SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA women's track & field team will return to action this weekend at the Houston Invitational. The two-day meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Friday at Yeoman Fieldhouse.
Saturday's action is slated to start at 9 a.m. and a rolling schedule of events will follow throughout the day (click here for the complete schedule).
Athletes from Houston Baptist, Lamar, Louisiana-Monroe, Prairie View A&M, Rice, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State, Texas, Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern and Trinty will compete in addition to the Roadrunners and host Cougars.
Elesha Alyn led UTSA at last Saturday's Texas A&M Aggies Invitational. The senior from Miami, Fla., finished fourth in the triple jump to pace the Roadrunners for the second consecutive week. Alyn, who currently ranks second in Conference USA in her specialty event, skipped to a measurement of 40-2 ¼ (12.25m) in the field of eight jumpers.
Meanwhile, the 1,600-meter relay quartet of Chelsea Taylor, Paige Patterson, Sierra Andres and Jennifer Arinze passed the baton in 3:44.32, which now stands as the fourth-best time in program history. UTSA, which finished fifth in the meet's final event, moved into third place on the league leaderboard.
The other Roadrunner that ranks among the top five in the circuit is Gabriyella Torres, who stands fifth in the high jump with a mark of 5-6 ½ (1.69m), which came in a third-place performance at the season-opening Texas A&M Team Invitational.
