HOUSTON — UTSA earned three gold medals and a total of six podium finishes at Friday's season-opening Houston Opener.
Leading the way were double winners Christopher Hall and Jurmarcus Shelvin.
Hall won the 200 meters in 22.19 and Shelvin was victorious in the quarter with a time of 49.83. The pair later joined Keyunta Hayes and Dionte Robinson for a win in the final event of the meet, the 1,600m relay. The foursome passed the baton in 3:19.23 en route to gold.
Meanwhile, Victor Perez finished second in the weight throw with a career-best toss of 55-9 ¼ (17.00m). That mark was nearly 11 feet better than his previous PR established at last season's Conference USA Championships and he now stands in fourth place on the program's all-time performers list.
The Roadrunners also received third-place efforts from Andrew Akens in the shot put (57-2/17.42m) and Andris Vistins in the weight throw (55-4 ¼/16.87m).
UTSA will return to action next Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Texas A&M Team Invitational.