HOUSTON—St. Edward's men's track and field team competed in the FasTrak College Challenge, taking its sprinters, jumpers, and a few distance runners. 
 
DAVID MARQUEZ picked up a third-place finish in the long jump, opening with a distance of 6.12 on his first jump, which tied for second-best single jump of the event. 
 
AJ PENA led the Hilltoppers with an eighth-place finish in the mile at 4:27.41. WILLIE ODEM followed in 12th at 4:33.42. BRADEN COX finished in 20th at 4:42.04 and JOSIAH GUAJARDO in 25th at 4:48.38. Archie Chesler rounded out the lineup on the 29th at 4:52.04. 
 
ISAAC KIM followed in the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries, placing 21st at 8.96. ANDRE MOORE competed in the 60-meter preliminaries, clocking a 7.22 to place 46th, followed by MARCUS AGUINALDO in 51st at 7.28 and CRISTIAN MENDOZA in 69th at 7.36. 
 
JORDON CHAPPELL paced St. Edward's in the 400 with a time of 51.06 to finish No. 17. TYRIQ WILSON finished a few sprinters later in 22nd at 51.70. The two switched orders in the 200, with Wilson clocking 22.40 to place 12th and Chappell 22.55 for 16th. CRISTIAN MENDOZA placed 41st at 23.30. 
 
Pena returned to action in the 800, running below two minutes at 1:59.32 to finish 10th. JAVIER TILLERO and Odem finished back-to-back in 19th and 20th at 2:02.21 and 2:02.27. 
 
HOGAN HEIKKINEN placed 12th in the 3,000 meters at 9:06.49, followed by WILLIAM SULENTICH in 27th at 9:26.23, Gabe Hernandez in 33rd at 9:43.05. 
 
"I'm proud of the way the teams competed this weekend. I thought we fought hard out there and did some good things within our heats and even had several folks win theirs," St. Edward's Head Track & Field Coach Steven Cary says. "With the weather, it's been challenging to string together consistent bouts of training lately, so we definitely need to get more fit."
 
St. Edward's will return to Houston on Feb. 8 to compete in another FasTrak Collegiate Challenge in the University of Houston Athletics/Alumni Center.