Track & Field posts strong performances at Houston Invite, Texas Tech Classic

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi indoor track & field program sought to divide and conquer this weekend as the majority of the team traveled east for the Houston Invitational while four multi-event athletes road-tripped north back to Lubbock, Texas, for Texas Tech Classic. All-in-all, the Islanders composed a number of notable performances across both competitions, including one first-place finish (Isaac Vargas in the 5,000m) and nine other top five placements.

At the Texas Tech Classic, senior Bjoern Adden put together a strong showing in the heptathlon, closing the competition in third place. Meanwhile, fellow senior Sashane Hanson participated in her first-ever multi-event, grabbing fifth place in the the pentathlon. At Saturday's Houston Invitational, strong performers included: freshman Daniel Armstrong's fifth-place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.20s); freshman Dubem Nwuchukwu's fifth-place sprint in the 400m (21.75s); junior Oscar Leyva's fifth-place finish in the mile run (4:16.77); freshman Juan Salinas' third-place run in the 5,000m (15:52.55); freshman Zachary Seaman's third-place leap in the high jump (2.05m); senior Benjamin Clark's fourth-place finish in shot put (16.02m); and sophomore Valentina Campos' third-place run in the 5,000m (17:20.53).


Texas Tech Classic
Men's Heptathlon
3) Bjoern Adden -- 4942

Women's Pentathlon
5) Sashane Hanson -- 3571
12) Devon Polk -- 3155
14) Shaylynn Wynn -- 3052


Houston Invitational
Men's 200m
13) Dubem Nwuchukwu -- 21.75
16) Ke'Tavion Humber -- 22.32
23) Seth Carr -- 22.59

Men's 400m
5) Dubem Nwuchukwu -- 50.03
19) Terrion Spivey -- 50.38
23) Daniel Armstrong -- 51.66

Men's 800m
11) Dominic Baptiste -- 1:58.94

Men's Mile Run
5) Oscar Leyva -- 4:16.77
14) Isaac Vargas -- 4:23.92
15) Marek Spriestersbach -- 4:24.58
29) Juan Salinas III -- 4:37.13
31) Matthew Lara -- 4:38.78

Men's 3,000m
15) Oscar Leyva -- 8:50.27
18) Marek Spriestersbach -- 8:53.07
31) Andrew Gandy -- 9:21.80
33) Matthew Lara -- 9:32.48

Men's 60m Hurdles
5) Daniel Armstrong -- 8.20

Men's 5,000m
1) Isaac Vargas -- 15:10.73
5) Juan Salinas III -- 15:52.55

Men's High Jump
3) Zachary Seaman -- 2.05m

Men's Pole Vault
13) Colton Cohea -- 4.75m

Men's Long Jump
6) R'darious Edwards -- 6.81m

Men's Triple Jump
8) R'darious Edwards -- 14.26m

Men's Shot Put
4) Benjamin Clark -- 16.02m

Men's Weight Throw
9) Aaron Rosales -- 13.90m

Women's 200m
10) Sierra Pruitt -- 25.00
22) Larissa Manciaz -- 25.92
26) Makalah Griffin -- 26.43

Women's 400m
14) Kendall Rodriguez -- 59.44
25) Ariel Bustamante -- 1:05.41

Women's Mile Run
10) Valentina Campos -- 5:11.22
22) Morgan McCutchen -- 5:20.23

Women's 3,000m
7) Cynthia Quiroga -- 10:21.96
14) Morgan McCutchen -- 10:43.62
22) Alana Blankenship -- 11:21.98

Women's 5,000m
3) Valentina Campos -- 17:20.53
7) Cynthia Quiroga -- 18:09.55

Women's High Jump
6) Erika Snyder -- 1.65m

Women's Long Jump
18) Lauren Brown -- 5.24

Women's Triple Jump
8) Lauren Brown -- 11.50m

Women's Shot Put
16) Kennedy Bontrager -- 11.35m


Next up, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi receives a weekend off before opening the month of February with another trip to Lubbock, Texas, for the Texas Tech Shootout, scheduled for the days of Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9.

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