AUSTIN, Texas — The UTSA track & field teams registered five top-three finishes on Saturday at the Texas Invitational, totaling eight for the two-day meet held at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Following a pair of wins on Friday by Sigrid Kleive and Alanah Yukich, the Roadrunners added three runner-up performances from Bashiru Abdullahi, Jemuel Miller and Idol Ramon in their final tune-up for the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in two weeks.
Abdullahi turned in a narrow second-place showing in the men's 110-meter hurdles on Saturday afternoon. The senior All-American and defending league champion clocked a time of 13.71 seconds for the silver just behind Texas' Kendrick Smallwood, who crossed in 13.70. It marked his second top-two finish of the month after he sped to a winning time of 13.65 at the Cactus Cup on April 15.
Miller, a two-time All-American and reigning conference champion, also finished second among collegiate competitors on Saturday. The Barbados native skipped to a mark of 15.50m (50-10.25) to place third overall in the men's triple jump behind O'Brien Wasome, competing unattached, and Florida State's Jeremiah Davis.
In the Saturday night distance carnival, Ramon led a quartet of Roadrunners who placed in the top six in the men's 3,000m steeplechase. The Harlingen, Texas, native clocked a personal-best time of 9:31.43 for runner-up honors, just ahead of Landon Blankenship's third-place time of 9:42.02. Spencer Herbstritt and Gabe Hernandez were fifth (10:11.98) and sixth (10:12.68), respectively.
Meanwhile, the women's 4x400m relay team of Geraldy Barron, Amanda Esparza, Joy Baxter and Sarah Bell logged the other podium finish of the day, placing third with a 3:56.17 clocking.
A day after finishing as the top collegian in the 400m hurdles, Yukich turned in a career-best time in the 400m for fourth place among collegians and eighth overall. The Australian clocked a 54.19 to move into fourth on UTSA's all-time performers list and improve her previous PB of 54.50 posted on this same track at the Longhorn Invitational in March.
Madi Henry also moved into the program's top-five list on Saturday, as the senior from New Braunfels timed an 11:16.17 to finish fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase and move into fifth on the school's career performers chart.
In other action, the men's 4x100m relay squad of Antony Ma, Brice Chabot, Trevion McCalla and Dennis Phillips clocked a 39.92 for fourth place and their third sub-40-second performance of the year. Abby Balli was sixth overall and fourth among collegians in the women's 800m in 2:14.50, Sabrina Goains took fourth place in the women's 5,000m with a time of 18:55.47 and Michael Campbell finished fifth in the men's shot put with a measurement of 16.86m (55-3.75).
Gabriel Binion placed fifth overall and fourth among collegians in the men's triple jump after measuring 14.89m (48-10.25), while Oreoluwa Adamson was fourth on the women's side with a mark of 12.55m (41-2.25).
The Roadrunners will take next weekend off before traveling to Denton, Texas, for the conference meet on May 11-14.
Texas Invitational
Friday-Saturday, April 28-29
Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas
UTSA Results
Men
100 Meters
10. (7.) Trevion McCalla 10.39
200 Meters (Friday)
8. (6.) Dennis Phillips 20.82
9. (7.) Brice Chabot 20.87
12. (10.) Trevion McCalla 21.11
14. (12.) Logan Masters 21.20
19. (16.) Jack Turner 21.59
22. (19.) Joel McFarlane 21.85
24. (21.) Lirim Emerllahu 22.35
27. (23.) Zachary Perkins 22.83
800 Meters
11. (10.) Chuey Hernandez 1:58.20
110-Meter Hurdles
2. Bashiru Abdullahi 13.71
400-Meter Hurdles (Friday)
10. (8.) Gabriel Green 56.45
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
2. Idol Ramon 9:31.43
3. Landon Blankenship 9:42.02
5. Spencer Herbstritt 10:11.98
6. Gabe Hernandez 10:12.68
4x100-Meter Relay
4. UTSA (Antony Ma, Brice Chabot, Trevion McCalla, Dennis Phillips) 39.92
High Jump
8. Jack Turner 1.90m (6-2.75)
- Joel McFarlane NH
Long Jump (Friday)
8. (7.) Gabriel Binion 7.34m (24-1)
9. (8.) Jacob Jenkins 7.33mw! (24-0.75/+4.8)
Triple Jump
3. (2.) Jemuel Miller 15.50m (50-10.25)
5. (4). Gabriel Binion 14.89m (48-10.25)
Shot Put
5. Michael Campbell 16.86m (55-3.75)
8. Paul Bouey 16.45m (53-11.75)
9. Angel Robles 16.12m (52-10.75)
Discus Throw
16. Paul Bouey 45.39m (148-11)
Javelin Throw (Friday)
4. Joel McFarlane 52.68m (172-10)
Hammer Throw
12. Angel Robles 42.06m (138-0)
Women
100 Meters
11. (8.) Lauren Roy 11.64w (+3.8)
12. (9.) Thennelle Williams 11.74w! (+5.2)
23. (19.) Leah Smith 12.45w (+3.8)
200 Meters (Friday)
9. (5.) Thennelle Williams 23.47w (+2.3)
11. (7.) Lauren Roy 23.57w (+2.3)
19. (15.) Geraldy Barron 24.59
22. (18.) Ibiso David-West 25.17
400 Meters
8. (4.) Alanah Yukich 54.19
15. (9.) Marie Duvigneau 56.39
16. (10.) Amanda Esparza 56.39
17. (11.) Ibiso David-West 56.99
18. (12.) Geraldy Barron 57.89
800 Meters
6. (4.) Abby Balli 2:14.50
10. (8.) Maddy Blair 2:21.30
1,500 Meters
14. (13.) Luzaan De Wit 4:51.05
5,000 Meters
4. Sabrina Goains 18:55.47
100-Meter Hurdles
13. (7.) Ayumi Kobayashi 14.13
400-Meter Hurdles (Friday)
2. (1.) Alanah Yukich 57.74
8. (6.) Mackenzie Grimes 1:04.32
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
4. Madi Henry 11:16.17
7. Savannah Lopez 11:39.05
4x400-Meter Relay
3. UTSA (Geraldy Barron, Amanda Esparza, Joy Baxter, Sarah Bell) 3:56.17
High Jump
8. (7.) Sigrid Kleive 1.65m (5-5)
- Maren Wilms NH
Long Jump (Friday)
4. (3.) Ingeborg Gruenwald 6.11mw! (20-0.5/+4.5)
5. (4.) Oreoluwa Adamson 6.03mw! (19-9.5/+4.3)
17. (16.) Maren Wilms 5.49mw! (18-4.25/+4.8)
Triple Jump
4. Oreoluwa Adamson 12.55mw (41-2.25/+2.1)
6. Ingeborg Gruenwald 11.52mw (37-9.5/+3.3)
Shot Put
13. Amaya King 13.51m (44-4)
Discus Throw
17. (16.) Isabella Simonelli 40.22m (131-11)
Javelin Throw (Friday)
1. Sigrid Kleive 46.36m (152-1)
7. Maren Wilms 27.87m (91-5)
Hammer Throw
6. Isabella Simonelli 53.00m (173-11)
-UTSA-
