HOUSTON – The Tiger men's and women's track & field teams resumed their indoor schedule at the FasTrak Collegiate Opener on Saturday, hosted by the University of Houston. Trinity had four individual winners at Saturday's meet, while the teams also had a total of 33 top-five performers.
On the track, both
Will Salony (Dallas, Texas / JJ Pearce) and
Diego Flores (San Antonio, Texas / Great Hearts Monte Vista North) scored wins in distance events. Salony won the men's mile in a time of 4:16.25, while Flores won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:14.64.
The men's relay team of
Nicolas Ladreyt (Santa Monica, Calif. / Harvard-Westlake),
Ethan Gilmore (Houston, Texas / Lamar),
Grant Bishop (Geronimo, Texas / Navarro), and
Josue Parra (Niles, Ill. / Maine East) finished as the runner-up in the 4x400-meter relay, falling short of the top time by less than a second.
The lone women's winner was
Joy Areola (Tomball, Texas / Rosehill Christian), who notched a victory in the triple jump with a mark of 11.13 meters.
Casey Hampton (Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian) won the long jump for the men's team with a distance of 6.82 meters.
Kierra Francois (Angleton, Texas / Angleton) snagged the only other second-place finish for the two Trinity teams, reaching 14.69 meters in the weight throw.
Maggie Nava (San Antonio, Texas / Holy Cross) earned fifth in the weight throw and the shot put events, while
Emma Ross (Kansas City, Kan. / Shawnee Mission South) finished third in the shot put with a throw of 11.29 meters.
Heath Schake (Wimberley, Texas / Wimberley) earned a fourth-place finish in the men's weight throw.
Madeline Wietstruck (Houston, Texas / Northland Christian) was third in the triple jump behind Areola and fourth in the pole vault after clearing 3.05 meters.
Bailey Dueitt (The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands) was just behind Wietstruck in the pole vault, finishing fifth.
Adrian Suarez (Carrollton, Texas / Greenhill) also finished fifth in the men's pole vault with a mark of 4.15 meters.
Azariah Anderson (Saint Charles, Mo. / Francis Howell North) and
Justin Johnson (Houston, Texas / Manvel) both qualified for the finals in the men's 60-meter hurdles, while
Avery Puig (Laredo, Texas / J.B. Alexander) and
Danya Selber (Edinburg, Texas / Robert Vela) did the same for the Tiger women. Anderson finished third in 8.49 seconds, while Johnson was seventh in 9.02 seconds. Puig was fifth in 10.01 seconds in the women's race, and Selber was just behind her teammate in sixth with a time of 10.21 seconds.
Cooper Tyler (Austin, Texas / Anderson) and
Bocar Diagana (Edina, Minn. / Edina) both cleared the bar at 1.85 meters to tie for third in the men's high jump, while Diagana was also fifth in the triple jump event. Johnson was third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.83 meters.
Ryan Tresaugue (Spring, Texas / The Woodlands) was third in the men's mile behind Salony, while
Eli Karg (Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood) was fourth behind Flores in the 5K.
Jared Gallagher (Ft. Worth, Texas / Southwest Christian) was Trinity's top finisher in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.43 that was good for third place. In the 400-meter dash, both Ladreyt and Johnson finished in the top five. Ladreyt led Trinity with a time of 50.70 to edge Johnson's time of 50.75 seconds.
The women's mile had a pair of Tigers in the top five as
Gianna Keena (Lakeway, Texas / Lake Travis) and
Ellie Catron (The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands Christian School) led the way. Keena was third with a time of 5:30.09, while Catron was just over three seconds behind her teammate in fifth.
Madison Habeck (Lake Jackson, Texas / Clute Brazoswood) took third in the women's 800-meters with a time of 2:29.95, followed closely by
Gish Sainz (El Paso, Texas / Coronado) in fifth place.
Elaine Kaster (Lewisville, Texas / Founders Classical Academy) was fifth in the 5K with a time of 18:47.85, while
Taylor Kotfas (Blanco, Texas / Blanco) was fifth in the 400-meter dash with her time of 1:01.47.
The Trinity women's 4x400-meter relay team of
Sealan Ledat (Richardson, Texas / Richardson),
CC Gray (Scottsdale, Ariz. / Notre Dame Prep),
Hayley Huck (Prosper, Texas / Prosper), and Kotfas was also fourth in a time of 4:14.14.
Coach Speak
"We had a great opening indoor meet," said Head Coach
Marcus Whitehead. "We've never brought 78 athletes to an indoor meet – let alone one in January. Most importantly, what stood out was how competitive we were in every event. We had multiple event winners and countless top three finishers. This team has the coaching staff really excited for what the season holds."
Up Next
Trinity will be back in action at the University of Houston for another FasTrak event on Saturday, February 11. The final scheduled indoor meet of the season will be February 17 at Texas Tech University.
