DENTON, Texas - The UT Dallas track & field teams broke four more records on the second day of the Bill Schmidt Invite at the Mean Green Soccer and Track & Field Stadium on Saturday, bringing the weekend total to eight.
Additionally, sophomore
Alex Bozhilov won the men's 5,000 meters in 14:43.41, shaving 11 seconds off his previous school record.
The other men's record came on junior
JD Koller's javelin throw of 47.21 meters (154 ft.-11 in.), placing third.Â
For the Comet women, sophomore
Alexia Callahan broke her own 5,000 record by nearly 21 seconds in 18:40.53. She finished fourth in the event.
Sophomore
Rowen Hughes also broke her 100-meter hurdles record in 15.17 seconds, placing sixth.
Other top men's finishers included
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Travis Matchett,
Jay Hicks,
Liam Simmons,
Blake Rippy in the 4x100 relay (3rd, 41.32).
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Franklin Perez in the 400 meters (4th/50.34)
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David Vasquez in the 400-meter hurdles (5th/55.17)
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Andrew Hopkins,
Colton Dillard,
Matthew Beatty,
Erik Grover in the 4x400 relay (5th/3:29.10).
- Hicks in the 100-meter dash finals (6th/10.72).
- Hopkins in the 800 meters (7th/2:01.02)
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Matthew Kenney in the 110-meter hurdles (9th/15.70)
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Jackson Tucker in the discus (9th/37.50 meters (123 ft.))
Other top women's finishers included
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Tia Billingsly,
Michelle Bakare,
E'Mon Mason,
Mariah Gibson in the 4x100 relay (2nd/48.00)
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Rhiana Johnson,
Madison Avery, Gibson,
Catriona Walker in the 4x400 relay (2nd/4:07.05)
- Mason in the 400 meters (3rd/57.98)
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Abby Ellisor in the 400-meter hurdles (5th/1:07.08)
- Bakare in the 100 meters finals (7th/12.43)
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Chisom Mbah in the discus (7th/29.73 meters (97 ft.-6 in.)
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Lyla Nielsen in the 800 meters (11th/2:43.80)
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The Comets will be back in action on May 1-2 at the SMU Invite in Dallas.
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