The Sam Houston men's and women's track and field teams spent their Friday at the Houston Tune Up, compiling 11 first-place finishes.
The highlight of the meet for the Kats was senior Sabrina Starr's second consecutive record-setting week in the 60m dash. In the preliminaries, Starr broke her school-record with a mark of 8.26 and followed up the feat with a mark of 8.30 in the finals.
Also notably, sophomore Daniel Demas would capture a personal-best of 8.64 in the race, good enough for third place.
The men's triple jump featured the Bearkats taking the top three spots and three personal-bests. Chris Theriot captured a first-place finish of 47' 9.25” followed by Chris Jefferson's 46' 10.25” (second-place) and Alejandro Trevino's 45' 3.25” in third.
In the men's weight throw, the trio of Brek Christensen, Trevor Sealy and Ammaad McCarthy captured the top three spots including Christensen's collegiate-best of 63' 11.5.” Sealy's toss of 59' 4.25 allowed him to take second followed by McCarthy's career-best of 57' .75” in third.
The women captured two top three finishes in the event via Adrienne Quillin's career-best and first place finish of 57' 4.25” and Ashley Jenkins' third place distance of 55' .25.”
In the high jump, personal bests included sophomore Joey Babbs' mark of 6' 4.75” (fifth place) for the men and 5' 5” for Nicole Jenrette (third place).
In the women's pole vault, Katelyn Wynn and Kara Whitson took the top two spots both via personal-bests of 12' 11.5” and 12' 5.5” respectively. Not to be outdone, on the men's side, freshman Garrett Larson recorded a collegiate-best of 16' .75” in a fourth place finish.
Another freshman best came by way of Kalvin Singletary's 49' 7.25” toss and fifth place finish in the shot put. On the women's side, sophomore Ashley Jenkins would score a personal-best of 42' 11.75” in a fourth place finish.
The career-bests would continue in the women's triple jump for junior Kaylynne Wright whose leap of 39' 5.25” was good enough for a third place finish.
Junior Lygia Foreman continued her tremendous season in a second-place finish and time of 24.99 in the 200m dash as did junior Rodney Jones who captured a third-place in the same race.
In the 400m dash, sophomore Jordan Amaku took second with a time of 57.68 followed closely by freshman Jordan Grady's third place mark of 57.14.
In the men's 60m dash, senior Jarrick Wright captured first-place and a time of 6.86 followed by Justin Jenkins in third (6.92) and Kristen Mitchell's mark of 7.13 in fifth.
In the men's 60m hurdles, Matthew Viverette continued his solid season with a third-place finish and time of 8.08 while another Sam Houston veteran, Alyssa Dooley, captured first in the mile run with a time of 5.03.93.
It was a big day for junior Ryan Saam who secured a personal-best of 8:47.74 in the 3000m and a second-place finish. It was Saam's second career-best captured this season; the other occurred in the mile.
Saam was followed by Palo Ponce's best mark of the season (8:50.04) in third-place and Logan Terry's personal-best of 8:55.77 in fourth-place.
The Kats next action will be the Southland Conference Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. taking place on Feb. 26-27.
Event 14 Men Triple Jump
Finals
1 Chris Theriot 14.56m 47-09.25
2 Chris Jefferson 14.28m 46-10.25
3 Alejandro Trevino 13.80m 45-03.50
Event 16 Men Weight Throw
Finals
1 Brek Christensen 19.49m 63-11.50
2 Trevor Sealy 18.09m 59-04.25
3 Ammaad McCarthy 17.39m 57-00.75
Event 33 Women Weight Throw
Finals
1 Adrienne Quillin 17.48m 57-04.25
3 Ashley Jenkins 16.77m 55-00.25
Event 30 Women Long Jump
Finals
3 Kaylynne Wright 5.56m 18-03.00
16 Khalaya Williams 5.16m 16-11.25
30 Frances Porter 4.65m 15-03.25
Event 13 Men Long Jump
Finals
3 Charles White 7.21m 23-08.00
7 Simon Imagbe 6.84m 22-05.25
24 Chris Theriot 5.77m 18-11.25
25 Jay Roberson 5.61m 18-05.00
Event 28 Women High Jump
Finals
3 Nicole Jenrette 1.65m 5-05.00
4 Kori Soignet 1.65m 5-05.00
13 Paula Smith 1.55m 5-01.00
18 Allyson Pettit 1.50m 4-11.00
Event 11 Men High Jump
Finals
5 Joey Babbs 1.95m 6-04.75
Event 29 Women Pole Vault
Finals
1 Katelyn Wynn 3.95m 12-11.50
2 Kara Whitson 3.80m 12-05.50
7 Ashley Thompson 3.35m 10-11.75
10 Monica McClellan 3.35m 10-11.75
Event 12 Men Pole Vault
Finals
4 Garrett Larson 4.90m 16-00.75
7 Garrett Rose 4.45m 14-07.25
Event 15 Men Shot Put
Finals
5 Kalvin Singletary 15.12m 49-07.25
18 Jay Roberson 10.69m 35-01.00
Event 32 Women Shot Put
Finals
4 Ashley Jenkins 13.10m 42-11.75
6 Adrienne Quillin 13.02m 42-08.75
7 Kristine Hanks 12.74m 41-09.75
17 Alicia Canchola 11.14m 36-06.75
22 Allyson Pettit 10.26m 33-08.00
23 Frances Porter 9.72m 31-10.75
Event 31 Women Triple Jump
Finals
3 Kaylynne Wright 12.02m 39-05.25
Event 19 Women 200 Meter Dash
Finals
2 Lygia Foreman 24.99
6 Elizabeth Ene 25.45
12 Sunday Foster 25.89
18 Kristian Austin 26.26
Event 2 Men 200 Meter Dash
Finals
3 Rodney Jones 22.49
Event 20 Women 400 Meter Dash
Finals
2 Ruth Amaku 57.68
3 Jordan Grady 57.76
13 Alexandria Kimble 59.99
Event 3 Men 400 Meter Dash
Finals
9 Matthew Viverette 50.72
Event 7 Men 3000 Meter Run
Finals
2 Ryan Saam 8:47.74
3 Palo Ponce 8:50.04
4 Logan Terry 8:55.77
Event 22 Women 1 Mile Run
Finals
1 Alyssa Dooley UNAT-SHSU 5:03.93
17 Jessica Alvarez UNAT-SHSU 5:54.74
Event 5 Men 1 Mile Run
Finals
5 Lucio Rosas 4:21.40
10 Evan Arambula 4:29.84
17 John Bounds 4:42.96
Event 25 Women 60 Meter Hurdles
2 Sabrina Starr 8.30
3 Danielle Demas 8.64
Event 8 Men 60 Meter Hurdles
Finals
3 Matthew Viverette 8.08
Event 1 Men 60 Meter Dash
Finals
1 Jarrick Wright 6.86
3 Justin Jenkins 7.01
5 Kristen Mitchell 7.13
Event 3 Men 400 Meter Dash
Finals
9 Matthew Viverette 50.72
Event 19 Women 200 Meter Dash
Finals
2 Lygia Foreman 24.99
6 Elizabeth Ene 25.45
18 Kristian Austin 26.26
