- UIW Invitational Final Results
SAN ANTONIO – The Tarleton men's and women's track and field teams competed at the UIW Invitational in San Antonio Saturday and kicked off the season with a worthy performance.
Tarleton had two first place finishes at the meet. Lindsey Hinton won the women's 5000-meter run with a time of 18:34.17, while the women's 4 x 400-meter relay team also won their event. Courtney Newsom, Jessica Ryan, Diamond Wilson and Danitra Marshall combined for a time of 4:04.58 in the race.
The Texans and TexAnns also had 12 top-five finishers in their first meet of the year, something head coach Pat Ponder was excited to see.
“It's a start,” said Ponder. “We finally got to see just where our fitness level is and what the work will need to be to get better. I am excited about the future of this team this year. It is a short week, but we are excited about hosting the TSU Invitational on Thursday. I know our teams will be ready to compete to the highest level at our first of two home meets. Please come out and support the TSU thinclads on Thursday.”
The full results are linked above, while the Tarleton top-10 finishes are as follows:
In the women's 4 x 100-meter relay, the Tarleton “A” team of Ryan, Marshall, Derekia Coleman and Paige Klein came in fourth with the “B” team of Shabrina McAdams, Newsom, Shelby Terry and Cheyenne Brooks coming in eighth.
In the women's 1500-meter run, Hinton had another stellar race with a second place finish (4:55.48), while Celeste Meyer finished 10th (5:10.77).
In the men's 1500-meter race, Westyn Rosiles came in eighth (4:05.04).
In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Cyler Matlock was the only Texan to compete and placed sixth (16.14).
In the women's 100-meter hurdles, Shelby Terry finished seventh for the TexAnns (17.16).
In the women's 400-meter run, Danitra Marshall placed eighth (1:00.54), followed closely by Courtney Newsom in ninth (1:01.56).
In the men's 400-meter run, Chase Graf led the way for Tarleton with a sixth place finish (50.31).
In the women's 100-meter dash, Derekia Coleman came in sixth (12.65), while Paige Klein rounded out the top 10 (12.82).
In the men's 100-meter dash, Jamal Mays finished eighth (11.18).
In the men's 800-meter run, Tarleton's own Chris Hearell placed sixth overall (2:00.37).
In the women's 400-meter hurdles, Shabrina McAdams finished seventh (1:08.30).
In the men's 400-meter hurdles race, Jeff Smith had strong showing after coming in fourth (55.33).
In the women's 200-meter dash, Derekia Coleman came close to winning, but came up just short for a still-impressive second place finish (24.81).
In the men's 200-meter dash, Travis Montgomery placed sixth (22.31), followed closely by Jamal Mays (22.33).
In the women's 5000-meter run, Tarleton's Lindsey Hinton won the event, but another TexAnn also had a strong showing with Celeste Meyer finishing seventh (19:15.65).
In the men's 5000-meter run, Westyn Rosiles, who is coming off an all-conference and all-region season in cross country, finished fifth overall in the race (15:05.67).
As mentioned above, the Tarleton “A” women's 4 x 400-meter relay team finished first, but the Tarleton “B” team made up of McAdams, Brooks, Terry and Payton Shoush also had a stellar performance, finishing sixth (4:18.42).
The men's 4 x 400 team also finished sixth in the race (3:21.02) and is made up of Aaron Donohue, Chase Graf, Sherraud Roberts and John Morin.
As far as the field events are concerned, the Texans had an all-around dominant performance.
In the women's shot put, Tarleton had three competitors in the top-five, including Leslie Jordan at No. 2 (12.64m), Elizabeth Dominguez at No. 3 (12.59m), and Merdeth Persinger at No. 5 (12.06m).
For the men's shot put, the Texans had just as successful day. Hayden Eubanks finished second overall (15.00m), while Kenny Odunaiya finished fifth (14.46m), Tai Odunaiya finished seventh (13.86m), and Eli Pratt finished eighth (13.81m).
In the women's high jump, Rachel Wolf finished fourth overall (1.60m).
In the men's high jump, a pair of Texans made the top-10 with Cyler Matlock in sixth (1.95m) and Tyler
Rushing in seventh (1.90m).
The women's discus throw finished out the day for Tarleton and was another competitive effort by the TexAnns. Elizabeth Dominguez came in fourth place (40.84m) with Leslie Jordan finishing the event in seventh (38.07m).
It was an essential outing for the Tarleton track and field teams as they get into competition this spring. The Texans and TexAnns will have little time off before hosting the TSU Invitational on Thursday, March 10 here in Stephenville.
