THE UT ARLINGTON women’s track team posted a trio of top-five times in school history to highlight the Mavericks action at the 86th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on March 29. UTA finished fourth in the sprint medley relay courtesy of Shannon Reynolds, Keondra Mallard, DeAndrea Smith and Ashly Wright. Their time of 3:54.19 is now the second-fastest time in school history. Individually, Reynolds narrowly missed a spot in the 100-meter finals, as she came in 11th with a time of 11.58.
The quartet of Ashley Burris, Breonna Baldwin, Wright and Smith clocked a 3:43.56 in the 4×400 relay — earning the No. 3 …
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position in the school’s record books. The squad placed 20th in the event. In the women’s 100-meter hurdles, Porshea Wilson crossed the line with a time of 14.16, the fourth best time in school history. She placed 40th in the race.
The men’s relay squads also had great showings at the meet. UTA’s 4×800 relay team — consisting of Anthony Hilliman, Philip Critelli, Jacob Critelli and Ryan Tilotta — recorded the best finish for the Mavericks (5th, 7:40.51).
The men’s 4×1500 relay team placed sixth with a time of 16:14.25 and the distance medley relay team took eight (10:05.41).
The top finish came courtesy of Romain Martin, who was the decathlon runner-up for the second straight season. Martin finished with 7,904 points, just 73 points behind his school-record mark set last year in Austin and 107 points from the top spot. His day-two highlight was a victory in the 110-meter hurdles (14.37), during which he set a personal record. In addition, the senior finished second in the javelin (202-09), sixth in the pole vault (16-00.75), seventh in the 1500m (4:42.31) and seventh in the discus (133-10).
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