Houston - Freshman men's distance runner Leon Doran crushed the program's previous mile record, one of 14 new top-10 marks in school history for the Texas A&M-Kingsville men's and women's track and field teams at the Howie Ryan Invitational in Houston, their regular season.

Doran's 4:12.35 mile time broke the school's previous best mark by more than three seconds, part of a recent tear for the men's distance team, which this year has set a pair of top-three marks in school history in both the 3000m and the 5000m. In addition to Doran's mile, the Javelinas put up four other second-best marks in program history, three of which were also top-20 marks in the nation.

After qualifying for the men's 60m finals with a 6.81, junior DaTavus Pope placed second with a 6.71, the second fastest time run in the event in program history and the new 12th-best time in the nation. Later in the day, the combination of Nahni Pannu, Sakara Wade, Jazmine Miller, Oneika Brissett set the new second-best mark in school history in the women's 4x400m relay with a 3:47.35, winning the event and moving up to 17th in the nation. Junior thrower Karina Alavarez had an excellent day as well, throwing 14.55m in the women's shot put, the 16th-longest throw in the nation so far this season and the new second-best mark in program history. Rounding out the new top-two performances was freshman distance runner Jacob Rivera's 8:39.07 in the 3000m - it would have been the new school record if not for Roberto Alejandro's 8:35.16, which was run just two weeks ago.

Kingsville put up a number of other strong performances in the Yeoman Fieldhouse on Friday, including a 48.23 in the men's 400m run by Joseph Mouaha in his Javelina debut, a top-50 time run in the nation in D2 this season and the new 5th-best time in school history, he joined the women's 4x400m relay as TAMUK's event winners on the day. Additionally, the program's women's high-jump record holder, senior Madison Ramos, cleared a bar set at 1.75m, 0.01m shy of her record, which is currently the fifth-best jump in the nation.

The Javelinas will now have a week off as they await the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships, which are set for February 27th and 28th in Albuquerque, NM.



Compiled Javelina Results:

Men:

Track:

Mens 60m:
Prelims:
6.81 - DaTavus Pope - 4th (q)
6.94 - Jayden McCoy - 20th
6.95 - Malachi Barendilla - 23rd
7.05 - Ausencio Martinez - 29th
Finals:
6.71 - DaTavus Pope - 2nd place - 2nd in school history - 12th in the Nation

Mens 60mH:
Prelims:
8.76 - Christopher Gonzalez - 22nd
8.79 - Gabriel Hernandez - 25th
9.60 - Caden Soliz - 30th

Mens 200m:
21.74 - Ausencio Martinez - 5th
21.78 - DaTavus Pope - 6th
21.92 - Malachi Barendilla - 12th
22.52 - Austin Villanueva - 26th 
22.52 - Jacob Swierc - 27th
22.55 - Joseph Tavion - 28th

Men 400m:
48.23 - Joseph Mouaha - 1st - 5th in School History - 48th in the Nation
48.61 - Tony Benitez - 3rd
49.13 - Darius Bouakel - 6th
49.26 - Jacob Swierc - 11th
49.39 Austin Villanueva - 15th
49.56 - Joseph Tavion - 18th

Men 800m:
1:52.75 - Jhonatan Rodriguez Osorno - 4th
1:54.90 - Leon Doran - 8th - 10th in School History
1:56.21 - Aiden Summers - 10th
1:57.18 - Joshua Perez - 13th
2:00.15 - Jack Clark - 22nd

Men 1 Mile:
4:12.35 - Leon Doran - 5th - New School Record
4:22.05 - Joshua Perez - 16th
4:33.18 - Tanner Spears - 33rd

Men 3000m:
8:39.07 - Jacob Rivera - 6th - 2nd in School History
9:01.31 - Robert Trevino - 17th - 6th in School History
9:07.13 - Abner Villanueva - 21st

Men 4x400m: 
3:14.91 - J. Mouaha, T. Benitez, C. Gonzalez, D. Bouakel - 2nd - 9th in School History - 48th in the Nation
3:26.48 - J. Tavion, A. Villanueva, J. Rodriguez Osorno, K. Green - 10th

Field:

Men Long Jump:
6.63m - Jayden McCoy - 12th

Men Pole Vault: 
4.75m - Gage Upton - T-5th
4.75m - Wesley Miller - T-5th
4.75m - Django Segovia - 8th

Men Triple Jump:
13.07m - Gabriel Hernandez - 13th

Men Shot Put:
15.75m - Mathew Cordero - 7th
14.29m - Tyron Schmidt - 16th

Men Weight Throw:
13.93m - Mathew Cordero - 16th
NM - Tyron Schmidt - No Place

Women:

Track:

Women 60m:
8.15 - Kiara Jones - 36th

Women 60mH:
9:08 - Kenzie Kurdys - 14th
9:10 - Herminia Corado - 15th - 6th in school history

Women 200m: 
24.57 - Onieka Brissett - 3rd
25.36 - Jazmine Miller - 19th
25.76 - Zia Casas - 28th
26.04 - Valentina Torres - 33rd
27.02 - Katelyn Vaden - 46th
27.72 - Liberty Medina - 50th
27.77 - Liana Garcia - 51st

Women 400m:
57.99 - Sakara Wade - 13th
58.46 - Nanhi Pannu - 18th
59.64 - Valentina Torres - 23rd
1:03.93 - Herminia Corado - 30th
1:06.39 - Liberty Medina - 31st
Katelyn Vaden - DNF

Women 800m:
2:21.95 - Sophie Mossman - 15th - 7th in School History
2:22.04 - Ella Hester - 16th - 8th in School History

Women 3000m:
10:24.20 - Ivanova Yanes - 12th
10:58.15 - Kayla Trevino-Garcia - 25th

Women 4x400m: 
3:47.35 -  N. Pannu, S. Wade, J. Miller, O. Brissett - 1st - 2nd in School History - 17th in the Nation
3:58.90 -  S. Mossman, V. Torres, Z. Casas, H. Corado - 6th

Field:

Women High Jump:
1.75m - Madison Ramos - 2nd
1.55m - Paisley Janssen - T-7th
1.55m - Nicola Swenson - T-11th

Women Long Jump:
5.24m - Kyra Nunez - 10th

Women Pole Vault:
3.55m - Kenzie Kurdys - T-8th

Women Shot Put:
14.55m - Karina Alvarez - 4th - 2nd in School History - 16th in the Nation
13.36m - Kaylea Demetrius - 7th - 7th in School History
13.26m - Yosiris Cordoba - 8th - 8th In School History

Women Weight Throw:
13.90m - Aishwarya Bhadwaj - 18th
13.72m - Kaylea Demetrius - 19th