Saints Men Set Two OLLU Records at Rice's Twilight Met
HOUSTON (April 22, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) men's track and field team participated in the J Fred Duckett Twilight Invite at Rice University on Saturday. The event took place at the university's Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field.
Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, "Rice is usually a good meet for our distance athletes so watching a few sprint and field event athletes really show out was special. Jose Zarate's school record and all the PRs are great momentum coming into our conference meet."
Significant results include Jonathan Sanchez's results in the javelin throw earned him a bid the NAIA National. He broke his own school record as well as hitting the National "B" standard with a throw of 55.54m. In addition, Jose Zarate's time of 14:56.41 in the 5000m is a school record.
Full results are listed below:
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Name |
Event |
Results |
Top 10 Finish / Other |
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100m |
10.71 |
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400m |
49.75 |
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400m |
51.62 |
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800m |
1:56.50 |
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800m |
1:59.32 |
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1500m |
4:01.43 |
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1500m |
4:13.29 |
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5000m |
14:56.41 |
5th Place / School Record |
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5000m |
15:29.67 |
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5000m |
15:47.22 |
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Javelin |
55.54m |
4th Place / School Record / National "B" Standard / NAIA Nationals Qualifier |
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Julian Verastegui, Troy Stinson, Tr'Darius Taylor, Cerrone Thompson |
4x400mR |
3:14.89 |
2nd Place |
What's next
The Saints will get set for the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Championships that OLLU will host April 28-29 at Antonian High School Stadium located at 6425 West Ave., San Antonio, 78213. The hammer throw will take place April 28 at Holy Cross High School located at 426 N. San Felipe, San Antonio, 78228.