ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University Track & Field sent 10 distance runners to the Texas State Bobcat Invitational on Thursday evening in San Marcos, Texas.
Starting with the shorter distances,
Abram Maldonado had a strong outing in the 800 with a lifetime personal record of 1:56.71. With his sub-two minute time, Maldonado ranks among the nation's top 50 and second in the American Southwest Conference.
In the women's 800,
Jazmin Chacon clocked a PR of 2:22.62 to rank first in the conference and in the national top 50. She now ranks nationally in both the 800 and 5K.
Katelyn Hernandez also ran the 800 and had a time of 2:33.86.
In the men's 1500, freshman
Gabriel Sanchez inched closer to the school record with a time of 4:02.80. His new PR ranks him third in the ASC. In the same race, multi-sport athlete
Andres Martinez also ran a PR at 4:19.51 and moved up the ASC leaderboard.
Hernandez ran the 1500 on top of the 800, recording a time of 5:26.31. She missed her PR by five seconds, but still remains the sixth-fastest runner in the conference.
Two men and two women ran the 5K, with
Jazmin Chacon running another sub-19 minute time of 18:33.53.
Janeth Chacon also ran, recording a time of 19:17.50.
The team's longest event was the men's 10K, which included freshman
Marcos Tellez and sophomore
Ethan Turner. Turner ran it for the second time in his career, earning a time of 34:33.25. Tellez ran a 35:18.17.
The War Hawks return to action next weekend at the David Noble Relays, beginning April 1-2 in San Angelo, Texas. The meet will be hosted by Angelo State University.
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