SAN ANTONIO – The Tiger men's and women's track & field teams hosted the Trinity Last Chance Meet on Sunday, which not only gave the teams another shot to qualify for the NCAA III Championships, but also a chance to compete at home one last time this season.

For many of the Trinity contingent today, another chance to compete also meant another assault on the record book before the season closes. The Tiger men and women combined to win four events, but had numerous other performances that either moved them up the all-time Trinity rankings, or improved the times and distances that already had them in the top 10.

Madeline Wietstruck (Houston, Texas / Northland Christian) won the women's pole vault after clearing 3.50 meters to improve on her third-place ranking in school history, and setting a new personal record for the third consecutive meet. Adrian Suarez (Carrollton, Texas / Greenhill) was third in the men's pole vault with a new PR of 4.46 meters and moved up to sixth in school history.

Joy Areola (Tomball, Texas / Rosehill Christian) won the women's triple jump with a leap of 11.17 meters, while Aliya Noe (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan) hit 10.73 meters to finish third and collect a new personal record. Bocar Diagana (Edina, Minn. / Edina) was fourth in the men's triple jump with a mark of 14.13 meters, which also jumped him up to fourth all-time at Trinity.

Casey Hampton (Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian) took the top spot in the men's long jump after hitting 7.20 meters. That is just 0.02 meters from his career best and is the third time in his career that he has jumped 7.20 meters or better. Noe also reached a new PR with her jump of 5.27 meters in the women's long jump, which put her 10th in school history.

Cooper Tyler (Austin, Texas / Anderson) was the winner in the men's javelin with a throw of 57.44 meters, which is the second-best in his career and stands less than one meter from his own record.
Heath Schake (Wimberley, Texas / Wimberley) had a pair of new personal records in both the hammer throw and the shot put. He finished third in the hammer with a throw of 41.96 meters to improve on his No. 4 ranking in school history, then he also marked 13.35 meters to finish third in the shot put with a new personal best. Kate Ballengee (Albuquerque, N.M. / Bosque School) improved on her sixth-place ranking in school history after throwing 37.66 meters in the women's discus.

Josette Gurule (Santa Fe, N.M. / Academy for Technology and the Classics) and Caden Erickson (Holdrege, Neb. / Holdrege) both finished fourth set new career-best times in the 1500-meter run. Gurule finished the women's race in 4:55.65 and Erickson crossed the line in 4:17.40 for the Tiger men.

Danya Selber (Edinburg, Texas / Robert Vela) finished fourth in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.28 seconds that is a new PR and improves her time in the No. 4 spot in the Tiger record book. Avery Puig (Laredo, Texas / Alexander) was just behind her teammate with a time of 15.36 seconds that is just 0.09 from her own PR. Drew Bullinger (Ft. Worth, Texas / Paschal) was sixth in the men's 110-meter hurdles race in a time of 15.02 that moves him up to sixth all-time at Trinity. Bullinger also ran the 100-meter dash in just 10.92 seconds for the second-fastest time of his career.

One of the most successful events of the day was the women's 400-meter dash during which four Trinity women's runners set new personal records. Taylor Kotfas (Blanco, Texas / Blanco) led the way with a third-place finish and a time of 58.64 that moves her to fifth in school history. CC Gray (Scottsdale, Ariz. / Notre Dame Prep) was fourth in a time of 58.69 that is now sixth at Trinity, while Hayley Huck (Prosper, Texas / Prosper) was fifth in today's race and is now seventh in school history with a time of 58.73. Aliya Jackson (Houston, Texas / Shadow Creek) also set a new personal best with a time of 59.96 seconds.

Huck and Gray also set new personal records in the women's 200-meter dash. Huck finished third in the race with a time of 25.56 that moves her to fourth in school history. Gray was fifth with a new PR of 26.29 seconds.

Ryan Rager-Aguiar (Spring Hill, Tenn. / Independence) and Ben Whittemore (Georgetown, Texas / Georgetown) both set new career-best times in the men's 800-meter run. Rager-Aguiar finished in 1:56.90 and Whittemore was just over a second behind his teammate in 1:57.92.

In one of the last races of the night, Justin Johnson (Houston, Texas / Manvel) and Kyle Anderson (Cave Creek, Ariz. / Cactus Shadows) wrapped up two new personal records and made two more dents in the record book. Johnson was the runner-up in tonight's race with his time of 53.59 seconds that moves him to third all-time at Trinity. Anderson finished in 52.73 seconds and bolstered his ranking of fifth in school history.

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Some members of the Trinity men's and women's track & field teams will have one last shot to qualify for the NCAA III Championships, as the Augustana Midwest Twilight on Thursday, May 18, is the final event on the schedule before nationals. The meet is hosted by Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. The NCAA III Championships will be held May 25-27 in Rochester, New York.