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No. 4/1 TF's Moore and Tobias break program records
02.10.2023 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Records fall in Clemson and Boston for the Longhorns.
CLEMSON, S.C. – Records are meant to be broken and that's exactly what Marcellus Moore and Valery Tobias of the No. 4/1 track and field program did during the fifth week of the indoor season.
Moore had a day running three 60m dashes on his way to breaking the Texas record on Friday night. He advanced to the semi-finals after a time of 6.68 and dropped his time to 6.61 seconds to advance to the finals. Moore went on to finish second behind New Balance athlete Trayvon Bromell with a program record time of 6.56, which ranks as the fourth-fastest time in the NCAA this season.
down goes @SenojJAY's 8-year program record after @_marcellusmoore runs 6.56 🔥 pic.twitter.com/pvRaMI6ZPD
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) February 11, 2023
Valery Tobias made it back-to-back meets recording program records in Boston after the distance squads competed at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. Tobias broke the 35-year 1000m record with her time of 2:40.94 in her second race of the day. She started the morning finishing eighth in the 800m with her time of 2:04.09, the fifth-fastest time in Texas history.
David Hemery Valentine Invitational | 1000 🤘@TobiasValery 🤝 Boston = PROGRAM RECORDS!
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) February 10, 2023
Val breaks the 38-year school record set by Tara Arnold back in '85! This is her second UT record this season and both have been set in Boston 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4IWpi6Cf2G
The women's 5000 saw three Longhorns break into the All-Time performer list with Monica Hebner moving to No. 5 with her personal best time of 16:13.04 and was the top finisher for Texas. Close behind was her sister Isabel who moved to the No. 8 performer with a time of 16:25.43, while Beth Ramos concluded the list as the No. 9 performer with her personal-best time of 16:26.05.
Back in Clemson, the women's 60m sprinters climbed the All-Time Performer List after Kevona Davis set a personal-best time of 7.19 and moved to No. 7 in Texas history. Ezinne Abba climbed to No.9 with her personal-best time of 7.20. Both times are in the top-10 in the NCAA this season.
Jonathan Jones continued to write his name in the Texas 400m record books finishing the day in fourth with his time of 45.78. The time matches the third-fastest time in Texas history he previously set at the same meet two seasons ago and now holds six of the top-10 times at UT.
The field events saw Kristine Blazevica jump a season-best mark of 6.15m (20-2.25), moving to No. 10 on the All-Time long jump performer list. Michelle Graham finished just behind with a personal-best mark of 6.14m (20-1.75). On the men's side, sophomore Solomon Washington finished eighth with his jump of 7.41m (24-3.75).
Freshman Jeremiah Nubbe finished fifth in the men's weight throw invite with a throw of 20.97m (68-9.75). After four collegiate meets, Nubbe now has four top-20 throws in Texas history and remains the No. 3 performer.
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