Combined with three victories on Friday, the Roadrunners collected 13 total gold medals during their annual home meet. Overall on Saturday, UTSA registered 18 top-three finishes — 12 by the women and six for the men — to give them 29 for the weekend.
Speed was on display on the track all afternoon, as the Roadrunners totaled seven victories in the running events on Saturday.
The men’s 4×1 took down the school and meet records in the first race of the day. The quartet of Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla and Jose Garcia passed the baton around the track to a time of 39.34 seconds for a comfortable win ahead of runner-up UIW (40.11), eclipsing the previous program standard of 39.59 set in 2010 and the UTSA Invitational mark of 39.52 established by South Plains College in 2014.
McCalla came back later in the day and broke the meet record in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.99, beating fellow freshman teammate Brice Chabot, who clocked a 21.17 for runner-up, to the line. The freshman from Houston toppled the previous UTSA Invitational standard of 21.39 set by Purdue’s Kinard Rolle in 2017.
Meanwhile, the women’s 4×1 opened the track activities with an easy triumph, as Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron and Vera Chinedu cruised to a 46.08 clocking ahead of second-place Stephen F. Austin (48.15).
Williams matched McCalla by racing to gold in the women’s 200m with a 24.56 clocking, while Chinedu and David-West placed third (24.81) and fourth (25.23), respectively.
Marie Duvigneau added to the winning tally with a victory in the women’s 400m, circling the oval in 55.94 ahead of teammate Creshaun Cresser’s runner-up time of 56.81.
Mike Roth was the first collegian to cross in the men’s 400m with a time of 47.38 that was good for third overall behind a pair of unattached runners.
UTSA posted a 1-2 finish in the women’s 400m hurdles with Mackenzie Grimes collecting her first collegiate win with a personal-best time of 1:00.45. Alanah Yukich was right behind her in 1:00.61 for second place.
Yukich and Grimes joined Cresser and Duvigneau to help the 4x400m relay finish third in 3:48.07 in the final race of the afternoon.
Earlier on Saturday, the Roadrunners struck gold in three field events.
Sigrid Kleive earned her second victory of the meet with a clearance of 1.67 meters (5-5.75) in the high jump on her first attempt, bettering SFA’s Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon, who took three tries to clear the bar at that height.
Meanwhile, Danielle Spence and Grant Szalek swept the triple jump titles. Spence, an All-American and the school record holder at 13.42m, skipped to a winning mark of 12.47m (40-11). Szalek, the 2021 C-USA Indoor champion, matched his collegiate best with a 15.63m (51-3.5) measurement for top honors.
In other Saturday action in the field, Paul Bouey claimed silver in the men’s discus with a throw of 49.94m (163-10) in his first collegiate meet competing in the event.
Lacee Barnes finished fourth overall and third among collegians in the women’s discus with a 45.31m (148-8) effort in a field that was won by 2020 Olympic gold medalist and American record holder Valarie Allman, who launched the platter to a facility record distance of 68.13m (223-6).
Oreoluwa Adamson leaped to a silver medal in the women’s long jump, breaking the sand at 6.06m (19-10.75).
On Friday evening, Kleive took home top honors in the javelin with a throw of 44.29 meters (145-3) to score the first gold of the meet for the Roadrunners.
Also on Friday, the Roadrunners swept the 5,000m crowns, as Brooke Veltman won the women’s race in 19:30.11, while Harrison Wade crossed second overall behind an unattached competitor with a time of 15:34.97 in the men’s 5k.
