SAN ANTONIO — The St. Edward's men's and women's track & field teams opened their seasons at the Trinity Invitational, recording 21 top-10 finishes, including a pair of first-place finishes and eight school records.
According to head coach, Ryan Ponsonby "both groups had fantastic openers. We had solid performances and multiple school records were set. But I'm most proud of the way we competed collectively. Our next meet will be a more competitive competition at Texas State and I'm really anticipating the opportunity to showcase our program against some very strong programs"
WOMEN'S RESULTS
Freshman AMARI SINGLETON set a new SEU record in the 400-meter race with a time of 1.01.19, placing fourth at the meet. She was also part of St. Edward's record setting 4x400 relay, joining junior VICTORIA HINOJOSA, sophomore AUDREY WISTAIN and freshman SYDNEY SMITH to produce a time of 4.13.84 and a fourth place finish.
Hinojosa also finished fourth in the 800-meter run (2.26.78) while Wistain placed sixth and set a SEU record in the 100-meter hurdles (16.11.03).
In the 1500-meter run, sophomore ELLIE HOVRE (4.46.65), junior FAITH BROTHERS (4.56.86) and freshman CAROLINE WILDRICK (5.09.38) finished second, third, and tenth respectively. Hovre's time was a new SEU record. Just missing the top ten were freshman MAGGIE RITTMEYER (5.14.76), sophomore MIA SANCHEZ (5.15.07), freshman JORDAN SANDERS (5.15.81) and freshman SYDNEY SMITH (5.16.38) finished 11th - 14th respectively.
The Hilltoppers again showed strength in the 5000-meter run with freshman ALYSSA GALVAN (20.08.03), and juniors SHERI FRYMIRE (20.17.87), and ANAHI IBARRA (20.43.28) finishing fourth, fifth and seventh respectively.
MEN'S RESULTS
Freshman OMAR GUZMAN won the 10000-meter and broke the SEU record with a time of 32.32.40 and freshman IVAN GUZMAN finished fourth with a time of 33.18.39.
The Hilltoppers had three top-10 finishes in the 800-meter run. Freshman MARTIN SEGUROLA won the race and an SEU record (1.53.02) while freshman GABRIEL LOPEZ finished second (1.56.53) and junior SEBASTIAN KORAN took tenth (1.59.41). The trio were joined by freshman MARCUS AGUINALDO to place second in the 4x400 meter relay with an SEU record time of 3.25.16. Aguinaldo also placed 11th in the 400 meter with a time of 50.65 which was also a new school record.
Another strong presence for the Hilltoppers was in the 1500-meter race where freshman NIGUSOM KNIGHT (4.00.11), freshman DYLAN SEQUEIRA (4.00.28), sophomore NICHOLAS GONZALEZ (4.02.33) and graduate student JOSHUA AKIN (4.03.39) placed third, fourth, sixth and eighth respectively.
Sophomore KIERNAN WORK placed seventh in the 5000-meter race with a time of 16.26.65.
The Hilltoppers will travel to San Marcos, Texas for the Bobcat Invitational on March 23-26.
