San Angelo - In the first time sending their full squads into action, the Texas A&M-Kingsville men's and women's track and field teams set eight new top-20 marks in the nation so far this season, and notched nine top-10 marks in school history across three days of competition at Angelo State's David Noble Relays.

Among those excellent performances were three top-10 times/scores put up in all of D2 so far this outdoor season, including a 53.79 run in the women's 400m by sophomore Oneika Brissett, the second-fastest time in the nation. That time was enough to win the event finals after she qualified with a 56.94. In the same event, sophomore Sakara Wade placed third with a 55.12, the 16th-fastest time in the nation and the new ninth-fastest in school history. In the same event on the men's side it was another underclassman, freshman Joseph Mouaha, who leapt up the nation leaderboard. His 47.29 in the 400m prelims is not only the seventh-fastest time in school history, but also the 11th-fastest time run in the event in all of D2 so far this year.

On the men's side, the 4x100m relay crew of Jayden McCoy, Malachi Barendilla, Ausencio Martienz, and DaTavus Pope improved on their already top-of-the-nation time with a 40.42, the new seventh-fastest time run in the nation this season. 

The Decathlon, which took place across Thursday and Friday, was a huge success for the Javelinas, who put all three of their competitors into the top 20 in the nation. Leading the way was freshman Christopher Gonzalez, who scored 6266, the new sixth-best time in the nation, as the 10th-best in school history. Included in his performance was a 7.59m long jump, the 10th-longest in school history. Not far behind Gonzalez in the overall event were two other underclassmen, freshman Jason Gordon and sophomore Caden Soliz, who scored 6100 and 5879 respectively. Godron's score is the 10th-best in the nation while Soliz's is the 17th-best.

In the women's shot put, two different Javelinas placed top five in the event notched their names on the school record book. Junior Karina Alvarez, who is the Lone Star Conference's reigning indoor champion in the event, threw 14.09m, jumping her to 6th in school history and 18th in the nation. Not far behind was junior Kaylea Demetrius, who placed fourth with a 13.85m throw, good for 10th in school history.

In the 800m invite, sophomore Kristian Green ran 1:53.30, earning him a spot on the team record book with the 10th-fastest time in school history.

The Javelinas will now look ahead to a split weekend, where the teams will compete at both the Texas Relays in Austin from Wednesday to Friday, and the Trinity Invitational in San Antonio on Friday and Saturday.



Compiled Javelina Results:

Women:

Track:

100m:
12.56 - Zia Casas - 12th

200m (all prelims):
25.55 - Jazmine Miller - 11th
25.72 - Zia Casas - 13th
26.08 - Valentina Torres - 21st
27.05 - Katelyn Vaden - 33rd
27.91 - Liana Garcia - 46th

400m:
Prelims:
56.31q - Sakara Wade - 2nd
56.94q - Oneika Brissett - 5th
59.31 - Valentina Torres - 15th
1:01.75 - Katelyn Vaden - 21st
1:05.58 - Liana Garcia - 27th
Finals:
53.79 - Oneika Brissett - 1st - 3rd in school history - 2nd in the nation
55.12 - Sakara Wade - 3rd - 9th in school history - 16th in the nation

100mH (all prelims):
15.14 - Herminia Corado - 9th
16.13 - Kenzie Kurdys - 15th

400mH (all prelims):
1:05.52 - Herminia Corado - 9th

3000m Steeplechase:
12:42.30 - Ella Hester - 3rd

Field:

High Jump:
1.65m - Nicola Swenson - 1st
1.60m - Paisley Janssen - 3rd

Pole Vault:
3.80m - Kenzie Kurdys - 2nd

Long Jump:
5.52m - Kiara Jones - 2nd
5.46m - Kyra Nunez - 3rd

Shot Put:
14.09m - Karina Alvarez - 2nd - 6th in school history - 18th in the nation
13.85m - Kaylea Demetrius - 4th - 10th in school history
12.58m - Yosiris Cordoba - 9th
11.61m - Hailey VanBeekum - 10th
10.79m - Madison Sotelo - 12th
10.24m - Hailey Martinez - 15th

Discus:
47.04m - Yosiris Cordoba - 1st
44.54m - Kaylea Demetrius - 3rd
36.18m - Hailey Martinez - 12th

Hammer:
45.22m - Hailey Martinez - 8th
40.07m - Karina Alvarez - 12th
39.07m - Kaylea Demetrius - 13th
38.24m - Danielle Wilson - 14th 
37.51m - Madison Sotelo - 16th

Javelin:
33.91m - Danielle Wilson - 4th


Men:

Track:

100m:
Prelims:
10.52q - Malachi Barendilla - 1st
10.67q - DaTavus Pope - 3rd
10.81q - Ausencio Martinez - 7th
11.22 - Jayden McCoy - 24th
11.40 - Colton Smith - 34th
11.77 - Christopher Benavides - 38th
Finals:
10.56 - Malachi Barendilla - 3rd
10.62 - DaTavus Pope - 4th
10.85 - Ausencio Martinez - 7th

200m (all prelims):
23.12 - Christopher Benavides - 26th
23.40 - Julian Avila - 30th

400m:
Prelims:
47.29q - Joseph Mouaha - 6th - 7th in school history - 11th in the nation
48.17q - Darius Bouakel - 7th
48.48q - Austin Villanueva - 8th
48.84 - Joseph Tavion - 10th
Finals:
47.84 - Joseph Mouaha - 5th
48.17 - Darius Bouakel - 6th
49.54 - Austin Villanueva - 7th

800m (Invite):
1:52.15 - Jhonatan Rodriguez-Osorno - 3rd
1:53.30 - Kristian Green - 5th - 10th in school history
1:55.75 - Aiden Summers - 7th
800m (Afternoon):
2:01.11 - Jack Clark - 8th

1500m:
3:58.18 - Leon Doran - 2nd
4:13.41 - Joshua Perez - 6th

4x100m Relay:
40.42 - McCoy, Barendilla, Martinez, Pope - 3rd - 7th in the nation

4x400m Relay:
3:17.70 - Summers, Rodriguez-Osorno, Green, Doran - 6th

Field:

Pole Vault:
4.75m - Blake Gordon - 2nd
4.75m - Trevor Upton - 2nd
4.60m - Brady Rygaard - 4th
4.45m - Wesley Miller - 5th
4.15m - Perry McIntire - 7th
NH - Layton Niemann
NH - Django Segovia
NH - Braden Shaw

Long Jump:
7.01m - Jayden McCoy - 1st

Shot Put:
14.98m - Matthew Cordero - 4th
14.15m - Tyron Schmidt - 9th
12.70m - Jordan Ayala - 12th
12.59m - Jackson LaBouliere - 13th
11.17m - Jaden Flowers - 18th

Discus:
42.75m - Christian Peralta - 9th
41.00m - Tryon Schmidt - 12th
39.43m - Jeremiah Robinson - 15th
38.90m - Jordan Ayala - 16th
35.95m - Jaden Flowers - 19th

Hammer:
39.42m - Jordan Ayala -12th
39.18m - Matthew Cordero - 13th
29.34m - Tyron Schmidt - 17th

Javelin:
41.51m - Julian Gonzalez - 3rd

Decathlon:
6266 - Christopher Gonzalez - 7th - 10th in school history - 6th in the nation
6100 - Jason Gordon - 8th - 10th in the nation
5879 - Caden Soliz - 11th - 17th in the nation