BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi track and field teams wrapped up their indoor seasons Tuesday at the Southland Conference Indoor
Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
The Islanders men took ninth at the meet while the women finished 12th. The Stephen F. Austin men and women took first for both the men and women.
"After a pretty bad first day we competed well the second day. It was hard to recover after we had so few kids score and advance to the finals," said head coach Shawn Flanagan. "We had some near misses in several events, but I'm happy with the way we played the cards we were dealt. - It's not what we set out to do but it's refreshing to see the kids come out and not give up."
Valentinas Rudys highlighted the meet for the Islanders men with third-place finishes in the 800-meter run while also finishing third in the men's distance medley with teammates Paul Hansel, Jackson Davis and Logan Pittdman.
The quartet finished the event in 10:08.24 which was good enough for third all-time in the Islanders record book.
On day one of the SLC Indoor Championships, Rudys took third in the preliminaries of the 800-meter (1:53.22) which in turn was good enough to qualify for the finals on Tuesday. Rudys took third (1:51.82) in the finals of the 800-meter, narrowly being bested by Sam Houston's Jeffrey Moore who finished just in from of Rudys with a time of 1:51.58. Kemar Mowatt took fifth in the finals of the 60-hurdles and set the school record with his finish of 8.26, while Pittdman finished ninth in the 3000-meter run (8:38.57).
Senior Dustin Smith finished fourth in the heptathlon with a score of 4889, shattering the school record in the event, including a second-place finish in the pole vault. James Whiteside finished 8th in the triple jump (14.27m).
On the women's side, Kerissa Wiley finished with the third-best score in the high jump. The sophomore continues to shine, finishing with a height of 1.71m, which is the best all-time in school history.
Brandi Huff took third in the shot put with a distance of 14.70m while Omesha Locke finished 15th (11.36m).
Junior Ebony Collins, a workhorse on the women's team battled injuries throughout the meet but was still able to finish 13th in the 60-meter.
Both the men's and women's 4x400 relay teams secured the school records in their respective events. The men took fifth with a time of 3:14.80 while the women finished in sixth (3:52.53).
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