Islanders Victorious In Nine Events

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi track & field team won nine events in an action-packed day at the UTSA Park West Athletic Complex.
 
"Overall, it was a good day," said head coach Brent Ericksen. "We won nine events today so we just need to keep working hard!"
 
Senior Erika Snyder began the day for the Islanders, taking home victory in the women's high jump with a leap of 1.64m. Fellow senior Kiara Pickens was within the field events realm, bounding 5.71m in the long jump for a third-place finish.
 
On the men's side of the high jump, junior Spencer Bigner led the way with second-place honors, putting up a mark of 1.90m. Jamal Dawson, a freshman, tied for third in the event at 1.85m as freshman Noah Gonzales leaped 1.80m, earning fifth.
 
Sophomore Sharon Kiprop furthered the winning ways for A&M-Corpus Christi in the women's 1500m, crossing the finish line at 4:46.53. Teammate Valentina Campos, a graduate student, came in second behind her at 4:56.89.
 
Junior Jasmine Perez earned second in the women's 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 12:06.23.
 
Freshman Tranasia Jones and sophomore Yasmine Steele came in 1-2 in the women's 400m dash with times of 55.92 and 57.26s, respectively. Another duo in Faith Bett and Riley Cowan, a senior and junior, went first and second in the women's 800m dash as Bett finished 2:17.36 and Cowan 2:21.50.
 
The Islanders continued to build off the momentum on the women's side as they finished 1-2-3 in the 100m dash with freshman La Myia Styles leading the way with a 12.16s time. Freshmen Bailey Cook (12.44s) and Journi Williams (12.47s) rounded out the trio. Styles later went on to place second in the women's 200m dash, coming in at 24.86s.
 
The men saw a 1-2-3 finish in the 110m hurdles as senior Ke'Tavion Humber, graduate student Timor Barrett and senior Daniel Armstrong came in that order. The times were clocked in at 14.11s, 14.42s and 14.66s, respectively, being the only finishers to earn a sub-15 second time.
 
John Moreno, a sophomore, claimed victory to add to the Islanders' total in the men's 400m dash with a time of 48.72s, beating second by 0.69s. Around the same distance, freshman Jakob Gunter won the 800m dash as Keenen Lawrence, a senior, came in behind him with the two leaving behind times of 1:58.36 and 1:59.02, respectively.
 
Campos lead A&M-Corpus Christi in the women's 3K coming in 34 seconds ahead of second-place teammate senior Alana Blankenship who had a time of 11:17.86. On the other side of the event for the men, freshman Rogerio Gomez finished in 9:00.67 for second place.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi will travel back to San Antonio next weekend to the UIW Invite to be held on Friday afternoon.

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