Houston, TEXAS – The Trinity track and field team competed for the final time before the SAA Indoor Championships today at the Howie Ryan Invitational, hosted by the University of Texas. The Tigers tacked on to their already successful season with some more big results across the board. Today will have given the squad some well-timed confidence as they prepare to compete in the first indoor conference championship in program history.

School Records, Because Last Week Wasn't Enough

Men's 800-Meter
Men's mid-distance was responsible for both school records today, kicked off by Kyle Fix's (Wilmette, Illinois / New Trier) comeback victory in the men's 800-meter, running 1:53.24 to smash the previous record by over a second and a half. Fix closed a substantial gap over the final 400 meters to take an emphatic heat win by just a tenth of a second. He took fifth overall and now ranks 29th in NCAA DIII with his all-conditions PR.

Men's 3,000-Meter
One could only describe Elijah Bliss's (Garden Ridge, Texas / Davenport) performance in the men's 3,000-meter as blissful, moving up throughout the race to take second in his heat with an 8:41.57. His time shatters the previous school record by over six seconds to take eighth overall and become the fastest Tiger freshman by 17 seconds. George Mikhael (Livermore, Calif. / Granada) took 13th overall in 8:52.88, becoming the second fastest freshman behind only Bliss.

More Tigers on the Track

Sprints
Nia Scott (Dickinson, Texas / Dickinson) took 28th in the women's 60-meter prelims in a PR of 7.96, moving her into third in program history. Shifa Daredia (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) was 35th in a big PR of 8.13, tying her for fifth on Trinity's all-time list. 

Hudson McCulley (Houston, Texas / Second Baptist) just edged out his PR in the men's 60-meter prelims, taking 31st in 7.08 to remain third in program history. Charles Gooden (Pearland, Texas / Pearland) also managed a small PR, taking 36th in 7.12 to move up a spot into a tie for fifth in program history.

Daredia took 35th in the women's 200-meter in a PR of 26.12, notching her into third in school history.

Price Schultea (Cypress, Texas / Cypress Christian) just missed his indoor PR in the men's 200-meter, running a season best of 22.40 to take 22nd on the day.

Isabella Gaylord (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan) set a PR of 1:01.15 to take 25th in the women's 400-meter, moving her into seventh on the program's all-time list.

Jackson Gallagher (Ft. Worth, Texas / Southwest Christian) was 32nd in the men's 400-meter in a PR of 50.71, moving him into sixth in school history. Ryan Forson (Dallas, Texas / Parish Episcopal School) also grabbed a PR of 51.76 to take 44th, just missing out on the program top-10 list at 11th.

Mid-Distance
Halle Hamilton (Craig, Colo. / Moffat County) took second in her heat of the women's 800-meter by just over a tenth of a second with a time of 2:17.80. Taking sixth overall, Hamilton missed her school record, set just last week, by mere hundreds of a second. Ciara Catton (Leander, Texas / Leander) was not far behind, taking ninth overall in a PR of 2:19.33 to become the fastest freshman in school history and only the second Tiger to break 2:20 in the indoor women's 800-meter. Scarlett Berthelot (Tomball, Texas / Tomball), who set a PR of 2:24.40 to take 22nd, moves into sixth in program history.

Josette Gurulé (Santa Fe, N.M. / Academy for Technology and the Classics) was 10th in the women's mile in 5:08.65, followed closely by Emerson Voldan (Arlington, Texas / Mansfield Summit) in 11th with a time of 5:09.44. Esperanza Vazquez (Houston, Texas / Incarnate Word High School), who was 15th in a PR of 5:20.65, moves into eighth in program history.

Thomas Melina Raab (Austin, Texas / McCallum) took seventh in the men's mile in a PR of 4:15.48, moving into second in program history. Jesus Rojas (Houston, Texas / Ridge Point) was 17th in a PR of 4:23.27, moving him into eighth in program history. Dashielle Browne (Lantana, Texas / Guyer), who claimed a heat win in a PR of 4:27.15, took 25th overall and kept him at 10th in school history.

Gianna Keena (Lakeway, Texas / Lake Travis) was fifth in the women's 3,000-meter in a big PR of 10:09.88, moving her into third in program history. Anne Snider (Waco, Texas / Live Oak Classical) also set a sizeable PR, taking 15th in 10:37.44 to move into 10th in school history.

Hurdles
Kris Duggan (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) took 14th in the men's 60-meter hurdles prelims with a time of 8.34.

Gaylord was 21st in the women's 60-meter hurdles prelims in a PR of 9.44, moving her into fourth in program history.

Jumps
Sophia Ortiz (Liberty Hill, Texas / Liberty Hill) took 13th in the women's high jump with a clearance of 1.55m.

Annabelle Lanik (Sugar Land, Texas / St. John's) took second in the women's long jump with a distance of 5.79m. She now owns the five farthest jumps in school history.        
   
Throws
Rachel Bell (Manvel, Texas / Lutheran South Academy) was 25th in the women's weight throw with a toss of 12.90m.

Aaron Chang (Fullerton, Calif. / Valley Christian) threw for 13.32m to take 20th in the men's weight throw.

Madeleine Seabolt (San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel) threw a PR of 11.19m to finish 24th in the women's shot put, moving her into second in program history. 

Caydon Ferrell (Beaumont, Texas / Hamshire-Fannett) was 19th in the men's shot put, just missing his PR with a toss of 13.10m. Chang was close behind in 20th with a throw of 13.00m. Ian Zahner (Thornton, Colo. / Stargate) took 23rd in a PR of 12.45m to move into sixth in school history.

Looking Ahead
The Tigers will hunker down for the SAA Indoor Championships from Feb. 27-28 in Danville, Kentucky.