WACO, Texas – Hugo Menin and and Taylor McFarland each broke school records in the Tarleton State Track and Field team's penultimate regular season competition at the Michael Johnson at the Clyde Hart Track and Field Invitational.
 
In a meet that involved several schools from Power Five conferences, several athletes representing countries and several athletes running unattached that competed at the Olympic and World Championship levels. The Texans broke a pair of school records running against this high-level competition and was able to notch an individual victory with Gabriele Tosti winning the triple jump while improving WAC-best length.
 
Men
 
The men's team was able to land eight top-10 performances and improve five personal bests to rank with the top 10 in program history. The squad was also able to improve four personal bests to rank in the top 10 in the WAC this outdoor season.
 
Menin stole the show on Friday night shattering her his old best time by over a second to set the new Tarleton program record in the 400-meter hurdles in 51.46 seconds. He placed fourth behind three non-collegiate athletes. He surpassed Jeff Smith who previously held the record for his best time of 51.82 which was set in 2012.
 
Tosti took home the individual crown in the triple jump, once again improving his already best in the WAC and second in program history leaps. Tosti's winning jump was 15.96 meters, which ranks as the ninth best in the NCAA this outdoor season. The third ranked triple jump team in the nation also placed two more individuals in the top 11. Jaden Hall's 14.81 meter jump ranked sixth and Davi Torres placed 11^th with his 14.20 meter leap.
 
Kevin Baez earned a podium finish in the 1500, eclipsing his previous personal best with a 3:50.70 mark, which placed third overall. He improves his fourth best personal record in program history and it ranks as the eighth individual best in the WAC this outdoor season.
 
Angel Gomez also improved his personal best, finishing seventh in the longest event of the weekend, the 5000. Gomez crossed in 14:39.15, surpassing his previous best by over seconds seconds to climb into third in program history.
 
Bailey Smotek and Justin Raines also earned top-10 finishes in a single event. Smotek finished eighth in the 800 in 1:54.67 and Raines earned a ninth-place finish in the 100 crossing in 10.44 seconds.
 
Ethan Bratton earned a 12^th place finish in the discus while improving his personal best to the sixth farthest in school history and in the WAC Outdoor Competition this season with a 50.32 meter throw.
 
The Texans 4x100 relay team finished in fifth in 40.91 seconds consisting of Reid Vincent, Raines, Everett Sadler and David Mvundura.
 
Women
 
After a men's school record fell on Friday, McFarland made a women's program record fall on Saturday as well. McFarland clocked 54.699 seconds to finish eighth in the 800 and add school record holder to her title. She bettered her personal best of 55.09, and ran the first sub-55 800 in school history suprassed Hannah Dudley's 55.03 mark set last season. McFarland now owns the fourth best time in the WAC this year.
 
Brya Davis would have set the school record in the 100, placing fourth in 11.48 seconds. She would have bested her best by .22 seconds, and beat the previous program mark of 11.51, but her time was not wind legal. At the time of her race, the win was 4.0 m/s, double the legal wind amount of 2.0 m/s, nullifying her time for NCAA and school records.
 
Morgan Lamberson earned a pair of fifth place finishes in the 800 and 1500. She earned a fifth-place finish in the 800, crossing in 2:14.51. In the 1500, her time of 4:34.94 ranks second best in program history and 11^th in the WAC this outdoor season. Sage Lancaster gave the Texans their second top-10 finisher in the 1500 just five seconds behind finishing in 4:39.90. Tarleton joined Baylor and TCU as the only schools to place two individuals in the top 10 in the 1500.
 
The program record holder in the pole vault, Hannah Cade, finished eighth with a best height of 3.90 meters. Cade previously set the record with a 4.0 meter vault earlier in the season.
 
Rese Schoonover ran the eighth fastest 400 meter hurdles of the WAC outdoor season crossing in 1:03.37. Aaliyah Rifort Delem registered the 10^th best time in the WAC this season in the 400 meter run finishing in 56.33 seconds.
 
The 4x100 relay squad of Davis, McFarland, Summer Croxton and Amandine Estival earned a podium finish notching third in 45.98 seconds in the first running event of the day on Saturday.
 
Both the men's and women's squads will be back in action this weekend heading to the Corky/Crofoot Shootout hosted by Texas Tech at Fuller Track and Field. The two-day event will be the Texans final regular season meet before the WAC Outdoor Championships on May 9-11 in Orem, UT.