AUSTIN – UTSA closed its time at the 91st annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with five top-10 finishes on Saturday afternoon.
Mia Hicks was the first Roadrunner to compete on Saturday, placing sixth in the 'B' section of the women's discus. The junior from Conroe, Texas finished with a best hurl of 48.21m. Hicks, who holds the UTSA discus record, achieved her best distance of the day on her second attempt in the circle.
The men's 4x800m relay team of Zack Kovar, Luca Chatham, Caleb Devereaux and Marcus Guajardo finished fourth with a time of 7:43.01. Kovar, a freshman, ran the 800m distance in 1:56.39, Chatham, a junior, in 1:51.33, Devereaux, a sophomore, in 1:55.75 and Guajardo, a sophomore, in 1:59.56.
De'Stini Henderson, Jennifer Arinze, Olivia Esemena, Darionne composed the Roadrunners' women's 4x200m relay team. The quartet crossed the line in 1:38.83 to place third in their heat and sixth overall in the 11-team field. The men's team of Kaleb Campbell, Byron Taylor, Jahkwan Blackley and Vasha Sheriff clocked a 1:25.48 to place third it their heat and eighth of 11 overall.
Patrick Prince, a junior from Conroe, Texas, ran a 13.80 in the finals of 110m hurdles, placing eighth overall. Prince's time is only .01 behind his season/career-best of 13.79 that he clocked on March 16 at the UTSA Invitational.
Up next
UTSA will send full teams to the Baylor Invitational in Waco on Saturday, March 7.
UTSA RESULTS
TRACK EVENTS
400m hurdles prelim (women)
41. Christy Gilbert – 1:02.42
59. Sierra Andres – 1:04.04
400m hurdles prelim (men)
47. Andrew Pirog – 53.68
110m hurdles prelim
7. Patrick Prince – 13.92
110m hurdles final
8. Patrick Prince – 13.80
100m hurdles prelim
25. Jamiah Jackson – 13.84
27. Victoria Rausch – 13.87
4x400m relay prelim (women)
11. Darionne Gibson, Jennifer Arinze, Sierra Andres, Jamiah Jackson – 3:42.92
4x400m relay prelim (men)
13. Andrew Pirog, Vasha Sheriff, Austin Crocker, Byron Taylor – 3:11.34
Women's discus section B
6. Mia Hicks – 48.21m
4x800m relay (men)
4. Zack Kovar, Luca Chatham, Caleb Devereaux, Marcus Guajardo – 7:43.01
4x200m relay (women)
6. De'Stini Henderson, Jennifer Arinze, Olivia Esemena, Darionne Gibson – 1:38.83
4x200m relay (men)
8. Kaleb Campbell, Byron Taylor, Jahkwan Blackley, Vasha Sheriff – 1:25.48
Brendan Maloney