AUSTIN — UTSA won both relay races on Saturday and the Roadrunners finished fourth in the team standings at this weekend's Longhorn Invitational.
The 400-meter relay squad of De'Stini Henderson, Syd Howells, Olivia Esemena and Darionne Gibson passed the baton in 46.48 en route to winning the event.
Meanwhile, the 1,600m relay foursome of Lynette Amaram, Rian Rodriguez, Stephanie Sauceda and Jayela Slack circled the Mike A. Myers Stadium oval four times in 4:06.02 en route to its gold medal.
Four Roadrunners, led by Gibson's third-place performance, placed among the top eight in the 400m.
Gibson clocked a career-best 55.27 on her way to to finishing as the second-fastest collegian. Paige Patterson was right behind in fourth place (55.49), while Sierra Andres (PR 55.93) and Jennifer Arinze (56.02) placed seventh and eighth, respectively.
UTSA received a 3-4 finish from Howells and Henderson in the 100m.
Howells crossed the finish line in a wind-aided time of 11.48, while Henderson clocked an 11.49, which now stands as the fifth-fastest time in program history and she now ranks third in this year's Conference USA standings.
Howells also raced to fourth place in the 200m after running the curve in 23.40, but it was the second-fastest time by a collegian.
Gabriyella Torres finished fourth in the high jump with a new personal record of 5-8 (1.73m). The two-and-a quarter-inch improvement from her previous career best moved her all the way up to second place on this year's league leaderboard.
"It is nice to see all the hard work we have been putting in starting to pay off," Torres said. "I have been extremely patient all year. High jump is my main event and I am glad all the elements are coming together at the right time."
Caroline Bellows tied for seventh in the pole vault when she matched her career best with a clearance of 11-11 ¾ (3.65m).
N'Dia Warren-Jacques was seventh in the shot put with measurement of 48-5 ½ (14.77m).
Mia Hicks finished seventh in the discus with a toss of 156-1 (47.59m).
Meet host Texas captured the team title with 141 points, while Minnesota scored 134 en route to second place. TCU rounded out the top three with 97 and the Roadrunners were fourth with their 75.
"This weekend was a great tune-up for the conference championship," Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox said. "We came out and competed against some of the nation's best and we are in a great place heading into the conference meet."
UTSA will take next weekend off before traveling to El Paso in two weeks for the C-USA Championships, which are scheduled to be contested from May 11-14.
