GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS - UT Dallas sophomore Christopher Castro and junior Rebeca Betanzo each broke a school record at the DBU Old Glory Gallop at Lynn Creek Park Saturday.

Castro led the Comet men to 13th place out of 28 schools with a new 8K record of 25:19.7, finishing 36th overall. His mark broke the old record by 14.9 seconds set by Greame Maclean last season.

Freshman Zach Johnson ran the course in 26:00.7, placing 79th and fellow freshman Frank Douglas was 84th in 26:04.3. Devan Bailey came in 96th in 26:14.5 and Jayden Chambless rounded out the scoring in 98th at 26:15.9. Johnson had the seventh fastest 8K mark in program history and Douglas was eighth.

The women finished 16th out of 33rd, led by Betanzo's 18:35.5 time on the 5K route, finishing 25th. She broke Lindsey Rayborn's 2017 record by 16.9 seconds.

Junior Sage Herrera was 74th in 19:30.1 and freshman Emily Skrabanek took 126th in 20:22.5. Freshman Maiyah Phoummarath recorded a time of 20:29.6 for a 135th finish and senior Jocelyn Heckenkamp was 156th in 20:54.2

The Comets had 23 of 25 runners record their personal best times on Saturday.

Results

UTD will compete again on Saturday, October 13 at the Watson Collegiate Classic in Clinton, Miss.