AUSTIN, Texas — UTSA senior Lacee Barnes improved her own school record in the discus throw to highlight action for the Roadrunners on Saturday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Barnes measured 51.67 meters (169-6) to better her previous UTSA standard of 51.52m (169-0) set last season by six inches, finishing second in Section B behind Clemson's Marie Forbes (52.01m/170-7) by only 13 inches. After opening with a foul, the Cayman Islands native posted a mark of 48.97m (160-8) on the second of three attempts, eventually earning three more throws in the final. On her fourth turn in the ring, she spun the implement to her record-setting distance to move into the runner-up position, where she remained through the last two rounds.
On the track, Bashiru Abdullahi clocked a wind-aided time of 13.66 seconds to finish sixth in the top section of the men's 110-meter hurdles. That marked the second-fastest time under any conditions for the two-time Conference USA Indoor 60m hurdles champion during his UTSA career, trailing his windy 13.61 — the top overall time in program annals — from last year's Roadrunner Invitational.
In the field, All-American Ingeborg Gruenwald matched her career best in the long jump with a wind-aided leap of 6.42m (21-0.75) to place ninth in the A Section. The Austrian opened the competition with a mark of 6.39m (20-11.75) and also soared past 20 feet on her second and fourth tries before registering her best jump of the day on her final trip down the runway.
In other action on the track, the women's 4x200m relay squad of Thennelle Williams, Alanah Yukich, Vera Chinedu and Marie Duvigneau placed ninth with a 1:36.76 clocking.
UTSA will return home to host the Roadrunner Invitational next Saturday, April 2, at Park West Athletics Complex.
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