AUSTIN — UTSA's 1,600-meter relay earned a silver medal with the fourth-fastest time in program history on Saturday to highlight the Roadrunners' final day of action at this weekend's Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
The quartet of Jennifer Arinze, Shantel Swift, Evelyn Clark and Paige Patterson circled the Mike A. Myers Stadium oval four times in a season-best 3:39.01 en route to second place and that performance now stands in fourth place on the school's all-time list. The foursome only finished behind Purdue (3:35.05) in the field of nine mile relay squads and it now holds a commanding five-and-a-half second lead in the Conference USA standings. The group has finished no worse than third in all four of its races this season.
The Roadrunners also received an eighth-place effort from Stephanie Wangui in the 1,500m on the final day of the four-day meet. The senior from Leander crossed the finish line in a personal-record time of 4:28.15, which was more than a second faster than her previous career best established a year ago. It now stands as the league's top mark this spring.
UTSA will return home next weekend to host the Roadrunners Invitational. The two-day meet is scheduled to get underway on Friday, April 8, at Park West Athletics Complex.