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Ruben Mohme | THE RIDER
The UTRGV Track & Field Teams have been firing on all cylinders, setting new program records in the March 19 and 20 University of Texas at San Antonio Invitational and the March 27 Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University in Houston.
During the UTSA Invitational, five student athletes surpassed the previous decathlon program record of 4,863 points set by Christian Williams in 2017, according to goutrgv.com. Graduate student Anthony Magallon set the new program record of 6,402 points and finished third in the event.
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Graduate student Aviana Goode set a new program record in the heptathlon, beating the previous record of 4,460 points held by legacy institution University of Texas-Pan American student Brittani Hilton in 2005. Goode finished fifth with a score of 4,605 points.
In the men’s triple jump, junior Harry Barthelemy won first place with a jump of 15.08 meters and now has the second-best jump in program history.
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Graduate student Desirea Buerge set a program record in women’s discus, beating UTPA Hall of Famer Delilah Johnson, who set the record in 1992 with a score of 53.04 meters. Buerge placed second with a throw of 53.57 meters.
The men’s 4×100-meter relay team also set a new program record. Redshirt sophomore Yashawn Hamilton, graduate student Yariel Matute, junior Mariano Hernandez and freshman Jermarrion Stewart bested the previous time of 41.12 set in 2018. They finished second with a time of 40.62.
Sophomore Tamara Woodley finished first in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 55.30.
Moreover, the Vaqueros competed in the Victor Lopez Classic, where they won nine events, according to goutrgv.com.
In women’s discus, Buerge and redshirt junior Alexandrea Hurst came in first and third, with scores of 50.60 and 45.41 meters, respectively.
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Men’s discus competitors posted similar results with graduate student Paul May winning the event with a score of 51.47 meters and freshman Michael Campbell placing second place with a score of 49.69 meters.
Barthelemy finished in third place in the men’s triple jump and set a new program record of 15.39 meters, which bested the previous record of 15.09 meters set by UTPA’s David Hunter in 1993.
May came in first again in men’s shot put, beating his previous program record of 17.51 meters in 2018 and setting a new record of 17.80 meters.
In the women’s shot put, Hurst came in first and set a program record of 16.04 meters, and Buerge came in third with 14.69 meters.
Goode won the women’s high jump at 1.71 meters. She also came in first in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.02 seconds.
Freshman Josefine Eriksen won first in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 55.16 seconds.
In the men’s 800-meter run, junior Max Carmona came in first with a time of 1:52.65 and graduate student Ricardo Mendoza came in third with a time of 1:53.40.
Carmona, Hernandez, Stewart and Matute won the men’s 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:18.52.
The Track & Field team competed in the University of Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio last Friday and Saturday. Results were not available at press time.
The Vaqueros will then compete Thursday in the University of Texas at San Antonio Road Runner Invitational.
