BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Luca Chatham, Gary Haasbroek and Danielle Spence all collected gold medals to headline action for UTSA on the final day of the Air Force Reserve Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the CrossPlex.
Chatham won the mile and Haasbroek, who was named C-USA Male Freshman of the Meet, claimed top honors in the heptathlon to help lead the men to a third-place finish in the team standings. The Roadrunners scored 96 points for their fifth straight and 18th overall top-three finish at a league indoor meet.
Meanwhile, Spence took top honors in the triple jump with a career performance on Sunday, joining pentathlon champion Gabriyella Torres atop the medal stand. The women accumulated 52 points for seventh place in the team race.
Chatham tallied 17.5 points for the men, as the senior also finished third in the 800 meters and anchored the distance medley relay team to a bronze medal on Saturday night. The Dallas native clocked a personal-best time of 4:10.09 to grab gold in the mile, becoming the program's seventh all-time conference champion in the event. He was joined on the podium by Monty Bertschy, who grabbed third with a personal best 4:11.82. Chatham came back less than 90 minutes later and crossed third in the 800m in 1:52.56.
Haasbroek scored 15 points after winning the heptathlon Sunday and finishing sixth in the long jump and seventh in the pole vault on Friday. The freshman from Australia entered the second day of the heptathlon in the lead with 3,133 points. He clocked an 8.53 in the 60-meter hurdles before setting a C-USA Indoor heptathlon pole vault record with a 16-4 ¾ (5.00m) clearance. He cruised to his second combined-event victory in as many tries with a 3:00.17 clocking in the 1,000m and finished with 5,559 points. Haasbroek, who set the UTSA and Australian national record with 5,949 points last month, becomes the program's sixth conference champion in the heptathlon and the first since Tommy Wolfe won the 2009 Southland Conference Indoor title.
Haasbroek led an 18-point effort by the Roadrunners in the heptathlon, as Jake McDaniel took the bronze medal and Justin Wright placed seventh. McDaniel turned in a personal-best 4,999 points, as the junior from Houston sped to an 8.73 clocking in the 60m hurdles, cleared 12-1 ½ (3.70m) in the pole vault and timed 2:53.11 in the 1,000m. Wright, a freshman from Dripping Springs, scored 4,342 points after posting an 8.62 in the 60m hurdles, a 12-1 ½ (3.70m) clearance in the pole vault and a 2:59.61 clocking in the 1,000m.
Patrick Prince made a pair of podium appearances on Sunday despite a short turnaround between the two events. The senior All-American clocked a 7.89 to grab runner-up honors in the 60m hurdles, his third C-USA Indoor top-three finish. The Conroe returned to the straightaway less than half an hour later and stopped the clock in 6.92 for fifth place in the 60m.
Andre Douglas collected a bronze medal in the triple jump. The sophomore from Jamaica skipped to a 50-6 (15.3m) measurement on his second of six attempts to secure his second career trip to the podium at the league's indoor meet.
Spence grabbed gold in the women's triple jump a day after winning silver in the long jump, totaling 18 points for the Roadrunners. A sophomore from Jamaica, she leaped to a career-best 43-10 ½ (13.37m) mark on her second attempt and bettered her own UTSA record in the process.
Caroline Bellows also posted a PR en route to collecting the bronze medal in the pole vault. The senior from George West topped 12-8 (3.86m) for third place and the No. 2 spot on UTSA's all-time performers list in the event.
On the track, Olivia Esemena narrowly missed a spot on the podium with a fourth-place time of 7.50 in the 60m, while Darionne Gibson clocked a 56.26 for sixth in the 400m.
In the field, Maia Campbell placed fifth in the shot put with a 47-8 (14.53m) mark one day after taking sixth in the weight throw.
