Men's Track & Field News
UIW GETS TOP 10s AT HOUSTON -- posted Monday, May 5 2008
Incarnate Word’s track and field team journeyed off to the University of Houston Invitational over the weekend and battling top competition from among regional Division I schools managed four finishes in the top 10.
Sophomore Jay Wilson got it started for the Cardinals with his 10th position in the 800 meter run. His time was 1:56.89 which is third on the all-time UIW list.
Next up was the 4x400 meter relay and UIW had a pair of entries. The Cardinals first squad finished sixth with a time of 3:19.68 and that posting also is now third on the UIW all-time list. A second squad of Cardinals toured the course in 3:22.56 and that gave that foursome a ninth place.
The fourth and final top 10 performance came from junior David Olivares. He threw the javelin 53.43 meters for seventh place in the field. That toss also got onto the all-time list at UIW as the third best in school history.
Next up for Incarnate Word is the Abilene Christian University-sponsored Last Chance Meet on May 9 in Abilene.
INDIVIDUAL CARDINALS BREAK THEIR OWN MARKS -- posted Friday, April 25 2008
Incarnate Word’s men’s track team continues to post new school marks and it’s to the point that the Cardinals are lowering their personal standards.
The Cardinals were in Houston for the annual J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet hosted by Rice University and three of them re-recorded their names in the UIW book.
Senior Chacho Madera got it underway when he ran a 48.74 in the 400 meters. That was another Incarnate Word record, breaking his own from earlier in the spring.
Next up was sophomore Jay Wilson. He ran a 1:55.04 for 800 meters. That was a new UIW record, breaking of course his own mark.
Junior Mark Olivares threw the discus 46.94 meters and that was the third and final new mark for Incarnate Word. As with Madera and Wilson, Olivares upped his previous personal record.
THREE UIW MARKS FALL IN AUSTIN -- posted Monday, April 21 2008
Senior Chacho Madera once again lowered his own mark in the 400 meters.
With the spring season winding down Incarnate Word’s record book is beginning to take its final shape yet the Cardinals managed to lower three marks over the weekend in Austin.
Senior Chacho Madera ran the 400 meters at the University of Texas Twilight meet and established a new UIW mark of 48.86. That time was good for ninth place in the event. Three teammates were not all that far behind Madera as freshman Taylor Echevarria (50.20) finished 14th, junior Lalo Flores (50.54) was 17th and freshman John Zavala (50.76) was 18th.
Madera and Echevarria then joined up with the freshmen twins, Christian and George Alicea, to post another Incarnate Word school best. Those four toured the 4x400 relay course in 3:16.94 which earned them a third place finish.
Sophomore Jay Wilson lowered his own mark in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:01.60. Just one month ago he had set the UIW mark running on the same track as he did Saturday.
WILSON BREAKS HIS OWN UIW MARK -- posted Thursday, April 3 2008
Sophomore Jay Wilson lowered his own UIW mark in Austin.
Sophomore Jay Wilson has an affinity for one particular track in Austin as he has lowered his own Incarnate Word school record on that same surface.
Running in the annual Texas Relays, Wilson toured the course in 1:55.33 to break the UIW record for the 800 meters.
The previous mark was 1:57.37 set two weeks earlier by Wilson at the University of Texas Invitational in Austin, on his now favorite track.
In the Texas Relays, which requires qualifying standards because of the sheer numbers of prospective participants, UIW’s second runner on Day One was freshman Adrian Carrillo who put up a time of 16:06.10 in the 5,000 meters.
(See Men’s Track and Field page, Schedule/Results for UIW results.)
RELAYS TOP UIW EFFORTS IN HOUSTON -- posted Sunday, March 30 2008
UIW's Chacho Madera ran the 200 meters at Rice and then anchored the Cardinals' record-setting 4x400 relay team.
A pair of Incarnate Word relay teams topped all Cardinals efforts Saturday at the annual Rice University Victor Lopez Invitational conducted in Houston.
In the 4x400 the UIW foursome ran the four laps in 3:17.66 to establish a new Incarnate Word school record. That time also put the Cardinals in third place at the end of the event. The four Cardinals running in order were three freshmen, Christian Alicea, Taylor Echevarria and George Alicea. Senior Chacho Madera anchored the team.
Just two events prior to that, the two Alicea brothers and Echevarria joined freshman Travis Barton to run a 43.14 in the 4x100 relay to finish eighth. That time was the third best in school history.
There were two other top 10 finishes for the Cardinals in the event which featured top unattached athletes as well as noted runners, jumpers and throwers from Division I schools.
Junior Mark Olivares finished seventh in the discus with a toss of 44.97 while junior Danny Gonzalez threw the javelin 50.88 for a sixth place finish.
SEE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE/RESULTS FOR COMPLETE UIW FINISHES
UIW SENDS RECORD NUMBER TO AUSTIN -- posted Friday, March 28 2008
The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays is one of the bigger, more prominent track and field events on anyone’s spring schedule and this next week Incarnate Word will have its greatest number of athletes competing than ever before.
The Relays became so popular nationally that qualification standards were established both to limit the number of entries and to be sure the elite athletes were present.
Based on their performances to date nine Cardinals will be in Austin from April 2 to April 5 competing against the best in the college division of the Relays.
UIW gets its first action when senior Yvonne Rodriguez and freshman Adrian Carrillo compete in the 5,000 meters on Wednesday (April 2) night. That same evening, sophomore Jay Wilson will run the 800 meters seeking to better his own UIW record of 1:57.37.
The Cardinals then jump over to Friday (April 4) for their next action. The 100 meters is the UIW event and junior Lalo Flores will represent the Incarnate Word men while sophomore Hayley Watts will carry the women’s banner.
