Arlington, Texas - Trinity's men's and women's track & field teams had a strong showing at the Bobby Lane Invitational on Saturday, hosted by the University of Texas-Arlington.

The Tigers broke several personal bests in the meet, and also scored marks that put several individuals in the top five in school history in their respective events.

Jaclyn Newell highlighted several outstanding efforts with her win in the women's 3000 meter steeplechase.  Newell finished in a time of 11:14.29, which is a new personal record and leads all competitors in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference this season.  It is also the second-fastest time in school history.

Sal Perdomo also took over the conference lead with his time of 9:29.79 in the men's steeple, narrowly missing out on breaking his own Trinity record in the event.  Perdomo was third in today's event, racing against non-Division III opponents.

Vanessa Moreno finished seventh in the 1,500 meter run, and her time of 4:45.54 is third in school history.  Michelle Oberndorf earned the fifth-best time in Tiger track & field history in the 5,000 meters, racing to the finish in 17:44.48 for third place in the event.  

In the men's 5,000 meter run, Taylor Piske set a new personal record with his time of 15:40.20.  Chris Soto also broke his personal best in the 1,500 with a time of 4:10.30.

The men's 800 meter dash saw Tiger Rudy Esparza set a new personal best with his time of 1:59.70, while Ian Plantz took over the SCAC lead with his 1:58.07 in the same event.

Cody Wolfe and Jessie Dean are now the conference leaders in the men's 200 meters and the women's 400 meter hurdles, respectively.  Wolfe raced to the finish in 22.93 in the 200, while Dean finished sixth in the 400 hurdles with her time of 65.48.

In the field events, Kelsey Oelze and Justin Campbell highlighted the Trinity effort by posting SCAC-leading marks.  Oelze threw 38.18 meters in the javelin for an eighth-place finish at the meet, while Campbell tossed a 13.99 meter shot put to also finish eighth. 

Trinity will be be back in action this weekend in a couple of different events.  Select Tiger student-athletes will attempt to qualify for the Texas Relays (hosted by the University of Texas), but the team will also host the Tiger Relays on Friday, March 29.