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No. 17/13 Track and Field’s Jess and Alonzo score in 10K at SEC Outdoor Championships
Story Links LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 17/13 Texas Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams earned their first points at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter runs to close out the first day of the three-day meet. Eva Jess scored the first points for the women finishing fifth in […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 17/13 Texas Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams earned their first points at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter runs to close out the first day of the three-day meet.
Eva Jess scored the first points for the women finishing fifth in the 10K with her time of 33:52.36. It’s the third-fastest 10K in her career and is the 12th-fastest in school history. Her performance earned Texas four team points. Freshman Sydni Wilkins was just off the scorers in ninth with her time of 35:02.97.
The men were led by Isaac Alonzo’s seventh-place finish with a time of 30:27.54. Alonzo earned two team points for UT.
In the men’s decathlon, Brock Lewis recorded four personal bests and a day one personal best score of 3,698 points after five events. The sophomore began the day running his fastest career 100-meter dash in 11.22 seconds. He added a third-round jump of 6.97m (22-10.5) and a third-round throw of 11.93m (39-1.75) in shot put for two more personal bests.
Lewis added an outdoor PB in the high jump clearing 1.83m (6-0) before running a personal best 400-meter time of 49.79. Lewis sits in seventh place after a monster first day of competition.
Freshman Meagan Humphries ended the first day of the heptathlon also in seventh with 3,269 points. She began the championship meet running the 100-meter hurdles in 14.18 and followed with a clearance of 1.62m (5-3.75) in the high jump.
The California native added her first personal best of the competition in shot put on her first attempt with a heave of 11.31m (37-1.25). She concluded the day running the third-fastest 200-meter of the group in 24.42.
On the track, Kenondra Davis and Holly Okuku were the first Longhorns to advance to a final. Davis posted the third-fastest time of the afternoon with a wind-aided time of 22.58, while Okuku recorded the final spot in the final at 22.88w. Carleta Bernard was the first competitor out with her personal best time of 22.88, while Nita Koom-Dadzie finished in 23.59.
Xavier Butler climbed the Texas record book in the men’s 200-meter running 20.22 in the prelims and qualified for the finals with the fourth-fastest time in the field of 36. The time ties him for second on the UT All-Time Performer list and is tied for the sixth-fastest time in school history.
Sophomore Akala Garrett posted the fastest qualifying time in the women’s 400-meter hurdles in 54.75 to qualify for the finals. Freshman Mackenzie Collins will join Garrett in the finals after posting the seventh best time in 56.93.
The men also sent two to the 400m hurdle finals after Kody Blackwood record the third-fastest time in 49.70. Chris Brinkley also posted the fifth-best time in 50.26 for a personal best and moved to No. 10 on the UT All-Time Performer List.
After three scored events, both the No. 17 men and the No. 13 women are in 11th.
Texas Scorers:
Eva Jess – 10K – 5th (4 pts)
Isaac Alonso – 10K – 7th (2 pts)