The final action for UIW comes on Saturday (April 5) afternoon, the prime time slot for the Relays. And, it will be a new event for the Cardinals, the 4x200 relay. Incarnate Word is yet to compete at this distance and while the lineup has not been determined, the Cardinals have a roster of available runners who this spring already have established new school marks in both the 4x100 and the 4x400 events.
UIW GETS THREE SCHOOL MARKS IN AUSTIN MEET -- posted Saturday, March 22 2008
At the University of Texas Invitational Track and Field in Austin Saturday Incarnate Word produced three school records in the competition which featured principally NCAA Division I athletes.
The first came from sophomore Jay Wilson. He posted a 4:01.87 in the 1500 meters for a UIW record and a seventh place finish.
He also ran a 1:57.37 in the 800 meters and that too was a new Incarnate Word school mark.
The third new UIW mark came in the 4x400 relay. The foursome of Christian Alicea, Taylor Echevarria, George Alicea and Chacho Madera ran the course in 3:20.48 and that was ninth overall.
In this relay a second Incarnate Word team was just two slots back in 11th with a time of 3:27.19. That group included John Zavala, Travis Barton, David Martinez and Wilson.
A PAIR OF SECONDS, SCHOOL MARK TOP TRACK WEEKEND -- posted Sunday, March 16 2008
Choosing their events carefully, an abbreviated Incarnate Word men's track squad competed Saturday in the UTSA Relays with impressive results.
Leading off the day, junior David Olivares threw the javelin 59.94 meters for a second place finish in that event.
Next up, his brother, David, spun the discus 46.39 meters which topped the school mark established previously by, David.
The shortened UIW day concluded with a second place finish in the 4x100 relay. The quartet of George Alicea, Taylor Echevarria, Christian Alicea and Travis Barton running anchor crossed the line in 43.08. While it was slightly faster than the UIW school record, it was good enough for a second place on Saturday.
UIW RELAY TEAMS LOWERS SCHOOL MARK -- posted Monday, March 10 2008
RELAY RECORD HEADLINES UIW AT TEXAS STATE
Incarnate Word’s 1,600-meter relay team finished third at the Texas State Open Track and Field Meet in San Marcos and in doing so the foursome lowered the UIW record for that event.
The Cardinals posted a time 3:21.04 which was six seconds more rapid than the previous Incarnate Word mark set just a month ago in Kingsville.
The UIW team in the 4x400 was Christian Alicea, John Zavala, George Alicea and Chacho Madera running anchor.
Other top Cardinals finishers in San Marcos were Zavala in the 400 (7th, 51.39), Taylor Echevarria in the 200 (6th, 22.69), Larry Cruz in the 400 hurdles (7th, 1:01.23), and Jay Wilson twice, 1,500 (5th, 4:08.60) and 3,000 (4th, 9:03.97).
See Men's Track Schedule/Results for complete finishes.
UIW RELAY TEAMS DOMINATE DAY IN KINGSVILLE -- posted Saturday, February 23 2008
Incarnate Word and Texas A&M got together for a dual meet in Kingsville Friday and the Cardinals' relay teams were the prominent forces for UIW.
Team A of Christian Alicea, John Zavala, George Alicea and Chacho Madera turned in a school mark of 3.21.91 in the 4x400 relay to capture first place. UIW's Team B ran a 3.27.09 which also dipped below the former school mark. Team B included Travis Barton, Taylor Echevarria, David Martinez and Lalo Flores.
Another UIW relay mark fell in the 4x100 when George Alicea, Flores, Christian Alicea and Barton ran once around the oval in a time of 42.40.
Mark Olivares got the other Incarnate Word school mark when he three the discus 141'2" for a fourth place finish.
Next up for the Cardinals will be the Border Olympics in Laredo on March 1.
--see men's track and field schedule/results for final Kingsville results.
WILSON, PAIR OF RELAY TEAMS PACE CARDINALS INDOORS -- posted Monday, February 18 2008
Sophomore Jay Wilson had the top UIW finish in Houston.
New to the circuit of indoor track and field, Incarnate Word’s men’s team traveled to Houston over the weekend for the University of Houston All-Comers meet and added several new lines to the Cardinals record book.
Sophomore Jay Wilson was prominent for UIW as he placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:07.09. He then turned to the leadoff spot on the Cardinals’ distance medley relay team. That group—Wilson, Larry Cruz, Michael Cortez and Adrian Carrillo—finished fourth in a time of 10:49.47.
UIW’s 4x400 relay foursome finished fifth in a time of 3:28.67. That group included Christian Alicea, John Zavala, George Alicea and Lalo Flores.
UIW FINAL RESULTS
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON ALL-COMERS
60-METERS
1) Yhann Plummer, unattached, 6.73
24) Lalo Flores, UIW, 7.10
38) George Alicea, UIW, 7.25
41) Christian Alicea, UIW, 7.29
50) Travis Barton, UIW, 7.36
200-METERS
1) Seth Amoo, Elite Performance, 21.26
19) George Alicea, UIW, 23.09
20)` Lalo Flores, UIW, 23.13
26) Christian Alicea, UIW, 23.53
400-METERS
1) Jason Okoro, Prairie View, 49.06
19) Chaco Madera, UIW, 51.69
30) John Zavala, UIW, 52.48
38) Taylor Echevarria, UIW, 53.56
ONE-MILE RUN
1) Dusty Langwell, Texas A&M, 4:29.23
14) Michael Cortez, UIW, 4:43.80
3,000-METERS
1) Brett Olson, Rice, 8:46.11
4) Jay Wilson, UIW, 9:07.09
6) Adrian Carrillo, UIW, 9:16.70
4X400 RELAY
1) Southern, 3:21.52
5) UIW, 3:28.67
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY
1) Texas / Pan American, 10:12.63
4) UIW, 10:49.47
