LUBBOCK, Texas - Having gone in two different directions for its fourth meet of the season, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi track and field program found a variety of success between the Jarvis Scott Open and FasTrak Athletix Collegiate Challenge on Saturday.
Head Coach Brent Ericksen spoke highly of his team, noting, "
Faith Bett really had a nice weekend with her second-place finish in the mile. Her time of 5:01 should convert to a non-altitude sub-five-minute mile.
Sharon Kiprop placed second in a tactical 3,000m race."
Bett, a graduate student, finished second in the mile with a mark of 5:01.63, moving her up to third all-time in the Islanders' record books. Junior Kiprop earned her silver medal with a mark of 10:30.11 in the women's 3,000m run.
Ayanna Palomo, a redshirt freshman, earned 10th in Houston with a time of 5:38.36.
On the men's side of distance,
Enock Kimutai came across the finish line in fourth in the 3,000m run with a time of 8:41.03 at Texas Tech. While at FasTrak, freshman Matthew Flores ran his way to a silver medal in the men's 800m with a. mark of 2:01.73 with
Hunter Haas, a senior behind him in sixth.
Erial Fontenot, a true freshman, earned 11th at Texas Tech with a personal best time of 25.15s in the 200m dash to be eighth all-time for the Islanders. Classmate
Khiah Lara-Turner placed 15th in the event with sophomore
Tranasia Jones right behind her in 16th.
"The Houston meet gave some of the jumpers a chance to compete in some of their secondary events and they had a solid day there at FasTrak, giving us a final look before conference," continued Ericksen.
In both events she competed in,
Myla Tate, a freshman, earned top-four finishes with second in the long jump at 5.20m and fourth in the triple jump at 10.56m. Her mark in the long jump is a new personal best, crushing her old mark by 0.4m. Most of the jumpers competed at the FasTrak meet in Houston. Junior
Enoch Antwi earned second in the men's portion of the event with a leap of 6.74m.
The men's side of triple jump saw finishes of sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively by
Jamal Dawson (sophomore),
Spencer Bigner (senior) and
Noah Gonzales (sophomore). Dawson had the best mark of 12.41m in the group.
Bigner and Dawson both jumped 1.94m in the high jump, placing tied for second and fourth respectively.
Jaiyah Hodge, a junior, put up a mark of 1.55m for the women to earn third.
The Southland Conference Indoor Championships are next up for A&M-Corpus Christi on February 26-27 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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