Nacogdoches, Texas - The Trinity Tigers track and field teams both turned in solid performances at the two-day Skecher's Carl Kight Invitational, hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University.

In Friday night's distance events, a number of personal-bests and high finishes were recorded, in a field consisting of athletes from multiple NCAA Divisions.

Vanessa Moreno placed fifth in the women's 5,000 meters, clocking in at 17:34.55. Jackie Newell came in at No. 5 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, with a time of 11:09.83. Maddie Murphy finished ninth in the 1,500 meters at 4:49.19.

Taylor Piske ran the men's 5,000 meters in 15:16.53 for a 12th-place finish. Evan Epps completed the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:13.27 and came in at No. 14. Chris Soto, who finished 20th in the 1,500 meters, clocked in at 4:07.02.

On Saturday, the Tiger women's 4x400-meter relay team won its heat, and finished 10th overall with a time of 4:06.17. Jessie Dean ran a season-best time of 1:04.87 for a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. Mariana Sigala placed 11th in the 800 meters, at 2:20.62. Katie Groke (27.30 seconds) and Rebecca Earle (27.91 seconds) had season best-times in the 200 meters.

In the men's events on Saturday, Cody Wolfe ran a season-best 22.66 seconds in the 200 meters for an 18th-place finish. Will Paulus placed 19th in the 400 meters (50.17 seconds). Ian Plantz (1:57.91) came in at No. 15 in the 800 meters, and Kirk Gulliver (2:00.43) was 21st. The 4x400-meter relay team of Paulus, Plantz, Mike McIntosh and George Warren clocked in at 3:25.03 for a 12th-place finish.