DALLAS - The UT Dallas track & field teams broke five school records on Saturday at the SMU Invite at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium, bringing the weekend total to eight.
Comet Men's Highlights
- The 4x100-meter relay team of
Travis Matchett,
Jay Hicks,
Liam Simmons and
Blake Rippy placed second and shaved .39 seconds off the school record in 40.39.
- Simmons broke a four-year-old school record with a time of 49.03 seconds in the 400-meter dash, finishing 12th.
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Franklin Perez, Rippy, Oksanen and Simmons were fourth in the 4x400 relay in 3:15.56.
- Junior
JD Koller took ninth with a javelin throw of 45.97 meters (150 ft.-10 in.).
- Freshman
David Vasquez ran a time of 54.72 in the 400-meter hurdles, placing 10th.
- Other top finishers for the UTD men included:
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Andrew Hopkins in the 1,500 meters (13th, 3:59.27).
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Matthew Kenney in the 110-meter hurdles (15th, 15.44).
- Matchett in the 100 meters (15th, 10.83)
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Jackson Tucker in the discus (15th, 37.98 meters/124 ft.-7 in.).
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Matthew Beatty in the 800 meters (32nd, 2:02.50).
Comet Women's Highlights
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Tia Billingsly,
Michelle Bakare,
E'Mon Mason and
Mariah Gibson took sixth in the 4x100 relay with a school-record time of 47.23.
- Mason, Gibson,
Abby Ellisor and
Nahia Kelley had a time of 3:58.99 in the 4x400, placing eighth.
- Mason also broke the record in the 400 by .47 seconds, placing 12th in 56.11.
- Sophomore
Rowen Hughes bested her own school record in 1:05.70, taking .54 off the mark, and finishing 23rd. She also placed 30th in the 100 hurdles in 15.36 seconds.
- Other top finishers for the UTD women included:
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Chisom Mbah in the shot put (11th, 11.77 meters/38 ft.-7.5 in.) and in the discus (15th, 31.43 meters/103 ft.-1 in.).
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Grace Pritchard in the triple jump (17th,10.52 meters/34 ft.-6.25 in.).
- Billingsly in the 100 meters (24th, 12.44).
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Bharvi Varu in the 800 meters (25th, 2:32.70) and the 1,500 meters (44th, 5:08.67).
Up Next
The Comets will compete in the program's first Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Canyon, Texas, beginning Thursday, May 7.
Friday's story
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