HOUSTON, Texas - The Concordia Texas track & field program shined in their second meet of the season at the TSU Relays. The Tornados posted nine PRs, eight medal finishes, and four season-best results on Friday.
Highlighting the day was field throwerÂ
Isaac Sanchez, who tossed the discus 39.88m for first place in the event.Â
Joshua Zak (34.34m) &Â
Sergio Hernandez (28.82m) showed improvement in the event as they both went for PRs.Â
Excelling in the leaping events for the men wasÂ
Ka'Von Moore &Â
Nick Anderson. Moore placed second in the long jump with a leap of 6.38m. Anderson was the lone competitor in the high jump & bounded for 1.8om.
In the women's field events,Â
Kimora Roberson posted a new discus plateau of 31.99m. The throw shattered her previous best by over three meters. In her season debut,Â
Kiki Gonzales placed third in the shot put with a throw of 12.02m.
Rylee Whorton had herself a day with a new PR of 27.47 in the 200m. She also anchored the relay teams where the 4x100m that also featuredÂ
Ashanti Bradshaw,Â
Cachelle Flores, &Â
Camille McWhorter earned a bronze medal with a time of 53.35. The same team would then shave off a full 11 seconds from their 4x400m time from the SU Showdown meet.
McWhorter clocked in at 1:12.50 in the 400m hurdles to place third for the women, whileÂ
EJ Ramirez notched a personal-best time of 1:00.91 in the men's race. In the men's 400m,Â
Lamarcus Justice crossed the finished line at 51.28 for a PR. Ramirez & Justice were members of a 4x100m men's relay team (
Chance Miller &Â
Jake Land) that had a season-best time of 42.78m.
In the mid-distance,Â
Damon Vasquez PR'd and earned a third-place finish in the 800m race at 2:08.28. In the women's 800m,Â
Ashley Rivera clocked in at 2:54.42 for a new PR. She also tallied a season-best time of 5:41.32 in the 1500m. In the men's portion of the 1500m race,Â
Thomas Hughes crushed his previous PR with a time of 4:38.39.
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Concordia Texas will next head to Seguin, Texas to compete in the D3 Challenge next Saturday, March 22nd. Hosted by Texas Lutheran.
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