BOSTON, Mass. — UTSA received a quartet of top-three finishes, including Dusan Makevic breaking the program's 21-year-old record in the 5,000 meters, and a total of six performances that landed among the top five in school history at Saturday's John Thomas Terriers Classic.
"Overall, we had a great showing today," Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox said. "The 4x4 proved that they will be a force to be reckoned with come conference and Dusan broke a 21-year-old school record in the 5,000 meters. All in all, we had an extremely successful trip up to the Northeast."
Gabe Vargas registered a personal-best measurement of 57-7 ¾ (17.57m) in finishing second in the shot put. It stands as the fourth-best performance in program annals and he now ranks second in the Conference USA standings. Momouth's Corey Murphy won the event with his put of 58-7 ½ (17.87m).
Meanwhile, Makevic broke the tape third in 14:01.36 in the final event of the meet, the 5k, to break the previous program standard of 14:36.00 that current distance coach David Hartman established back in 1995. It shattered his former career-best of 14:46.05, registered during his sophomore season at Louisiana-Monroe, by nearly 45 seconds and it not only leads the league, but it also currently ranks 12th in the nation. Virginia's Zach Herriott (13:57.60) and Syracuse's Philo Germano (14:00.47) earned gold and silver medals, respectively.
Patrick Prince picked up a bronze medal in the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 8.05 in winning the third of eight heats. That mark ranks as the fourth-best performance in school history and it moved him up to fourth place on the league leaderboard. Hampton's Trey Holloway (7.97) and LIU Brooklyn's Roderick Moodie (8.02) finished first and second, respectively. The Conroe native opened his freshman campaign with a time of 8.22 two weeks ago at the Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational.
The foursome of Va-Sheku Sheriff, Kaylan Harris, Kyron Hollis and Jurmarcus Shelvin raced to the second-fastest 1,600m relay time in program history en route to third place. The quartet passed the baton in 3.11.78, which was just one-tenth of a second slower than school record set at the 2013 Western Athletic Conference Championships. Hampton (3:10.09) and LIU Brooklyn (3:10.82) were the only squads to finish ahead of the Roadrunners.
Victor Perez recorded a new career-best in the weight throw for the second time in as many meets to open his junior campaign. Perez tossed the implement 61-8 ¼ (18.80m) on his way to a sixth-place finish in the field of 54 throwers. It was an improvement of one foot and three inches from his season-opening mark of 60-5 ¼ (18.42m) at the Texas 11-Team Invitational and he now owns the second-best performance in program annals.
Shelvin clocked the third-fastest 200m school history when he cricled the banked oval in 21.45, which was good for ninth place in the field of 181 sprinters. That personal-best time currently sits atop of the league leaderboard and he now leads the conference in two events (47.76 in the 400m).
UTSA will return to action next weekend at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in College Station. The two-day meet is scheduled to begin on Friday, Feb. 5.