T&F: Relays, Distance Crew Highlight California Trip – University of North Texas Athletics

DENTON, Texas – Victor Neiva set the varsity file within the males’s 10,000 meters, and the lads’s 4×100-meter relay staff took residence a win to spotlight North Texas Monitor & Area’s California swing this weekend on the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., and the Seashore Invitational in Lengthy Seashore, Calif.
 
“It was weekend,” director of observe & area Carl Sheffield stated. “It was a weekend that we wanted to take. California presents a whole lot of alternatives to work on some issues earlier than we get to the massive a part of our championship 12 months. There have been lots of people that bought an opportunity to get into races that had been aggressive, to type of give us an thought of the place we’re as a staff.”
 
Neiva recorded a time of 29:19.34 within the 10,000 meters on the Mt. SAC Relays, giving him the varsity file and an Eleventh-place end.
 
Alec Esposito completed in fifth place on the Bryan Clay Invitational within the males’s 1,500m open, recording a personal-best time of three:46.77 to maneuver into the No. 4 spot all-time at North Texas.
 
“The space staff is on a roll,” Sheffield stated. “They’re doing rather well. Coach (Matt) Layten has them actually centered on particular person effort so far as the place we predict they should rating on the convention meet. Our objective for them was to come back out and get into some races that had been aggressive, in order that we may get some quick runs earlier than the convention meet. We wanted these races to provide the fellows a possibility to run quick and see how briskly they might be for the 12 months.”
 
Within the males’s 4×100-meter relay elite at Mt. SAC, the Imply Inexperienced squad of Samir Williams, Davonye Jones, Clayton Boyce and Karlington Anunagba clocked a time of 40.29 to take fifth place. They adopted that up the subsequent day with a win on the Seashore Invitational, recording a time of 40.45 to take the victory.
 
The ladies’s 4×1 crew of Lyric Alternative, Lauren Brown, Alika Crawford and Kayla McDonald positioned fifth on the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 46.62, and adopted that up with one other fifth-place end on the Seashore Invitational, clocking in at 46.33.
 
“We thought we would really do some bit higher within the relays, contemplating what we had been doing earlier than,” Sheffield stated. “We did not actually get to the instances that we thought we would get, however I believe consistency paid off. We had some good races. I believe it was good for them to get races back-to-back towards the competitors that we had, so it was well worth the strive getting right here.”
 
The remainder of the UNT staff will probably be again in motion subsequent weekend (April 22-23) on the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas.
 
“Subsequent week is the chance for the fellows that did not get an opportunity to journey this week,” Sheffield stated. “There are some groups at Baylor that may give us a extremely good hope for competitors. I believe individually for the folks which can be going to Baylor, it provides them an opportunity to work on some issues that we have to get to within the subsequent few meets earlier than the convention meet.”
 
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