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WALNUT, Calif. – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's and women's track and field teams clocked season and personal-best times Thursday at the 55th annual Mt. SAC Relays at the Historic Hilmer Lodge Stadium at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. The Islanders will continue the relays in four events today.
After a 22 hour travel day on Wednesday with flight delays, the Islanders overcame the fatigue to clock season and personal-best times on Thursday.
"It was a good outing Thursday with the day they had on Wednesday," Head Coach Shawn Flanagan said. "With proper preparation we will be ready to run fast today."
Sophomores Philipp Baar and Valentinas Rudys both clocked personal-best times in the men's 1500m. Baar crossed the line with a personal-best time of 3:49.23 to place 26 out of 131 runners while Rudys crossed the line with a personal-best time of 3:54.98.
Jasmine Boutte recorded a seasonal-best time of 4:42.59 in the women's 1500m while Vanessa Galindo clocked a time of 37:05.01, less than five seconds from her personal-best time of 37:00.62 set at the Texas Relays this season.
The Islanders will continue the relays in four events today before joining the rest of the team at the 10th annual J. Fred Duckett Rice Twilight on the campus of Rice University at Holloway Track and Ley Field on Saturday, April 20.
Today, Boutte will start the day for the Islanders in the women's 800m at 2:05 p.m. PDT (4:05 p.m. CST). Boutte sits in third place in the conference in the 800m with a season-best time of 2:14.69 set at the Victor Lopez Rice Classic. She set a personal-best time of 2:12.08 in the 800m last season at the J. Fred Duckett Rice Twilight.
Rudys will follow in the men's 800m. The sophomore also sits in third place in the conference with a season-best time of 1:52.59, set last weekend at the Javelina Twilight Invitational. Rudys set a personal-best time of 1:51.98 in the 800m last season at the conference championships.
Roger De La Cruz will make his debut at the relays in the men's high jump. The senior leads the conference with a season-best jump of 2.10m (6' 10.75") set at the Texas Relays. He set the school record in the event at the conference championships last season with a clearance of 2.15m (7" 0.5").
Baar will wrap the relays for the Islanders on Friday at 10:53 p.m. PDT (12:53 a.m. CST) in the men's 5k. The sophomore sits in third place in the conference in the 5k with a personal-best time of 14:40.56, set at the Victor Lopez Rice Classic this season.
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