UH track and field shatters more records at New Mexico Collegiate Classic

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Two more records in UH track and field history were broken over the weekend at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. | Courtesy of UH athletics

Two more records in UH track and field history were broken over the weekend at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. | Courtesy of UH athletics

After two days of competition, the Houston track and field team wrapped up the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with five top-10 finishes, including two new program records.

Graduate student Priscilla Adejokun started off strong with a second-place finish in the women’s weight throw finals, tossing for 21.04 meters on her fourth attempt.

In the women’s long jump, sophomore Alexis Tilford-Rutherford reached 5.93 meters on her final jump to land in tenth place. Senior Jayla Fields followed closely behind with a 5.92-meter jump. 

On the men’s side, graduate student PJ Harris lll finished ninth place for the men’s high jump with 2.07m. 

Finishing the first day off, senior Kelly-Ann Beckford set the school record in the women’s 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.74– putting her in second place. 

On the second day, graduate Devin Vallejo-Bannister finished second in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:09.60.

Lastly, the highlight of the day came when senior Christyan Sampy broke the program record with a jump of 5.53 meters in the pole vault.

The Cougars will return home next week to host the Howie Ryan Invitational on Friday, Feb. 10 at Yeoman Fieldhouse.

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