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UH track and field seniors shine at final regular season meet
UH track and field’s women’s 4×100-meter relay team exchanges the baton on its way to victory in the event at the Tom Tellez Invitational. | Courtesy of UH athletics
In the final regular season meet of 2021, the Houston track and field team picked up several first-place and podium finishes in the Tom Tellez Invitational.
Graduate students Mikaila Martin and Taylor Scaife started UH off in the right direction in the field events to start the meet, finishing second and third place in the women’s hammer throw with tosses of 66.89 and 64.22 meters respectively.
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Triston Gibbons set a new Barbados senior shot put record of 18.89 metres at the Drakes Relays while representing Houston University. (GP) Social Share
Southpaw strongman Triston Gibbons flexed his muscles to a new national shot put record at the Drakes Relays on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Competing for the University of Houston, the 21-year-old Gibbons put the shot to a lifetime best 18.89 metres.
While Gibbons finished fifth, he erased his previous best mark of 18.75 he set at the 93rd Houston Spring Break Invitational on March 27 when he broke Tristan Whitehall’s 2015 Barabdos record of 17.45 metres.
The former Coleridge & Parry and Harrison College student also had a big heave of 18.73 metres on April 10 at the Texas A&M Team Invitational.
UH track and field notches multiple titles during weekend events
The UH track and field team had an impressive showing over the weekend throughout multiple competitions, which saw the program win a few event titles. | File photo
The Houston track and field team took part and completed both the Drake Relays and the J. Fred Duckett Twilight on Saturday, as separate teams put on several impressive performances throughout their events on all days.
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first day of competition at the Drake Relays, graduate student Meredith Sorensen led the way for the UH track and field team with an eighth-place finish and a personal-best record in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:40.34.
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