DENTON, Texas - The UT Dallas track & field teams braved a rainy Saturday at the Bill Schmidt Invite at the UNT Soccer & Track Stadium. 

For the men, freshman Nicholas Holland finished the 1,500-meter in 4:13.29, placing 16th. Freshman Nick Hofer cleared the high jump at 1.80 meters (5 ft-.10.75 in.), finishing ninth.

Senior Jayden Chambless finished 15th in the 5,000 with a time of 16:09.37. Freshman Matthew Okansen was the Comets' top finisher in the 100 in 11.12 seconds, tying for 36th, and the 200 meters in 22.57 seconds for 19th place.

Other top finishers for the UTD men included - 
400 meter Hurdles - Emeka Ohumaegbulem (4th, 1:05.95)
400 meters - Rafe Premo (20th/51.72)
800 meters - Bryce Williams (30th/2:06.73)

For the Comet women, the 4x100 relay team of Tia Billingsly, Randi Beckham, Paige Thomas and Mariah Gibson took sixth in 50.09 seconds

Freshman Rowen Hughes claimed fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.79 and was 16th in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.49 seconds. Sophomore Ellie Suo-Anttila was a seventh-place finisher in 5:07.79 in the 1,500 meters, shaving 9.5 seconds off her personal best. Freshman Madison Avery was also seventh in the 400 meters in 1:02.93.

Other top finishers for the women included -
Shot Put - Chisom Mbah (9th/11.09 meters (39 ft.-4.5 in.))
200 meters - Mariah Gibson (13th/26.44)
800 meters - Becki Jeffery (18th/2:39.24)
5,000 meters - Lorraine Martineau (19th/21:08.69)
100 meters - Tia Billingsly (35th/13.08)

UTD will return to action on April 11-12 at the Carl Kight Invitational & Multi hosted by Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas.

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