Houston, TX / Azusa, CA - Though inclement weather caused the final four men's and three women's events to be cancelled on Saturday at the Tom Tellez Invitational in Houston, the Texas A&M-Kingsville men's and women's track and field teams posted eight new top-10 marks in school history and had four performances that moved into the top-25 in the nation across their competitions in Houston and the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, CA.

With just two weekends of competition between them at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships, the Javelinas are rounding into postseason form. Perhaps the best performance from a weekend full of them came from freshman Christopher Gonzalez, who ran 51.58 in the men's 400m hurdles, winning the event, sliding him into sixth on the program's all-time performances list, and tying him for the tenth-fastest time run in the nation so far this year.

Gonzalez also took part in Kingsville's 4x100m relay. He joined Malachi Barendilla, Ausencio Martinez, and DaTavus Pope to run a 40.18, which was both enough to win the event and to put them 12th in the nation. 

On the women's side, sophomore sprinter Oneika Brissett ran a stellar 200m. Brissett, who already holds top-10 time in the nation in the 400m, ran a 23.69, which is the fourth-fastest time run in school history, and the 15th-fastest run in all of D2 this season. Brissett's fellow Jamacian, junior Kaylea Demetrius, went off for 14.19m throw in the women's shot put, sliding her up to seventh in school history and 23rd in the nation in the event.

In two different corners of the country, two different men's distance runners notched incredible times in the 1500m. In Houston, sophomore Roberto Alejandro ran a 3:55.15, the new fourth-fastest time ever run by a Javelina. Meanwhile, in Azusa, freshman Leon Doran ran a 3:56.20, the fifth-fastest time on the program's all-time recordbook. Also in Cali, sophomore Kristian Green ran a new outdoor PR in the 800m with a 1:52.76, the 10th-fastest time in school history. On the women's side of the 1500m, junior Ella Hester's 4:51.71 moved her onto the program's record book with the seventh-fastest time in school history.

In the field, a pair of women's throwers joined Demetrius with excellent performances in Houston. Freshman Hailey Martinez and senior Precious Silguero each had stellar throws in the hammer, going off for 50.31m and 48.88m respectively. Martinez moves to sixth on the program's all-time list, while Silguero slots in at ninth.

Next weekend, TAMUK's crews will be back in Houston to compete in the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Invitational.


Compiled Javelina Results:


Bryan Clay Invitational (Asuza, CA):

Men:

800m:
1:52.76 - Kristian Green - 73rd - 10th in School History

1500m:
3:56.20 - Leon Doran - 125th - 5th in School History

Women:

10,000m Run:
38:46.80 - Ivanova Yanes - 25th


Tom Tellez Invitational (Houston, TX):

Men:

Track:

100m:
Prelims:
10.75 - Ausencio Martinez - 11th
10.79 - DaTavus Pope - 13th
10.81 - Malachi Barendilla - 14th
11.07 - Colton Smith - 22nd
11.32 - Dorian Aranda - 26th

110mH:
15.79 - Gabriel Hernandez - 17th

400m:
48.69 - Joseph Mouaha - 4th
49.03 - Austin Villanueva - 7th
49.27 - Darius Bouakel - 9th
50.10 - Joseph Tavion - 14th
50.24 - Jhonatan Rodriguez-Osorno - 15th

400mH:
51.58 - Christopher Gonzalez - 1st - 6th in School History - T-10th in the Nation
56.84 - Gabriel Hernandez - 12th

800m:
1:52.82 - Jhonatan Rodriguez-Osorno - 5th
1:54.70 - Aiden Summers - 9th

1500m:
3:55.15 - Roberto Alejandro - 5th - 4th in School History
3:59.70 - Jacob Rivera - 11th
4:02.25 - Joshua Perez - 17th
4:03.16 - Abner Villanueva - 19th

5000m:
15:07.41 - Roberto Alejandro - 1st
15:35.31 - Jacob Rivera - 3rd
15:42.56 - Abner Villanueva - 4th
15:48.38 - Robert Trevino - 6th

4x100m Relay:
40.18 - Gonzalez, Barendilla, Martinez, Pope - 1st - 12th in the Nation

Field:

Discus:
44.23m - Jaden Flowers - 8th
39.94m - Christian Peralta - 13th

Hammer:
41.47m - Matthew Cordero - 11th

Long Jump:
6.81m - Caden Soliz - 7th
6.62m - Dorian Aranda - 9th

Pole Vault:
4.75m - Trevor Upton - 3rd
Brady Rygaard - NH
Blake Gordon - NH

Shot Put:
15.44m - Matthew Cordero - 6th
12.64m - Jackson LaBouliere - 12th

Triple Jump:
14.34m - Dorian Aranda - 2nd
Gabriel Hernandez - Foul


Women:

Track:

100m:
Prelims:
12.29 - Zia Casas - 16th
12.97 - Katelyn Vaden - 28th

100mH:
Prelims:
14.37q - Herminia Corado - 6th
14.63 - Kenzie Kurdys - 9th
Finals:
14.65 - Herminia Corado - 5th

200m:
23.69 - Oneika Brissett - 6th - 4th in School History - 15th in the Nation
24.89 - Jazmine Miller - 21st
25.10 - Zia Casas - 25th
27.10 - Katelyn Vaden - 42nd

400m:
54.05 - Oneika Brissett - 1st
56.51 - Jazmine Miller - 7th
56.93 - Sakara Wade - 11th
58.38 - Valentina Torres - 16th
1:00.70 - Sophie Mossman - 19th

400mH:
1:03.87 - Herminia Corado - 7th

1500m:
4:51.71 - Ella Hester - 9th - 7th in School History
5:00.51 - Yaritzy Acosta - 19th
5:17.35 - Kayla Garcia-Trevino - 23rd

5000m:
19:04.50 - Ella Hester - 4th
19:22.72 - Kayla Garcia-Trevino - 6th
20:40.14 - Yaritzy Acosta - 10th

Field:

Discus:
49.69m - Yosiris Cordoba - 3rd
43.10m - Kaylea Demtrius - 6th
37.46m - Precious Silguero - 13th

Hammer Throw:

50.31m - Hailey Martinez - 7th - 6th in School History
49.54m - Aishwarya Bhardwaj - 8th
48.88m - Preciousa Silguero - 9th - 9th in School History

Long Jump:
5.24m - Kyra Nunez - 13th
4.89m - Kiara Jones - 24th

Pole Vault:
Kenzie Kurdys - NH

Shot Put:
14.19m - Kaylea Demetius - 4th - 7th in School History - 23rd in the Nation
13.67m - Karina Alvarez - 7th
10.55m - Hailey VanBeekum - 19th

Triple Jump:
Kiara Jones - Foul