AUSTIN — Luca Chatham's victory in the 800 meters on Saturday helped lead UTSA to a third-place team finish at this weekend's Longhorn Invitational.
Chatham topped the field of 14 middle distance runners with a career-best time of 1:50.48. That now ranks as the fourth-fastest performance in program history and it stands ninth on this year's Conference USA leaderboard.
"Today's win felt good," Chatham said. "I felt strong and relaxed toward the end of the race and this ended up being a nice tune up for the conference meet."
Meanwhile, Ty Anderson was runner up in the high jump with his season-best clearance of 7-0 ¼ (2.14m) and he now stands alone atop the league standings. Texas' Spencer McCloud cleared the same height but was awarded the victory based on fewer misses.
Randy Bermea was second in the 400m hurdles with his time of 52.69. The senior finished behind Michigan's Taylor McLaughlin, who clocked a 52.00.
Monty Bertschy also raced to a silver medal, his coming in the 1,500m after crossing the finish line in 4:02.88. Texas' Charles Mills won the event in 3:56.57.
The 400m relay of Kaylon Sellers, Byron Taylor, Mikael Dawkins and Desmond Jefferson added another second-place performance for the Roadrunners after passing the baton in 40.73. Texas was first in 39.58.
Patrick Prince placed third in the 110m hurdles after skimming the barriers in 13.88. The C-USA leader finished as the second-fastest collegian behind Texas' Spencer Dunkerley-Offor, who was runner-up in 13.49. Adidas' Shane Braithwaite raced to the title in 13.39.
Vasha Sheriff collected a bronze medal in the 400m after circling the Mike A. Myers Stadium oval in 46.67. Texas' Aldrich Bailey Jr. won the event in 46.19 and TCU's Derrick Mokaleng was second in 46.42.
Barrett Brock placed fourth in the pole vault by matching a season-high clearance of 16-4 ¾ (5.00m).
Meet host Texas won the team title with 177 points. Michigan was second with 98.5 and the Roadrunners were right behind in third with their 95.5 points.
"This weekend was a great tune-up for the conference championship," Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox said. "We came out and competed against some of the nation's best and we are in a great place heading into the conference meet."
UTSA will take next weekend off before traveling to El Paso in two weeks for the C-USA Championships, which are scheduled to be contested from May 11-14.