The Roadrunners will return to action next Wednesday-Saturday, March 23-26, when they make the short drive to Austin for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
UTSA Results
Men
200 Meters
1. Trevion McCalla 20.99
2. Brice Chabot 21.17
6. Diego Pettorossi 21.49
12. (11.) Dennis Phillips 21.74
15. (14.) Jose Garcia 21.80
18. (17.) Zachary Perkins 21.99
20. (19.) Antony Ma 22.57
400 Meters
3. (1.) Mike Roth 47.38
7. (5.) Logan Masters 49.22
10. (8.) Noah Rhodes 49.72
12. (10.) Elijah Frizell 51.69
800 Meters
6. (5.) Michael Paredes 1:57.12
7. (6.) JD Corona 1:58.52
1,500 Meters
4. Victor Charo 4:05.31
9. Jake Smith 4:08.40
10. Michael Paredes 4:10.98
12. Harrison Wade 4:15.47
13. JD Corona 4:18.78
5,000 Meters
2. (1.) Harrison Wade 15:23.96
3. (2.) Idol Ramon 15:34.97
4. (3.) Jake Smith 15:47.70
5. (4.) Gabe Hernandez 16:04.20
6. (5.) Joshua Gonzalez 16:13.67
7. (6.) Landon Blankenship 16:18.16
8. (7.) Adan Hernandez 16:42.68
110-Meter Hurdles
11. Gabriel Green 15.68
16. Justin Wright 17.38
400-Meter Hurdles
4. Gabriel Green 56.12
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla, Jose Garcia) 39.34
4. UTSA “B” (Antony Ma, Lirim Emerllahu, Zachary Perkins, Brice Chabot) 41.40
4×400-Meter Relay
5. (4.) UTSA (Noah Rhodes, Logan Masters, Mike Roth, Elijah Frizell) 3:19.26
High Jump
6. Jack Turner 1.93m (6-4)
Pole Vault
6. Marcus Ramirez 4.15m (13-7.25)
7. Jonathan Barraza 4.15m (13-7.25)
Triple Jump
1. Grant Szalek 15.63m (51-3.5)
Shot Put
3. Jorge Ayala 16.56m (54-4)
4. Angel Robles 15.62m (51-3)
10. Jack Turner 13.43m (44-0.75)
Discus
2. Paul Bouey 49.94m (163-10)
7. Ronald Lozano 42.38m (139-0)
11. Joel McFarlane 38.05m (124-10)
12. Jack Turner 37.19m (122-0)
17. Justin Wright 30.51m (100-1)
Hammer Throw
5. Angel Robles 46.01m (150-11)
6. Jorge Ayala 44.51m (146-0)
Javelin
8. Joel McFarlane 50.38m (165-3)
10. Justin Wright 45.70m (149-11)
Women
200 Meters
1. Thennelle Williams 24.56
3. Vera Chinedu 24.81
4. Ibiso David-West 25.23w (+2.1)
11. Geraldy Barron 25.47w (+2.1)
400 Meters
1. Marie Duvigneau 55.94
2. Creshaun Cresser 56.81
6. Kaylyn Landry 1:02.34
800 Meters
4. Brooke Lomax 2:13.33
5. Abby Balli 2:15.16
8. Maddy Blair 2:26.32
1,500 Meters
5. Abby Balli 4:49.73
5,000 Meters
1. Brooke Veltman 19:30.11
2. Savana Alt 19:36.06
3. Lily Morrill 19:36.52
4. Sidney Bravo 19:52.24
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Grimes 1:00.45
2. Alanah Yukich 1:00.61
6. Maren Wilms 1:05.02
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron, Vera Chinedu) 46.08
4×400-Meter Relay
3. UTSA (Alanah Yukich, Creshaun Cresser, Mackenzie Grimes, Marie Duvigneau) 3:48.07
High Jump
1. Sigrid Kleive 1.67m (5-5.75)
Long Jump
2. Oreoluwa Adamson 6.06m (19-10.75)
4. Maren Wilms 5.63m (18-5.75)
Triple Jump
1. Danielle Spence 12.47m (40-11)
Shot Put
3. Lacee Barnes 14.85m (48-8.75)
8. Zoe Shanklin 13.95m (45-9.25)
Discus
4. (3.) Lacee Barnes 45.31m (148-8)
Hammer Throw
3. Acacia Astwood 55.98m (183-8)
Javelin
1. Sigrid Kleive 44.29m (145-3)
3. Marilis Remmel 40.88m (134-1)
17. Maren Wilms 29.95m (98-3)
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