which was the third-fastest qualifying time.
Meanwhile, freshman Tyler Williamson won the long jump B flight on Friday with the third-longest performance in program history. The Houston native broke the sand with a leap of 23-9/7.24m to win the event by more than four inches. The measurement ranks second on this year's Southland Conference leaderboard.
Freshman Richard Garrett Jr. continued his hot start to begin his career. The Garland native hurled the shot put 56-9 ½/17.31m on Saturday and was a mere four-and-three-quarter inches behind winner Adonson Shallow of Southeastern Louisiana. The current Southland leader now has placed second or better in all three meets this season.
The Birds saw two of their entries earn medals in the 800m on Saturday, as juniors Brandon Chiuminetta (1:56.23) and Canel Cole (1:56.51) finished second and third, respectively.
Junior Kyle Kaase cleared a personal-best 15-7/4.75m in Saturday's heptathlon pole vault competition and moved from 10th on the league's ledger to second.
UTSA returns to the track next weekend at the prestigious New Balance Invitational in New York City (Feb. 5-6) and Houston All-Comers (Feb. 6).