UTSA Results
MEN
60 Meters (prelims)
8. Patrick Prince 6.88q
11. Kaleb Campbell 6.91
19. Desmond Jefferson 6.96
23. Mikael Dawkins 7.02
23. Davante Edwards 7.02
60 Meters (final)
5. Patrick Prince 6.92
200 Meters (prelims)
12. Vasha Sheriff 21.81
20. Kaleb Campbell 22.37
21. Mikael Dawkins 22.38
400 Meters (prelims)
7. Vasha Sheriff 47.87q
11. Austin Crocker 48.62
16. Chris Rosales 49.68
19. Jonathan Boozer 50.19
400 Meters (final)
5. Vasha Sheriff 47.09
800 Meters (prelims)
3. Luca Chatham 1:55.62Q
13. Zack Kovar 1:56.78
15. Caleb Devereaux 1:58.64
16. Cameron Hudson 1:58.99
800 Meters (final)
3. Luca Chatham 1:52.56
Mile (prelims)
4. Luca Chatham 4:20.54Q
9. Monty Bertschy 4:18.63q
Mile (final)
1. Luca Chatham 4:10.09
3. Monty Bertschy 4:11.82
3,000 Meters
20. Josh Rodriguez 8:45.97
26. Martin Luevano 8:55.24
5,000 Meters
18. Josh Rodriguez 15:44.73
60-Meter Hurdles (prelims)
2. Patrick Prince 7.93Q
12. Devall Harris 8.43
14. Justin Wright 8.59
60-Meter Hurdles (final)
2. Patrick Prince 7.89
4x400-Meter Relay
5. Andrew Pirog, Vasha Sheriff, Austin Crocker, Chris Rosales 3:13.95
Distance Medley Relay
3. Monty Bertschy, Andrew Pirog, Zack Kovar, Luca Chatham 10:14.65
High Jump
4. Davante Edwards 2.10m (6-10 ¾)
5. Jake McDaniel 2.05m (6-8 ¾)
9. Jamal Anderson 1.90m (6-2 ¾)
10 Gary Haasbroek 1.90m (6-2 ¾)
Pole Vault
7. Gary Haasbroek 4.88m (16-0)
Long Jump
6. Gary Haasbroek 7.18m (23-6 ¾)
9. Jake McDaniel 6.87m (22-6 ½)
10. Andre Douglas 6.87m (22-6 ½)
Triple Jump
3. Andre Douglas 15.39m (50-6)
9. Jamal Anderson 14.55m (47-9)
Shot Put
11. Steven Thomas 14.72m (48-3 ½)
13. Mike Zuniga 14.53m (47-8)
19. Vincent Perez 13.09m (42-11 ½)
Weight Throw
3. Vincent Perez 19.63m (64-5)
5. Steven Thomas 18.35m (60-2 ½)
Heptathlon
1. Gary Haasbroek 5,559 points
60 Meters (7.02/875); Long Jump (7.27m [23-10 ¼]/878); Shot Put (11.20m [36-9]/558; High Jump (2.02m [6-7 ½]/822); 60-Meter Hurdles (8.53/853); Pole Vault (5.00m [16-4 ¾]/910; 1,000 Meters (3:00.17/663)
3. Jake McDaniel 4,999 points
60 Meters (7.38/752); Long Jump (6.82m [22-4 ½]/771); Shot Put (11.57m [37-11 ½]/580); High Jump (2.02m [6-7 ½]/822); 60-Meter Hurdles (8.73/806); Pole Vault (3.70m [12-1 ½]/535); 1,000 Meters (2:53.11/733)
7. Justin Wright 4,342 points
60 Meters (7.63/671); Long Jump (6.02m [19-9]/591); Shot Put (9.58m [31-5 ¼]/460; High Jump (1.75m [5-8 ¾]/585); 60-Meter Hurdles (8.62/832); Pole Vault (3.70m [12-1 ½]/535); 1,000 Meters 2:59.61
WOMEN
60 Meters (prelims)
8. Olivia Esemena 7.57q
19. Vera Chinedu 7.75
60 Meters
4. Olivia Esemena 7.50
200 Meters (prelims)
18. Olivia Esemena 24.99
400 Meters (prelims)
3. Darionne Gibson 55.93q
12. Orla Brothers 56.81
16. Erin Wilson 57.83
21. Sierra Andres 58.49
400 Meters (final)
6. Darionne Gibson 56.26
Mile (prelims)
11. Amber Boyd 5:05.27
19. Charlette Janicek 5:14.76
3,000 Meters
27. Amber Boyd 10:31.03
32. Abby Balli 10:39.90
40. Charlette Janicek 10:53.44
60-Meter Hurdles (prelims)
12. Gabriyella Torres 9.09
4x400-Meter Relay
7. Sierra Andres, Orla Brothers, Creshaun Cresser, Erin Wilson 3:47.42
Distance Medley Relay
8. Colleen Gilbert, Creshaun Cresser, Rian Rodriguez, Amber Boyd 12:29.72
High Jump
10. Gabriyella Torres 1.66m (5-5 ¼)
Pole Vault
3. Caroline Bellows 3.86m (12-8)
Long Jump
2. Danielle Spence 6.01m (19-8 ¾)
12. Briana Washington 5.58m (18-3 ¾)
14. Gabriyella Torres 5.55m (18-2 ½)
Triple Jump
1. Danielle Spence 13.37m (43-10 ½)
Shot Put
5. Maia Campbell 14.53m (47-8)
12. Lacee Barnes 13.04m (42-9 ½)
Weight Throw
6. Maia Campbell 18.19m (59-8 ¼)
16. Faith Olszak 16.27m (53-4 ½)
22. Cynthia Gonzales 14.46m (47-5 ¼)
24. Lacee Barnes 13.86m (45-5 ¾)
Pentathlon
1. Gabriyella Torres 3,722 points
60-Meter Hurdles (9.00/910); High Jump (1.65m [5-5]/795); Shot Put (10.41m [34-2]/556); Long Jump (5.55m [18-2 ½]/715); 800 Meters (2:25.82/746)
12. Chase Whiting 3,040 points
60-Meter Hurdles (9.23/862); High Jump (1.47m [4-9 ¾]/588; Shot Put (9.09m [29-10]/470); Long Jump (5.13m [16-10/595); 800 Meters (2:44.23/525)
