FRISCO, Texas – Led by two broken records and 13 combined scoring performances, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi track & field program put together its strongest day of the 2017 indoor season during the first meet of the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic.
A delay at the beginning of the meet did little more than fuel the Islanders, as
Chloe Young and
Aaron Rosales broke their own records set earlier this year.
For the third time in the last four races, Young broke the program record in the 60-meter hurdles with a third-place finish in the finals at 8.86 seconds.
Rosales smashed his school record in the weight throw with a 14.23-meter heave, nearly a half of a meter further than the previous mark set at the Texas A&M Invitational.
Sashane Hanson and
Zhafear Ray put the Islanders on the podium in the high jump for the men and women with matching second-place finishes. For Hanson, Friday was her third consecutive podium, while Ray reached it for the first time in his career by clearing the 2.05-meter bar.
Adrienne Nickleson used a career-long 13.95-meter toss in the shot put to finish in sixth.
Steven Galli picked up six points for the Blue and Green with a third-place finish in the mile run, capping the race in 4:19.09.
In the relays, the women's distance medley team of
Taylor Hawes,
Olivia Williamson,
Elisa Patzig and
Morgan McCutchen earned third-place honors. The women's 4x400-meter relay team that featured Young,
Faith Williams,
Kendall Rodriguez and
Desiree Corbett added a fourth-place finish.
In addition to his strong individual outing in the mile, Galli starred in the men's DMR with
Darrin Jackson,
Dominic Baptiste and
Vinnie Van Puyvelde that finished in second.
3,000 STRONG
>> The 3,000-meter run for the men and women was one of the top events on the afternoon for A&M-Corpus Christi, as both teams earned 11 points.
>> The women were led by
Liz Romo's third-place finish, followed by
Cynthia Quiroga in fifth and McCutchen in seventh.
>> For the men,
Cesar Gonzalez crossed the line in second, his second podium of the indoor season, while
Marek Spriestersbach finished sixth.
>> In total, nine of the 10 Islanders who competed in the event recorded personal bests.
NOTABLES
>> Gonzalez's mark in the 3,000 was the ninth fastest in program history.
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Ebony Collins continued her strong indoor season with a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter dash. Her 7.65 tied for sixth fastest at A&M-Corpus Christi.
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Ben Clark recorded a 14.6-meter throw in the shot put for the fifth best in Island history.
>> In the men's 800-meter run,
Jaran Cadena and
Tristan McNeal cracked the top-10.
FINISH STRONG ON FRIDAY
The Islanders return to the track tomorrow for the second meet of the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic on Friday. Events mirror the schedule of Thursday and will start at 11 a.m.
STAY SOCIAL
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- Go Islanders -
