Texas State took home 12 first-place finishes and posted five top-10 school marks while hosting the Charles Austin Invitational over the weekend at the Bobcat Track & Field Complex.
“The great thing is we’ve been working hard, pretty much working through this meet to prepare ourselves for the postseason,” director of track and field John Frazier said in a statement. “And to be at a point where we’re getting PRs and still improving after hard work in the weight room and hard work on the track, I feel really good where our team is right now.”
The team walked away with four gold medals after the first day of the meet on Friday. Senior thrower Alyssa Wilson won the women’s hammer throw, tossing for 70.13 meters. Senior Anayah Washington took first place in the women’s long jump, leaping for 6.05 meters. Freshman distance runner Megan Ombres crossed the finish line first in the women’s 1,500-meter race in a personal-best time of 4:52.08 and senior distance runner Justin Botello won the men’s 5,000 meters with a time of 15:52.83.
